Defense One

Cost estimate for new Sentinel ICBM plan won’t arrive until year’s end

AURORA, Colorado— The Pentagon won’t have new cost estimates for the way-over-budget Sentinel intercontinental ballistic ...
AZ Animals

Can You Tell the Temperature by Listening to Crickets? The Science Behind Dolbear’s Law

Dolbear’s Law reveals how the snowy tree cricket can act as a natural thermometer. By counting chirps, you can estimate ...
Marine Corps Times

Stick to your guns: Why the Marine Corps is opting for the M27 over the Army’s M7

The M27 IAR is chambered for 5.56mm NATO legacy cartridge, while the M7 rifle is chambered for the larger and more modern ...

The US Army wants to track ammo and supplies at war like you'd track an Amazon package

New software is designed to operate in contested environments and predict what soldiers will need before they've asked for it ...

What is the U.S. military's capacity to carry out extended strikes in Iran?

Seth Jones of the center for Strategic and International Studies talks about the U.S military's capacity to carry out extended strikes in Iran, and Iran's ability to retaliate.

How Israel’s Air-Defense System Works

Israel has a multilayered air-defense system, much of which it developed alongside the U.S., that is aimed at confronting ...