Top US general says American forces have been sinking Iranian warships, including a submarine, with the ATACMS ballistic missile

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US Army soldiers launch the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) from a HIMARS system in Australia during a training event on July 27, 2023.
US Army soldiers launch the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) from a HIMARS system in Australia during a training event on July 27, 2023.

U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Andrew Dickson

A US military refueling aircraft went down in Iraq, killing all six crew members

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A US Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker performs an in-flight refuel for two F-22 Raptor jets during an exercise over the Pacific Ocean on Jan. 16, 2026.
A US Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker performs an in-flight refuel for two F-22 Raptor jets during an exercise over the Pacific Ocean on Jan. 16, 2026.

U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Mary Greenwood

The Arctic is stress-testing US Marines and their HIMARS in the most brutal conditions

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US Marines with 2nd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, launch a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System during a live-fire training event in preparation for Exercise Nordic Response 24 in Setermoen, Norway, February 27, 2024.
US Marines are training with HIMARS launchers in Norway.

US Marine Corps photo

Satellite images show Russia expanding a new front-line drone base in occupied Ukraine

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An overview of the Donetsk airport in eastern Ukraine in March 2026.
Russia has converted the Donetsk airport into a drone base.

Satellite image ©2026 Vantor.

The Army is getting a new lethal hand grenade for the first time in decades

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The Army's new hand grenade is has a body made of plastic instead of asbestos
The Army's new hand grenade is has a body made of plastic instead of asbestos

US Army

Ukraine showed NATO artillery crews how to use drones. Now they're figuring out how to make them work in the Arctic.

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A soldier gets ready to launch a UAS A1-CM ''Furia'' used for reconnaissance and artillery fire correction in the Zaporizhzhia direction, Ukraine, on February 22, 2026.
A Ukrainian soldier prepares to launch a drone for reconnaissance and targeting.

Ukrinform/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Video shows US forces destroying some of Iran's old American-made warplanes

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A P-3F Orion is struck by a munition on a runway.
US Central Command posted a video showing three planes, including two old US-made aircraft, being destroyed.

Screenshot via X/US Central Command

Satellite images capture airstrikes reducing Iran's vintage American-made F-14 Tomcats to wreckage

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This satellite image shows two destroyed F-14 Tomcats at an Iranian airbase in March.
The wreckage of two F-14 Tomcats at an Iranian airbase.

Satellite image ©2026 Vantor.

A US Navy oiler ran hard aground after its captain urged a last-minute shortcut: 'Let's try to shoot the gap'

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Amphibious transport dock USS Anchorage (LPD 23) approaches Henry J. Kaiser class fleet replenishment oiler USNS Big Horn (T-AO 198) for a replenishment-at-sea, March 6, 2023.
The replenishment oiler USNS Big Horn ran aground in the Middle East after the captain decided to take a risky shortcut.

US Navy photo

US forces say they're attacking small boats that Iran uses to lay mines in the Strait of Hormuz

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Footage appears to show a small boat being struck by an American munition.
The US said it's been carrying out attacks on Iranian vessels used to lay mines.

Screenshot via X/Central Command

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