Pentagon zeroing in on mine-laying vessels that are helping Iran keep a stranglehold on Strait of Hormuz, military leaders said, as markets feel pain from its closure.
CONRADSON: After Trump said don’t target infrastructure, Israel still went after Iranian oil depots. BANNON: Now Jordan gets to the heart of it. That was two Saturdays ago. Then last night another incident blew up capital and commodity markets worldwide. Israel struck a joint Qatar-Iran gas field, then Iran hit Qatar. Qatar said they may have to go to force majeure on five-year contracts. Trump said, “they did this, I didn’t know about it.” Then they said he was briefed by Netanyahu and others.
CONRADSON: Hegseth says “we hold the cards,” that we’re in control. But it’s not clear that’s true, especially to Trump’s day one supporters. You’ve got Rubio and Ratcliffe saying we struck because Israel dragged us in, because a strike was imminent. So what’s the message? We’re in charge, or we reacted? And after Trump said don’t target infrastructure, Israel still went after Iranian oil depots.
The military’s highest court upheld the dismissal of a case involving an airman who said he performed sexual acts with a childlike silicone doll in the privacy of his dorm room.
A U.S. F-35 fighter jet was reportedly struck by Iranian fire while flying a combat mission over Iran and was forced to make an emergency landing.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth spoke about the families of six U.S. airmen who died after their Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker crashed in western Iraq last week at a news conference at the Pentagon.
The XM8 is not intended to replace the service’s primary rifle, the M7, but instead is being developed as a companion weapon.
The air wing joined shortly after the USS Nimitz left port in San Diego. The Nimitz will participate in the Southern Seas 2026 exercises.
The U.S. and South Korea have wrapped up a major joint exercise focused on preparing Seoul to assume wartime operational control of allied forces.
The Pentagon is highlighting new national security concerns about Anthropic's use of foreign workers, including from China, according to a court filing. Why it matters: The Defense Department is raising red flags about a key element of the AI industry — its reliance on global talent — as it moves to dismiss Anthropic's lawsuit . What they're saying: "Anthropic employs a large number of foreign nationals to build and support its LLM products, including many from the Peoples Republic of China (PRC)," a March 17 declaration from Pentagon undersecretary Emil Michael states. - The use of those workers, Michael wrote, "increases the degree of adversarial risk should those employees comply with the PRC's National Intelligence Law." -…