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A classified report submitted to Congress states that it would cost over $200 million per aircraft to try and produce another 194 F-22 Raptors. The total includes an estimate of approximately $9.9 billion for non-recurring start-up costs and $40.4 billion for aircraft procurement costs,” the service said. “The Air Force has no plans restart the […]
The Russian government has canceled an upcoming high-level meeting with U.S. officials intended to help curb increasing tensions between the two military powers. According to a statement released by the Russian Foreign Ministry, the meeting has been canceled in direct response to the recent expansion of U.S. sanctions on Russian individuals and organizations tied to […]
After years of posturing and months of increasing tensions around the Korean peninsula, North Korea indicated on Wednesday that they may be willing to budge on their policy of continued nuclear weapons development under U.S. and international sanctions. In an interview for Indian television station WION, North Korea’s ambassador to India, Kye Chun Yong, indicated […]
One of the two military psychologists who created the “enhanced” interrogation techniques used by the CIA in the years after 9/11 testified earlier this year that CIA officials called them “pussies” when they wanted to stop waterboarding detainees, the New York Times reported on Wednesday. The two psychologists, Drs. John Bruce Jessen and James Mitchell, are currently being […]
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Secretary of Defense James Mattis both participated in high level talks with Chinese government officials in Washington D.C. on Wednesday. The meeting saw American diplomats joining with defense officials in their calls for the Chinese government to increase economic and diplomatic pressures on Kim Jong Un’s North Korean […]
American Defense Secretary James Mattis was awarded the 2017 Excellence in Public Service Award from Ohio State University’s John Glenn College of Public Affairs at the National Press Club on Tuesday for his “commitment to citizenship and public leadership.” Mattis told the audience that he was humbled by the award, claiming, “It’s not about me. […]
Senator John McCain has been an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump and on Monday, called out the president again, citing his lack of a winning strategy for the war in Afghanistan. In a statement, McCain cited the recent attack by an Afghan soldier on three members of the 101st Airborne Division where the soldiers […]
U.S. senators called on Congress on Tuesday to take back its authority to determine whether the country goes to war, saying recent U.S. strikes in Syria were not covered by existing authorizations for the use of military force. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has begun considering legislation that would cover military action in Syria, Afghanistan, […]
President Trump’s choice to take the No. 2 job at the Pentagon had a rocky confirmation hearing Tuesday, with Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) at one point threatening to withhold his nomination from a vote and other lawmakers questioning how he will overcome his lack of experience in the Defense Department. Patrick […]
Federal investigators probing the lobbying work of ousted national security adviser Michael Flynn are focused in part on the role of Bijan Kian, Flynn’s former business partner, according to a person interviewed by the FBI. Investigators are also looking at whether payments from foreign clients to Flynn and his company, the now-inactive Flynn Intel Group, were lawful, […]
The United States joined its European NATO allies in conducting a large-scale defense drill on the border between Poland and Lithuania, simulating the possibility of a Russian invasion in the region, which if successful, would sever Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania’s access to other allied nations. U.S. and British troops were joined by troops from Poland, […]
Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke will not join the Department of Homeland Security as an assistant secretary, his adviser Craig Peterson told The Washington Post on Saturday. “Late Friday, Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke Jr. formally notified Secretary of Homeland Security John F. Kelly that he had rescinded his acceptance of the agency’s offer to […]
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