Defense

Duckworth slams Hegseth: 'Military could not do its job' without 'the women who serve'

Duckworth slams Hegseth: 'Military could not do its job...

The Hill - Defense News, Oct 5, 2025 - 17:53

Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) on Sunday went after Defense Secretary Pete Hegset...

Trump doesn't let shutdown interfere with celebrating Navy's 250th anniversary at rally-like event

Trump doesn't let shutdown interfere with celebrating N...

The Hill - Defense News, Oct 5, 2025 - 17:53

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — President Donald Trump did not let the government shutdown i...

Evening Brief: Rubio Says Gaza War Not Over Yet, Deadly Shooting in Montgomery, Alabama, Protester Shot in Chicago

Evening Brief: Rubio Says Gaza War Not Over Yet, Deadly...

SOFREP, Oct 5, 2025 - 17:52

From Rubio warning that Gaza’s war is still live and the hostage file will prove...

Ukraine: Russian ballistic missiles now harder for Patriot to hit

Ukraine: Russian ballistic missiles now harder for Patr...

Defence Blog, Oct 5, 2025 - 16:05

Ukraine’s air defense forces are facing mounting challenges as Russia modifies i...

Trump celebrates the Navy's 250th anniversary in the midst of the shutdown

Trump celebrates the Navy's 250th anniversary in the mi...

The Hill - Defense News, Oct 5, 2025 - 14:31

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — President Donald Trump did not let the government shutdown i...

Former Army vice chief of staff 'concerned' about Hegseth's 'attack on women'

Former Army vice chief of staff 'concerned' about Hegse...

The Hill - Defense News, Oct 5, 2025 - 13:03

Former Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Peter Chiarelli said he is “concerned” abou...

The F-23 Stealth Fighter Still Haunts the U.S. Air Force

The F-23 Stealth Fighter Still Haunts the U.S. Air Force

National Security Journal, Oct 5, 2025 - 11:36

Key Points and Summary – Northrop’s YF-23 Black Widow II lost the Advanced Tacti...

The JAS 39 Gripen E Fighter Jet Has a Message for Russia

The JAS 39 Gripen E Fighter Jet Has a Message for Russia

National Security Journal, Oct 5, 2025 - 11:36

Key Points and Summary – Ukraine is signaling interest in Sweden’s JAS-39 Gripen...

The Fletcher-Class Destroyer Has a Message for the U.S. Navy

The Fletcher-Class Destroyer Has a Message for the U.S....

National Security Journal, Oct 5, 2025 - 11:36

Key Points and Summary – America’s 175 Fletcher-class destroyers, launched begin...

France’s New PANG Aircraft Carrier Has a Message for Any Navy on Earth

France’s New PANG Aircraft Carrier Has a Message for An...

National Security Journal, Oct 5, 2025 - 11:36

Key Points and Summary – France’s next-generation carrier, PANG (Porte-avions de...

The Navy’s New Ford-Class Aircraft Carriers Can’t Hide All The Problems Anymore

The Navy’s New Ford-Class Aircraft Carriers Can’t Hide ...

National Security Journal, Oct 5, 2025 - 11:36

Key Points and Summary – USS Enterprise (CVN-80), the third Gerald R. Ford-class...

US's Abrams and UK's Challenger 2 tanks unite in Estonia in a clear NATO signal

US's Abrams and UK's Challenger 2 tanks unite in Estoni...

ArmyRecognition.com, Oct 5, 2025 - 11:35

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Did an Australian surveillance plane fly over Poland in a NATO air mission?

Did an Australian surveillance plane fly over Poland in...

ArmyRecognition.com, Oct 5, 2025 - 11:35

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USS United States: The Aircraft Carrier Custom Designed To Launch Bombers

USS United States: The Aircraft Carrier Custom Designed...

National Security Journal, Oct 5, 2025 - 10:04

Key Points and Summary – USS United States (CVA-58) was conceived just after Wor...

Chinese FB-10A missile system falls into hands of Sudan’s RSF militants

Chinese FB-10A missile system falls into hands of Sudan...

Defence Blog, Oct 5, 2025 - 10:02

Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have received a Chinese-made FB-...

Vought Model 1600: The Navy’s Big F-16 Fighter ‘Flying on Aircraft Carrier’ Mistake Still Stings

Vought Model 1600: The Navy’s Big F-16 Fighter ‘Flying ...

National Security Journal, Oct 5, 2025 - 08:35

Key Points and Summary – In the Navy’s 1970s hunt for a new fighter, Vought and ...

USS Illinois: The Forgotten Iowa-Class Battleship the U.S. Navy Never Finished

USS Illinois: The Forgotten Iowa-Class Battleship the U...

National Security Journal, Oct 5, 2025 - 08:35

Key Points and Summary – USS Illinois (BB-65) was planned as the fifth Iowa-clas...

Why the Navy Never Built Deep-Diving Titanium Nuclear Submarines Like Russia

Why the Navy Never Built Deep-Diving Titanium Nuclear S...

National Security Journal, Oct 5, 2025 - 08:35

Key Points and Summary – The Soviet Union built several submarine classes with t...

U.S. Army Conducts Gunnery Exercise With Latest Air Defense System Sgt Stout

U.S. Army Conducts Gunnery Exercise With Latest Air Def...

ArmyRecognition.com, Oct 5, 2025 - 08:34

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India’s ‘Neighbourhood First Policy’ needs an Urgent Re-think

India’s ‘Neighbourhood First Policy’ needs an Urgent Re...

GSDN, Oct 5, 2025 - 08:33

By: Simran Sodhi, Guest Author, GSDN Even as Nepal seems to calm down and stabil...

Leak doc reveals Su-57s for Algeria, Su-35s for Iran and Ethiopia

Leak doc reveals Su-57s for Algeria, Su-35s for Iran an...

Defence Blog, Oct 5, 2025 - 08:33

A newly leaked document allegedly from Russian state defense conglomerate Rostec...

U.S. Marines push TRUAS drone to its limits in resupply tests

U.S. Marines push TRUAS drone to its limits in resupply...

Defence Blog, Oct 5, 2025 - 07:05

U.S. Marines are testing the next generation of battlefield logistics with the T...

UK Launches Project VANQUISH to Build Autonomous Carrier Aircraft

UK Launches Project VANQUISH to Build Autonomous Carrie...

ArmyRecognition.com, Oct 5, 2025 - 05:36

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North Korea unveils new short-range air defense system

North Korea unveils new short-range air defense system

Defence Blog, Oct 5, 2025 - 05:36

North Korea has unveiled a new generation of military technologies — including w...

North Korea develops new mobile tank hunter

North Korea develops new mobile tank hunter

Defence Blog, Oct 5, 2025 - 05:36

North Korea has publicly displayed a new mobile anti-tank missile system for the...

Abrams meets Challenger 2 on NATO’s eastern flank

Abrams meets Challenger 2 on NATO’s eastern flank

Defence Blog, Oct 5, 2025 - 05:36

American and British armored forces came together this week in Estonia for a joi...

Do militarily used drones mark a new NATO airspace test across Germany and Belgium?

Do militarily used drones mark a new NATO airspace test...

ArmyRecognition.com, Oct 5, 2025 - 04:08

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As South Asia slips, India stands Strong

As South Asia slips, India stands Strong

GSDN, Oct 4, 2025 - 22:54

By: Lt Col JS Sodhi (Retd), Editor, GSDN South Asia with 25% of the world’s popu...

Sudanese Strikes Take Out Ukrainian Forces in Darfur

Sudanese Strikes Take Out Ukrainian Forces in Darfur

Military Watch Magazine, Oct 4, 2025 - 22:53

Ukrainian contractor personnel have been eliminated during operations in Sudan’s...

J-35 vs. F-35: Which Stealth Fighter Is More ‘Stealth’?

J-35 vs. F-35: Which Stealth Fighter Is More ‘Stealth’?

National Security Journal, Oct 4, 2025 - 21:01

Key Points and Summary – China’s carrier-borne J-35/J-35A is being touted by sta...

Can Trump Bring Peace to Gaza?

Can Trump Bring Peace to Gaza?

National Security Journal, Oct 4, 2025 - 20:02

Key Point and Summary – President Trump claims a Gaza ceasefire is near, framing...

The Korea Playbook: The Only Way to End the Ukraine War?

The Korea Playbook: The Only Way to End the Ukraine War?

National Security Journal, Oct 4, 2025 - 20:02

Key Points and Summary – The Ukraine war is settling into a costly deadlock of d...

Major Shakeup: Navy Chief of Staff Ousted by Hegseth

Major Shakeup: Navy Chief of Staff Ousted by Hegseth

Global Defense, Oct 4, 2025 - 20:00

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has recently dismissed Jon Harrison from his posi...

Hegseth fires Navy chief of staff

Hegseth fires Navy chief of staff

Army Times, Oct 4, 2025 - 20:00

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired the Navy chief of staff in a sudden sha...

Evening Brief: Trump May Appear on $1 Coin, Hamas Agrees to Release Hostages, Multiple Drone Sightings Disrupt Denmark

Evening Brief: Trump May Appear on $1 Coin, Hamas Agree...

SOFREP, Oct 4, 2025 - 18:05

As Treasury flirts with a $1 Trump coin stamped “FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT” and runs i...

Maher roasts Hegseth military meeting: ‘A manly administration’

Maher roasts Hegseth military meeting: ‘A manly adminis...

The Hill - Defense News, Oct 4, 2025 - 14:32

Comedian Bill Maher on Friday mocked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's recent spe...

Jon Harrison Abruptly Fired as Navy Chief of Staff

Jon Harrison Abruptly Fired as Navy Chief of Staff

SOFREP, Oct 4, 2025 - 14:32

Harrison turned the Navy’s front office into a command post, but when Hung Cao’s...

‘Flying Dorito’ A-12 Avenger II Aircraft Carrier Stealth Bomber Nightmare Had to End

‘Flying Dorito’ A-12 Avenger II Aircraft Carrier Stealt...

National Security Journal, Oct 4, 2025 - 13:04

Key Points and Summary – Conceived to replace the A-6, the stealthy, flying-wing...

No, You Can’t Make the A-10 Warthog ‘Stealth’

No, You Can’t Make the A-10 Warthog ‘Stealth’

National Security Journal, Oct 4, 2025 - 13:04

Key Points and Summary – With the A-10 Warthog retiring, debate flares over clos...

SOFREP Saturday Cartoon: Tighten the Waist, Ignore the Waste

SOFREP Saturday Cartoon: Tighten the Waist, Ignore the ...

SOFREP, Oct 4, 2025 - 13:03

Command squeezes inches from the ranks and calls it readiness while the real hea...

The U.S. Navy’s Big F-15N Sea Eagle Fighter Mistake Still Stings

The U.S. Navy’s Big F-15N Sea Eagle Fighter Mistake Sti...

National Security Journal, Oct 4, 2025 - 11:04

Key Points and Summary – The F-15N “Sea Eagle” was McDonnell Douglas’s pitch to ...

Zelensky fumes after Russia launches 'savage' strike on Ukraine railway station

Zelensky fumes after Russia launches 'savage' strike on...

The Hill - Defense News, Oct 4, 2025 - 11:03

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday blasted Russia for a "savage"...

Augmenting Deterrence and Restructuring Allies: The Growing Nexus of Saudi Arabia & Pakistan

Augmenting Deterrence and Restructuring Allies: The Gro...

GSDN, Oct 4, 2025 - 11:02

By: Sanighdha “Any aggression against either country shall be considered an aggr...

Russia’s T-14 Armata Tank: A Fight for Survival Looks Imminent

Russia’s T-14 Armata Tank: A Fight for Survival Looks I...

National Security Journal, Oct 4, 2025 - 09:34

Key Points and Summary – Russia’s T-14 Armata, unveiled in 2014 as a “supertank,...

Russia’s ‘New’ Shtorm Nuclear Aircraft Carrier Boiled Down to 1 Word

Russia’s ‘New’ Shtorm Nuclear Aircraft Carrier Boiled D...

National Security Journal, Oct 4, 2025 - 09:34

Key Points and Summary – Russia’s carrier Admiral Kuznetsov remains sidelined, a...

X-43A: How NASA Hit Mach 9.68 With an Air-Breathing Engine

X-43A: How NASA Hit Mach 9.68 With an Air-Breathing Engine

National Security Journal, Oct 4, 2025 - 09:34

Key Points and Summary – NASA’s X-43A was a small, unmanned Hyper-X demonstrator...

China’s New J-20S Stealth Fighter ‘Boiled Down’ To 5 Words

China’s New J-20S Stealth Fighter ‘Boiled Down’ To 5 Words

National Security Journal, Oct 4, 2025 - 09:34

Key Points and Summary – China’s twin-seat J-20S is the first operational two-cr...

Royal British Navy’s 203-day nuclear submarine patrol signals longer and riskier rotations

Royal British Navy’s 203-day nuclear submarine patrol s...

ArmyRecognition.com, Oct 4, 2025 - 09:32

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US Army Orders Autonomous Oshkosh PLS A2 Trucks to Secure Frontline Convoys

US Army Orders Autonomous Oshkosh PLS A2 Trucks to Secu...

ArmyRecognition.com, Oct 4, 2025 - 09:32

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U.S. Army speeds up CH-47F Block II fielding

U.S. Army speeds up CH-47F Block II fielding

Defence Blog, Oct 4, 2025 - 06:31

The U.S. Army is moving quickly to modernize its heavy-lift aviation fleet, auth...