Tag: military and defense
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Virginia National Guard mobilizes to support ICE
NORFOLK, Va. — Members of the Virginia National Guard were mobilized this week to support the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Guard said. Guard troops are getting prepped and trained and are scheduled to report for duty at ICE field offices by the end of the week. Additional troops are scheduled to mobilize later…
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Pentagon says troops can only be exempt from shaving their facial hair for a year
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered that troops who need an exemption from shaving their facial hair for longer than a year should now be kicked out of the service
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The Latest: Israeli military presses on with its new ground offensive on Gaza City
Israeli forces are pressing on with a new ground offensive in Gaza City as strikes overnight across the Palestinian territory killed at least 16 people, including women and children
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Israeli troops press forward into Gaza City as more Palestinians flee and death toll passes 65,000
Israeli troops and tanks are pushing deeper into Gaza City as more people flee the devastated area
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Pakistan, Saudi Arabia sign defense agreement to treat an attack on one as attack on both
Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs says Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have signed a defense pact pledging that any attack on either nation would be considered an attack on both
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Israel faces global backlash as Gaza invasion deepens isolation
BEIRUT — Cascades of condemnation from friend and foe alike. An array of international organizations and rights groups leveling accusations of genocide and war crimes. Boycotts across a range of sectors and fields. As Israel begins its ground offensive to occupy Gaza City, defying international and domestic pressure to negotiate a ceasefire with Hamas, it…
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Obama says the US is at ‘an inflection point’ after Kirk’s killing and Trump has divided the country
Former President Barack Obama says the U.S. is at an “inflection point” after conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s assassination
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Ukraine expects $3.5 billion fund for US weapons to sustain fight against Russia, Zelenskyy says
Ukraine expects to have a $3.5 billion fund by next month to buy weapons from the U.S. and sustain its fight against Russia’s invasion
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HawkEye 360’s Cluster 12 Achieves Full Operational Capability
Latest Satellite Cluster Expands Capacity for Global RF Signals Intelligence HERNDON, Va., Sept. 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — HawkEye 360 Inc., the global leader in signals intelligence data and analytics, today announced that Cluster 12 has officially reached Full Operational Capability (FOC). The three formation-flying satellites, launched on June 26 (ET) aboard a Rocket Lab Electron…
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NCSIST and Kratos Unveil the Game-Changing Mighty Hornet IV High-Speed Attack UAV at TADTE 2025
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: KTOS), a Technology Company in the Defense, National Security and Global Markets and the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST) have partnered to introduce the Mighty Hornet IV Attack UAV, a revolutionary transformation of the MQM-178 target drone. This advanced UAV…