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US Coast Guard to add heavy icebreaker amid shipbuilding overhaul
The new vessel will be the first heavy polar icebreaker to be built in the U.S. in about five decades.
By Zita Ballinger Fletcher
Marines deploy drone-killing MADIS system for Balikatan drills
The exercise marks the first time the aerial defense system has been deployed outside the U.S. with a U.S. Marine Corps unit.
By Riley Ceder
US, Philippines to simulate ‘full-scale battle’ in Balikatan drills
Thousands of allied American and Filipino forces have opened annual combat drills that will include simulating the defense of the Philippines.
Opinion
Questions Congress should ask about DOD ‘peace through strength’ plan
Trump’s new defense strategy raises crucial questions for policymakers and U.S. allies. The authors of this op-ed outlined what they think should be asked.
By Clementine Starling-Daniels and Theresa Luetkefend
Trump signs shipbuilding order as Navy leaders call for 381-ship fleet
The new policy aims to revitalize a U.S. shipbuilding industry that has fallen well behind production levels of its rivals from Beijing.
Hegseth vows US will ‘take back’ Panama canal from Chinese influence
Panama's president has denied claims by U.S. President Donald Trump that America is literally retaking the canal.
US, Japan, Philippines stage naval drills in disputed South China Sea
A Chinese military ship monitored the maneuvers off the Scarborough Shoal from a distance.
US shipbuilding in a ‘perpetual state of triage,’ watchdog says
Both Navy testimony and a government watchdog report this week highlighted the lackluster progress of U.S. shipbuilding during the past 20 years.
By Zita Ballinger Fletcher
Opinion
The Golden Dome is not ready to stop a Chinese attack on the US
This op-ed argues that domestic distractions have left the U.S. unprepared for a conflict with a peer enemy — China — bent on war by strategic paralysis.
By Chuck de Caro and USAF Col. John Warden (ret.)
Second aircraft carrier on the way to join fight against Houthis
The aircraft carrier Carl Vinson is being deployed to the Red Sea, where it will help the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group combat Houthi rebels.
By Riley Ceder
Marine Corps eyes future stability of Indo-Pacific with Balikatan 2025
This year's exercise marks 40 years of joint drills aimed at strengthening the U.S. and Philippines' defense capabilities in the Indo-Pacific.
By Riley Ceder