Defense

29 Nov 2021, 21:24

India's blackout and extreme crackdown in Kashmir could ignite a violent uprising

Adnan Abidi / REUTERS Kashmiri men shout slogans during clashes with Indian security forces, after scrapping of the special constitutional statu...

12 Nov 2020, 11:29

Indian Navy's fifth Scorpene class submarine Vagir launched at Mumbai's Mazagon Dock

Indian Navy's fifth Scorpene class submarine 'Vagir' was launched on Thursday at Mumbai's Mazagon Dock. Minister of State fo...

29 Sep 2019, 17:11

A woman who unwittingly helped assassinate Kim Jong Un's half-brother said she did it to be a YouTube star ⁠- and could have died too if she hadn't washed her hands so quickly

Reuters/Fuji TV/AP/Business Insider A composite image showing the assassination...

23 Sep 2019, 21:35

A Russian navy boat was attacked and sunk by a walrus in the Arctic

Yuri Smityuk\TASS via Getty Images Walruses rest on an ice floe off Wrangel Island, part of the Wrangel Island State Nature Reserve in the Arctic Oce...

23 Sep 2019, 20:31

How a routine training flight ended with 6 Marines killed in a tragic midair collision and 4 officers out of a job

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. Christopher Giannetti An F/A-18D Hornet conducts an aerial refuel. Th...

23 Sep 2019, 15:56

Mystery surrounds arrest of a man on a cruise ship in Mykonos in investigation of a 1985 TWA hijacking that led to the torture-murder of a US Navy sailor

NABIL ISMAIL/AFP/Getty Images Beirut, LEBANON: This photo taken 19 June 1985 at...

23 Sep 2019, 12:29

Boris Johnson says Iran was behind the attack on Saudi oil facilities and says UK would consider joining a US-led military effort

Christopher Furlong/Getty Images Boris Johnson speaks at a Conservative home fringe meeting on day three of t...

23 Sep 2019, 03:09

How a meat truck driver driver helped solve one of WWII's most enduring mysteries

A group of friends and amateur divers solved one of WWII's most enduring mysteries in June 2018. New England-based Nomad Exp...

23 Sep 2019, 02:25

With military parade, Iran tells the US and other Western forces to leave the Persian Gulf

Official Iranian President website/Handout via REUTERS Iranian armed forces members march during the ceremony of the Nationa...

23 Sep 2019, 02:21

The US and Saudi Arabia are searching for a 'smoking gun' among wrecked weapons that will conclusively link Iran to the attacks on Saudi oil sites

REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed Saudi defence ministry spokesman Colonel Turki Al-Mali...

22 Sep 2019, 21:19

Here's what Trump, his advisers and the US military were talking about striking after Iran shot down a US drone

Drew Angerer/Getty Images President Donald Trump speaks following a meeting on infrastructure at Trump Tower,...

22 Sep 2019, 17:58

The Department of Defense had to apologize after a tweet suggested the US military was going to bomb millennials into oblivion if they tried to raid Area 51

U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jordan Castelan A U.S. Air Force 509th Bomb ...

22 Sep 2019, 01:16

B-2 stealth bombers are learning new tricks in Europe, but it's not only about sending a message to Russia

B-2 Spirit stealth bombers landed in the United Kingdom in August for deployment as part of the Bomber Task Force. The deplo...

20 Sep 2019, 00:49

The Navy SEAL who ran the bin Laden raid says negotiating with the Taliban is like sitting down for talks with ISIS

Reuters Retired U.S. Navy Admiral William McRaven speaks during a Reuters Newsmakers event in New York The Na...

19 Sep 2019, 22:58

The Saudis say these cruise missile parts from the oil plant attacks are 'undeniable' proof of Iran's secret hand

At a news conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, Saudi Defense Ministry spokesman Col. Turki al-Mal...

19 Sep 2019, 20:43

General says the US Air Force needs a lot more bombers to stand up to China and Russia

U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Kevin J. Gruenwald A two-ship formation of B-1B Lancers assigned to the 28th Bomb Squadron,...

19 Sep 2019, 20:17

A US drone strike meant for ISIS killed 30 pine nut harvesters in Afghanistan

Parwiz / REUTERS Relatives and residents pray near a coffin during a funeral ceremony of one of the victims after a drone st...

19 Sep 2019, 16:38

An F-16 fighter pilot is stuck dangling from a live electricity line after a crash in France

Chiang Ying-ying/AP A US-made F16 jet fighter takes off for a training exercise during military exercises in Taitung County,...

18 Sep 2019, 23:36

Meet the first all-woman aircrew of the Air Force's 'Combat King'

US Air Force/2nd Lt. Kaylin P. Hankerson From left to right: Airman 1st Class Jazmyne Lomax, Capt. Sarah Edwards, Senior Airman Rachel Bissonnette, C...