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The U.S. Senate passed its version of a $700 billion defense policy bill on Monday, backing President Donald Trump’s call for a bigger, stronger military but setting the stage for a battle over government spending levels later this year. The Republican-controlled chamber voted 89-8 for the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2018, or […]
American Secretary of Defense James Mattis made the first stop in a three-day tour of America’s nuclear triad on Thursday, as he continues to review the nation’s nuclear posture and ballistic missile defense in the face of repeated threats of preemptive nuclear strikes from Kim Jong un’s North Korean regime. Mattis already visited the submersible leg […]
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg provided the press with a preview of subjects for discussion at this year’s Defense Ministerial, slated to begin on Thursday in Brussels. Among the topics up for discussion, Stoltenberg explained, are how the alliance is evolving and, a topic of serious concern for the United States, how funding is expected […]
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 […]
U.S. STRATCOM Commander Air Force Gen. John E. Hyten spoke about the importance of space, nuclear and missile defense modernization at an event held by the Mitchell Institute in Washington D.C. on Tuesday. General Hyten first explained the role of the U.S. Strategic Command, which is “a global warfighting command whose mission areas include nuclear, […]
In an appearance before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday, Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, doubled down on Defense Secretary James Mattis’ claims that the United States Congress must provide immediate and consistent funding to the American military in order to counter the negative effects of years […]
American Secretary of Defense James Mattis did not mince words with Congress on Monday as he testified before the House Armed Services Committee about President Trump’s fiscal year 2018 defense spending proposal. According to the storied Marine General turned SECDEF, things have grown progressively worse for the men and women in uniform fighting in a […]
On Thursday, President Trump appeared before NATO leaders in Brussels to once again urge the organization’s members to meet their financial obligations to the alliance. Each NATO member-state is mandated to devote two percent of their gross domestic product to defense, but only five of the 28 members are currently doing so. The American President […]
Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, attended a meeting of NATO’s defense chiefs on Wednesday, where leaders from the alliance are slated to discuss concerns ranging from Afghanistan to Russia. The 177th Military Committee meeting took place in Brussels and was chaired by Czech Army Gen. Petr Pavel. […]
On Monday, politicians on both sides of the aisle came to an agreement to stave off a potential government shutdown that allocated more than a trillion dollars to funding federal programs through the remainder of 2017. Included in that sum is a $21 billion funding increase for defense; a sum that can hopefully help right […]
Vice President Mike Pence expressed his support and gratitude to American service members in the U.S. Pacific Command on Monday, while attempting to address some of their concerns regarding the defense budget. Pence’s arrival at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Honolulu, Hawaii punctuated a ten-day trip that included stops in South Korea, Japan, Indonesia and […]
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has joined calls for Germany to spend more money on its military. Stoltenberg insists the move is not to “make the U.S. happy,” but because “Europe is much closer to the crises and threats than the U.S., closer to Russia, closer to Syria and Iraq.” Diplomatic tensions between the United States […]
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