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Flight tests begin on US Air Force’s new ‘doomsday plane’
Flight tests for the E-4C Survivable Airborne Operations Control are being held in Dayton, Ohio, aerospace firm Sierra Nevada Corp. said.
The cost of a new ICBM is going up. Here’s why the US Air Force isn’t concerned.
But will Congress be satisfied with the explanation?
By Valerie Insinna
Let’s play Senate thermonuclear war: PODCAST
Changes in Senate confirmation votes, VA Secretary Robert Wilkie's interview with Military Times, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg's address to Congress, and military conspiracy theories.
A 'palpable air of calm’ along Korea’s DMZ but growing concerns about rising regional rivals
Military leaders update lawmakers on Indo-Pacific developments.
Pentagon plans tests of long-banned types of missiles
The Pentagon plans to begin flight tests this year of two types of missiles that have been banned for more than 30 years by a treaty from which both the United States and Russia are expected to withdraw in August, defense officials said Wednesday.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press
Smith: Trim budget fat in America’s nuclear triad
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith says he's open to cutting back quantities of nuclear arms instead of one leg of the nation’s nuclear triad.
By Joe Gould
Syria campaign showcases Russia’s revived military might, says defense minister
The Russian military has commissioned more than 1,000 new aircraft and thousands of tanks in the past few years in a massive modernization effort amid tensions with the West, the nation’s defense minister said Monday.
Why Putin suspended Russia’s obligations under a 1987 nuclear pact with the US
President Vladimir Putin suspended Russia’s participation in a nuclear arms treaty the Trump administration already decided to leave, alleging Monday that Washington and not Moscow was in violation of the 1987 pact.
This Russian nuke ‘hit list’ includes bases that have been closed for years
A Russian state TV personality used a map of the United States to point out the targets Russia would go after if a nuclear war should break out.
By Joshua Axelrod
US troop withdrawals aren’t on the table for Trump’s North Korea peace talks — for now
Administration officials say they won't offer troop withdrawals from the region as a trade for nuclear concessions.
From homeless to Deloitte: Free program puts vets on path to lucrative tech jobs
NS2 Serves is a free program that provides veterans with information-technology training and helps them find a job after graduation.
By Joshua Axelrod