Upgrades ahead across the special operations helicopter fleet
Better targeting, lighter airframes and more firepower are on the docket.
By Todd South
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USS Nimitz waves goodbye to San Diego for likely final deployment
The Nimitz aircraft carrier, commissioned in 1975, was designed for a 50-year service life.
By Riley Ceder
Lawmakers move to limit Trump authority to launch nuke after ‘nuclear button’ size tweet
Two Democratic lawmakers are sponsoring legislation that would require the president to receive congressional approval before initiating a first-use nuclear strike from the United States.
By Joe Gould
Putin accuses US of violating Cold War-era nuclear pact
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday accused the U.S. of violating a landmark Cold War-era nuclear arms pact and harboring aggressive intentions, and pledged to fend off any potential threats at a fraction of the U.S. cost.
Marine Corps investigation faults F-35 program after in-flight fire
The broken bracket was a 'known and previously identified hazard' for F-35Bs.
By Jeff Schogol
Supreme Court declines to take up drone strike lawsuit
The Supreme Court is declining to revive a lawsuit over a drone strike in Yemen that killed five people.
Yemen officials say suspected US drone kills 3 al-Qaida
Yemeni security and tribal officials say a suspected U.S. drone strike has killed three alleged al-Qaida fighters in the country’s central Bayda province.
Trump era sparks new debate about nuclear war authority
It’s hard to overstate how thoroughly the U.S. military has prepared for doomsday — the day America gets into a nuclear shooting war.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press
Could anyone stop Trump from launching nukes? The answer: No
Here’s a question rarely raised before Donald Trump ran for the White House: If the president ordered a pre-emptive nuclear strike, could anyone stop him?
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press
North Korea says US carrier groups raise nuclear war threat
North Korea warned Monday that the unprecedented deployment of three U.S. aircraft carrier groups “taking up a strike posture” around the Korean Peninsula is making it impossible to predict when nuclear war will break out.
By Edith M. Lederer, The Associated Press