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Additional countries consider security links with US National Guard
Switzerland, Finland and Sweden are considering joining the U.S. National Guard’s security partnership program, Gen. Dan Hokanson said.
By Tara Copp, AP
Moscow: Nuclear reactor safe on fire-ravaged sub
Russian media reported that it was the country’s most secret submersible, a nuclear-powered research submarine called the Losharik intended for sensitive missions at great depths.
Air Force trains to defeat enemy air defenses 50 miles south of the Arctic Circle
The U.S. Air Force dispatched fighters and tankers to Kallax Air Base, in Lulea, Sweden, late last week to participate in an air exercise aimed at defeating enemy air defenses.
By Kyle Rempfer
US warns China, Russia against aggression in Arctic region
The Trump administration warned China and Russia on Monday that the U.S. won’t stand for aggressive moves in the Arctic region, which is rapidly opening up to development and commerce as temperatures warm and sea ice melts.
Heavy seas damage Navy ship near Iceland
The amphibious dock landing ship Gunston Hall was damaged while sailing to a massive NATO exercise slated to begin on Thursday.
US admiral urges Russia to observe NATO exercise
The U.S. Navy admiral who will command a major NATO military exercise meant to simulate the alliance’s response to a theoretical Russian attack on Norway is urging Russia to accept an invitation to send observers.
Marines are on Sweden’s coast preparing for largest NATO exercise as Russia grumbles
Marines are also training with Sweden's Carl Gustaf recoilless rifle.
By Shawn Snow
Senators privately reassure European allies on NATO support
A bipartisan group of senators used a private meeting Wednesday to reassure diplomats from NATO and other European nations of the Senate’s support for the alliance.
Trump questions US intel, not Putin, on Russia 2016 meddling
Standing next to Russia’s Vladimir Putin, President Donald Trump openly questioned his own intelligence agencies' conclusions that Moscow was to blame for meddling in the 2016 U.S. election to Trump’s benefit and seemed to accept Putin’s insistence that Russia’s hands were clean.
By Jonathan Lemire, The Associated Press and Jill Colvin, The Associated Press
Trump arrives in Finland for closely watched Putin summit
President Donald Trump arrived in Finland on Sunday for a closely watched one-on-one summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, hours after telling an interviewer that he was going into the meeting on Monday with “low expectations.”
By Jill Colvin, The Associated Press