Security

Ill-fated Gaza pier mission lacked sufficient training, equipment: IG

In March 2024, then-President Joe Biden announced the U.S. would create a new pathway for international aid into war-torn Gaza: a floating pier system operated by the Army and Navy known as Joint Logistics Over-the-Shore, or JLOTS. Later that month, construction was...
Read More

Lithuania to lay antitank mines along its borders with Belarus, Russia

VILNIUS, Lithuania — The Lithuanian government will invest over €1 billion ($1.1 billion) over the next ten years to fortify its border protections near Belarus and Russia, with plans to purchase and install new antitank mines. The Ministry of Defense announced the...
Read More

US Air Force sending ‘boneyard’ F-16s to Ukraine for spare parts

The U.S. Air Force is pulling old and nonoperational F-16s out of its airplane graveyard known as “the boneyard” to send to Ukraine for spare parts. An Air Force spokesperson confirmed the donated F-16s are coming from the service’s 309th Aerospace Maintenance and...
Read More

Target vessel sank before it could be hammered at drill in Philippines

A decommissioned vessel meant to be struck by missiles during a joint live-fire event of the Philippine Armed Forces and the U.S. military sank out of its own volition shortly before modern weaponry had a chance to send it to its watery grave. The sinking of the BRP...
Read More