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China fires verbal warning shot at US over Taiwan

May 14th: Any misstep over Taiwan could push the U.S. and China toward direct confrontation, Chinese leader Xi Jinping told President Donald Trump. Read more ▸

Lawmakers push for domestic shipbuilding fixes as US Navy explores overseas options

May 14th: The service released its fiscal 2027 shipbuilding plan on Monday, outlining the possibility of the U.S. manufacturing ships at foreign shipyards. Read more ▸

‘West-side Skid Row’: Pests, crime, litigation plague plans for VA’s Los Angeles campus

May 14th: Pests and crime threaten VA's efforts to expand housing for homeless veterans at its sprawling west Los Angeles campus. Read more ▸

Iran military threat is diminished but not eliminated, CENTCOM chief says

May 14th: Adm. Brad Cooper said the U.S. had severely degraded Iran’s warfighting capacity, including the elimination of roughly 90% of its inventory of naval mines. Read more ▸

Barracks improvements, installation safety top priorities for military construction budget

May 14th: The $21.5 billion budget request for military barracks would address a backlog of construction and repairs, logistics leaders said. Read more ▸

Blacklists, corruption and frontline needs: Ukraine tackles an arms-export puzzle

May 14th: After years of struggling to arm its one million active-duty soldiers, Kyiv has been wary of allowing its domestic producers to sell their weapons abroad. Read more ▸

Admirals to be scored first on Coast Guard’s first-ever PT test

May 14th: For the first time in service history, the Coast Guard is set to roll out physical fitness testing requirements to the entire force. Read more ▸

US Army recovers remains of second soldier reported missing during Moroccan exercise

May 13th: The Army identified the remains of Spc. Mariyah Symone Collington, 19, one of the two soldiers reported missing on May 2. Read more ▸

No Indo-Pacific peace without industry surge and burden sharing, US general says

May 13th: Pushing industry to far-reaching frontlines — and having allies share the load — is vital to Indo-Pacific security, U.S. Army Gen. Xavier Brunson stressed. Read more ▸

Energy secretary: Iran ‘frighteningly close’ to nuclear weapon despite Operation Epic Fury

May 13th: “They are weeks — a small number of weeks — away to enrich that to weapons-grade uranium," Energy Secretary Chris Wright told a Senate committee. Read more ▸

USS Gerald R. Ford air wing returns home after 11 months

May 13th: The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier broke the record for longest post-Vietnam deployment in April. Read more ▸

US Navy could run out of money by July, top officer warns

May 13th: Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Daryl Caudle told lawmakers at a budget hearing Tuesday that the Navy might have to modify training and operations. Read more ▸

Contractor awarded $3.5 billion to build out US Coast Guard’s Arctic Security Cutters fleet

May 13th: The five cutters to be delivered by Davie Defense will represent a new class of Arctic icebreakers. Read more ▸

US Army abruptly cancels deployment of 4,000 soldiers to Poland

May 13th: The Army has abruptly halted a planned deployment to Poland, bringing U.S. personnel numbers in Europe to pre-2022 levels — before Russia invaded Ukraine. Read more ▸

Air Force MQ-9 fleet drops to 135 aircraft after Iran combat losses

May 13th: The Air Force is seeking to backfill the inventory of MQ-9 Reapers and field a cheaper, more expendable replacement. Read more ▸

Role of Indo-Pacific air defenders has evolved dramatically, US Army commander says

May 13th: Brig. Gen. William Parker, 94th AAMDC chief, recalled an old air defense building bearing a "Will work for food" sign, a stark contrast to the role today. Read more ▸

AI tool has ‘saved a lot of aircraft’ in Epic Fury, AFSOC chief says

May 13th: Lt. Gen. Michael Conley said “necessity had been the mother of invention” in spurring the service to apply available machine learning tools in combat. Read more ▸

Pentagon reaches agreements with defense firms on containerized missiles

May 13th: The Pentagon is announcing framework agreements with Anduril, CoAspire, Leidos and Zone 5 to acquire over 10,000 containerized missiles. Read more ▸

US special operations leaders frustrated by inability to modify their own equipment

May 13th: The military must wait for manufacturers to fix or upgrade equipment, leaving them with outdated capabilities as technology evolves quickly, they said. Read more ▸

Marines mandate servicewide AI training by year’s end

May 13th: The Marine Corps will require all Marines to complete a basic artificial intelligence course by the end of the year. Read more ▸

Austrian jets intercept US military planes two days in a row

May 13th: The May 10 intercept reportedly took place over the Totes Gebirge mountain range in Upper Austria, over 60 kilometers from the German border. Read more ▸

Ukraine’s battlefield integration surpasses US military’s, Army secretary says

May 12th: Army Secretary Dan Driscoll told lawmakers U.S. lags behind Ukraine in battlefield network integration. Read more ▸

Trump’s Golden Dome missile shield estimated to cost $1.2 trillion

May 12th: A national missile defense system would cost $1.2 trillion to build and maintain over the next 20 years, a nonpartisan federal agency estimated. Read more ▸

Coast Guard bans kratom, similar drugs immediately

May 12th: Kratom is not a federally controlled substance in the U.S. and is available legally in 44 states in vape shops, other retail stores and online. Read more ▸

Defense contractors have donated millions to members of Congress, new report finds

May 12th: The defense industry donations make up only a small percentage of the cash going to Congress, however, according to OpenSecrets. Read more ▸

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