The Pentagon wants to field laser weapons at scale within 3 years
Amid waves of Iranian drone attacks, the U.S. Defense Department is pushing to finally field high-energy laser weapons in the next 36 months.
By Jared Keller
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Ukraine’s top drone units to bring frontline lessons to Washington this month
Some of Ukraine’s best-known drone military commanders and experts will be visiting Washington later this month to brief policymakers and defense leaders.
By Katie Livingstone
US lawmakers urge Trump to arm Ukraine, break silence on Russian blockade
Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are pressuring President Donald Trump to take a tougher line on Moscow after an incident at sea between Ukraine and Russia, which is ratcheting tensions between the two neighbors.
By Joe Gould
Russia warns US against deploying new missiles to Europe
Russia warns that if the U.S. deploys intermediate-range missiles in Europe, Russia will have to target the nations that host them.
By Sylvie Corbet & Vladimir Isachenkov
Russian challenge to chemical weapons watchdog rejected
The global chemical weapons watchdog’s initiative to apportion blame for poison gas and nerve agent attacks survived two institutional challenges from Russia on Tuesday and is set to become operational next year.
Completion of US drone base in Niger to be delayed
Niger Air Base 201, a future hub for armed drones and other aircraft, won’t be completed until the middle of 2019.
By Kyle Rempfer
STRATCOM head on key lawmaker’s arms control agenda: ‘If you want to save money, change the threat’
Cutting a leg of the nuclear triad isn't the right move, but there are cost savings to be found, the head of U.S. Strategic Command said Wednesday.
By Valerie Insinna
Hidden toll of US drone strikes in Yemen: Nearly a third of deaths are civilians, not al-Qaida
The toll from U.S drones in Yemen runs in the hundreds, including both militants and civilians.
Smith aims to scrap Trump’s nuclear weapons policy
Democratic lawmakers say they hope to use their party’s takeover of the House to check the Trump administration’s expansive pursuit of nuclear weapons.
By Joe Gould
Taliban posts photos of MQ-9 Reaper they claim to have shot down; US says it simply crashed
An unmanned aircraft suffered a malfunction in late October and wound up as a prop in Taliban propaganda photos, who falsely claimed to have shot down the drone.
By Kyle Rempfer
American doughboys in World War I depended on foreign weapons technology, US Navy might
The U.S. Navy was the best-prepared and best-equipped of all the country’s armed forces. For many years, it had been focusing much of its energy on preparing for a surface naval confrontation with Germany.
By David Longenbach, Pennsylvania State University