Lockheed Martin's F-35 is one of the most advanced aircraft ever designed. Buying and keeping them flying for decades is estimated to cost the US government $2 trillion.
US Central Command shared a video showing a US Navy destroyer firing at an Iranian cargo vessel in the Arabian Sea. The USS Spruance intercepted the ship after its crew refused repeated warnings to stop.
US defense spending is on track to top $1 trillion for the first time in history. Congress approved $900 billion for defense in 2026, and President Donald Trump has since proposed a staggering $1.5 trillion defense budget for 2027, the largest request in decades.
Iran attacked the Erbil region in northern Iraq over 400 times during its war with the US and Israel. WELT's Chief Correspondent Ibrahim Naber got exclusive access to the wreckage of Iranian weapons used to strike the Kurdistan region.
Inside the Natick Soldier Systems Center, the US Army puts its own gear through extreme tests—burning uniforms, freezing equipment, and pushing soldiers to their limits—to make sure everything can survive the harshest environments on Earth.
