The following is the Jan. 6, 2025, Congressional Research Service in focus report, Defense Primer: Emerging Technologies.

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A Chinese civilian ship was equipped with several armed and aircraft-launching configurations over the last few weeks, ...

This story has been updated to include information from the U.K. Ministry of Defense and the U.S. Navy. A U.S. Coast Guard ...

The following is the Jan. 6, 2026, Congressional Research Service insight report, U.S. Capture of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro: ...

A Chinese civilian ship was equipped with several armed and aircraft-launching configurations over the last few weeks, highlighting Beijing’s ability to equip its civilian containership fleet for ...

The following is the Jan. 5, 2026, Congressional Research Service report, Navy Constellation (FFG-62) and FF(X) Class Frigate ...

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, are in U.S. custody following his capture in the capital of ...

Japanese forces tracked Chinese ships and aircraft transiting through Japan’s southwest region during the same period, while ...

On Monday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a letter of censure to Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), a retired Navy captain, ...

The head of the Pentagon gave both warning and praise to defense companies in a Monday speech that kicked off a monthlong ...

North Korea on Sunday launched what it claimed to be hypersonic missiles into the Sea of Japan in a firing drill. North ...