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May 3, 2024

NRO’s first batch of next-generation spy satellites set for launch

Space News The National Reconnaissance Office is preparing to launch the first phase of its new imaging satellite constellation built

May 3, 2024

Patriot air-defense system debuts at former American air base in the Philippines

Stars and Stripes The U.S. Army for the first time has deployed Patriot missile launchers to this sprawling facility shared

May 3, 2024

U.S.-Japan missile development project to cost over $3 billion

Kyodo News The United States and Japan have estimated the total cost of jointly developing a new type of missile

May 2, 2024

The US Navy wants a lot more of a missile that just recently scored its first kill to counter Pacific threats like China

Business Insider The US Navy will need a lot more of its SM-3 missile, an interceptor that only recently scored

May 2, 2024

China’s real military budget has quietly become almost as big as ours

The Hill Americans are too often put at ease by the erroneous statistic that the U.S. spends “more than the next 10

May 2, 2024

US Space Force Tests New Weapon Against ‘Space-Enabled’ Attacks

The Defense Post The US Space Force recently tested a new ground-based weapon that can reportedly defend against “space-enabled” attacks.

May 2, 2024

Navy Air Defense Mission in the Red Sea Makes Case for Directed Energy Weapons, Says VCJCS Grady

USNI News Downing Iranian-supplied missiles and drones with multi-million dollar SM-2 missiles to protect shipping in the Red Sea and

May 2, 2024

Pentagon official warns Russian anti-satellite nuclear weapon could be devastating

NBC News A senior Defense Department official told lawmakers Wednesday that Russia is developing an “indiscriminate” anti-satellite nuclear device that

April 29, 2024

Defense Heads of Japan, Australia, U.S. and Philippines to Meet in Hawaii; Carrier Roosevelt Makes Port Call in Thailand

USNI News The defense chiefs of Australia, Japan, the Philippines and the United States will meet in Hawaii to discuss

April 29, 2024

Carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Now in the Mediterranean Sea

USNI News After almost four months on station in the Red Sea, USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) and USS Gravely (DDG-107) transited the Suez