Japan Aircraft Scrambled Fewer Times in FY 2023 Compared to FY 2022
Japan Air Self-Defense Force aircraft scrambled fewer times against foreign aircraft during Fiscal Year 2023 compared to FY 2022, according to Japan’s Joint Staff Office. …
Report to Congress on Artificial Intelligence and National Security
The following is the April 26, 2018 Congressional Research Service report, Artificial Intelligence and National Security.…
Pentagon Research Chief Nominee: China, Russia Racing to Develop Next Generation Weapon Technology
The nominee for the Pentagon’s first research and engineering chief warned a Senate panel that China and Russia risk outpacing…
Report to Congress on Russian Compliance with the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
The following is the April 24, 2018 Congressional Researsh Service Report, Russian Compliance with the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces (INF)…
Mattis Defends Trump Administration’s Call for Low-Yield Nuclear Weapons
Defense Secretary James Mattis called Moscow’s strategy of threatening to use low-yield nuclear weapons to get its way “bellicose and…
Zukunft Discusses Jones Act, Future Arctic Operations in Farewell Speech
Repealing the law that requires coastal cargo shipping to be done in American vessels with American crews “could have severe…
U.S., North Korea Watchers Say to Set Reasonable Expectations for Trump – Kim Jong Un Summit
A key U.S. senator and a top-level adviser to the Seoul government warned not to set high expectations on Pyongyang…
Navy Reestablishes U.S. 2nd Fleet to Face Russian Threat; Plan Calls for 250 Person Command in Norfolk
This post has been updated with a statement from Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson and a Pentagon statement…
Reports: Russian Fighter Conducts ‘Unprofessional’ Intercept of U.S. Navy P-8A Over Baltic
A Russian Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker conducted a safe but unprofessional intercept of a U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon maritime surveillance aircraft…
Panel: China Investing in Infrastructure Near the Arctic
China sees the expanding global markets for natural gas and minerals as solid reasons to invest heavily in exploration, development…
Ambassador: Aegis Ashore Program Focused on Rogue States, Not Russia
With Aegis Ashore ballistic missile defense systems set to operate in Poland by the end of the year and currently…