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5 days ago |
businessinsider.com | Ryan Pickrell |Chris Panella |Jake Epstein |Rebecca Rommen
The US's "massive precision strikes" on three Iranian nuclear facilities reportedly saw its forces unleash the GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator bunker-buster bomb. Fox News host Sean Hannity said President Donald Trump had told him US forces used six bunker busters in strikes on Iran's Fordow site and 30 Tomahawk missiles in attacks on facilities at Natanz and Esfahan.
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1 week ago |
businessinsider.com | Ryan Pickrell |Chris Panella |Henry Blodget
Israel's unique version of the F-35 stealth fighter is showing the jet's readiness for a higher level of combat in its fights with Iran, a difficult adversary that until recently fielded a challenging arsenal of air defense weapons. Over 200 Israeli fighter jets took part in the opening strikes last Friday, and Israeli Air Force photos from the operation confirm the involvement of the F-35I "Adir." Additional strikes have since followed.
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1 week ago |
businessinsider.com | Ryan Pickrell |Chris Panella |Henry Blodget
Drones are in high demand at the Petagon, but insiders say the market is already jammed with too many lookalike quadcopters and startups chasing the same investments and military dollars. "We're seeing a lot of companies in the space," one defense industry investor, who requested anonymity to speak freely on the topic, told Business Insider, noting that in many cases, there may not be significant differences in capability between the products that these companies are delivering.
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2 weeks ago |
businessinsider.com | Ryan Pickrell |Chris Panella |Henry Blodget
Selling to the US military is complicated. For defense companies and investors, sorting out what the massive Department of Defense behemoth is doing and where its billions of dollars are going can feel like navigating a maze. The US military's vast portfolio of weapons, capabilities, and technologies — both the ones it already has and the ones it wants — is widespread and not easily sourced. Details about those budgets, too, can be confusing and taxing to sort through.
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2 weeks ago |
businessinsider.com | Ryan Pickrell |Chris Panella |Henry Blodget
The drone war in Ukraine remains largely human-operated for now. We're seeing glimpses of the future, but we're not there yet. Ukraine and Russia are experimenting with artificial intelligence-enabled drones, but total autonomy and full-scale deployment remain limited in combat, researchers say.
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