"...In the last few moments, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Iraq and Qatar have all closed their airspaces following the intensification of the conflict between Iran and Israel. On Saturday morning, the United States and Israel launched strikes against several cities in Iran, which was met with retaliatory missiles.
Iran and Israel both closed their airspaces, resulting in heavy disruption. However, this disruption will further intensify – and will have impacts globally – as more and more countries in the region close their airspaces. Iran is now targeting US airbases across the region.
Bahrain’s National Communication Centre confirmed that a missile attack was perpetrated against the service centre of the US Navy’s 5th Fleet located in the country. ..."
Reference: aerospaceglobalnews.com
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"Earlier, the US Embassy in Bahrain alerted US citizens to take shelter in safe places, citing military threats amid the recent conflict between the combined forces of the US, Israel, and Iran, a report by the Jerusalem Post has confirmed. ...A layer of thick smoke was seen in Bahrain's Juffair area, which houses the United States' Fifth Fleet naval base. The base was hit by Iranian missiles..."
Reference: www.indiatoday.in
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"...Israeli and US strikes on Iran killed several senior Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commanders and Islamic Regime political officials, an Iranian source close to the establishment told Reuters on Saturday. ...Iranian media reported strikes targeting the IRGC's intelligence headquarters, as well as explosions in central Tehran. "
Reference: www.jpost.com
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"...OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said on Friday it has reached an agreement with the U.S. Department of War to deploy its AI models on classified cloud networks. ..."
Reference: www.reuters.com
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"...bogged down by technical disputes and concerns over space‑based components that have delayed the release of billions of dollars and stalled one of his most ambitious national security projects.
The executive order establishing Golden Dome, signed on January 27, 2025, set an aggressive timetable to field a comprehensive homeland missile-defense system by 2028. A year later, however..."
Reference: www.reuters.com
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"...a new type of hypersonic missile that can be shot from fighter planes, bombers, ground-based launchers — and can even be fired from space.
Ursa Major, a Colorado-based defense manufacturer, debuted the HAVOC missile system on Tuesday. ..."
Reference: www.marinecorpstimes.com
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"...The following is from the Feb. 18, 2026, Government Accountability Office’s National Security Snapshot: Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Modernization Faces Critical Risks and Opportunities. ..."
Reference: usni.org
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"...The Advanced Emission Suppression Missile, or AESM, “must be compatible with existing launch platforms (e.g. F-18, F-35) and infrastructure currently supporting the Navy and Air Force’s existing inventory of anti-radiation guided missiles,” according to the Navy’s Sources Sought notice. ..."
Reference: www.defensenews.com
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"...The new system could close a crucial defense gap across air, land, and sea, expert claims. ..."
Reference: www.popularmechanics.com
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"By John M. Lacomia, FAM/Historian CFC History Office USSF Combat Forces Command ...Colonel Quenten A. Riepe is an early Space and Missile Pioneer who began his Air Force career in World War II, flying troops across the European theater in propeller-driven aircraft, and ended it launching space test flights from launch facilities in the United States. Born on Apr. 9, 1919, Riepe earned a bachelor’s degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Minnesota before joining the Army Air Corps. During World War II, Riepe was assigned to the 17th Troop Carrier Squadron as a pilot where he primarily flew soldiers and equipment across Italy. ..."
Reference: www.ussf-cfc.spaceforce.mil
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"...EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — The Federal Aviation Administration has lifted the closure on the airspace in El Paso, and all flights will resume as normal after the FAA had grounded all flights to and from El Paso on Tuesday night.
According to CNN, Mexican cartel drones breached US airspace, an administration official told CNN, which triggered a temporary airspace closure over El Paso. ..."
Reference: kfoxtv.com
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"...NORAD issued a statement saying incident was a 'radar anomaly'...The Federal Aviation Administration announced Saturday that it issued a temporary flight restriction over a portion of Montana shortly after an unidentified object was shot down over Canada and later said the restriction was lifted.
"The FAA closed some airspace in Montana to support Department of Defense activities," the FAA told Fox News Digital in a statement on Saturday evening.
The airspace closed down was in the area around Havre, Montana not far from the U.S. border with Canada."
Reference: www.foxnews.com
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"...“THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA) CLASSIFIES THE AIRSPACE DEFINED IN THIS NOTAM AS ‘NTL DEFENSE AIRSPACE’. PILOTS WHO DO NOT ADHERE TO THE FOLLOWING PROC MAY BE INTERCEPTED, DETAINED AND INTERVIEWED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT/SECURITY PERSONNEL,” the notices said. ...“THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT MAY USE DEADLY FORCE AGAINST THE AIRBORNE ACFT, IF IT IS DETERMINED THAT THE ACFT POSES AN IMMINENT SECURITY THREAT,” the notice continued.
The notices, known as Notice to Air Missions, or NOTAM, took effect at 11:30 p.m. Mountain Time Tuesday, and expire at 11:30 p.m. Feb. 20. The announcement caught officials with local government agencies and Fort Bliss by surprise, multiple sources told El Paso Matters."
Reference: elpasomatters.org
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"...Major Russian drone and missile attacks on Feb. 9 tore into Ukraine’s electrical and gas infrastructure, killing civilians and knocking out power for tens of thousands as winter temperatures plunged. ..."
Reference: www.military.com
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"...Discover the future of U.S. defense policy with The Golden Dome Missile Initiative, an in-depth exploration of President Donald Trump’s ambitious space-based missile defense initiative. This meticulously researched book delves into the Golden Dome’s objectives to protect the United States from advanced ballistic and hypersonic missile threats. It critically analyzes its technical feasibility, economic challenges, and strategic implications. As adversaries like China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea advance their missile capabilities, the Golden Dome represents a bold response to safeguard national security through space-based technology.
Drawing on historical lessons from the Strategic Defense Initiative and current U.S. missile defense systems, this book examines the Golden Dome’s proposed architecture..."
Reference: Amazon
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"...The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces claimed they had damaged infrastructure at the Kapustin Yar missile test site in Russia during a series of strikes that included the use of its domestically-made long-range FP-5 missile, known as the "Flamingo". ..."
Reference: www.newsweek.com
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"...Russia launched its biggest missile and drone attack on Ukraine so far this year on Tuesday, according to Ukrainian authorities...Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia’s attack was focused on energy facilities across at least six regions and involved 70 missiles and 450 attack drones..."
Reference: www.yahoo.com
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"...The agreement aims to quadruple production of Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD, interceptors from 96 to 400 per year, the company said Thursday in a statement. The advanced anti-missile battery has been deployed to the Middle East..."
Reference: www.stripes.com
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"...The strategic importance of the Arctic territory — under the flight paths that nuclear-armed missiles from China and Russia could take on their way to incinerating targets in the United States, and vice versa — is one of the reasons U.S. President Donald Trump has cited in his disruptive campaign to wrest control of Greenland from Denmark, alarming Greenlanders and longtime allies in Europe alike. ..."
Reference: apnews.com
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"...The Multi-service Advanced Capability Hypersonic Accelerator (MACH-XL) program will select prototypes for air-to-air, air-to-ground, ground-to-ground and ground-to-air missiles that have a path to mass production at an affordable price, according to briefing slides from a Jan. 8 webinar hosted by program officials for suppliers.
The program creates a path for a group of new entrants into the hypersonic missile business to validate their designs in flight test and potentially win production contracts.
Castelion and Kratos Defense ..."
Reference: aviationweek.com
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"...Statements by U.S. Navy Rear Admiral (RADM) Derek Trinque, the Director of Surface Warfare (N96) at the 2026 Surface Navy Symposium reveal the U.S. Navy’s intentions to spread the hypersonic Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) missiles throughout the surface fleet. ..."
Reference: www.navalnews.com
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"...President Trump's latest comments on Iran suggest that he is giving the regime more time to end the violence against protesters. ...President Trump confirmed to reporters outside the White House Friday that the Iranian regime’s decision to suspend executions “convinced” him not conduct U.S. military strikes against the regime.
When asked by a reporter, “Did Arab and Israeli officials convince you to not strike Iran?” The president immediately responded, “Nobody convinced me — I convinced myself. ...“At Least one U.S. aircraft carrier is being moved toward the Middle East,” and that “U.S. military assets from air, land and sea are expected to flow into the region in the coming days and weeks.” "
Reference: www.dailywire.com
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"...To prepare for that departure, Crew-11 pilot Mike Fincke of NASA, who has been commanding the joint Expedition 74 crew on the ISS, will officially relinquish his command in a change-of-command ceremony that will shift control of the orbting lab over to Russian cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov.
The ceremony is scheduled for 2:35 p.m. EST (1835 GMT) today, Jan. 12, and will be webcast live on NASA TV, NASA+ and the space agnecy's streaming service and social media platforms. ..."
Reference: www.space.com
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"...The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), along with its industry partners and the defence sector, on Monday successfully carried out the flight test of the third-generation Fire & Forget Man Portable Anti-Tank Guided Missile (MPATGM) with top-attack capability. ..."
Reference: www.firstpost.com
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"...LONDON—The British government says its effort to rapidly develop a conventional ballistic missile under the recently launched Project Nightfall is aimed at arming Ukraine. “These new long-range British missiles will keep Ukraine in the fight and give Putin another thing to worry about,” Britain’s..."
Reference: aviationweek.com
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