Cold War caribou herd of 2,750 threatens Aleutian island ecology
By 2005, a herd of 25 caribou released on Adak Island in 1958 as emergency food for US military personnel had grown to 2,750 animals, according to Alaska Department of Fish and…
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US lost 45 Reaper drones, a quarter of its fleet, in Iran war
The US has lost at least 45 MQ-9 Reaper drones, roughly a quarter of its fleet, during the over five-month conflict with Iran, The Washington Post reports. Each Reaper, used for surveillance…
Ukraine drone teams defeat US forces in war drill
During the Combined Resolve exercise in April and May, Ukrainian drone teams repeatedly spotted and 'destroyed' US troops and armoured vehicles, The Wall Street Journal reports. The drills, held in Germany, saw…
DARPA seeks hypersonic cruise missile with longer range, survivability
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is seeking to develop a new hypersonic scramjet cruise missile, the Next Generation Hypersonic Cruise Missile (NGHCM), designed to penetrate increasingly sophisticated enemy air-defence…
US military turns stored radioactive waste into seabed power
The Pentagon is repurposing decades-old radioactive strontium-90 from Oak Ridge, Tennessee, into an underwater power grid for drones and sensors. The material, from a never-deployed 1980s generator called BUP-500, was transferred to…
Iran War Puts US Troops at Risk of Lasting Brain Injuries
Nearly 700 US service members have been wounded in drone and missile attacks during the Iran war, with most suffering traumatic brain injuries and returning to duty, according to military officials. The…
Trump Denies Hegseth Rift as Reports Cite US Missile Shortages
US President Donald Trump has denied reports of a confrontation with War Secretary Pete Hegseth over shortages of missiles and air-defence interceptors during the conflict with Iran. Trump said he was extremely…
Trump denies US missile shortages, threatens leakers with jail
US President Donald Trump has denied reports that dwindling missile stocks constrained his military options in the Iran war, saying the country has “massive amounts” of munitions and that defence firms are…
