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Ben Wolfgang

bwolfgang@washingtontimes.com

Ben Wolfgang is a National Security Correspondent for The Washington Times. His reporting is regularly featured in the daily Threat Status newsletter.
Previously, he covered energy and the environment, Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign in 2016, and also spent two years as a White House correspondent during the Obama administration.
Before coming to The Times in 2011, Ben worked as political reporter at The Republican-Herald in Pottsville, Pa.
He can be reached at bwolfgang@washingtontimes.com.

Articles by Ben Wolfgang

A domestically-built missile "Khaibar-buster," and banners showing portraits of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, center, and the late armed forces commanders, who were killed in Israeli strike in June, are displayed in a military exhibition commemorating the anniversary of the start of the 1980-88 Iraq-Iran war, and 12-day war with Israel in June, at Baharestan Square, in Tehran on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) **FILE**

‘They have a mystical value’: Why Iran won’t budge on its prized ballistic missiles

Reaching a deal to constrain Iran's nuclear enrichment is an uphill battle. Persuading the Islamic republic to rein in its ballistic missile program could be next to impossible, analysts say, with the weapons having achieved an almost "mystical" reputation among some Iranian military leaders who remember their key role in the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s and now see them as vital to their country's survival.

February 10, 2026
In this photo released by the U.S. Air Force, Capt. Ryan Vickers stands for a photo to display his new service tapes after taking his oath of office to transfer from the U.S. Air Force to the U.S. Space Force at Al-Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Sept. 1, 2020. (Staff Sgt. Kayla White/U.S. Air Force via AP, File)

Inside the high-stakes battle over Space Force advocacy

The Air & Space Forces Association and the Space Force Association, along with their leaders, stressed they believe the organizations can work together to advance American space power. However, sources familiar with the matter described behind-the-scenes dynamics that have at times bordered on acrimony.

February 2, 2026