The U.S. Navy decommissioned half of its Avenger-class mine countermeasure ships last year and began replacing them with littoral combat ships that possess anti-mine capabilities.Naval mine warfare is a major tenet of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy military doctrine, according to a 2017 Office of Naval Intelligence report, and looks to be a factor in the ongoing Iran war.Iran reportedly began laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz this week, with U.S. Central Command announcing Tuesday that it had struck 16 Iranian mine-layers.The U.S. remains confident that it’s new phase of mine countermeasure capabilities can successfully thwart mine warfare.“The…

A closer look at what stress does to your mind and body during and after a lethal force incident.Imagine you wake at 2 in the morning to the sound of breaking glass. Your heart races. In a split second your brain goes into overdrive: you worry about your family, defending your home, and the safety of the people you love. You jump out of bed, grab your weapon, and move through a house you know like the back of your hand. In the living room you see the silhouette of a figure who is too large to be one of…

As Mark Thornton has detailed in his brilliant book, The Skyscraper Curse, Austrian School economists’ unique theory of the business cycle has given them a distinct advantage in foreseeing oncoming economic crises: from Ludwig von Mises’s 1920s predictions of looming bank failures, to Thornton’s own 2004 warnings of the housing bubble and its consequences. Contemporary Austrians continue to apply this theory when scrutinizing the anxious landscape of today’s economy, looking for early warning signs of where central bank monetary manipulation will manifest itself next. However, depending on the course which history takes, we may someday look back and reflect that today’s Austrians…

Growing up, my family had a vegetable garden every year. We didn’t grow one because we had to but because we enjoyed the work and the availability of fresh produce at our fingertips. These days it seems almost trendy to say you grow your own food but the time to have a food garden out of necessity certainly seems to be on the horizon. Food prices keep increasing, shortages have become normal, and changing weather patterns all affect what types of foods are available to us. The system on which we rely for our food is really an experiment. When…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The final undefeated team in NCAA Division I men’s basketball has fallen.Miami (Ohio) saw its perfect season end Thursday with an 87–83 loss to UMass in the RedHawks’ Mid-American Conference tournament opener, a defeat that also dashed its hopes of securing an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. “We always go back to watch the film. We’ll break it down just like we always do. … [We’ll be] off tomorrow and back at it Saturday trying to figure out ways to get better,” head coach Travis Steele said via the team’s website.”There’s…

The U.S. Air Force has confirmed that a B-21 Raider flight test aircraft conducted a “close-proximity flight” with a KC-135 Stratotanker on Tuesday as part of the bomber’s ongoing test campaign.The event, spotted by aviation photographers over the Mojave Desert near Edwards Air Force Base, California, during a mission lasting approximately 5.5 hours according to spotter reports and online flight tracking, represents a precursor step toward validating capabilities essential for the B-21’s long-range, penetrating strike role. The Air Force statement did not mention aerial refueling or fuel transfer. Publicly available images show the stealth bomber positioned behind the tanker in…

Sencut’s latest flipper, the Selkyris, is primed to drop in the next couple of weeks. A mid-sized clip point blade with a super sleek profile sets this user apart from its fellow Sencuttians. It’s hard to believe that, not so many years ago, sub-2 inch EDC blades were the hot thing – it wasn’t unheard of to see a larger size spec’d for daily carry, but far, far less common than it is today. In fact, we’d go so far as to say that it’s unusual to see an EDC knife release these days with a blade length under that…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Secretary of War Pete Hegseth is facing criticism from some Democratic lawmakers after the Pentagon’s spending on steak and lobster was reported. Retired Marine and Fox News co-host Joey Jones has a message for the “woke” critics attacking the military’s food budget.An analysis of Department of War spending from government watchdog Open The Books found that in September 2025, the agency spent $6.9 million on lobster and over $15 million on ribeye steaks.Jones, who lost his legs while fighting for the United States, defended the spending, saying rare nights when service members…

The world’s largest aircraft carrier experienced a non-combat fire Thursday that was successfully doused, the U.S. Navy announced.The USS Gerald R. Ford, which is operating in the Red Sea in support of Operation Epic Fury, saw its main laundry room ignite in a non-combat-related incident.“There is no damage to the ship’s propulsion plant, and the aircraft carrier remains fully operational,” read a post by the Navy on X.Two sailors were receiving medical treatment for non-life-threatening injuries, the Navy said, and were in stable condition.The Navy did not specify the cause of the fire but said more information would be forthcoming…

A military inquiry has faulted the United States for the destruction and massacre of a girls’ school in Iran during the initial bombings in Minab. Previously, Donald Trump tried to blame the school’s destruction on Iran, claiming Tehran hit the school with a U.S.-made Tomahawk missile. Trump Said Iran Bombed Its Own School During Minab Attack It was fairly obvious early on that the U.S. was responsible for bombing the school; however, the ruling class tried to play it off as Iran’s fault. Investigations by the Associated Press, CNN, and the Washington Post all concluded that the U.S. was the…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! William Shatner was slated to undergo surgery Wednesday after succumbing to a shoulder injury late last year. During an appearance at the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films’ 53rd annual Saturn Awards in Burbank, Calif., on Sunday, Shatner, 94, revealed he recently fell off his horse during a ride. “I ride the horses that can compete in equine skills, which is fast down and ends on a sliding stop,” he said. “And the horse that I owned, I came off.””And she had a habit of going too far, like six inches to…