Japan will sell Patriot missiles to the US that could help Ukraine, breaking a decades-old arms export policy

Tech Insider
A shot of a Patriot missile battery firing an interceptor in a US Army test. The Patriot missile defense system is a ground-based interceptor able to eliminate airborne threats.
A shot of a Patriot missile battery firing an interceptor in a US Army test. The Patriot missile defense system is a ground-based interceptor able to eliminate airborne threats.

US Army photo

Biden is eyeing using $300B in frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine. It could backfire.

Tech Insider : Politics
Russian central bank
A view of the Russian Central Bank headquarters in downtown Moscow on May 26, 2022.

NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA

Next year could be even tougher than this last for Ukraine, forcing it to fight irregularly to hold on

Tech Insider
A BM-21 'Grad' multiple rocket launcher fires towards Russian positions on the front line near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, on November 27, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
A BM-21 'Grad' multiple rocket launcher fires towards Russian positions on the front line near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, on November 27, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

ANATOLII STEPANOV/AFP via Getty Images

Ukraine is legalizing medicinal marijuana to treat stress and cancer among war survivors

Tech Insider
Employees separate flowers of cannabis from the stems, and the Ukrainian parliament votes on the legalization of medicinal cannabis.
The Ukrainian parliament on Thursday voted in a bill that legalizes medicinal cannabis.

JENS SCHLUETER/AFP via Getty Images and Ruslan Stefanchuk/Verkhovna Rada

The US and its allies are tinkering with AI to help do some of the most complex naval operations

Tech Insider
British Royal Marines landing craft beach Estonia
British Royal Marines land on an Estonian beach during an exercise in May 2023.

UK Ministry of Defense/LPhot Bill Spurr

The US and Chinese air forces are stepping up their training to prepare for a potential showdown with each other

Tech Insider
China air force aerobatics team J-10 fighter jet pilot
A Chinese air force aerobatics team member in a J-10 fighter jet at an air show in August 2022.

Zhou Guoqiang/VCG via Getty Images

Russian wives accuse the country's security service of forcing their husbands to lie about war conditions, calling Putin a 'coward' and 'our rat king,' report says

Tech Insider
Russia conscript soldiers military training
Russians conscripted as part of the mobilization in Rostov on October 31, 2022.

Arkady Budnitsky/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

The US is piling huge amounts of firepower into the Red Sea to combat Houthi attacks on vital shipping routes

Tech Insider
Houthi
Houthi loyalists show off their weapons in Amran province, Yemen, on December 20, 2023.

Mohammed Hamoud

Xi Jinping and Russia's PM took a victory lap over the US's failure to economically isolate Russia since its invasion of Ukraine

Tech Insider
Xi and Mishustin
This pool photograph distributed by Russian state owned agency Sputnik shows Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and Chinese President Xi Jinping shaking hands prior to their meeting in Beijing on December 20, 2023.

DMITRY ASTAKHOV

Photos of US Air Force A-10s in action capture Warthog strafing runs and the bullet-riddled aftermath

Tech Insider
a gray military aircraft with eyes and teeth painted on
A US Air Force A-10C Thunderbolt II pilot flies over Grand Bay Bombing and Gunnery Range near Moody Air Force Base in Georgia.

US Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Devin Boyer/DVIDS

Subscribe to Military & Defense