Defense One

US intelligence elevates AI as a top global threat in new report

Annual assessment of Office of the Director of National Intelligence notes AI's use in combat, economic competitiveness—but skips disinformation.

U.S. officials face growing concern about Iran war escalating amid energy facility attacks

Iran has intensified its attacks on oil and gas facilities around the Persian Gulf, sending shock waves through the global ...

How drones are reshaping modern warfare around the globe

The technology of war is evolving fast, and drones are at the center of it. We've seen this in the ongoing U.S.-Israeli war with Iran. Unmanned drones are cheaper than missiles, easy to mass produce, ...

What Does the Iran War Mean for the Threat of Attacks in the U.S.? Here’s What Experts Say

Editorial Fellow In the days since the U.S. and Israel launched the war against Iran two weeks ago, retaliatory strikes around the Middle East and a series of incidents labeled as potential acts of ...
Council on Foreign Relations

First Ukraine, Now Iran: A New Era of Drone Warfare Takes Hold

The technological change and unit economics first seen in Ukraine is on display in Iran, showing that the use of low-cost drones is the future of warfare.
Business Wire

NETSCOUT Reveals Qualitative Shifts in DDoS Attack Sophistication, Infrastructure Capacity, and Threat Actor Capabilities

WESTFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NETSCOUT ® SYSTEMS, INC. (NASDAQ: NTCT), today released its second half of the year 2025 Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Threat Intelligence Report, revealing ...
The Washington Post

U.S. troops had little protection from drone strike that killed 6, imagery shows

The six U.S. service members killed in an Iranian drone attack over the weekend were working in a tactical operations center in Kuwait that offered little protection from overhead strikes, according ...
Washington Examiner

Energy markets face ‘heart attack’ as Gulf infrastructure targeted in Iran conflict

The escalating conflict in Iran is posing a significant risk to energy infrastructure across the Middle East and Persian Gulf, including crucial crude oil transit routes as well as facilities used to ...
Yahoo

Iranian attacks targeted civilian infrastructure in Qatar including airport, spokesperson says

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Smoke rises after reported Iranian missile attacks, following United States and Israel strikes on Iran, as seen from Doha, Qatar, ...
The New York Times

Iranian Attacks Target Gulf Energy Infrastructure, Upping the Ante

Strikes on sites in Qatar and Saudi Arabia forced the closure of key production facilities and added to growing worries about global oil and gas supplies. By Vivian Nereim and Ismaeel Naar Vivian ...
Task & Purpose

Iran strike marks first time US used new one-way attack drones in combat

The LUCAS drone, fired at Tehran on Saturday as part of U.S. strikes on Iran, is itself based on Iran’s Shahed-136 drone. By Nicholas Slayton Published Feb 28, 2026 8:44 PM EST As part of its wave of ...