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…
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…
Navy to Release Arctic Strategy This Summer, Will Include Blue Water Arctic Operations
CAPITOL HILL — The Navy will release a new Arctic strategy this summer to reflect the potential for “blue-water Arctic”…
European Navies Are Grappling with Aggressive Russian, Chinese Operations in Baltic, Mediterranean
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – The optimism for peace at the end of the Cold War has proven to be a…
Panel: Cooperation, Not Conflict Key to Future of the Arctic
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The Arctic is not a set of obstacles to be conquered but a region where nations…