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The U.S. Army has approved the new M111 Offensive Hand Grenade, its first new offensive hand grenade since the now-retired Mk3A2 entered service in 1968.

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Satellite imagery shows a prized hardened facility at Iran’s Parchin military complex with three massive impact points in a neat row on top.

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Is America running out of missiles? The attacks on Iranian forces and leadership have had a devastating impact on the regime, but the repeated salvos of precision-guided munitions and interceptors have put a strain on U.S. and Israeli stores of some of these munitions. While the United States retains significant capacity, as Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has stated, the expenditures do create risk, particularly in other potential theaters of action such as East Asia.

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An alliance is only as credible as the runway it can repair under fire.The Pentagon’s latest National Defense Strategy clarifies American aims in the Indo-Pacific while exposing what those aims demand of frontline allies such as the Philippines. The strategy’s emphasis on a “strong denial defense” shifts the metric of credibility. Though the strategy does not specify the objectives to be denied, its logic implies preventing a rapid Taiwan fait accompli and constraining the People’s Liberation Army’s ability to establish sustained sea and air control inside the chain.

The United States did not enter the war with Iran because it was attacked or was about to be attacked. It seems to have entered after concluding that once Israel moved, American involvement would be unavoidable. When Secretary of State Marco Rubio briefed congressional leaders last week, three days before the strikes began, the debate, as later reported by the Washington Post, was not whether to fight but whether to strike alongside Israel or wait until Iran retaliated against American forces in the region. The choice was not between war and peace.

The Kremlin and the Russian Foreign Ministry have claimed that the British Armed Forces played a central role in a Storm Shadow cruise missile attack on the city of Bryansk, which was launched from Ukrainian territory reportedly from modified Su-24M strike fighters. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov highlighted that the attack “couldn’t have been launched without British specialists,” asserting that the strikes show the necessity of the continued military campaign against Ukraine, as “one of the goals is to demilitarise Kiev and strip it of the ability to carry out attacks like this.

WTOC TV news in Savannah reported on retired navy commander Trevor Hess from the area speaking about his PTSD battle after serving two decades in the navy.
“For me, I hit rock bottom,” said Hess . “I couldn’t go any further. I didn’t sleep. I was depressed. I was anxious. Had suicidal ideations.”
“At some point you go, that’s not the life I want to live,” added Hess.
Hess was diagnosed with PTSD, something he says that many veterans struggle with. He hit rock bottom and then he sought help.

The Defense Department has officially identified the sixth Army Reserve soldier killed in a March 1 Iranian drone attack against a U.S. facility in Kuwait as Chief Warrant Officer 3 Robert M. Marzan, 54.
Officials announced on March 11 that Marzan had been positively identified by a medical examiner. The Pentagon initially released Marzan’s name on March 5, adding that he was “believed” to have been killed in the attack, but his identification was still pending at the time.

Colonel Tim Collins has levelled significant cr

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U.S. law enforcement agencies in California were recently warned that Iran may have explored the possibility of launching drone attacks against targets on the West Coast in retaliation for Operation Epic Fury, according to a federal alert reviewed by ABC News.

The bulletin, circulated by the FBI to police departments in late February, said authorities obtained information indicating that, as of early February 2026, Iran had allegedly aspired to conduct a surprise attack using kamikaze drones launched from an unidentified vessel off the U.S. coast.

BAE Systems has been given the green light to finalize the design of the Space Force’s next-generation of missile warning and tracking satellites planned for medium-Earth orbit, the service announced this week.
The Space Force has completed preliminary design review for Epoch 2 of the Resilient Missile Warning and Missile Tracking – MEO program, completing the constellation’s technical foundation and ground command-and-control systems.

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Artificial intelligence tools have helped the U.S. military fight faster and smarter during Operation Epic Fury, according to the commander overseeing the war effort.
To date, American forces have hit more than 5,500 targets inside Iran, Adm. Brad Cooper, head of U.S. Central Command, said in a video released Wednesday.
“We’re on a path to eliminating Iran’s ability to threaten Americans and our friends, and we are achieving this through a combination of lethality, precision and rapid innovation,” he said, noting that warfighters are using a variety of advanced AI tools.

Thales has officially launched STORM 2, a cyber and electromagnetic activities (CEMA) node designed to support soldiers against drones.

Filtronic, a micro electronics and non-kinetic effects specialist, will target AUKUS needs with its increased industrial capacity.

At least one sailor taking part in combat operations against Iran knows a thing or two about arrogant bastards. Or, at least, is familiar with the beer of the same name.
First spotted by Jared Keller, the author of the Laser Wars newsletter, the photo was published to the military’s image and video database on March 1. It is one of several shots that capture the crew of the USS Abraham Lincoln on the opening day of Operation Epic Fury, which began on Feb. 28.

Summary and Key Points: Defense analyst Harrison Kass evaluates the 1966 SR-71 Blackbird breakup involving Lockheed test pilot Bill Weaver.

-While testing aft center of gravity (CG) at Mach 3.18, a right inlet system malfunction triggered a violent “unstart,” causing the aircraft to disintegrate at 79,000 feet.

SR-71 Photo Taken September 26, 2025. Image Credit: National Security Journal.

-This report analyzes how Weaver was physically extracted from the cockpit without a formal ejection, surviving solely due to his fully pressurized suit.

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In 2022, Koichiro Takagi wrote, “New Tech, New Concepts: China’s Plans for AI and Cognitive Warfare,” where he explored the role of AI in China’s cognitive operations. Four years later, with AI becoming increasingly capable and sophisticated, we asked Koichiro to revisit his arguments.Image: geralt, pixabay licenseIn your 2022 article, you explain how China is increasingly utilizing AI to plan for battle in the cognitive domain.

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The Defense Department and Intelligence Community are on the hunt for an “evaluation harness” to test vendors’ AI technologies for government use.
The Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit, headquartered in Silicon Valley, released a solicitation Wednesday for the effort, dubbed “MYSTIC DEPOT,” which will be pursued via a commercial solutions opening contracting mechanism.

It doesn’t matter whether the sun is shining, a hurricane is passing through Washington, D.C., or a Tomb guard accidentally gets stabbed in the foot.
There will always be an American soldier of the highest caliber “walking the mat” at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. For 24 hours a day, seven days a week since 1937, there has always been a guard on watch.
Related: What happens if you try to touch the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Stationed at Arlington National Cemetery’s most popular tourist attraction, the Tomb Sentinels have the hardest and most coveted job in the U.S. Army.

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The administration changed policy. The personnel bureaucracy quietly refused to follow.
The administration won the policy war. The bureaucracy won the peace—and it is still winning.
Clear directives were issued: eliminate DEI mandates and return personnel decisions to merit, readiness, and warfighting priorities. Public language shifted quickly—readiness over equity, mission execution over identity signaling, command authority over consensus management.

Pilots who fly Apache helicopters for the Army are fiercely dedicated to their mission of watching over and defending forces below on the ground. But in the heart of every Apache pilot is a secret yearning: to find an air-to-air target and blow it out of the sky.
This week, the United Arab Emirates Ministry of Defense released video of their own AH-64s engaging and shooting down Iranian Shaheed drones that it said were headed towards targets in the country. The Israeli Army has also used AH-64s to attack Iranian drones in flight in recent months.

The US Department of State has approved a possible FMS to Sweden, involving the acquisition of M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems.

The Ba’athist regime of Saddam Hussein may have fallen on Mar. 20, 2003, but the hunt for its leadership would take much longer. The dictator and his two sons, Uday and Qusay, were still out there.
Finding Saddam would take nine months, while his sons were tracked to their hideout in just a few weeks. And they would be found by the U.S. Army’s most elite soldiers.
Also Read: Why Saddam Hussein buried Iraq’s air force in the desert
Task Force 20’s mission in Iraq was to capture or kill the high-value targets, or HVTs. These included Iraqi jihadists and former Ba’ath Party members.

Logan Nye, WATM
The USS Wahoo wasn’t messing around when it took out a Japanese tanker, troop transport, and two freighters.

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Donald Trump threatens severe military consequences if Iran disrupts oil shipments through the critical global energy corridor.

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The U.S. adds to its bomber force deployed to the U.K. as Iranian drones and missiles continue to fly.

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Bell is starting assembly of the fuselage of the prototype MV-75 tiltrotor for the U.S. Army and is beginning design work on a second increment variant for U.S….

The Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has sustained a high intensity of ballistic missile and drone strikes on the United States and its strategic partners’ targets across the Middle East, dashing initial expectations in the Western world that attacks on the country would cripple its missile forces shortly after the U.S. and Israel initiated hostilities on February 28. The war with Iran turned out to be a clash with an adversary unlike any the U.S.

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In early March 2026, U.S. Central Command confirmed the first U.S. fatalities of the Iran conflict. A drone strike at Port Shuaiba in Kuwait killed six American servicemembers.A counter-drone system can intercept “most” threats and still fail at the mission that matters: protecting people and critical nodes. Small drones can fly as low to the ground, present detection challenges, and punish any gap in hardening or point defense.

Commenting on a live fire cruise missile exercise launched by the Korean People’s Army Navy’s first destroyer, the Choe Hyon, Chairman of the ruling Korean Workers’ Party Kim Jong Un has for the first time revealed that a larger class of 8,000 ton destroyers is currently under development. The chairman was at the time announcing a decision that future destroyers would not be equipped with forward mounted high calibre guns, which are used primarily for shore bombardment, and would instead prioritise carriage of more missiles for anti-ship operations.

Indonesia is rapidly expanding its naval fleet to meet its blue-water ambitions. But, for much of the past decade, budget constraints and limited political attention meant the country could focus only on acquiring small- and medium-sized naval vessels.That pattern has shifted noticeably in recent years.Jakarta has moved ahead with the procurement of larger and more capable platforms, including two Multipurpose Combat Ships/PPA from Italy and two I-class frigates from Turkey.

To analyze a war accurately, one must apply an analytical framework suited to its actual character. This requirement is nowhere more evident than in assessments of the Gaza War between Israel and Hamas. Much commentary on the conflict has implicitly measured it against a perceived “gold standard” of humane warfare: restrained campaigns emphasizing separation between insurgents and civilians, dismounted ground operations, and expansive humanitarian assistance designed to win “hearts and minds.

The U.S. Air Force has continued to expand its strategic bomber deployments in Europe since the country launched an attack on Iran on February 28, with Iran’s large scale missile and drone attacks on U.S. air bases across the Middle East having made longer range strikes from bases outside the region preferable. Five B-1B bombers arrived at Royal Air Force Fairford in the United Kingdom on March 7-8, and another three at Ramstein Air Force Base in Germany. Three B-52H bombers then landed at Fairford on March 9.

The S-300 surface-to-air missile systems have assumed combat duty in Belarus, according to local media outlets, with the systems operating under the 15th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade. Speaking to local media, the brigade’s commander stated: “as part of the snap inspection of the Armed Forces, the 15th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade was issued a combat order. In accordance with it, units from the immediate response forces were brought to the highest degree of combat readiness. We received materiel supplies, loaded them, and departed for the designated area.

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.

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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