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The Pentagon Wants Its Major Bases Able to Run 90 Days on Their Own. Britain Is Asking Households to Manage for Three.

Internal Pentagon documents reviewed by Fox News Digital would require every major U.S. military installation to run essential operations on its own for at least 90 days, backed by reserves of munitions, fuel, minerals, spare parts and medical supplies. The plan, called FORTRESS, has no published cost or timeline. Nothing in the reporting mentions artificial intelligence or a specific nuclear threat.

By Alison Acosta 1 hour ago

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The Pentagon Is Lending Border Officials One Heat-Ray Weapon for Seven Months. In Two Decades It Has Never Been Used in Combat.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has authorized a seven-month "temporary loan" of one Active Denial System, a millimeter-wave crowd-control weapon, to the Department of Homeland Security to test and develop tactics for possible use at the southern border, CNN reported on 21 October. Pentagon personnel may not operate it. Nothing has been deployed, and DHS's request did not say where or how it would be tested.

By Alison Acosta October 26, 2026

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The Pentagon Wants Its Major Bases Able to Run 90 Days on Their Own. Britain Is Asking Households to Manage for Three.

The Pentagon Is Lending Border Officials One Heat-Ray Weapon for Seven Months. In Two Decades It Has Never Been Used in Combat.