US Coast Guard to add heavy icebreaker amid shipbuilding overhaul
The new vessel will be the first heavy polar icebreaker to be built in the U.S. in about five decades.
By Zita Ballinger Fletcher
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Trump signs shipbuilding order as Navy leaders call for 381-ship fleet
The new policy aims to revitalize a U.S. shipbuilding industry that has fallen well behind production levels of its rivals from Beijing.
US, Japan, Philippines stage naval drills in disputed South China Sea
A Chinese military ship monitored the maneuvers off the Scarborough Shoal from a distance.
US allies alarmed by leaked group chat about Houthi attack plans
For some U.S. allies, the leaked group chat about a planned Yemen attack casts doubt on intelligence-sharing with Washington.
Why the US military has cared about climate change since the Cold War
In this commentary, the author examines how the U.S. military sees climate change as a threat in itself and a threat multiplier for national security.
By Paul Bierman, University of Vermont, The Conversation