Confederate Army Lt. Henry S. Farley fired a single 10-inch mortar round from Fort Johnson on James Island, South Carolina, at 4:30 a.m. April 12, 1861. The shell arced across Charleston Harbor and burst over Fort Sumter, signaling 43 Confederate guns and mortars to open fire. The most deadly conflict…
The Golden Dome missile-defense system would cost $1.2 trillion to build out, far more than the White House has budgeted, according to a new estimate by Congressional researchers.The figure is roughly double the Congressional Budget Office’s initial assessment of Golden Dome, based on the expansive yet vague executive order issued…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced tough questions Tuesday from Republican and Democratic lawmakers about the Trump administration’s end game for the Iran war, the conflict’s rising $29 billion cost and its impact on diminishing U.S. weapons stockpiles. While the Pentagon chief softened his tone from hearings before…
A year ago, Pete Hegseth handed the Army a to-do list that has reshaped the service’s capabilities and how it acquires new ones. But now he’s rethinking some of those changes.That includes the makeup of the Army’s aviation assets, the defense secretary suggested Tuesday during a House Armed Services Committee…
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he is more worried about Iran successfully constructing a nuclear weapon than the rising costs being felt by millions of Americans due to the ongoing war in the Middle East. Trump, while preparing to leave Washington D.C. for Beijing and his highly anticipated one-on-one…
It would be “insane” for U.S. intelligence agencies to not have early access to advanced artificial intelligence models that could be used for hacking and cyberdefense, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee said Tuesday.Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., delivered his remarks on a panel at Politico’s Security Summit as the Trump administration is…
As the Navy celebrates the first flight of its unmanned robot refueler, the service’s latest budget documents show the aircraft won’t be operational until at least 2029—another delay for the troubled program.The MQ-25 A Stingray was originally supposed to reach initial operating capability, or IOC, by 2024. That was pushed…
Fundamentals Series — Part 4 In Part 3, we discussed the importance of prepping the trigger and keeping it under tension to minimize movement. Now we take the next step: applying that control through consistent cadence. At Valiance Firearms Training (VFT), we are not looking for shooters to simply understand…
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Textron debuted the RIPSAW M1 demonstrator on the floor of the Modern Day Marine conference Tuesday, hoping to catch the service’s eye as it expands its unmanned vehicle portfolio.“It’s really an early investment in what we believe the Marines will need in the future,” Sara Willett, Textron’s vice president of…
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00:00:02 Speaker 1: This is Bear Newcomb’s first time to Alaska. 00:00:05 Speaker 2: He’s nineteen years old. I really think it’s. 00:00:08 Speaker 3: Going to impact probably the rest of his life. 00:00:11 Speaker 1: There’s just some landscapes in the world that just seemed to just grab…
The first in what could be many bid protests involving the Army’s MAPS contract has been filed at the Government Accountability Office.The 10-year, $50 billion Marketplace for the Acquisition of Professional Services vehicle has drawn industry complaints about a lack of transparency and how the Army will evaluate past performance for small business…
00:00:01 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Wired to Hunt Foundations podcast, your guide to the fundamentals of better deer hunting, presented by first Light, creating proven versatile hunting apparel for the stand, saddle or blind. First Light, Go Farther, Stay Longer, and now your host Tony Peterson. 00:00:20 Speaker 2:…
The Trump administration is facing new calls to halt U.S. exports of advanced AI chips to China after the White House warned last week that Beijing is attempting to copy components of American AI systems to build similar models of its own.Americans for Responsible Innovation, an AI policy advocacy group,…
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