Soldiers and Civilians Are Dying as Mexican Cartels Embrace a Terrifying New Weapon: Land Mines The series of blasts in the Tierra Caliente — an area along the border of Jalisco and Michoacán states — mark an alarming...
Textron Shows Off Mine-Hunting Drone Boat Armed with Hellfire Missiles Textron Systems is working with the Navy to turn a mine-sweeping unmanned surface vessel into a mine-hunting craft.
Milley Says Ukrainians Using Land Mines 'Effectively,' Reopening Debate About Controversial Weapons Land mines have long been decried by human rights organizations because they are often left behind after a conflict...
How the Navy is Taking Divers Out Of Minesweeping The Navy's current minesweeping methods are slow, costly and dangerous to sailors. A new, sophisticated sonar and drone...
Trump Reverses Obama-Era Restrictions on Military Use of Land Mines The Trump administration has reversed an Obama-era policy that largely prohibited military use of anti-personnel land mines.
Navy EOD Techs Use Underwater Bomb-Sweeping Drones in New Arctic Exercise Sailors are sweeping for explosives in the depths of frigid Arctic waters as they prepare for a new kind of fight.
Navy's Bottlenose Dolphins Hunt Mines in RIMPAC Exercise Dolphins joined the world's largest military maritime exercise in search of mines buried at the bottom of the sea.
Marine Corps May Be Interested in Navy's Minesweeping Drone Boat An unmanned surface vessel designed to conduct minesweeping missions for the Navy is heading to final tests.
Pentagon Pledges to Destroy All Landmines Outside Korea The U.S. will destroy its stockpiles of landmines outside Korea, the Pentagon said Tuesday.
Army Concerned Over Ban on Cluster Munitions, Land Mines Army ammunition specialists are scrambling to develop solutions to a DoD deadline that will end the use of cluster munitions.
For Decades, Recipients Were Honored with Purple Hearts Made During WWII. This Company Now Forges New Medals. For decades, recipients of the Purple Heart were honored with medals that had been forged during World War II, leftover stock...
Marines Suffer Most Cases of 2 Life-Threatening Conditions Related to Exercise and Heat, Report Finds The April issue of the Defense Department's Medical Surveillance Monthly Report, published last week, was focused entirely on...
Must-Pass Defense Bill Includes 4.5% Military Pay Raise on Top of 15% Increase for Junior Enlisted Troops The recommendation from the House Armed Services Committee in its draft version of the National Defense Authorization Act, or...
Army Eliminates Online Training Requirement for Noncommissioned Officers, Saying It's Too Burdensome The Army has eliminated a significant part of its online training for enlisted troops -- a learning program that has drawn...
Wide-Ranging Veterans Bill Gets Agreement Between House and Senate The Department of Veterans Affairs caregiver program, the beleaguered electronic health records program, veteran homelessness...