"Failure of one component of this well-oiled machine would have endangered the entire mission," Gen. Dan Caine said of ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is greeted by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. CQ Brown, Jr. at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Jan. 27, 2025. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty ...

A High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) with the 1st Battalion, 181st Field Artillery Regiment fires toward a designated target at Yausubetsu Training Area, Hokkaido, Japan (US Army) ...

A formation of Dongfeng-41 intercontinental strategic nuclear missiles takes part in a military parade celebrating the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China in Beijing, ...

UK Defence Secretary John Healey (left) and Turkish Minister of National Defence, Yasar Güler sign the Eurofighter Typhoon MoU at the International Defence Industry Fair in Istanbul (BAE Systems) IDEF ...

Part of the forging process at the Maryborough munitions plant, a joint venture between Germany’s Rheinmetall and a privately owned Australian company, NIOA. (Colin Clark/Breaking Defense) PERTH — ...

A Royal Saudi Air Force pilot poses in front of an aircraft during the Athens Flying Show in Tanagra, Greece, on September 14, 2024. (Photo by Giorgos Arapekos/NurPhoto via Getty Images) BEIRUT — The ...

WASHINGTON — Generative artificial intelligence startup Ask Sage recently announced it had deployed its genAI software to the Army’s secure cloud, cArmy. The press release touted a host of processes ...

HISAR, SIPER and ALP missile defense systems delivered by Aselsan to the Turkish armed forces on Aug. 27, 2025. (Breaking Defense/Agnes Helou) BEIRUT — Turkish defense firm Aselsan has announced a ...

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A P-8A Poseidon from the “Pelicans” of Patrol Squadron (VP) 45 flies by the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Caitlin Flynn) WASHINGTON ...

Agnes Helou is Breaking Defense's Middle East Bureau Chief, with close to a decade of experience in covering regional defense and strategic topics. She was the managing Editor of Security and Defense ...