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A PAINTER repaints an anti-US mural in Tehran last week.

Iran is nervous about the Trump administration, but also defiant

By DAVID M. WEINBERG

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope reveals intricate structures in Cassiopeia A supernova light echo.

US seeks ideas for Golden Dome's missile interceptors in space

US President Donald Trump gestures, before boarding Air Force One as he departs for Florida, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, US, March 28, 2025

Trump preparing executive order to increase weapons exports, sources say

Missiles are fired into the sky for an alleged operation against Yemen's Houthis at an unidentified location in this screengrab taken from a handout video released on March 18, 2025.

US says it killed top Houthi missile expert, but questions linger

By REUTERS

Houthi fighters take part in a parade for people who attended Houthi military training as part of a mobilization campaign, in Sanaa, Yemen December 18, 2024.

Houthis remain undeterred as missile attacks continue to bedevil Israel, US

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

A US FIGHTER plane takes off from the deck of an aircraft carrier said to be for a sortie against the Yemen’s Houthis at an unidentified location, from a handout video released on March 18.

US strikes lead to ‘heavy Houthi losses’

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) transits the Suez Canal, in this picture taken April 2, 2021 and released by U.S. Navy on April 3, 2021.

US aircraft carriers may change Middle East balance of power

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

THE ‘USS Gerald R. Ford’ steams alongside replenishment vessel ‘USNS Laramie’ in a fueling-at-sea in the eastern Mediterranean, during a deployment to defend US, allied, and partner interests, in October, last year. The US Navy has historically been a pillar of American power, the writer points out

US Navy aircraft carrier collides with vessel near Egypt, in stable condition

By REUTERS

Iranians burn makeshift Israeli and US flags along with a cardboard obelisk, in Tehran, Iran, February 10, 2025

Israel could strike Iran nuclear sites this year, US intel document shows

By Mathilda Heller , JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israeli military helicopters land, ahead of the expected arrival of released Israeli hostages, who have been held in Gaza since the deadly October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas, as part of a prisoner-hostage exchange deal between Israel and Hamas, in Reim, southern Israel, January 25, 2025.

Inside a US security firm's risky Gaza mission

By REUTERS

IRON DOME interceptors destroy rockets launched from the Gaza Strip toward Israel in the skies over Ashkelon in May.

Defense Ministry awards Rafael $5.2b US-funded air defense contract

By DEAN SHMUEL ELMAS/GLOBES/TNS

US President Joe Biden reviews troops at a Department of Defense Commander in Chief farewell ceremony, at Joint Base Myers-Henderson Hall in Fort Myer, Virginia, U.S., January 16, 2025.

Biden thanks US troops for defending Israel in last military address

By HANNAH SARISOHN

Der Militärstützpunkt Camp Century in Grönland.

NASA entdeckt durch Zufall im grönländischen Eis versteckten Stützpunkt aus dem Kalten Krieg

By ELLIE ESQUENAZI

Screenshot of a post targeting Israeli soldiers.

The hidden dangers for soldiers on the social media battlefield

By FELICE FRIEDSON/THE MEDIA LINE

IDF Oketz unit soldiers with a dog.

K-9 key roles: US military can learn from IDF Oketz unit, expert says

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Jack Danaher Molloy in photographs he took as part of an application process to join Hezbollah.

Man who formerly served in US Army indicted over attempts to support Hezbollah

By REUTERS

Smoke rises from the site of strikes in Sanaa, Yemen October 4, 2024.

US strikes several Houthis targets in Yemen

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A Lockheed Martin Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile interceptor is seen during the third annual "Made in America Product Showcase" on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, US, July 15, 2019.

US THAAD air defense system intercepted Friday morning Houthi missile

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF , Avi Ashkenazi