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RAF Typhoons flew in a French simulated nuclear-strike mission for the first time, France said Oct. 23. Here is what Exercise Rummy involved and how it fits the Northwood Declaration.
Typhon has kept a forward presence for more than 30 months and is now stored on Okinawa, while HIMARS crews train from Balabac to Hokkaido. Here is what each weapon does and how far it reaches.
The 51st Marine Corps Marathon runs Sunday, Oct. 25, from Route 110 in Arlington to the Marine Corps War Memorial. Here are the closures, Metro changes and security rules you need.
Trump told an Iowa rally the US will have Iran ‘finished very soon’ and that ‘one way or the other’ the war will be done, while UN Ambassador Mike Waltz said the war could run another year. Here is what we know and what we don’t.
Two Marines are suing the Defense Department over a Defense Manpower Data Center breach that left Social Security numbers exposed for about nine months. Here’s what the suit claims and the steps troops and families can take now.
The Pentagon and Lockheed Martin agreed on a 10-year framework for at least 850 U.S. F-35s, but there is no price tag and nothing is binding until Congress grants multiyear authority and funds fiscal 2027.
A new commercial image shows Russia’s Cosmos 2612 about a kilometer from ICEYE-X36, a U.S.-flagged radar satellite tied to a company that supports Ukraine. The State Department says the satellite’s behavior is consistent with on-orbit weapons operations.
A new report to Congress puts the Air Force’s moderate-risk fighter requirement at 1,509 jets by 2035. The service is 47 jets below its legal minimum today, and 14 of its FY27 F-35s hinge on a reconciliation bill now in doubt.
Prince William County police say a 27-year-old Stafford County man knocked the head off one Marine on the limestone Iwo Jima statue at Marine Corps Base Quantico’s main gate. He faces three charges, including two felonies, and is held without bond.
Iran’s floating oil reserve in Asian waters, which kept Chinese buyers supplied through months of U.S. blockade, is now empty, according to Kpler data cited by The Wall Street Journal.