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China officially launched the first of a new type of domestically built destroyer on Wednesday. The 10,000 ton warship is the latest addition to China’s rapidly expanding military. The new destroyer, the first in a class China has dubbed “Type 055,” is said to be a significant leap forward in terms of technology employed by […]
The trailer for the new Jackie Chan/Pierce Brosnan action flick, “The Foreigner,” dropped around the world on Monday, and one wouldn’t be blamed for thinking this may mark the reemergence of the man who once heralded so much attention in American theaters with action-packed romps like “Rumble in the Bronx.” Chan has become a legend […]
The United States plans to place China on its global list of worst offenders in human trafficking and forced labor, said a congressional source and a person familiar with the matter, a step that could aggravate tensions with Beijing that have eased under President Donald Trump. The reprimand of China, Washington’s main rival in the […]
It has grown apparent in recent months that the United States and China, while working to present a fairly unified front on the face of North Korea’s nuclear weapons program, suffer from a lack of common ground when it comes to strategy in dealing with Kim’s regime. American diplomats and defense officials have repeatedly called […]
North Korea has carried out another test of a rocket engine that the United States believes could be part of its program to develop an intercontinental ballistic missile, a U.S. official told Reuters on Thursday. The United States assessed that the test, the latest in a series of engine and missile tests this year, could […]
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 […]
The Tomahawk cruise missile has been an important part of America’s military strategy around the globe since its adoption in the early 1980s. The Pentagon has now decided to keep the workhorse cruise missile in use until at least 2040, but in order to keep it competitive in the world’s theater, it will require a […]
At least seven people are reported dead with an injury count at 66 people and rising after an explosion tore through the front gate of a kindergarten and daycare facility in the eastern Chinese province of Fengxian. Two people died at the scene, with five more succumbing to their injuries at the hospital thus far, […]
The United States boasts the largest, widest spread, and most powerful military ever to exist on the face of the planet, and as such, often receives criticism on both domestic and international stages. Some accuse the United States of being war hungry, as demonstrated by its huge defense budget and involvement in armed conflicts the […]
In the face of a resurgent Russian and Chinese navy modernization, the US Navy is scrambling to plus up from 272 ships to a fleet of 355 and meet pressing demands all around the globe. But the US has already strained its industrial base for building ships, and additional ships just can’t be built fast enough to […]
The F-35 has been in the headlines repeatedly in recent years. Whenever a news outlet needs an example of gratuitous military spending, you can bet a picture of Lockheed’s banner jet will find its way into the article. If someone’s in the mood to post a bit of patriotic motivation, the F-35’S incredibly advanced technological […]
North Korea fired what appeared to be several land-to-ship missiles off its east coast on Thursday, South Korea’s military said, a day after the South postponed full deployment of a controversial U.S. anti-missile system designed to deter a North Korean attack. The launches, the latest in a fast-paced series of missile tests defying world pressure […]
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