--- title: Defense | TIME description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. canonical: https://time.com/tag/defense/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/tag/defense/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: article twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Defense ## Defense *  Aug 8, 2026 ## [The U.S. Army Is Fast-Tracking New Weapons](https://time.com/article/2026/08/08/the-army-fast-tracks-weapons/) [U.S.](/section/us/) by Rebecca Schneid *  May 12, 2026 ## [The U.S. is Facing an Ammunition Shortage Due to the Iran War. Here’s What That Means](https://time.com/article/2026/05/12/US-ammunition-shortage-iran-war/) [U.S.](/section/us/) by Rebecca Schneid *  Dec 26, 2018 ## [James Mattis Sends Last Christmas Message to U.S. Troops](https://time.com/5488364/james-mattis-christmas-message/) [U.S.](/section/us/) by Suyin Haynes *  Jun 7, 2018 ## [Women Outnumber Men in Spain's New Government](https://time.com/5304320/spain-new-government-majority-women/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Siobhan Morrin *  Mar 29, 2018 ## [The Military Can't Build Trump's Border Wall](https://time.com/5219475/donald-trump-pentagon-border-wall/) [POLITICS](/section/politics/) by Philip Elliott *  Mar 13, 2018 ## [Trump's Defense Secretary Loses an Ally With Tillerson Firing](https://time.com/5197834/trumps-defense-secretary-loses-an-ally-with-tillerson-firing/) [POLITICS](/section/politics/) by W.J. Hennigan *  Mar 2, 2018 ## [Aboard the USS Carl Vinson in the South China Sea](https://time.com/5168072/uss-carl-vinson-south-china-sea/) [POLITICS](/section/politics/) by Feliz Solomon *  Feb 9, 2018 ## ['We're Ready, if Our Nation Calls.' A Top U.S. Navy Commander in the Pacific on China, North Korea and More](https://time.com/5133119/us-navy-admiral-phillip-sawyer-japan/) [POLITICS](/section/politics/) by Feliz Solomon *  Jan 12, 2018 ## [Nuclear Officers: Trump 'A Clear and Present Danger'](https://time.com/5100301/nuclear-launch-officers-letter-donald-trump-danger/) [POLITICS](/section/politics/) by Eli Meixler *  Nov 2, 2017 ## [The Navy Says Deadly Collisions in Pacific Were 'Avoidable'](https://time.com/5006790/pacific-navy-collisions-avoidable/) [U.S.](/section/us/) by Joseph Hincks *  May 2, 2017 ## [North Korea Says U.S. Pushing Region to 'Brink of War'](https://time.com/4762844/north-korea-us-bomber-nuclear-war/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Reuters *  Apr 7, 2017 ## [The U.S. Struck a Syrian Air Base with Tomahawk Missiles. What Are They?](https://time.com/4730285/us-syria-tomahawk-cruise-missiles/) [POLITICS](/section/politics/) by Kevin Lui *  Feb 24, 2017 ## [Trump Wants U.S. Nuclear Arsenal to Be 'Top of the Pack'](https://time.com/4681555/trump-us-nuclear-arsenal/) [POLITICS](/section/politics/) by Kevin Lui *  Oct 28, 2016 ## [James Bond Would Not Make A Good Spy, Says Head of MI6](https://time.com/4548694/james-bond-too-unethical-for-mi6/) by Dominique Rowe *  Oct 20, 2016 ## [North Korea 'Conducted Another Failed Missile Test'](https://time.com/4537864/north-korea-us-stratcom-missile-test-failure/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Kevin Lui ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/"},"name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/defense/","name":"Defense"}}]}] ```