Chris Martin
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Chris Martin is the managing editor for Defense News. His interests include Sino-U.S. affairs, cybersecurity, foreign policy and his yorkie Willow.
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Comparing Russian, Ukrainian forces two years into war
Data from a recent military report offers a comparison between the military forces of the two countries.
This Ranger hurled a Taliban’s grenade back at the them. His survival depended on cultivated courage
Despite being grievously wounded from the fierce firefight, Leroy Petry recalls to Military Times, “I’m glad I survived, but I’d do it all over again.”
Poland buys radar-homing missiles for its future F-35 fleet
The $745 million deal will give Poland the ability to destroy enemy radar emitters associated with air defense systems.
Trump’s missile shield marks shift in homeland defense strategy
Trump's order establishing an Iron Dome for America includes a wider focus to defend the homeland from air and missile attacks from peer adversaries.
Air Force triples funding for prototype sixth-gen fighter engine
The future of the NGAD sixth-generation fighter remains unclear, but billions in extra funding would keep work progressing on its prototype engine.
11 Baltic cables damaged in 15 months, pushing NATO to boost security
NATO is deploying eyes in the sky and on the Baltic Sea to protect cables and pipelines that stitch together the nine countries with Baltic shores.
Pentagon says small business programs not part of grant funding pause
The department does not believe SBIR and STTR programs fall within the scope of an Office of Management and Budget order to halt federal grant funding.
In Trump’s Pentagon, a growing skepticism about US military power
The new cadre of national security officials is highly confident, highly online and scornful of Washington’s foreign policy consensus.
BAE awarded $70 million Navy contract to overhaul Mk 45 guns
The company will extend the barrel of the Mk 45, strengthen the gun mounts and incorporate a fully digital control system.
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