The Pentagon is giving defense contractors three weeks to submit plans for faster weapons production after the war with Iran drained U.S. missile stockpiles to a fraction of their prewar levels.
Iran launched a surprise overnight barrage of ballistic missiles at U.S. military forces in Jordan on Tuesday, striking the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base and the regional headquarters of U.S. Central Command. American and Jordanian air defenses intercepted all incoming missiles.
The Pentagon awarded Lockheed Martin a seven-year contract worth up to $35 billion to increase production of Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptors.
Debris from previous missile strikes litters the sand around a full-scale replica of an American guided-missile destroyer sitting in the middle of a Chinese desert, according to satellite images released Wednesday and reported by The Daily Wire.
A new Congressional Research Service report confirms that Chinese companies have continued supplying nuclear weapons and missile-related systems to Russia, North Korea, and Iran, despite more than two decades of U.S. warnings and a growing trail of sanctions.
The U.S. Air Force launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Southern California early Wednesday morning, firing the weapon into the Pacific Ocean as part of a routine evaluation of the nation's nuclear deterrent.
The Department of War signed three major framework agreements Wednesday to accelerate U.S. weapons production across missiles, munitions components, and missile defense systems, as the Trump administration moves to place the defense industrial base on a "wartime footing."
