JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — More than 50 Alaska National Guardsmen are supporting the U.S. Navy’s Ice Exercise several hundred miles north of the Alaskan coastline. The training is linked to the Alaska National Guard’s Arctic Eagle 2018, a statewide exercise involving national, state and local agencies designed to provide opportunities for participants to conduct […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — A foreign, radioactive satellite falls to earth, smashing through the airspace above Valdez, Alaska. Toxic Chemicals release from the satellite debris while compromised networks lead to cyber-attacks and panic ensues throughout the local communities. The scenario above is fictional. But what if it actually happened? Who would respond? What capabilities […]
WHITE HOUSE — U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to sign tariffs on steel and aluminum imports as early as Thursday, with some trading partners receiving temporary exemptions. White House officials said Mexico and Canada would get a 30-day exemption that could be extended. On Twitter Thursday, Trump said “We have to protect and build our […]
British counter-terrorism police say a former Russian double agent, whom Russian President Vladimir Putin had vowed to kill, was poisoned by a nerve agent. The comments came after the British government’s high-level emergency committee known as COBRA was updated Wednesday on a probe into the poisoning of Sergei Skripal and his 33-year-old daughter. “This is […]