Aircraft Carrier   North America   Geopolitical Developments & Conflict Impact  
Wall Street Journal • Shelby Holliday

Pentagon Deploys Aircraft Carrier to Caribbean in Escalation of Anti-Drug and Regional Pressure Campaign

Wall Street Journal reports: The move would be a major escalation of the Trump administration’s military campaign to target drug smugglers and threaten governments in Latin America.

Also: DefenseNews.com, Reuters, Air Data News, The Aviationist, Aviation Week, AirForceTimes, NBC News, The Independent, Independent.ie, The Guardian, Euronews, South China Morning Post and 29 more
2025-10-24T09:58:59.131359-07:00

Today In Defense

Last Updated: Friday, Oct. 24, 2025, 1:53 PM PDT

2025-10-24T13:53:35.513357-07:00 2025-10-24T13:53:35.513357-07:00 (2025-10-24T13:53:35.513357-07:00)

Defense Budgets & Spending   Geopolitical Developments & Conflict Impact   Asia-Pacific (APAC)  
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Reuters • Kantaro Komiya

Japan scrambles jets after nuclear-capable Russian bombers fly nearby

By Reuters: Japan said it scrambled jets on Friday to monitor Russian warplanes, including strategic bombers capable of carrying nuclear weapons, which had flown along the edge of Japanese airspace up its coast.

Also: Economic Times, prm.ua and tass.com
2025-10-24T05:00:37.599954-07:00
North America   Military Aircraft Procurement   Missile Systems & Strategic Weapons   Defense Industry & Major Contractors   Geopolitical Developments & Conflict Impact  
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Reuters • Mike Stone

US military takes steps to adapt new hypersonic weapons to mobile launchers

By Reuters: Defense startup Castelion said on Friday it has won contracts to integrate its Blackbeard hypersonic strike weapon with current U.S. Army systems, the first step toward allowing the military to place the powerful and nearly unstoppable weapons around the world.

Also: Breaking Defense, Defense Daily and defence-industry.eu
2025-10-24T03:40:21.137768-07:00