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NATO delegation visits USSPACECOM during U.S. tour
Italian Adm. Giuseppe Cavo Dragone led a NATO military delegation to Colorado in March 2025 to learn about the operations of U.S. Space Command, U.S. Northern…
Air Force anticipates new Skyraider II to debut at border
The Skyraider II soon will arrive in support of U.S. Air Force Special Operations, providing an update to a classic close-ground support and surveillance model…
Canada looks to help develop sensors for Golden Dome missile defense
People watch as the Ground-based Midcourse Defense element of the United States ballistic missile defense system launches during a flight test from Vandenberg…
The Golden Dome and implications for the North
Canada is likely to play a role in the construction and deployment of the U.S. Golden Dome missile defense system, three academics argued in a February 2025…
Golden Dome is a high priority for U.S. missile defense
United States President Donald J. Trump issued a January 2025 executive order mandating the construction of a Golden Dome missile defense system to combat…
Army to field long-range hypersonic weapon by end of budget year
Soldiers assigned to Bravo Battery, 5th Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery (Long Range Fires Battalion), 1st Multi-Domain Task Force, prepare one of the long-range…
U.S. Green Berets train with Mexican counterparts in border security…
Mexican Marines stand guard at a pier in Baja California in this undated photo from the Mexican government. In February 2025, 10 U.S. Army Green Berets traveled…
Pentagon orders up to 3,000 troops, Stryker combat vehicles to border
United States Soldiers scan their sector at a known crossing point of the Rio Grande in Brownsville, Texas, on February 25, 2025. U.S. Northern Command is…
China’s Arctic ambition: strategic implications for U.S. homeland defense
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) icebreaker, Xuelong 2, in Antarctica in December 2024. The CCP has sought to challenge the U.S. and its allies in the Arctic…
NORAD intercepts Russian bombers near Alaska
Canadian and U.S. warplanes intercepted Russian bombers near Alaska in February 2025. Such intercepts, like the 2020 incident pictured, are routine, the command…