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- Pentagon Discloses $25 Billion Price Tag for Iran Conflict as War Goals Remain Unmet During Ceasefire
Published: Apr 29, 2026
Section: Iran War
A senior Pentagon official has informed Congress that the United States military operation in Iran has incurred $25 billion in costs since February. Acting Comptroller Jules Hurst...
- Pentagon Awards Major Defense Contracts Totaling Over Eight Hundred Million Dollars To RTX And Engineering Firms
Published: Apr 26, 2026
Section: Companies & Industry
The United States Department of Defense has allocated approximately $844 million in new contracts to three prominent defense and engineering corporations according to recent Pentag...
- Pentagon Depletes Half of Specialized Missile Stockpile Amid $24 Billion Iran War Expenditure
Published: Apr 26, 2026
Section: Iran War
A strategic analysis reveals the U.S. military has exhausted approximately 50% of its most expensive missile inventory within the first seven weeks of the Iran conflict. The rapid...
- General Dan Caine Confirms ‘Dark Fleet’ Crews Remain in U.S. Custody After Kinetic Maritime Seizures
Published: Apr 24, 2026
Section: Iran War
U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine announced on April 24, 2026, that the crews of three merchant vessels seized in the Indian and Pacific Oceans are curre...
- The False Dichotomy of Cybercom 2.0: Experts Argue New Reforms Must Pave the Way for an Independent Cyber Force
Published: Apr 24, 2026
Section: Science & Tech
The U.S. Department of War’s newly approved "Cybercom 2.0" initiative aims to fix persistent military readiness gaps by granting U.S. Cyber Command greater budgetary and talent man...
- Pentagon Memo Proposes Suspending Spain From NATO and Challenging British Falklands Claim Over Iran War Rift
Published: Apr 24, 2026
Section: US & Canada
An internal U.S. Department of War email reveals potential punitive measures against NATO allies that refused to support military operations in the ongoing U.S.-Israeli war with Ir...
- U.S. Army Introduces New Gender-Neutral Combat Field Test Following Secretary Hegseth’s Physical Readiness Directive
Published: Apr 23, 2026
Section: US & Canada
The U.S. Army has officially unveiled the Combat Field Test (CFT), a rigorous, gender-neutral assessment designed specifically for frontline soldiers in combat arms specialties. Ma...
- Pentagon Rejects Six Month Estimate for Clearing Iranian Sea Mines from the Strait of Hormuz
Published: Apr 23, 2026
Section: Iran War
Pentagon officials have dismissed reports claiming a classified assessment predicted a half year timeline to remove Iranian naval mines from the Strait of Hormuz. Chief Spokesman S...
- US Navy Extends Blockade to Asian Waters as Pentagon Predicts Six-Month Operation to Clear Hormuz Mines
Published: Apr 23, 2026
Section: Iran War
The United States military has expanded its maritime blockade against Iran, intercepting at least three Iranian-flagged tankers near India, Malaysia, and Sri Lanka as of April 22,...
- Pentagon Officials Forecast Six-Month Timeline to Clear Iranian Naval Mines From Strait of Hormuz
Published: Apr 23, 2026
Section: Iran War
Pentagon officials informed lawmakers on April 21, 2026, that it will likely take six months to clear naval mines from the Strait of Hormuz once the ongoing conflict with Iran conc...
- Pentagon Ousts Navy Secretary John Phelan Amid Rapid Military Leadership Purge and Iran Blockade
Published: Apr 23, 2026
Section: Crime
The Pentagon announced the immediate departure of U.S. Navy Secretary John Phelan on April 22, 2026, marking the latest high-level exit under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Unders...
- Pentagon Deploys Battle-Hardened Ukrainian Sky Map Defense System to Protect Saudi Base from Iranian Drone Swarms
Published: Apr 22, 2026
Section: Middle East
The U.S. military has integrated the Ukrainian-developed "Sky Map" counter-drone platform at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia to combat persistent Iranian aerial attacks. Thi...