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Peter Thiel-Backed Startup Unveils Cheap, Mass-Producible Cruise Missile as Iran War Drains U.S. Arsenals

Peter Thiel-Backed Startup Unveils Cheap, Mass-Producible Cruise Missile as Iran War Drains U.S. Arsenals

A defense technology start-up backed by Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel announced Wednesday that it

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Air Force Fast-Tracks Cheap $10 Million Expendable Reaper Successor After Losing a Quarter of Its Drone Fleet in Iran War — "We Are Going Through Them At A Rate That Is Concerning"

Air Force Fast-Tracks Cheap $10 Million Expendable Reaper Successor After Losing a Quarter of Its Drone Fleet in Iran War — “We Are Going Through Them At A Rate That Is Concerning”

The U.S. Air Force is accelerating its timeline for a cheaper, expendable successor to the

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Weapons Experts Say Deadly Iranian Wedding Strike Was Likely a Direct Hit by a U.S. Munition, Killing 4 Including a 4-Year-Old, and Injuring 68

Weapons Experts Say Deadly Iranian Wedding Strike Was Likely a Direct Hit by a U.S. Munition, Killing 4 Including a 4-Year-Old, and Injuring 68

An explosion that tore through a wedding celebration in southern Iran this week, killing four

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Pentagon Signs 7-Year Deals With Lockheed Martin to Triple PAC-3 and Quadruple THAAD Interceptor Production Amid Iran War Stockpile Crisis — "We Are Cutting Red Tape, Shortening Timelines"

Pentagon Signs 7-Year Deals With Lockheed Martin to Triple PAC-3 and Quadruple THAAD Interceptor Production Amid Iran War Stockpile Crisis — “We Are Cutting Red Tape, Shortening Timelines”

The Pentagon announced Monday it has signed two seven-year framework agreements with Lockheed Martin and

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Rep. Lieu Says Iran War Exposed U.S. Could Not “Defend Our Bases, Defend Our Allies, Sustain a War” Against a “Second-Rate” Military — Calls for $1.5 Trillion Pentagon Budget to Be “Scrapped and Reformed from the Ground Up”

Rep. Lieu Says Iran War Exposed U.S. Could Not “Defend Our Bases, Defend Our Allies, Sustain a War” Against a “Second-Rate” Military — Calls for $1.5 Trillion Pentagon Budget to Be “Scrapped and Reformed from the Ground Up”

U.S. Rep. Ted Lieu, D-Calif., called Monday for a complete overhaul of the Pentagon’s budget,

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U.S. Missile Stockpiles in Europe and Asia Reach Critical Lows as Iran War Drains American Firepower Threatening China and Russia Deterrence

U.S. Missile Stockpiles in Europe and Asia Reach Critical Lows as Iran War Drains American Firepower Threatening China and Russia Deterrence

The United States has funneled such a large share of its air-defense arsenal into the

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Putin Moves To Escalate Ukraine War After Concluding Peace Talks Are Dead, Considers Tactical Nuclear Weapons “As A Last Resort” — Kyiv City Center Among New Targets

Putin Moves To Escalate Ukraine War After Concluding Peace Talks Are Dead, Considers Tactical Nuclear Weapons “As A Last Resort” — Kyiv City Center Among New Targets

Russia is preparing to escalate its air war against Ukraine after concluding that negotiations for

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CSIS Estimates U.S. Has Burned Through Half Its Prewar Missile Interceptors in Iran War, Down to Roughly 800 Patriots — Meanwhile Russia Alone Produces More Than 100 Ballistic Missiles a Month

CSIS Estimates U.S. Has Burned Through Half Its Prewar Missile Interceptors in Iran War, Down to Roughly 800 Patriots — Meanwhile Russia Alone Produces More Than 100 Ballistic Missiles a Month

The Center for Strategic and International Studies now estimates that the United States has burned

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10 military rifles that were pulled from service for good reason

Militaries don’t retire rifles lightly. When a standard-issue weapon gets pulled from service, the reason

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“I Demand America Not Use Nuclear Weapons” — Marjorie Taylor Greene Demands Trump and Hegseth “Promise the American People They Won’t,” Warns America Is Not Untouchable

“I Demand America Not Use Nuclear Weapons” — Marjorie Taylor Greene Demands Trump and Hegseth “Promise the American People They Won’t,” Warns America Is Not Untouchable

Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., renewed and sharpened her warnings about the possible use

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