Russia continued to fire artillery at Ukraine after President Vladimir Putin declared a 30-hour truce for Easter, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said, but Kyiv will honor the ceasefire if Moscow does. Both sides appear eager to show an interest in peace talks before an increasingly impatient Trump administration.
Talks between Iran and the U.S. will move to the “expert level” next week, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said, following the second round of indirect negotiations with President Donald Trump’s chief negotiator Steve Witkoff in Rome on Saturday.
A Chinese satellite company has been aiding Houthi attacks on U.S. interests, a State Department spokesperson said, a sign of Beijing and Moscow’s increased support for the Yemeni rebel group.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared detailed information about forthcoming strikes in Yemen on March 15 in a private Signal group chat that included his wife, brother and personal lawyer, according to four people with knowledge of the chat.
Two Russian aircraft flying close to NATO airspace were detected by British fighter jets in separate incidents earlier this week, the U.K.'s Ministry of Defence has said. A pair of RAF Typhoons were scrambled to intercept a Russian Ilyushin Il-20M "Coot-A" intelligence aircraft over the Baltic Sea on April 15, while another two Typhoons intercepted an unknown aircraft leaving the Kaliningrad airspace on April 17.
Benjamin Netanyahu said again April 19 that Israel had “no choice” but to continue fighting in Gaza and will not end the war before destroying Hamas and freeing the hostages. The Israeli prime minister also repeated his vow to make sure Iran never gets a nuclear weapon.
In the 21st century, it takes more than oceans and an army to keep the United States safe. ... Countries around the world are preparing for greater digital conflict as increasing global tensions and a looming trade war have raised the stakes—and the chances that a cyberattack could cause significant economic damage, disrupt vital public systems, reveal sensitive business or government secrets, or even escalate into military confrontation.
Following the launch of a classified mission April 20, the National Reconnaissance Office has reached a new milestone, deploying more than 200 satellites into orbit in just over two years.
The U.S. will shrink its military footprint in Syria over the coming months, bringing troop levels below 1,000. President Trump tried to pull all American forces from the war-ravaged country during his first term. ... Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell announced the reduction April 18, citing "the significant steps we have made toward degrading ISIS' appeal and operational capability regionally and globally."
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is working with US Combatant Commands (COCOMS) to operationally test an early version of its Joint Regional Edge Node (J-REN) system designed to speed satellite-based intelligence to the battlefield, according to NGA officials.
As defense contractors await firm direction from the Pentagon on Golden Dome, executives say the technology already exists to start developing space-based interceptors capable of hitting missiles in their boost phase—but admit it’s no easy feat.
Douglas Matty is poised to assume the role of the Pentagon’s Chief Digital and AI Officer on April 21, according to an internal unclassified email viewed by DefenseScoop. The principal deputy who has been temporarily leading the AI hub ahead of the Trump administration’s selection for the new chief, Margie Palmieri, sent the announcement to several senior officials.
The MQ-1C Gray Eagle uncrewed aerial system (UAS) has used the AGM-114L Longbow Hellfire missile, in conjunction with its onboard radar, to shoot down a drone in live-fire tests, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) has confirmed.
In 2015, intense method actor and Thirty Seconds to Mars frontman Jared Leto became the proud new owner of Lookout Mountain Air Force Station, a 100,000 square foot installation built in 1941 as a World War II air defense center intended to coordinate radar installations in the Los Angeles area.
