Trump tells US Navy warships to 'shoot' any Iranian boats laying mines as the mission to clear the Strait of Hormuz ramps up

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The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105) fires the Mark 45 5-inch light-weight gun during a live-fire exercise in the Philippine Sea, Aug. 21, 2024.
A Navy destroyer fires its 5-inch deck gun, one of the weapons that could be used to engage small Iranian attack boats.

US Navy photo

Marines are speeding up aircraft turnarounds for a scattered future fight and moving more munitions faster to keep up

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Marine aviation ordnance technicians load bombs onto an aircraft at Naval Air Facility El Centro, California on Oct. 17, 2020.
Marine aviation ordnance technicians load bombs onto an aircraft at Naval Air Facility El Centro, California.

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Russians turned a recon drone into an extended-range mothership for its FPV quadcopters

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Russian soldier holds an Orlan-10.
Russian troops use the Orlan-10 primarily as a reconnaissance drone, but it was recently seen carrying FPV quadcopters under its wings.

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The US risks losing a future war without cheap precision-kill weapons, top Pacific admiral warns

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A soldier wearing camouflage crouches and works on a small drone with a blue cloudy sky in the background.
Adm. Paparo said US forces need cheap weapons for less exquisite targets.

US Army photo by Sgt. Duke Edwards

The US has been burning through weapons in Iran it could need in a war with China. Here are the latest estimates.

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The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. fires a Tomahawk Land Attack Missile during operations in support of Operation Epic Fury.
US forces expended hundreds of munitions in the war with Iran, which saw the US strike over 13,000 targets prior to a fragile ceasefire.

U.S. Navy Photo

More battle-tested American-made interceptor drones will be heading to NATO's eastern edge

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A Polish Army soldier carries an AS3 Surveyor interceptor drone, part of the US counter-drone system known as 'MEROPS,' during a live-fire demonstration at the Deba training grounds in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland, on November 18, 2025.
Lithuania said it will purchase the American-made Merops system and interceptor drones.

Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Why Lockheed Martin's $2 trillion F-35 program is so expensive

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F-35 flying in the air
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.

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Ukraine teamed up its sea and interceptor drones for the first time to down a Russian Shahed

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A delta-wing drone is seen from behind. An interceptor drone rises out of a cubby on a sea drone.
Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces said it destroyed a Shahed using an interceptor launched from a sea drone.

Unmanned Systems Forces

The US Navy is testing a jet-powered JDAM that can deliver standoff cruise-missile-like strikes for less

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A Navy F/A-18 carries the new Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) Long Range (LR) variant during a test event in early April off the coast of California
A Navy F/A-18 carrying the long-range JDAM variant earlier this month.

US Navy photo

'Long live the Warthog:' The US military decided it isn't yet ready to give up the A-10 after its fights in Iran

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A U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II fires flares as it departs from aerial refueling with a KC-135 Stratotanker over the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Sept. 23, 2025.
An A-10 operating in the Middle East.

US Air Force photo

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