Air defense power stems from a system's ability to find and take out a threat, putting mission effectiveness above ...

The United States has built a vast defense network of interceptors and radars across the Pacific to safeguard its homeland—including the westernmost territory of Guam—against evolving missile threats ...

An Air Force officer claims the Air Force can no longer depend on the Army for base protection. Here, a Patriot PAC-2 missile battery prepares to move into the firing position during an exercise at Al ...

I n site selection, proximity to military installations is a decisive factor for defense manufacturers, service providers, and consulting firms. Operating near to these facilities provide companies in ...

Self-reliance is no longer an aspirational slogan, it is a strategic imperative that underpins operational readiness, ...

A missile is launched during an Integrated Battle Command System flight test at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, in 2021. (Darrell Ames/U.S. Army) During my time in the U.S. Army, I learned ...

Massive explosions tore through Russia’s Belbek airbase in occupied Crimea on the night of December 17–18, 2025. According to ...

Elements of President Donald Trump‘s envisioned Golden Dome, a complex air and missile defense shield under development to protect the United States, emerged at this weekend’s Reagan National Defense ...

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald Logar is a U.S. Naval Academy graduate who served over 20 years of active service as a naval aviator, with multiple overseas deployments and staff assignments at the Pentagon.