Russia Has Deployed Missile Barred by Treaty, U.S. General Tells Congress Russia Has Deployed Missile Barred by Treaty, U.S. General Tells Congress:- A senior American general told Congress on Wednesday that Russia has deployed a prohibited cruise missile, the first public confirmation by the United States that the Kremlin had […]
United States Defense and Military Forces
Military Expects More Shopping Money, if Not All Trump Seeks Military Expects More Shopping Money, if Not All Trump Seeks:- Over the next two weeks, the military services will be scrambling to get their wish lists in front of top defense officials, hoping their requests for more troops, planes, ships […]
Trump to Seek $54 Billion Increase in Military Spending Trump to Seek $54 Billion Increase in Military Spending:- President Trump put both political parties on notice Monday that he intends to slash spending on many of the federal government’s most politically sensitive programs — relating to education, the environment, science […]
Father of Commando Killed in Yemen Refused to Meet Trump Father of Commando Killed in Yemen Refused to Meet Trump:- The father of the commando killed in a Special Operations raid in Yemen last month said in an interview published this weekend that he had refused to meet with President […]
White House Defends Commando Raid on Qaeda Branch in Yemen White House Defends Commando Raid on Qaeda Branch in Yemen:- The White House on Thursday defended the planning and execution of a Special Operations raid in Yemen on Sunday — the first approved by President Trump since taking office — […]
Questions Cloud U.S. Raid on Qaeda Branch in Yemen Questions Cloud U.S. Raid on Qaeda Branch in Yemen:- Just five days after taking office, over dinner with his newly installed secretary of defense and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, President Trump was presented with the first of […]
U.S. Airstrike Kills More Than 100 Qaeda Fighters in Syria U.S. Airstrike Kills More Than 100 Qaeda Fighters in Syria:- As the clock wound down on Barack Obama’s presidency, an Air Force B-52 bomber carried out a punishing airstrike against a training camp of Al Qaeda in Syria, the Pentagon […]
Trump Push to Cut Jet Costs Hits a Nerve but His Demands Face Limitations Trump Push to Cut Jet Costs Hits a Nerve but His Demands Face Limitations:- After meeting with Lockheed Martin’s chief executive on Wednesday about lowering the cost of its new F-35 fighter jet, President-elect Donald J. […]
