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U.S. Soldier Arrested in Britain in Russia Espionage Investigation

Protecting military secrets starts with the people trusted to keep them. British counterterrorism police arrested a 41-year-old U.S. Army soldier near Gloucester on Tuesday on...

U.S. moves tankers and Ospreys from British base after threat

Hegseth orders war college overhaul; The test is what officers learn

Massie puts Hegseth impeachment before the House

USS Ronald Reagan Returns to Bremerton After Pacific Training

Future Force Desk

Geoffrey Hinton Warned Us About Robot Armies. Then Came Ukraine.

Geoffrey Hinton has been warning us for several years that artificial intelligence could go very badly. Not badly as in your computer crashes. Badly as in...

The Men Planning the Next War Have Never Fought One

Pete Hegseth went to Quantico this week to talk about the future of war. Some of what he said made sense. The battlefield is changing. Fast. Drones...

For 60 Years, the Military Has Argued About Taking the Pilot Out of the Plane

AI Is Already Changing How Wars Are Fought

The Pentagon Isn’t Building Data Centers. It’s Building the Infrastructure of War

America’s AI Buildout Is Becoming a National Security Fight

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Navy

The carrier shortage sailors are paying for

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The Navy’s carrier problem begins with a damaged generator in a Virginia shipyard. It ends with sailors missing Christmas—and families being told not to...

Navy Fires Submarine’s Top Leaders, Leaves Congress in the Dark

Bush deployment extended again; Navy tells families to prepare for a year away

Roosevelt Goes Dark After Clearing Malacca

USS Ronald Reagan Returns to Bremerton After Pacific Training

Field Notes

Space Force

The Battlefield Is Moving Into Orbit

The United States has weapons in orbit. Not someday. Not in a Pentagon war game. Now. Air Force Secretary Troy Meink acknowledged Monday that the U.S....

We’re Putting Guns in Orbit Now

U.S. Military’s X-37B Secret Spaceplane Set for Historic Launch to Higher Orbit

Air Force

U.S. moves tankers and Ospreys from British base after threat

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First the bombers. Now the tankers. The U.S. Air Force moved aircraft out of RAF Mildenhall in England on Monday after receiving a threat, a...

Follow the Damn Bombers, But Know the Damn Beat

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The New York Times has now supplied the question that should have been asked before anybody decided that American B-1 bombers leaving Britain meant...

Those B-1s Weren’t Rotating Home, They Were Bugging Out

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Earlier Sunday, B-1B Lancers began lifting out of RAF Fairford in England, heading west across the Atlantic under MAYAN call signs. At the time, it...

Now Follow the Damn Bombers

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UPDATE, Oct. 4: Hours after this story was published, reports emerged that the B-1 departures from RAF Fairford were ordered after new warnings of...

Air Force Identifies Eight Killed in Edwards B-52 Crash

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The U.S. Air Force on Wednesday released the names of eight airmen and civilian personnel killed in Monday's crash of a B-52 Stratofortress shortly...

Deep Dive

When Headlines Outrun the Reporting

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Deep Dive
This Deep Dive examines coverage of U.S. bombers leaving Britain and the questions reporters need to ask before turning aircraft movements into a story...

How the Media Miscounted Aircraft Carriers

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Deep Dive
Media outlets and social media users recently spread alarming headlines about a massive American naval buildup featuring three aircraft carriers near Iran. However, this...

OPINION

Permission Is Not Independence

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Opinion
For more than 80 years, the United States has maintained an unusual proposition: The government can pay journalists without owning their journalism. It was never...

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