Ryan Pickrell
Senior Military and Defense Editor at Business Insider
Military and defense section editor @insidermildef. Send tips to [email protected].
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3 days ago |
businessinsider.com | Ryan Pickrell |Kelsey Baker |Henry Blodget
Seven American stealth bombers flew roughly 37 hours to bomb Iran's nuclear sites over the weekend. The Pentagon called the Operation Midnight Hammer bombing run the longest B-2 Spirit flight in decades. The record for the longest B-2 bomber flight belongs to Melvin Deaile and Brian "Jethro" Neal, two retired Air Force pilots who in October 2001 flew a 44-hour flight, executing one of the first bombing missions into Afghanistan in the wake of the tragic 9/11 terror attacks.
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5 days ago |
businessinsider.com | Ryan Pickrell |Jake Epstein |Henry Blodget
The US military relied on two of its most elusive and secretive combat platforms to carry out strikes on Iran's top nuclear facilities, a top general revealed Sunday. Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said on Sunday that seven US Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bombers dropped 14 heavy bunker-buster bombs on the facilities as part of a secret, highly complex operation the previous night.
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5 days ago |
businessinsider.com | Ryan Pickrell |Kelsey Baker |Henry Blodget
US military leaders banked on military deception to get bombers into Iran for surprise strikes on its nuclear program, the secretary of defense and the top US general shared Sunday. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. Dan Caine detailed the complexity of the mission, which centered on tactical surprise, at a rare Pentagon press briefing Sunday morning.
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5 days ago |
businessinsider.com | Ryan Pickrell |Jake Epstein |Henry Blodget
New satellite imagery reveals damage at the Fordow nuclear facility in Iran after US military aircraft bombed the site. In the images, which were captured on Sunday by the US commercial satellite imaging company Maxar Technologies and obtained by Business Insider, several large holes or craters can be seen on a ridge over the underground complex at Fordow, south of Tehran.
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5 days ago |
businessinsider.com | Ryan Pickrell |Jake Epstein |Henry Blodget
NATO warships are sailing into a dangerous new era of naval warfare in which the threats are growing fast, two senior alliance commanders recently told Business Insider. From the Black Sea to the Red Sea, the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East have exposed key vulnerabilities and shown NATO what its naval forces need to operate in risky environments.
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