PENTAGON — U.S. military planners are brushing aside Russian claims that its military has an array of new strategic nuclear weapons that can hit any target anywhere in the world. Russian President Vladimir Putin boasted about his military’s newfound capabilities, including “invincible” nuclear weapons ones that cannot be intercepted by foreign adversaries during what has been […]
China responded angrily Saturday to new sanctions the United States imposed on North Korea, maintaining they were counterproductive to efforts to halt Pyongyang’s nuclear and long-range missile development programs. U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Friday what he called the “largest ever” set of sanctions against North Korea and threatened a “phase two” if the […]
U.S. President Donald Trump announced the largest-ever set of sanctions against North Korea during a speech Friday, the latest step in a campaign to pressure Pyongyang to abandon its nuclear and long-range missile development programs. Trump will unveil the new penalties at the Conservative Political Action Conference, an annual event outside Washington attended by thousands […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — The Alaska National Guard will host a guided discussion wargame, “Arctic Stardust 2018,” with military and civilian senior leaders at the National Guard armory here Feb. 6. Maj. Gen. Laurie Hummel, adjutant general of the Alaska National Guard and commissioner for the Alaska Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, will […]