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As strikes by the U.S., France, and the UK on the Syrian government loom, Russia says the gas attack was fabricated at the behest of the UK.

The service is using accounting tricks to sideline dozens of A-10s, but it might not be able to keep up the charade for long.

A decade after USS Freedom was commissioned and multiple program restructurings, the Littoral Combat Ship fleet is nowhere near meeting its goals.

The F-35 program has finished development flight tests, but serious deficiencies remain unsolved and won't be for the foreseeable future.

The fear of U.S. strikes on Syria leading to a larger and much more dire military conflict with Russia is not lost on the Secretary of Defense.

The Automated Direct Indirect-fire Mortar uses computer controls to manage recoil forces and make the weapon more precise.

The sad thing is, the whole idea originally was for the Navy to get a stealth drone, but it ended up getting a flying gas can.

The short clip shows a contractor-operated Hercules reeling out a single tethered prototype drone from its cargo bay.

The President Tweeted out two contradictory messages as the United States stumbles closer to a dangerous escalation in Syria.

There is a real chance that Russia could follow through with its threats of retaliation, here's how we think it would most likely do it.

The apparent surge in electronic warfare attacks is just the latest example of the Kremlin's hybrid campaign against US troops in the country.

The Secretary of Defense issued a gag order on talking about readiness, ostensibly to maintain operational security, but it only hurts the military.

A dark war of words at the U.N. and Russia's promise to retaliate if Assad is attacked push both parties into uncharted diplomatic territory.

Hours after President Trump posted a foreboding tweet about the chemical attack in Douma, an aerial offensive appears to be underway.

Boeing's MQ-25 has a classically problematic but low-observable flush-mounted intake, yet there are no low-observable requirements for the program.

The Advanced Mortar Protection System combines a 120mm mortar with a powered base to give outposts serious firepower.

On the anniversary of the U.S. Tomahawk missile attack on Syria, the White House may be forced to strike Assad again or face losing credibility.

The stealthy design appears to draw its lineage from the ARES close air support jet with the prototypes being named after the gods of dread and panic.

There's plenty of paid for S-3s that can be converted to do the job and a dedicated Viking tanker variant has already been engineered and flown.

The USAF's beloved flight demonstration team has suffered a terrible loss.