The announcement comes as China has demonstrated a pair of its land-based J-20 stealth fighters powered by indigenous engines at the ongoing Zhuhai airshow.
The military hardware is moving into place. So are the protesters. And, ever the showman, President Donald Trump is promising the “show of a lifetime” on the National Mall for the Fourth of July.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press and Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Stan Pate is an unmodified rifleman. But with a keen set of senses and the right equipment, he becomes something more: a sharpshooter who can nail a target one mile across a state line.
Japan plans its first aircraft carrier and big increases in defense spending and weapons capability in the coming years, according to new defense guidelines approved Tuesday that cite its need to counter potential threats from North Korea and China and other vulnerabilities.