Golden Dome’s defenders are downplaying a new $1.2 trillion estimate for Donald Trump’s ambitious missile-defense plan, though they declined to detail just how they disagree with the Congressional Budget Office’s report.Space Force Gen. Michael Guetlein, the program’s leader, said the CBO report released Wednesday relied on outdated cost estimates for…

HALIFAX, N.C. (AP) — With 165 grains of black powder in the barrel, a .75-caliber Brown Bess flintlock musket like the ones the redcoats carried in 1776 can hurl a lead ball at a velocity of around 1,000 feet (305 meters) per second. Imagine what that can do to a…

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The U.S. Coast Guard’s latest narcotics interdiction involved three suspected smuggling vessels carrying approximately 6,085 pounds of cocaine worth nearly $45.8 million, the service announced Thursday. The announcement comes on the heels of a banner 2025 year for the Coast Guard, which seized a record-high of more than 511,000 pounds…

Xbox just rolled out a brand new Gamerscore feature that fans may be disappointed to find doesn’t include the one thing they have been asking for since 2008. Xbox’s new system may be a neat new way for fans to show off what their Gamerscore accumulation looks like, but it’s…

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision last year to abruptly dissolve the U.S. Agency for International Development — once a leading global aid donor — has been followed by a significant increase in violence in several African countries that the agency had supported, according to a study…

Bosses are often the best parts of what a video game has to offer. They might present a challenge beyond what normal enemies can provide, serving as a litmus test for the player’s understanding of game mechanics. In some cases, bosses are just as much about the emotional stakes of…

Quantum Space is building its first satellite, but the Maryland-based company is already planning its first large manufacturing facility in Tulsa. Why there? Location and propulsion testing. The state government is “building a hypergolic test stand in Oklahoma that will be owned and operated by Agile Space Industries—that’s for in-space propulsion.…

In excess of 70,000 U.S. Army files purportedly containing sensitive information about military personnel and photos of military bases were leaked for many months before being rectified, Military.com has learned. Cybernews, an independent media outlet focused on cybersecurity and technology, first became privy to the leak when on March 16…

Quantum Space is shooting for the Moon—manufacturally speaking—with plans to build a facility that can rapidly churn out satellites in Tulsa, Okla. But first, the Maryland-based company needs to finish building its first satellite.  “When we have full production, we’re going to be building 1,000 satellites a year. That’s the vision,…

Sgt. Ross F. Gray carried a satchel charge through a minefield while under heavy Japanese fire. The explosive weighed 24 pounds and left no room for a rifle. He went in unarmed anyway. Behind him, three Marines provided cover. Ahead, a fortified Japanese bunker anchored one end of a network…

Iran is “frighteningly close” from enriching uranium to weapons-grade levels and constructing nuclear weapons, Energy Secretary Chris Wright warned U.S. senators on Wednesday. Wright testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee, issuing a cautious warning that while Tehran may still face additional weaponization steps, the Middle Eastern nation could enrich…