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It’s time to talk substance about North Korea. At some point after the recent Singapore summit, when all comforting optics have been

The Defense Departments warns in a new organizational document that the United States cannot win the global battle over cyber security due

In a vaguely worded agreement signed at their unprecedented summit Tuesday in Singapore, U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim

The Air Force has grounded its entire fleet of B-1B Lancer bombers due to safety concerns, military officials said Friday, putting out

The White House is gearing up for President Trump to discuss denuclearization with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at their much

The U.S. Navy and researchers from Florida Atlantic University are developing robotic boats that can launch aerial and sub drones to protect

The U.S. military has floated the possibility of stationing a new missile defense system in Germany that would have the capability of

Changing times call for changing measures. In the face of an intensifying great power competition with Russia and China, the United States

In late February the Department of Energy (DOE) released its FY2019 budget request for the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), and in

Sweden is telling its citizens to be ready to feed themselves for a week. Other nations should follow suit. This week, Sweden

President Donald Trump has often bragged of his friendship with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, but recent events point to growing stresses

“The rational is not thinkable without its other, the non-rational, and it never appears in reality without it. The only question is,