US Would Fight Without Air Support for Weeks if War With Russia Began Senior Army officials mapped out a plan to dramatically increase the range of the service's artillery and missile systems.
Army Requests 4K More Soldiers; Boost in Missile, Artillery Stockpile The Army's proposed 2019 budget would add 4K soldiers to the active force and purchase large quantities of missiles.
Marines Double HIMARS Spending, Get Manpower Boost in Budget Request A new budget request features an increase in big guns and artillery rockets as well as a plus-up of some 1,100 Marines.
Marine Corps Ditches Towed Mortar System in Push to Fund Modernization The Marine Corps has hauled at least one program of record to the curb -- and is looking for more to cut.
Finmeccanica Proposes 76mm Gun for LCS Finmeccanica is proposing that the OTO Melara 76mm gun be configured onto the Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
