by | Aug 31, 2023 | Security
The Marine Corps has dabbled in drones for a while: It has invested in quadcopters for infantry squads, robotic mules that lug gear, even, earlier in 2023, its first MQ-9 Reaper hunter-killer unmanned aerial vehicle. Now, though, Marine leaders want to bring all of...
by | Aug 31, 2023 | Security
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran accused Israel on Thursday of trying to sabotage its ballistic missile program through faulty foreign parts that could explode, damaging or destroying the weapons before they could be used. The Israeli prime minister’s office...
by | Aug 31, 2023 | Security
WASHINGTON ― A Republican provision in the House’s fiscal 2024 defense policy bill would block the Defense Department — the world’s largest institutional emitter of fossil fuels — from implementing the president’s seven climate change executive orders, which seek to...
by | Aug 31, 2023 | Security
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has approved the first-ever U.S. military transfer to Taiwan under a program generally reserved for assistance to sovereign, independent states. The State Department notified Congress of the sale on Wednesday. It said the...
by | Aug 31, 2023 | Security
LONDON — Britain’s has a new defense secretary. The surprise choice for the role, vacated by Ben Wallace, is Energy Secretary Grant Shapps. The appointment follows Wallace’s announcement earlier this summer that he would stand down after more than four years in the...
