Military Legends: 5 Most Overrated Weapons of War Ever These weapons of war are "overrated" in the sense that they occupy a larger space in the defense-security conversation than...
House OKs $1 Billion for Israel's Iron Dome Defense System The U.S. began supporting Israel’s development of the Iron Dome system about a decade ago and has provided about $1.6 billion...
US Pulls Missile Defenses in Saudi Arabia Amid Yemen Attacks A high-resolution satellite picture taken Friday showed the batteries' pads at the site empty, with no visible activity.
Army Activates Two Israeli Iron Dome Missile Defense Batteries at Fort Bliss The system is designed to track and destroy enemy missiles and other threats launched from up to 40 miles away.
Army Wants Missile to Kill Enemy Targets Beyond 900 Miles The surface-to-surface missile that the Army wants could be positioned in areas in the Pacific islands to deter China.
Army Destroys Cruise and Ballistic Missile Targets in 2nd Test of New Defense System It was the final live-fire exercise in a limited user test of the Army's Integrated Battle Command System.
F-16 Shoots Down Drone in Test for New Cruise Missile Defense An F-16 has taken out a drone using an AGR-20A Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) laser-guided rocket.
Turkey's S-400 Will Be Fully Operational by End of Year: Pentagon Official The Defense Department believes that Turkey's S-400 surface-to-air missile system will soon be ready to track aircraft in the...
FTC Investigating Northrop Grumman Amid ICBM Spat with Boeing The agency is probing whether Northrop violated the terms of an agreement it made to acquire Orbital ATK.
Air Force Investigating Whether Airman Smoked Weed at a Missile Alert Facility for ICBMs Officials at Minot are investigating "reports of suspected illegal drugs at an above-ground facility."
For Decades, Recipients Were Honored with Purple Hearts Made During WWII. This Company Now Forges New Medals. For decades, recipients of the Purple Heart were honored with medals that had been forged during World War II, leftover stock...
Officers with Higher Rank Get Better Care than Those with Lower Ranks at Military Hospitals, Study Finds A look at 1.5 million emergency room visits in the military health system shows that, in addition to racial bias, disparities...
Another Dead End for Airborne Lasers: Air Force Scraps Effort to Mount Directed-Energy Weapon on Fighter Jet The Self-Protect High-Energy Laser Demonstrator, or SHiELD, was envisioned as a laser weapon mounted on fighter jets such as...
'He Was Great Before He Came to Us': Air Force Leaders Speak at Funeral of Florida Airman Killed by Police The military connection and the attendance and participation by Air Force officials made the service for Roger Fortson an...
Military Ospreys Can't Fly More Than 30 Minutes from Landing Airfield Months After Grounding Lifted Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy V-22 Ospreys were all given the green light to fly again in early March and have been slowly...