All-female Senate delegation sets off for High North amid growing military tensions
The itinerary is set to include briefings at Pituffik Space Base in Greenland on Arctic defense and strategic competition in the region.
By Tanya Noury
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Taiwan says it has not been told by US of arms sales delays
U.S. President Donald Trump said following a summit with China’s Xi Jinping in Beijing last week that he was undecided on whether to approve it.
By Ben Blanchard and Yimou Lee, Reuters
North Korea fires presumed ballistic missiles, denounces US-South Korea military drills
North Korea continued to ramp up its weapons demonstrations by firing two presumed short-range ballistic missiles into the sea Tuesday while lashing out at the United States and South Korea for continuing military exercises that the North says could derail fragile nuclear diplomacy.
Watch the skies: How a US base in Greenland tracks ballistic missiles
Is the Air Force investing enough in its northernmost base?
By Valerie Insinna
North Korea says Kim supervised latest rocket launcher test
North Korea said Saturday its leader Kim Jong Un supervised another test-firing of a new multiple rocket launcher system that could potentially enhance the country’s ability to strike targets in South Korea and U.S. military bases there.
Esper: US to soon put intermediate range missile in Asia
U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said he wants to deploy an intermediate range conventional missile in the Pacific region within months, now that the Trump administration has formally pulled out of a Cold War-era arms control treaty with Russia.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Navy: Rear admiral fired over 'inappropriate, personal relationship’
Vice Adm. Thomas Moore, NAVSEA’s commander, removed him as part of an administrative action and no charges have been preferred at this time.
By Carl Prine
SECDEF: US has withdrawn from INF, will ‘fully pursue’ development of new missile systems
A landmark arms control treaty that President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev signed three decades ago is dead, prompting fears of a new global arms race.
Navy jet crashes in Death Valley
Seven people near Star Wars Canyon were injured in the mishap, officials said.
North Korea says it tested crucial new rocket launch system
North Korea said Thursday leader Kim Jong Un supervised test firings of a new multiple rocket launcher system he sees as soon serving a “main role” in his military’s land combat operations.
Seoul: North Korea launches 2 short-range ballistic missiles
North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast Wednesday, South Korea’s military said, its second weapons test in less than a week.
Navy declares missing carrier Lincoln sailor dead
Aviation Electronics Technician 2nd Class Slayton Richard Saldana went missing from the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln on July 17.
By Brian Mackley