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China and Russia have regularly attacked U.S. space-based assets, so far causing "reversible" damage, a Space Force official has said. 

The revelation that China has advanced in developing hypersonic weapons has renewed calls for the U.S. military to invest both in hypersonic weapons as well as the capability to combat such weapons. 

Commentary China is a growing military challenge to its neighbors, one that is expanding in terms of size, ...

The Biden administration has purchased surveillance drones from DJI—a Chinese company that poses potential threats to national security, according to the Pentagon.

The Taliban has seized more than $28 billion of military equipment and supplies formerly under the control of Afghan security forces.

Costliest Weapon in US History: F-35 Facing Scrutiny Again But Somehow its Russia & Chinas Fault © CC0 / Ronald Bradshaw Subscribe Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/us/202106031083068101-costliest-weapon-in-us-history-f-35-facing-scrutiny-again-but-somehow-its-russia--chinas-fault/ Lockheed Martins F-35 fighter is facing pushback in Congress over the warplanes $1.7 trillion lifecycle costs, The Hartford Courant forecast on 1 June. Whats behind the controversy su...

City War: Would The U.S. Military Wage Attack Like Israel Does? The last time the United States embarked on an all-out clash, one in which civilian locales with purposely targeted even though the Geneva Convention forbids collective punishments for the crimes of the few, was during World War II. Over the past week, the world has watched tension boil over between Israel and Gaza, with rockets cracking the air and buildings brought to rubble. In the single deadliest attack in the reignition of fi...

Ransomware shutdown of East Coast pipeline echos ‘failure of imagination’ before 9/11 attacks, warns cyberspace commission Jamie McIntyre © Provided by Washington Examiner DOD header 2020 ‘DISAPPOINTED, THOUGH UNSURPRISED’: Members of a congressionally chartered commission, charged with developing a bipartisan strategy to defend the nation against “cyberattacks of significant consequences,” say the ransomware attack that forced the shutdown of a vital U.S. pipelin...

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Space Force is suddenly the go-to armed service Abraham Mahshie © Provided by Washington Examiner U.S. Space Force got a boost when thousands of March applications for transfer arrived from the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps, but other bureaucratic slowdowns may keep it from keeping pace with adversaries, experts say. Former President Donald Trump created the newest armed service to focus exclusively on protecting the countrys space assets as adversaries, including China and Rus...