The loss of multiple U.S. Armed Forces MQ-9 Reaper drones during attacks on Iran from February 28 are expected to seriously delay plans to delivery four of the aircraft to the Republic of China Air Force, according to reports from multiple Taipei-based sources, as the U.S. is expected to prioritise urgently replenishing its own losses before continuing exports. An estimated dozen MQ-9 drones have been lost during engagements, following prior sustained losses exceeding 10 aircraft during engagements with Ansurulalh Coalition forces in Yemen from October 2023.
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Summary and Key Points: Military analysts evaluate how Operation Epic Fury is reshaping PLA procurement priorities for the H-20 and JH-XX stealth programs.
-While China previously prioritized “carrier-killer” ballistic missiles, the 2026 conflict has demonstrated that reusable stealth platforms provide a level of “sustained pressure” on hardened targets that expendable munitions cannot match.
Right Up Front B-2 Bomber USAF Museum. Image by Harry J. Kazianis/National Security Journal.
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Modern citizens could do little to understand some wars, including those that were fought by some of the fiercest armies in history.
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For over a century, there was one jewel in the special relationship between the United States of America and her mother country, Great Britain. That jewel was the Royal Navy.
An awkwardly worded question and a poorly phrased answer by a government official have launched speculation and debate about the possibility of a draft. Most of it is wrong or at least misguided, but reflects a growing uncertainty over what comes next in the ongoing fight with Iran.
The latest flurry of concern about a draft came after a Sunday interview between White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt and Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo.
A Pentagon task force published back-to-back guidelines about anti-drone technology this week, illustrating the military’s attempt at quickly delivering such capabilities — following standardized testing — while heeding federal laws prohibiting domestic surveillance.
Joint Interagency Task Force 401, an Army-led entity established last year and tasked with boosting the military’s counter-unmanned aerial systems repertoire, has headed the Pentagon’s expansion of installation authorities to knock down drones in the U.S.
Since the United States and Israel began intensive airstrikes against Iran on Feb. 28, Iran has retaliated with missile and drone strikes against multiple Arab countries. Although Iran says it is striking U.S. military targets based in the Arab states, it has also hit civilian infrastructure and buildings. Iran has hit targets in Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, and Jordan. The war marks a hard stop to a recent warming in relations between Iran and some Gulf Arab states.
The Danish Army has selected BAE Systems OneArc (OneArc) to provide the foundation for its new enterprise virtual training environment.
With the war against Iran in its second week, the U.S. military’s focus now includes destroying factories that build one-way attack drones and preventing the Iranian military from using sea mines, said Air Force Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
“U.S [Central Command] continues today to hunt and strike mine-laying vessels in mine storage facilities,” Caine said during a Tuesday Pentagon news conference. “This work will continue.”
Caine did not specify exactly how many vessels, storage facilities, or sea mines have been destroyed so far.
Iran’s strategy offers little beyond its increasing drone tactics, which make the IRGC’s success dependent on sustaining Shahed production.