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US base commanders to have more say in defeating drone intrusions
2+ hour, 27+ min ago (292+ words) All unauthorized drone flights in the vicinity of U.S. military installations have been classed as a surveillance threat in updated guidance released Monday by the Pentagon's Joint Inter-Agency Task Force 401. Signed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in December, the guidance aims…...
‘A soap opera’: How Ukraine’s frontline soldiers view peace talks
5+ day, 8+ hour ago (1403+ words) ZHYTOMYR, Ukraine " "These peace talks feel like cognitive dissonance to me," "Primo" wrote in a message to Military Times while deployed in southern Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region, home to Europe's largest nuclear power plant, which has been under Russian occupation since…...
US Army launches artillery battalion focused on Europe deterrence
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (294+ words) The U.S. Army this fall activated an artillery battalion in New York that is intended to give commanders in Europe new options for long-range strikes and deterrence. Third Battalion, 12th Field Artillery Regiment was activated under the 56th Theater Multi-Domain Command on Oct....
A drone ‘war is more silent and more deadly’ — and America is behind
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (792+ words) KHARKIV, UKRAINE " The Vampire drone gripped two precious pieces of cargo tightly " a bomb for the Russians and a delivery of still-warm KFC for the Ukrainians in the trench next to them. Over the last year, the world's attention has…...
Trump’s national security strategy slams European allies
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (418+ words) President Donald Trump's administration set forth a new national security strategy that paints European allies as weak and aims to reassert America's dominance in the Western Hemisphere. The document released Friday by the White House is sure to roil long-standing…...
US approves sale of Patriot launcher upgrades to Ukraine
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (456+ words) The U.S. government said this week it has approved Ukraine's potential purchase of equipment to upgrade its Patriot air defense launchers to the latest configuration. The United States first shipped Patriot systems to Ukraine in April 2023, more than a year after…...
Netherlands WWII cemetery removes displays honoring Black soldiers
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (691+ words) The Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial in Margraten, the only American military cemetery in the Netherlands, has quietly removed panels displaying the contributions of Black American soldiers during WWII, sparking outrage from Dutch and American citizens. One of the two…...
Drones could replace large US Army units in Europe, expert suggests
3+ mon, 5+ hour ago (554+ words) Since 1945, the U.S. Army has been designed to defend Europe. Despite detours into counterinsurgency in Southeast Asia and the Middle East, the core of the Army remains a large force of heavy mechanized brigades. But the times are changing. The Obama…...
Trump-Putin summit could decide the course of the Russia-Ukraine war
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (898+ words) ANCHORAGE, Alaska " U.S. President Donald Trump is meeting face-to-face with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday for a high-stakes summit that could determine not only the trajectory of the war in Ukraine but also the fate of European security....
Trump says he’s shortening 50-day deadline for Russia to end war
5+ mon, 4+ week ago (528+ words) EDINBURGH, Scotland " President Donald Trump said Monday he intends to shorten the 50-day deadline he gave Russian President Vladimir Putin to reach a deal that ends the three-year war in Ukraine, after Russia continued to bombard Ukrainian cities. Russia fired…...