Defense News
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GAO Employees Able to Purchase Nuclear Material with Fake Companies, Forged Licenses
Late last year, government employees forged a copy of a license to buy hazardous, radioactive material. They created…
August 11, 2022
Pentagon Delays Nuclear Missile Test During Chinese Drills Near Taiwan
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has again ordered the Pentagon to postpone a planned test launch of an intercontinental ballistic…
August 5, 2022
British Military Announces Capture of Smuggled Iranian Missiles
A Royal Navy frigate intercepted speedboats carrying missiles and parts off the coast of Iran on two separate…
July 8, 2022
Defense Spending Plan for Next Year Will See a Significant Hike, Lawmakers Say
A day after House appropriators backed the White House’s defense funding plan for fiscal 2023, the chairman of the House…
The U.S. is Heavily Reliant on China and Russia for its Ammo Supply Chain. Congress Wants to Fix That
The United States has relied almost entirely on China — and to a lesser extent Russia — in…
June 10, 2022
How Sweden and Finland Could Reshape NATO’s Northern Security
America’s top general, Gen. Mark Milley, and senior Swedish officialswill open a major multinational exercise from Stockholm this Saturday as…
June 3, 2022
U.S. Troops Heading Back into Somalia, Reversing Trump Order
Several hundred U.S. servicemembers will be again stationed inside Somalia to help combat growing al-Shabab terrorist forces there, administration officials confirmed Monday.…
May 17, 2022
U.S. Nuclear Commander Warns of Deterrence ‘Crisis’ Against Russia and China
The head of U.S. Strategic Command, which oversees the nuclear arsenal, warned Congress Wednesday that Washington faces a…
May 5, 2022
Pentagon Finds Hundreds of Cyber Vulnerabilities Among Contractors
A Department of Defense pilot program designed to root out digital vulnerabilities among contractors identified hundreds of flaws…
May 4, 2022
What War in Ukraine Reveals About Information Age Conflict
Russia’s continued assault on its neighbor Ukraine sheds light on the evolving state of warfare, offering insights the…
April 22, 2022