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Operation Southern Spear: SOUTHCOM Blows Up Drug Boat, Killing 3

The United States Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) announced on Sunday that U.S. forces carried out a "lethal kinetic strike" against a drug-trafficking vessel in Eastern Pacific waters...

Operation Southern Spear: SOUTHCOM Strikes Drug Boat, Kills Two Traffickers

The United States Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) announced on Monday that U.S. forces carried out a new “lethal kinetic strike” against a drug-trafficking vessel in Caribbean waters,...

Operation Southern Spear: SOUTHCOM Blows Up Drug Boat in Pacific, Killing Two

SOUTHCOM revealed that it carried out a "lethal kinetic strike" against a drug boat in the Eastern Pacific, killing two.j The post Operation Southern Spear: SOUTHCOM Blows Up Drug...

AFSOC Introduces ‘Havoc Spear’, Its Newest Cruise Missile

TAMPA, Fla. —   Air Force Special Operations Command has officially unveiled the popular name of the AGM-190A small cruise missile as “Havoc Spear.” The announcement, taking place...

U.S. Forces Strike Suspected Narco Boat, 3 Killed

This story has been updated to include the Navy ships operating in the Caribbean under U.S. Southern Command. Joint Task Force Southern Spear forces struck a boat allegedly ferryin...

Blount Island Command's Ship-to-Shore Operations Reinforces Southcom Readiness

Marines landed an MK36 Wrecker tactical armored vehicle at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island in Jacksonville, Fla., demonstrating how the service rapidly moves equipment...

From the first missile to ceasefire call: How Op Sindoor unfolded, one strike at a time

U.S. Southern Command Conducts Two More Lethal Strikes on Drug Boats

 U.S. Southern Command has resumed its campaign of strikes on drug-smuggling boats on the maritime corridors off South and Central America, resulting...

Operation Sindoor Heralds A New Era In India’s Defence Doctrine

Operation Sindoor commenced at precisely 1:05 a.m. on 7 May 2025 with a surgical and high‑intensity destruction of carefully selected terrorist infrastructure. This strike was conc...

Special Ops Convention Convenes Under 'Peace Through Strength' Strategy

More than 29,000 members of the military's special operations forces community and the public converged in person on Tampa, Fla., and virtually to kick off Special Operations Force...

Indian Military Reveals Scale of Operation Sindoor: Eleven Pakistani Airfields Struck, Thirteen Aircraft Destroyed, Nine...

On the first anniversary of Operation Sindoor, India’s senior military leadership revealed unprecedented details of the tri-services campaign that followed the Pahalgam terror atta...

Indian Military Reveals Scale of Operation Sindoor: Eleven Pakistani Airfields Struck, Thirteen Aircraft Destroyed, Nine...

On the first anniversary of Operation Sindoor, India’s senior military leadership revealed unprecedented details of the tri-services campaign that followed the Pahalgam terror atta...

U.S. Strikes Third Suspected Narco Boat in Three Days, Three Killed

Joint Task Force Southern Spear struck the third suspected narco boat in three days, U.S. Southern Command announced late Wednesday. Forces with the joint task force struck a boat...

U.S. Military Strikes 4th Suspected Drug Boat in Eastern Pacific in 5 Days

U.S. forces with Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a fourth strike against an alleged drug boat in five days, U.S. Southern Command announced Wednesday. Four men were kille...

5 Killed in U.S. Strikes on Suspected Narco Boats in Eastern Pacific

Forces with Joint Task Force Southern Spear struck two vessels in the Eastern Pacific on Saturday, the first such strikes in April. Two men were killed in the first strike while th...

CDS Orders Intensified Military Operations Against Banditry in Southern Kaduna

The Chief of Defence Staff, General Olufemi Oluyede, has directed troops of the 2 National Mission Force Brigade to step up operations aimed at eliminating insecurity in their Join...

South Africa: Soldiers Hit the Streets of Mitchells Plain a Day After a Shooting

[GroundUp] Homes were searched for firearms in Beacon Valley

Specialized Group of 1,300 Marines, Sailors Take Over SOUTHCOM Duties As 22nd MEU Heads Home

A specialized group of Marines operating in SOUTHCOM will now support Operation Southern Spear, the U.S. campaign to stop maritime drug trafficking, as the 22nd Marine Expeditionar...

Operation Sindoor Real Impact: One Year On, India’s Counter-Terror Doctrine Transformed

Operation Sindoor marked a watershed in India’s counter-terror doctrine, transforming the nation’s response from reactive restraint to decisive, integrated military action.One year...

Operation Sindoor Real Impact: One Year On, India’s Counter-Terror Doctrine Transformed

Operation Sindoor marked a watershed in India’s counter-terror doctrine, transforming the nation’s response from reactive restraint to decisive, integrated military action.One year...

U.S. Forces Kill 2 in Caribbean Strike Against Suspected Narco Boat

Two are dead following a U.S. military strike in the Caribbean Sea against a suspected narcotics trafficking vessel, U.S. Southern Command announced late Monday. “Intelligence conf...

U.S. Forces Kill 5 in Strikes on Suspected Narco Boats

U.S. forces with Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted two strikes over the weekend in the Eastern Pacific, killing a total of five men, U.S. Southern Command announced. A stri...

Operation Eagle Claw – The Iran Hostage Rescue Mission

I remember waking up on 25 April, 1980 to news reports about an accident in the desert of Iran involving US aircraft and hints of a failed rescue attempt of American hostages. You’...

One year after Operation Sindoor: A retribution that reshaped India's war doctrine and firepower