The US military has approved the F-35 fighter jet for full rate production, authorizing the move after a five-year delay. Though hundreds of F-35s have already entered US and foreign service, the plane only recently completed mandatory combat simulations. The Pentagon...
Israel’s military said it has launched a probe into leaked footage which appears to show IDF troops boasting about the summary execution of an elderly man in Gaza. Tel Aviv insists the graphic video is “edited,” and claims the unarmed Palestinian was a suspected...
The Pentagon has given the green light to equip the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter with thermonuclear weapons, a military spokesman told Breaking Defense. The latest addition to the US fighter fleet, the F-35 has faced a long line of technical issues and cost overruns. In...
President Joe Biden has pledged to sign a bill threatening to ban TikTok should its Chinese parent firm fail to divest from the platform. The proposed crackdown enjoys bipartisan support in Congress, and is expected to be fast-tracked for a vote as soon as next week....
The US military is devising a new system designed to field thousands of drones controlled by artificial intelligence, deputy Pentagon chief Kathleen Hicks said on Wednesday, voicing hopes the tech would help to overcome Beijing’s “advantage in mass.” Speaking at the...
This is an updated version of a previous article. Russia’s Wagner Group has called off its march on Moscow and agreed to stand down after launching a two-day mutiny and seizing a military base in the city of Rostov-on-Don. The Kremlin said it would drop all charges...
This article has been updated here. Russia’s Wagner Group has called off its march on Moscow, its leader Yevgeny Prigozhin said on Saturday, agreeing to end a two-day mutiny after the mercenary firm claimed it seized a military base in the city of Rostov-on-Don and...
The head of Russia’s Wagner private military firm, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has claimed to have captured a military facility in the Russian city of Rostov, after the mercenary chief accused government forces of attacking his fighters in Ukraine. The Kremlin has denied the...
