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Experts to Senate: Trump Needs to Reassure America's European, Asian Allies

Experts to Senate: Trump Needs to Reassure America’s European, Asian Allies

Chinese sailors welcome the Russian Navy destroyer Admiral Tributs (564) in Zhanjiang, China on Sept. 12, 2016. Xinhua Photo

Chinese sailors welcome the Russian Navy destroyer Admiral Tributs (564) in Zhanjiang, China on Sept. 12, 2016. Xinhua Photo

The incoming Trump administration needs to go out and reassure publicly and privately our allies that the United States will honor its commitments and do what is necessary to meet new challenges, particularly from Russia and China, three security experts testified Tuesday. Read More

Norway To Buy 5 P-8A Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft

Norway To Buy 5 P-8A Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft

A P-8A Poseidon aircraft assigned to Patrol Squadron (VP) 45 is parked on the flight line of Naval Air Station Keflavik, Iceland. US Navy Photo

A P-8A Poseidon aircraft assigned to Patrol Squadron (VP) 45 is parked on the flight line of Naval Air Station Keflavik, Iceland. US Navy Photo

Norway plans to buy five Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft to help monitor its extensive territorial waters amid a growing Russian submarine presence. Read More

Opinion: Trump’s Defense Increase Might Not Equal a Better Military

Opinion: Trump’s Defense Increase Might Not Equal a Better Military

 Donald Trump speaking with supporters at a campaign rally at the South Point Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Photo by Gage Skidmore


Donald Trump speaking with supporters at a campaign rally at the South Point Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Photo by Gage Skidmore

Shortly after the presidential election, USNI News ran a piece looking forward into a U.S. military under a Trump administration.

The report pieced together statements from Trump that may represent his outline for what he often stated was a need to “rebuild the military.” Briefly summarized, Trump’s plan would result in 50 new ships for the U.S. Navy, a 33-percent growth in the size of the Marine Corps, and 50,000 additional soldiers for the Army. Read More

Former NSA, CIA Director Hayden: World Needs a Set of Cyber Norms

Former NSA, CIA Director Hayden: World Needs a Set of Cyber Norms

 Michael Hayden speaking at CPAC 2015 in Washington, D.C. Photo by Gage Skidmore

Michael Hayden speaking at CPAC 2015 in Washington, D.C. Photo by Gage Skidmore

The United States should help create an international set of norms for cyber behaviors – to distinguish between accepted behaviors like espionage and non-accepted behaviors like cyber theft and destruction – and then craft laws and policies that allow U.S. cyber warriors to succeed in that domain, a former director of the National Security Agency and Central Intelligence Agency said today. Read More

U.S. Navy, Marine Corps Rated ‘Marginal’ in New Military Strength Report

U.S. Navy, Marine Corps Rated ‘Marginal’ in New Military Strength Report

Marines and sailors stand at parade rest while manning the rails of the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD-8) on Oct. 14, 2016. US Marine Corps Photo

Marines and sailors stand at parade rest while manning the rails of the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD-8) on Oct. 14, 2016. US Marine Corps Photo

Moscow is a “formidable” potential adversary while the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps as “marginal” in meeting today’s requirements, according to a new report from the Heritage Foundation released on Wednesday. Read More