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Air Force’s new nuclear bomb program to be audited by military watchdog
The Air Force plans to fly the new B61 bomb on the F-35A and other fighter and bomber jets.
North Korea complains at UN about US ‘provocations’
North Korea decried the stalled state of its nuclear standoff with the United States and told the international community Monday that the fault lies with Washington’s “political and military provocations.”
Afghanistan to Taliban: Peace or ‘we will continue to fight’
As Afghans await the results of a presidential election roiled by Taliban threats, the government used its platform at the U.N. General Assembly on Monday to tell the insurgents: “Join us in peace, or we will continue to fight.”
Coke, meth and an AK-47: Feds accuse Nellis master sergeant of trafficking guns, drugs
Master Sgt. Michael Reimers is now being held in pre-trial confinement.
Iran president warns of a region ‘on the edge of collapse’
Iran’s president used the world’s stage on Wednesday to warn that security in the Persian Gulf could unravel with a “single blunder” and its fragile peace be guaranteed only by the region’s countries, not through U.S. intervention or Washington’s “merciless economic terrorism.”
By Aya Batrawy, The Associated Press
How a $5 part used to modernize nuclear warheads could cost $850 million to fix
Delays to the B61-12 and W88 Alt 370 could cost taxpayers a lot of money, but the National Nuclear Security Administration has a plan.
By Aaron Mehta
Senate to vote on ending border emergency that diverted DoD funds
The Senate is voting this week on whether to end the president’s emergency diversion of military funding to his border wall.
By Joe Gould
UK, France Germany blame Iran for Saudi oil attacks
Britain, France and Germany joined the United States on Monday in blaming Iran for attacks on key oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, but the Iranian foreign minister pointed to claims of responsibility by Yemeni rebels and said: "If Iran were behind this attack, nothing would have been left of this refinery."
By Edith M. Lederer, The Associated Press
Whoops! Canadian senator accidentally revealed European locations of US nuclear weapons
“Do we really want Donald Trump to use nuclear weapons from our territory at the push of a button?”
By Jon Simkins
Suspected suicide bombings in Philippine army camp kills 7
The military has deployed large numbers of troops to predominantly Muslim Sulu to bolster a months-long offensive against remnants of the Abu Sayyaf, which is listed by the United States and the Philippines as a terrorist organization for bombings, ransom kidnappings and beheadings.
Aircrews are carrying more emergency firepower
The GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon is now being included in some aircrews' survival kits.
By Brian Mackley