Gates: U.S. can't shirk global responsibility Although Americans are tempted to scale back their international commitments and the size of the U.S. military, that would be...
PLA Gen: China poses no threat to U.S. China's top general reassured audiences in Washington this week that it doesn't have the capability or the desire to...
The military music war heats back up A prominent defense commentator wonders why people don't look at the military's expenditures on bands the way they look at...
Navy to convert 8 Fire Scout UAVs The Navy plans to convert a set of unmanned helicopters for use in its fleet over the next few years.
Navy: F-35C exceeding test goals Officials say the Navy's version of the Joint Strike Fighter is meeting or beating its test goals for the year, and it's...
Lingering nervousness on the new bomber DoD's top weapons-buyer has met with Lockheed and Boeing to talk about the next-generation bomber, according to a report, but...
Is the nuke triad 'on the table?' Secretary Gates didn't rule out the option of eliminating one leg of the nuclear triad as a way to save money under the...
Gates: We must think before we cut If Washington is going to cut hundreds of billions of dollars of defense spending, it needs to think first about what it...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...