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Iran fired at least one ballistic missile with a warhead containing multiple submunitions as part of a particularly destructive barrage on Israel earlier today.

Iran Just Used Ballistic Missiles With Cluster Warheads To Strike Israel Iran Just Used Ballistic Missiles With Cluster Warheads To Strike Israel

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jun 19, 2025

The U.S. Navy is sending the supercarrier USS Nimitz and the rest of its strike group to the Middle East amid a new buildup of forces in the region ostensibly for defensive purposes, U.S. officials have told TWZ.

Major U.S. Middle East-Focused Buildup Confirmed (Updated) Major U.S. Middle East-Focused Buildup Confirmed (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick, By Howard Altman

Posted on Jun 16, 2025

Israel is now attacking Iranian energy facilities after warning it would if Iran didn't stop hitting Israeli urban areas.

Israel Escalates To Attacking Iranian Energy Targets After Ballistic Missiles Hit Tel Aviv (Updated) Israel Escalates To Attacking Iranian Energy Targets After Ballistic Missiles Hit Tel Aviv (Updated)

By Howard Altman

Updated on Jun 15, 2025

Dramatic footage is emerging online as Iran has begun launching a huge ballistic missile barrage against Israel as part of its retaliatory strikes.

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Iran Strikes Back (Updated) Iran Strikes Back (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 13, 2025

Open feuding between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, until recently close friends and political allies, has shone a particular light on how heavily reliant the U.S. government, and America's armed forces especially, has become on SpaceX.

This Is How U.S. National Security Has Become Dependent On SpaceX This Is How U.S. National Security Has Become Dependent On SpaceX

By Joseph Trevithick, By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jun 6, 2025

In January, the U.S. military moved to halt work on the new AN/TPY-6 radar, one of seven key elements of the huge new air and missile defense architecture taking shape on Guam, and its current status is now unclear.

Uncertainty Over AN/TPY-6 Guam Missile Defense Radar Emerges Uncertainty Over AN/TPY-6 Guam Missile Defense Radar Emerges

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on May 27, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 20: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office at the White House on May 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Trump announced his plans for the "Golden Dome," a national ballistic and cruise missile defense system. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump’s Golden Dome Missile Shield: What We Just Learned And Its Implications Trump’s Golden Dome Missile Shield: What We Just Learned And Its Implications

By Howard Altman, By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on May 21, 2025

Canada Looks To Close Critical Arctic Radar Gaps With Australia’s Help

Canada Looks To Close Critical Arctic Radar Gaps With Australia’s Help Canada Looks To Close Critical Arctic Radar Gaps With Australia’s Help

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Mar 19, 2025

U.S. Air Force officials remain focused on the ability to disperse forces to far-flung operating locations as the primary means of reducing vulnerability to enemy attacks.

USAF Generals Downplay Calls For More Hardened Aircraft Shelters In Pacific Theater USAF Generals Downplay Calls For More Hardened Aircraft Shelters In Pacific Theater

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Mar 5, 2025

Iron Dome Changed To Golden Dome

Trump’s Missile Defense Initiative’s Name Changed From Iron Dome To Golden Dome Trump’s Missile Defense Initiative’s Name Changed From Iron Dome To Golden Dome

By Howard Altman

Posted on Feb 25, 2025

U.S. Air Force Gen. Gregory Guillot, the top American military officer overseeing operations in and around North America, has said he would welcome Canadian participation in expanding continental missile defense efforts, including in space.

Canada Joining Iron Dome Missile Defense Plan Would Be Welcome: NORAD Boss Canada Joining Iron Dome Missile Defense Plan Would Be Welcome: NORAD Boss

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 14, 2025

The Ukrainian Air Force has shared some rare views of S-300V1 surface-to-air missile systems firing their 26-foot-long 9M83 interceptors.

Rare Look At S-300V1 Surface-To-Air Missile Systems In Action In Ukraine Rare Look At S-300V1 Surface-To-Air Missile Systems In Action In Ukraine

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Feb 10, 2025

THAAD deployment Israel

U.S. Army’s First Combat Use Of THAAD Missile Defense System Just Occurred In Israel (Updated) U.S. Army’s First Combat Use Of THAAD Missile Defense System Just Occurred In Israel (Updated)

By Howard Altman, By Geoff Ziezulewicz

Posted on Dec 27, 2024

Mk 41 launcher MDA Guam

Tilting Mark 41 Launcher Emerges During Guam’s First Aegis Ashore Missile Defense Test Tilting Mark 41 Launcher Emerges During Guam’s First Aegis Ashore Missile Defense Test

By Geoff Ziezulewicz, By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Dec 10, 2024

Russian President Vladimir Putin says his country's forces fired a previously unknown medium-range hypersonic missile called Oreshnik at Ukraine earlier today.

Russia’s Experimental Ballistic Missile Used To Strike Ukraine Is Based On The RS-26 Rubezh Russia’s Experimental Ballistic Missile Used To Strike Ukraine Is Based On The RS-26 Rubezh

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Nov 21, 2024

Satellite view of the island of Guam plus Mk 41 VLS from Aegis Ashore air defense system.

Our First Look At Land-Based Aegis Missile Defense System In Guam Our First Look At Land-Based Aegis Missile Defense System In Guam

By Thomas Newdick, By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Oct 21, 2024