Zukunft: Changing Arctic Could Lead to Armed U.S. Icebreakers in Future Fleet
The U.S. Coast Guard has begun work to design and buy three heavy and three medium polar icebreakers, but the…
Panel: Aegis Ashore Could Be Helpful In Pacific, Could Address Russian Air Threats
Aegis Ashore could become a model for missile defense against an aggressive North Korea in Japan, Guam and Hawaii, as…
CYBERCOM Head Rogers: U.S. Should ‘Publicly Out’ Kremlin Cyber Attacks
The United States needs to make it clear it is unacceptable and there is a price to pay if any…
Congress Notified on $1.46B P-8A Poseidon Deal with New Zealand
The State Department has given its approval to a potential $1.46 billion sale of four Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime surveillance…
U.S. Official: Russia Installed System in Crimea to Snoop on U.S. Destroyers, Jam Communications
Russia has installed a modern mobile electronic warfare system in Crimea to eavesdrop on U.S. ships in the Black Sea…
PACOM: U.S. Should Renegotiate INF Missile Treaty to Better Compete with China
The commander of U.S. Pacific Command said the United States may want to renegotiate the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty…
Sinking of Surveillance Ship Highlights Increase in Russian Navy Operations
This post has been updated to clarify the deployment of Russian Navy Kilo-class attack submarineRostov-na-Donu. The sinking of the Russian…
CRS Legal Sidebar: Was U.S. Strike on Syrian Airbase Legal?
The following is the April 17, 2017 Congressional Research Service Legal Sidebar: U.S. Strike on Syrian Airbase: Legal under International…
Italian PM Pushing for Political Removal of Bashar Al-Assad from Power
Italy’s Prime Minster backed President Donald Trump’s retaliatory Tomahawk cruise missiles strike in response to the Syrian regime’s use of…
Document: Report to Congress on Armed Conflict in Syria
The following is the April 7, 2017 Congressional Research Service report, Armed Conflict in Syria: Overview and U.S. Response.…