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Amid Red Sea clashes, Navy leaders ask: Where are our ship lasers?
“We’re 10 years down the road, and we still don’t have something we can field?”
First Australian officers graduate from U.S. Navy nuclear power school
The graduation earlier this month marks a milestone in plans for Australia to field nuclear subs in the coming decades.
UN atomic watchdog chief visits embattled Ukraine nuclear plant
A recent dam burst and Kyiv’s new counteroffensive against Russia’s invasion have heightened safety risks at the Russia-occupied Zaporizhzhia plant.
What could derail great power competition? A terrorist attack.
Special operations must continue counterterrorism and crisis response while also competing with peer adversaries such as Russia and China, experts said.
By Todd South
China blasts US report, reiterates ‘no first use’ nuke policy
The Pentagon last week released an annual China security report.
System snafu leaves junior sailors without rent money for months
The basic allowance for housing issue affected roughly 175 sailors but has since been fixed, officials said.
Pentagon sees no imminent threat to Taiwan from Chinese buildup
Annual report outlines China's military progress.
This author sees opportunity for US in competition with China, Russia
The U.S. could get this moment right, or squander the opportunity.
By Todd South
Russian forces retreat amid Ukrainian counteroffensive
A growing flow of Western weapons is now playing a key role in the counteroffensive, helping Ukraine significantly boost its precision strike capability.
US Navy, Air Force running ‘capstone test’ of new high-power microwave missile
The High-Powered Joint Electromagnetic Non-Kinetic Strike Weapon (HiJENKS) uses microwave technology to disable an adversary’s electronic systems.
Pentagon to build nuclear microreactors to power far-flung bases
The program could see testing by 2024 and demonstrations by 2025.
By Todd South