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Nuclear-powered aircraft carriers would give China's growing navy new reach, and researchers say it's working on the reactor to power one
A nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, like American carriers, would be a major jump for China, giving…
Chris Panella
China just showed off its answer to America's F-35 stealth fighter — the new J-35A
The developer said the J-35A was like a basketball point guard. The US often refers to the F-35 in …
Chris Panella
A worsening kind of Russian warfare was on display in the US presidential election, but it's a much bigger problem
Harris' quick and peaceful concession to Trump may deny US adversaries opportunities to stoke unres…
Chris Panella
With Trump's White House win, the clock is ticking on over $6 billion in Ukraine aid
The Pentagon says it thinks it can get it all to Ukraine before mid-January, but it isn't going to …
Chris Panella
North Korea likes to stir up trouble around US elections, and this time around, it's been at it with missiles
North Korea's missile and military activity spikes around US elections, research going back decades…
Chris Panella
Ukraine is facing serious problems in the east, where Russia's forces are grinding forward
Last month, Russia made its largest territorial gains of any month since summer 2022, highlighting …
Chris Panella
The US says it will send more warships and bombers to the Middle East as tensions persist between Iran and Israel
The US is deploying warships and B-52 bombers to the Middle East as a deterrent to Iran, the Pentag…
Kenneth Niemeyer
China is closing a South China Sea surveillance gap with a new radar made to spot stealth aircraft, satellite images suggest
The system, purported to have advanced counter-stealth capabilities, could challenge how US forces …
Chris Panella
The Navy's top ballistic missile interceptor comes with a heavy price tag, but the US can't afford to go to war without it
American warships have fired the multi-million-dollar Standard Missile-3 interceptor twice this yea…
Chris Panella,Jake Epstein
China's navy flexed new muscles in the South China Sea with its first dual aircraft carrier drills
Photos show its Liaoning and Shandong aircraft carriers carrying out dual operations for the first …
Chris Panella
The US is in a technological arms race with China, Air Force secretary says, and AI could decide who wins
US Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said China is working to get the upper hand "in a race for tec…
Chris Panella
China's warplanes have all but erased the dividing line in the Taiwan Strait, creating a dangerous new normal
China's warplanes continue to fly near Taiwan almost daily, forcing Taipei to exhaust its military …
Chris Panella
US Air Force wildly overpaid Boeing by almost 8,000% for C-17 aircraft bathroom soap dispensers, Pentagon watchdog finds
The Air Force paid over 80 times the going rate for a bathroom soap dispenser, per a new watchdog r…
Chris Panella
Why North Korea would want to go to war for Russia
US officials are worried about what Kim could be receiving from Putin. Sending troops is a high pri…
Chris Panella
What Trump's own words tell us about what a White House win could mean for Ukraine
Russia's war in Ukraine is a major issue in the 2024 election. If Trump wins the White House, Ukrai…
Chris Panella
US attack submarine crew picks up top award for 'demanding' spy operations
USS Washington was given the highest unit award in the US military after three "demanding" missions…
Chris Panella
US Marines put their new experimental 'loyal wingman' to the test finding targets for a force of fifth-gen F-35 stealth fighters
The test focused on improving communication between the XQ-58 Valkyrie unmanned aircraft and F-35s,…
Chris Panella
The US F-35 stealth fighter fleet has a readiness problem that 6 years and over $12 billion haven't fixed, watchdog finds
None of the F-35 variants met their readiness goals over a six-year period despite billions of doll…
Chris Panella
A US F-35 stealth fighter just landed on a destroyer Japan turned into an aircraft carrier for the first time off the California coast
Photos show a US F-35B operating on Japan's newly converted destroyer-turned-aircraft carrier off t…
Chris Panella
These are the biggest challenges facing the US Army in the Pacific, according to a general readying for the next war
Soldiers face daunting challenges in navigating the vastness of the Indo-Pacific, where a future wa…
Chris Panella
In tropical jungles, US Army soldiers are training to own the night in a Pacific war
In a war with an adversary like China, the ability of US soldiers to operate at night could be key.…
Chris Panella
The Ukraine war is showing US soldiers they need to be hard to find in the electromagnetic spectrum in a high-end fight
American soldiers in the Indo-Pacific region are training to be "small and undetectable" in the ele…