Pacific Militarization

Shanahan also announced that Pentagon Comptroller David Norquist would take on his former duties as Deputy Defense Secretary.

The Navy conducted two missions this week that rattled China.

"There is no prospect of denuclearization until North Korea identifies its facilities and the location of its arsenal."

The head of Pacific Air Forces Command said leaders are monitoring the buildup of surface-to-air missiles and other defenses.

The Defense Department is changing up a major exercise it holds annually with South Korea, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said...

The Trump Administration may use U.S. trade policy as a way of constraining China's ability to to fund an military expansion.

The U.S. reversed its plan to ban cluster munitions last year and kept its dated stockpiles for one reason: North Korea.

DoD officials have declined a State Department request to send about a dozen Marines to guard a de facto embassy in Taiwan.

Jim Mattis said DoD is coordinating with State Department officials on how future negotiations with North Korea transpire.

More members of the Coast Guard could be headed to the Asia-Pacific region and Africa next year.