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This new frigate boasts 16 Naval Strike Missiles, filling capability gaps and boosting maritime security with speed and affordability.

M. Easley, DefenseScoop
The Extended Range Attack Munition program aims to deliver an inexpensive air-launched cruise missile that can be quickly manufactured in large numbers.

TWZ
The Navy sees HELIOS and other directed energy weapons as critical capabilities, but has faced persistent challenges in expanding their use.

Stephen D.

A U.S. Marine Corps F-35C fighter operating from the Nimitz class supercarrier USS Abraham Lincoln shot down an Iranian drone Shahed 139 unmanned aircraft operating near the warship on February 3, at a time of high tensions between Tehran and Washington. The Iranian aircraft “aggressively approached” with unclear intent, and “unnecessarily manoeuvred toward the ship,” U.S. Central Command spokesman Navy Captain Tim Hawkins reported. The Iranian drone continued to fly toward the ship despite de-escalatory measures taken by U.S. forces operating in international waters,” he added.

It started at a Washington cocktail party, when an Air Force general listened to a mountaineer describe the view from Mount Everest — and decided the United States should put a surveillance device on a Himalayan summit.That offhand idea soon became a real-world operation.Late last year, ahead of the holidays, the New York Times ran a weekend article titled, “How Did the CIA Lose a Nuclear Device?” The story recounted a secret 1965 CIA mission carried out at the height of the Cold War with India’s Intelligence Bureau.

Boeing has confirmed a termination of talks for an Indonesian procurement of the F-15 fighter, with the decision disclosed on February 3 during the Singapore Airshow, ending hopes for a sale of what is by far the heaviest and most costly tactical combat aircraft produced in the Western world. “In terms of our F-15 partnership with Indonesia, it is no longer an active campaign for us,” Boeing’s vice president for business development and strategy Bernd Peters observed.

Following the U.S. Air Force’s launch of an unprecedented deep penetration bomber strike against Iranian nuclear sites in June 2025, which was carried out by B-2 strategic bombers based at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri, questions have been raised regarding the service’s ability to stage more extended campaigns of similarly long-range strikes.

The Pakistan Air Force has indicated plans to continue to operate part of its fleet of Mirage III fighters, potentially well into the 2030s, with efforts having been sustained to integrate new types of missiles onto what are currently some of the oldest combat jets serving anywhere in the world. Entering active service in 1961, the Mirage III served as the French Air Force’s primary tactical combat jet that decade, and was marketed for export as a much cheaper alternative to U.S. F-4E Phantom which was considered the most capable Western fighter type of its time.

The American Civil War wasn’t just blue versus gray, or “brother against brother.” It was a four–year gunfight, knife fight, and sometimes fistfight over what the United States was going to look like for the next 150-plus years, fought in muddy fields, coastal waters, and burned-out cities.
Related: That time an entire battle stopped to watch two soldiers in a fistfight
But while most people know the broad strokes of the war’s causes and conflicts, and many know the highlight reel: Lincoln, Gettysburg, Appomattox.