Mattis Is Punting the Military Buildup to 2019
Secretary of Defense James Mattis has news for Congress and for the nation: The military buildup will have to wait until next year. Mattis delivered that message in a back-to-back series of...
View ArticleHow Russia and others use cybercriminals as proxies
US adversaries are offering cyber criminals a bargain: Use your talents for spy agencies, in exchange for legal immunity. One such cybercriminal was involved in the 2016 US election interference....
View ArticlePentagon alarmed by Turkey’s plan to buy Russian S-400 air defense system
The United States has raised concerns over NATO ally Turkey’s plan to purchase an advanced air defense system from Russia. Pentagon spokesman Capt. Jeff Davis told a press briefing in Washington on...
View ArticleNo Safe Place In Next War: The Army’s Expanded Battlefield
What if the next war starts, not with a gunshot, but with a tweet? As tensions rise, US troops discover their families’ names, faces, and home addresses have been posted on social media as they...
View ArticleUS military chief Dunford: China is main threat to security
The chairman of the joint chiefs of staff set out new US military strategies and policies toward China and Asia in a senate hearing China was identified this week as posing the most significant...
View ArticleChina has practiced bombing runs targeting Guam, US says
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii – China has practiced bombing runs targeting the U.S. territory of Guam, one of a host of activities making U.S. forces here consider Beijing the most worrisome...
View ArticleU.S. military could lose next war, report says
A new study by the Rand Corp. is warning that U.S. military forces are poorly structured to meet the threats posed by China, Russia and other states, as well as the continuing war against Islamic...
View ArticlePentagon Has “Global Campaign Plan For China” Amid Unprecedented Military...
In order to combat China’s rapid military modernization, which we have been documenting over and over and over for years, the Pentagon says it has developed a “global campaign” to take on Beijing,...
View ArticleTrump Directs Pentagon to Establish Space Force as New Military Branch
President Donald Trump announced Monday that he is directing the Department of Defense to create a new “space force” to become the sixth branch of the U.S. military. “My administration is reclaiming...
View ArticleNew US-Israeli “Project Iran” is headed by IDF’s Maj. Gen. Nitzan Alon
Project Iran” was set up during Israel’s Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Gady Eisenkott’s talks with top US brass in Washington on June 29 for coordinated US-Israeli military operations against Iran. IDF...
View ArticlePutin is ready go all the way against the US in Syria. Where does this place...
Russian-Syrian success in the high-stakes Idlib offensive would give Tehran a major victory and renewed footing in Syria. This would torpedo the US-Israeli campaign to drive the Iranians out. After a...
View ArticleRussian Military Chief Outlines Aggressive Anti-U.S. War Strategy
Gerasimov vows more non-military war against America Russia’s large-scale military buildup is being augmented by greater use of non-military warfare against the United States, the chief of the...
View ArticleJoint Chiefs Chairman: Google ‘Is Indirectly Benefiting The Chinese Military’
WASHINGTON (CBS SF / CNN) — America’s top general said Thursday that Mountain View-based Google’s work in China “is indirectly benefiting the Chinese military.” “The work that Google is doing in China...
View ArticlePotential Shifts on US Strategy in Syria
The Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staffs is denying a Wall Street Journal report that claimed at least 1,000 US troops would remain in Syria. Gen. Joseph Dunford released a statement calling the...
View ArticleUS Marines are practicing seizing small islands as a possible China fight...
US Marines recently led a simulated assault on a small island in the Pacific, honing skills thought to be essential in a fight with China. The exercise, which also involved the Army and the Air...
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