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B-2s flew 36-hour mission to target Iranian Revolutionary Guard meeting
B-2 bombers dropped bunker-buster bombs on an underground compound where commanders from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps had gathered.
US Navy seeks 1,200% increase in Tomahawk missile procurement for 2027
The U.S. Navy is requesting $3 billion to replenish its stockpile of Tomahawk missiles that have been depleted over the course of the Iran war.
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Troops would get up to 7% pay raise under proposed defense bill
The White House's proposed budget for fiscal 2027 includes a pay raise for junior enlisted service members and other pay grades, ranging from 5% to 7%.
Iran’s other would-be WMD program lies in ruins following strikes by Israel and the US
“It almost seems like an afterthought and lower priority to the war planners,” said Jim Lamson, a former Iran analyst for the CIA of 23 years.
US hits military targets on Iran’s Kharg Island
Vice President JD Vance said the strikes were not a change in U.S. strategy.
‘A whole civilization will die tonight,’ Trump says as Iran defies deal
A former U.S. State Department legal advisor said the remarks “could plausibly be interpreted as a threat to commit genocide.”
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Outpaced by the US, China’s military places selective bets on artificial intelligence
China may have surpassed the United States in AI for drone swarms, one Taiwan-based analyst said.
Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer graduates from Marine recon course
Dakota Meyer, 37, was awarded the Medal of Honor in 2011 for heroism during the war in Afghanistan. He reenlisted in 2025 in the Marine Corps Reserve.
The FBI’s secret fight to track down American traitors in Europe during WWII
Author Stephen Harding tells the true story of a small band of FBI agents who went undercover to hunt down U.S. traitors in Europe.
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Master Chief actor condemns use of character in White House’s Iran war hype video
“I demand that the producers of this disgusting and juvenile war porn remove my voice immediately,” Steve Downes wrote in a post on X.
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Outpaced by the US, China’s military places selective bets on artificial intelligence
China may have surpassed the United States in AI for drone swarms, one Taiwan-based analyst said.
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Calls for tougher US bunkers, hangars go back years, analysts say
The Iran war has reignited a longstanding conversation about the need for the U.S. to protect its aircraft with underground bunkers and hardened shelters.
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Trump says Iran could be ‘taken out’ on Tuesday
“The entire country can be taken out in one night, and that night might be tomorrow night," the president said.
By Nandita Bose and Steve Holland, Reuters
Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer graduates from Marine recon course
Dakota Meyer, 37, was awarded the Medal of Honor in 2011 for heroism during the war in Afghanistan. He reenlisted in 2025 in the Marine Corps Reserve.
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Author Stephen Harding tells the true story of a small band of FBI agents who went undercover to hunt down U.S. traitors in Europe.
US Army wants new grenade launcher, ammunition to be able to destroy drones
The Army is calling for prototype submissions that include 16 weapons, fire controls systems and around 25,000 rounds of ammunition.
By Michael Peck
US special forces rescue second F-15 airman from Iran
The airman, the weapons officer of an F-15 jet shot down on Friday, was wounded but “will be just fine,” President Trump announced.
By Phil Stewart and Menna Alaa El-Din, Reuters
Iran leaves door open for peace talks as hunt for missing US pilot continues
The prospect of a U.S. service member alive and on the run in Iran comes days after Trump threatened to bomb Iran “back to the Stone Ages.”
By Hatem Maher and Phil Stewart, Reuters
A-10 Warthog crashes near Strait of Hormuz
A U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II reportedly crashed near the Strait of Hormuz at around the same time an F-15E fighter jet was shot down.
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