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Defense Secretary Austin Regrets China's Decision Not to Meet During Southeast Asian Security Talks U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin expressed regret that his Chinese counterpart chose not to hold talks with him during...
Philippine Defense Secretary Doesn't Expect Trump Will Demand Payment for Protection Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro said Tuesday that he didn't expect President-elect Donald Trump’s next...
Satellite Images and Documents Indicate China Working on Nuclear Propulsion for New Aircraft Carrier Adding nuclear-powered carriers to China's naval fleet would be a major step in realizing its ambitions for a true "blue...
Leader of the Free World Has Never Been a Role Trump Has Embraced. The World Has Gotten the Message Based on Donald Trump’s first term and his campaign statements, the United States will become less predictable, more chaotic...
North Korea Fires a Barrage of Ballistic Missiles Toward the Sea Ahead of US Election Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani said at least seven North Korean missiles flew as far as 250 miles and landed in the...
Prime Minister’s Call to Revise Japan-US Status of Forces Pact Causes Stir in Okinawa Local residents have high hopes for a revision of the agreement, which defines the legal treatment of U.S. forces in Japan...
China Holds Live-Fire Drills Opposite Taiwan, a Week After Large-Scale Exercise China is holding live-fire drills off the coast of its southern Fujian province that faces Taiwan.
South Korean Leader Says North Korea Wants US Attention by Showing Off Nuclear Might Many foreign experts say North Korea hopes to use an expanded nuclear arsenal as leverage to win outside concessions like...
North Korea Has Enough Uranium to Build a 'Double-Digit' Number of Bombs, Seoul's Spy Agency Says The closed-door parliamentary briefing by the National Intelligence Service came after North Korea offered a rare glimpse...
Musk, Ramaswamy Proposal to Slash Spending Could Include VA Medical Services Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy confirmed that they plan to target "unauthorized" federal spending, a category that includes...
Coast Guard Set to Receive New Icebreaker by Year's End, Bolstering US Presence in Arctic The need for ships with icebreaking capabilities is growing as China and Russia increase their presence in the Arctic...
Marine Corps F-35C Was Used in Combat for First Time to Strike Houthis, Military Confirms Traveling at speeds of 1,200 mph, the F-35C can carry Joint Direct Attack Munitions, or JDAMs, air-to-air missiles and other...
Military Diversity Is Not the Problem "The main reason for concern about the U.S. military and its performance has to do with the variety of U.S. commitments and...
MacDill Airman Gets 5 Years Of Probation in 'Undead Apes' Blockchain Fraud U.S. District Judge William Jung sentenced Devin Rhoden to five years’ probation, a reflection of Rhoden’s substantial...
![Koreas Tensions](http://images02.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2024-09/ApNewsroom_Koreas_Tensions_56045.jpg?itok=4D3S2KxV "This undated photo provided on Sept. 13, 2024, by the North Korean government shows its leader, Kim Jong Un, center, on an inspecting visit at what they say is an institute of nuclear weapons and a facility for nuclear materials at an undisclosed location in North Korea. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA," which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)")
