The Navy is betting on one of the only certainties in future warfare: it is unpredictable. And the service’s top officer offered new details this week on how tech will fit into that volatility.
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Daryl Caudle officially announced Tuesday the Navy’s latest approach to investing in and then deploying capabilities for conflict called “hedge strategy,” a concept he previewed earlier this month.

A Tennessee man is facing prison time for hacking into a Department of Veterans Affairs health platform, accessing a Marine Corps veteran’s personal health information, and posting it on an Instagram feed he named “@hackedthegovernment,” federal officials said.
Nicholas Moore, 24, pleaded guilty Jan. 16 in federal court to hacking the VA-run My HealtheVet site, Department of Justice officials announced this week.

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The new US National Defense Strategy has outlined the approach of the Trump administration as it seeks to reshape existing norms.

In the world of special operations, the United Kingdom’s Special Air Service (SAS) is as good as they come. They are the British government’s elite counterterrorism unit, specializing in rescuing hostages and covert reconnaissance. The SAS generally takes the fight to unsuspecting bad guys all over the world.
Formed during World War II, they were the blueprint for the U.S. Army Delta Force, Israel’s Sayeret Matkal, and almost any other special operations force the world over.

The US Army has granted Salesforce a 10-year Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract capped at $5.6bn.

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If you’ve been looking for a more substantial reason for the latest news coming from Japan, you’re thinking right.
The last month or so since the new Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, took office, you’re hearing a lot of superficial symptoms of a larger issue.

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Last year, a picture shared on social media showed a man entangled in concertina wire on the top of a fence after attempting to break out of a military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
Now, he has been sentenced to an extra nine months behind bars, according to the Army.
Zachary Harader received the extra time per a plea agreement after being convicted on Jan. 12 of one specification of attempted escape under Article 130 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, or UCMJ, Army spokeswoman Heather J. Hagan said on Tuesday. Stars and Stripes first reported on Harader’s sentence.

A senior Ministry of Defence official confirmed there is “no plan” to procure British-made Nightfall missiles at present.

The U.S. defense industrial base is often understood through its largest prime contractors, but the system’s true vulnerabilities lie deep below the surface. Platforms from ships to aircraft and munitions sit atop a multi-tiered supply chain ecosystem, where increasingly specialized suppliers provide the components, materials, and sub-systems critical to the final product.This graphic illustrates the layered structure of the defense industrial base, from prime contractors at the top to the lower-tier suppliers that form its hidden foundation.

Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) is the promise

Drug cartels are reportedly trying to recruit m

If you asked a civilian to map out the ideal military career, they would likely draw a line through the Sun Belt, connecting the humidity of the Carolinas to the dry heat of the Mojave, perhaps a few years’ vacay in Hawaii sprinkled in. They imagine a life of leisure, of fancy water bottles, SPF 75 sunscreen, and scenic beach parties.

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A week before the New England Patriots clinched the AFC Championship and a spot in this year’s Super Bowl, Marines from 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division were flying internationally on one of the NFL team’s private jets. 
Photos posted by the 2nd Marine Division to the military’s Defense Visual Information Distribution Service showed at least a dozen Marines arriving in Norway on a plane owned by the Patriots and painted in the team’s livery.

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Elbit Systems received a $228m contract to supply Iron Fist Active Protection System for the US Army’s Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicles.

In the long history of American military service, few stories better capture the tension between reverence for sacrifice and the anxieties of a changing world than the incident involving Maj. Gen. Joseph J. “Joe” Foss at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in 2002.
Foss was not just any traveler. He was a World War II Marine Corps fighter ace, a Medal of Honor recipient, a former governor of South Dakota, and the first commissioner of the American Football League.

On Friday, Jan. 23, the U.S. Department of Defense released its new National Defense Strategy, which describes how the department will implement its responsibilities under the National Security Strategy. We asked four experts for their key takeaways.Read more below.Kelly Magsamen Former U.S. Department of Defense Chief of StaffThe 2026 National Defense Strategy is a highly political document that spends more time criticizing its predecessors than providing an analytically rigorous theory of the case.

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Space Systems Command intends to issue task orders to qualified vendors annually based on funding and operational needs, said Col.

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The Air Force is revising once again its deployment model, scrapping its plans for “deployable combat wings” and revamping the Air Expeditionary Wing with a…

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USAF requirements are being developed for planes to take on the ‘Looking Glass’ mission after the Navy retires its E-6Bs.

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AI-powered, drone-controlling, and hybrid-electric, the M1E3 Abrams redefines tank warfare with unprecedented speed, agility, and lethal new tactics.

Speaking to Russian state media, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev recently stressed the importance of the country’s nuclear deterrent in guaranteeing its continued existence, at a time of mounting perceived threats from the Western world. “Without nuclear weapons, it is quite possible that our country would no longer exist. Whether that be the Soviet Union then or Russia today,” he observed, while predicting a new era of nuclear proliferation and further escalation of the nuclear arms race between Russia and the Western Bloc.

The Republic of China Army 3rd Battalion, 269th Combined Arms Brigade, has conducted exercises testing the targeting capabilities of its newly operationalised M1A2 Abrams main battle tanks, which were procured from the United States in 2025. The brigade is the second in the Army to have received the vehicles, following the 584th Armored Brigade, with the Defence Ministry having ordered 108 of the vehicles which are expected to equip three brigades.

The U.S. Armed Forces have gained new authority to coordinate the Republic of China Armed Forces’ ballistic and cruise missile arsenals, with the establishment of aJoint Firepower Coordination Centre by the Republic of China Ministry of National Defence seeing U.S. personnel permanently stationed at the facility in Taipei to oversee planning and potential use of local missile forces. Analysts have noted that establishment of the centre, which provides “U.S. assistance and supervision” when using the arsenal, allows the Republic of China Armed Forces to receive intelligence from the U.S.

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The shooting on Nov. 26, 2025 in downtown Washington, which took the life of a young member of the National Guard and left another seriously injured, left people across the country shaken. As the suspect was an Afghan who came to the United States as a parolee after the horrific victory of the Taliban, it also created deep concern within Afghan communities throughout America and other Western countries. Many feared that the actions of a single individual might shape how the broader public views tens of thousands of families who fled Afghanistan under very different circumstances.

TikTok has quietly become one of the most influential platforms in the contemporary information environment, not because it promotes a particular ideology, but because it systematically prioritizes emotional engagement. More than a venue for entertainment or cultural trends, the platform operates as an algorithmic environment that reinforces affective responses through repeated exposure and feedback.

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The Russian Defence Ministry has published footage of a strike operation launched by single use attack drones to destroy two Ukrainian military helicopters deep behind the frontlines. One of the aircraft was a Soviet Mi-24 attack helicopter, which is one of the most high value aircraft in Ukrainian service and is particularly difficult to replace, while the other was an Mi-8 multirole helicopter which has been used to provide air support multiple times in the past.

The Republic of China Air Force has moved ahead with the development of a new upgrade program for the locally produced F-CK Ching Kuo fighters aiming to bring their capabilities to a ‘4+ generation standard, with the Taipei-based China Academy of Sciences commissioned to develop an active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar for the aircraft. The Ching Kuo first flew in 1989, and was introduced in to service in 1992, making it the oldest fighter type currently serving in the air force.

Tens of millions of Americans will find themselves digging out from a massive and historic winter storm. This generational storm will end up dumping snow, sleet and ice across a giant swath of the country. Millions and millions of Americans will be left without power or heat or with the ability to get to the store or the hospital.
Winter storms are nothing new, but in a world where we are increasingly reliant on the electrical grid these storms are getting even more deadly.

The Republic of China (ROC) Ministry of National Defence has established a Joint Firepower Coordination Centre within the Republic of China Armed Forces, which according to local media reports represents a response to the gradual increase in available firepower due to large scale arms procurements from the United States. Based at the Boai Camp in Taipei, the Centre aims to coordinate asymmetric firepower deployments across the various branches of the Republic of China Armed Forces, with foreign personnel, including U.S.

The Pentagon said it consolidated policies around protecting American military facilities from drone threats after unclear guidance that left base commanders scrambling on how to respond and years of increased unmanned aerial system sightings over key Defense Department assets.
Drone incursions over American military bases jumped considerably over the last several years, alarming officials, and a Pentagon watchdog report released last week said the DOD’s confused policies meant some facilities in the U.S. couldn’t adequately protect themselves.

The new National Defense Strategy broadly prioritizes the Trump administration’s plans for protecting U.S. territories and assets and juicing the military’s industrial base, but contains few references to specific technologies of interest.
As it pivots the primary focus of America’s military more inward around the Western Hemisphere and urges allies to take on more burden-sharing against severe global challenges in other regions, the 2026 NDS includes noticeably less technology callouts than its recent predecessors.

The Army has reached an agreement with Salesforce that the company says will help the Pentagon boost its data analytics capabilities and accelerate future agentic AI deployments.
The indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract announced Monday is worth up to $5.6 billion and includes a five-year base ordering period plus a five-year optional ordering period.
Salesforce — a vendor of “customer management relationship” (CMR) tools and other workforce-enabling IT for commercial and government customers — has been increasing its focus on the defense marketplace.

The Marine Corps is incentivizing major retention bonuses for enlisted troops who are willing to switch into high-tech jobs, while many in traditional roles — including infantry — can now get smaller bonuses for re-upping in their current role.
Marines with more than a decade into their careers could see bonuses that edge past $60,000 in some cases.
Under a MARADMIN released last week, mid-career Marines can earn as much as $50,000 by retraining into emerging fields that support drones, cyber, and intelligence operations.

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Lucas Tomlinson is a familiar face as a correspondent for FOX News. But long before he found himself on the ground during a Russian attack on Ukraine, he was a naval officer.
Growing up in Chappaqua, New York, Tomlinson developed a deep-rooted passion for service and giving back that was instilled in him by his family. His uncle was a fighter pilot during the Vietnam War; it was those stories and seeing his old uniforms that would leave a lasting impression.
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The 107-country Outer Space Treaty signed in 1967 prohibits nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons from being placed or used from Earth’s orbit. What they didn’t count on was the U.S. Air Force’s most simple weapon ever: a tungsten rod that could hit a city with the explosive power of an intercontinental ballistic missile.
It’s technically not a weapon.
Related: 4 strange weapons of the Vietnam War
During the Vietnam War, the U.S. used what they called “Lazy Dog” bombs. These were simply solid steel pieces, less than two inches long, and fitted with fins.

In January 1961, the U.S. Army suffered its only nuclear accident and the only fatal nuclear accident in the United States. The accident was caused by the manual removal of a control rod in a nuclear reactor in Idaho. The resulting explosion killed two Army specialists and a Navy Electrician’s Mate. One of the Army specialists, Richard McKinley, was so irradiated that his body had to be interred in a lead-lined casket, covered in cement, and placed in a metal vault before burial.

Anduril, BAE, Leonardo, Lockheed, Syos, Tekever and Thales have been selected to put forward a design for an Apache wingman.

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The UK needs to invest in a maritime capability