December 20, 2015 Hagel: Islamic State presents new challenge to US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is calling the Islamic State group "an incredibly powerful new threat."
December 20, 2015 Panel predicts China will keep confronting US Tensions between the U.S. and China have deepened during the rule of China's president, Xi Jinping, and the risk of an inadvertent military clash in the Asia-Pacific is growing, a congressional advisory panel said Thursday.
December 20, 2015 Radical site offers how-to travel tips for Western jihadis A radical pro-jihad terror site has begun offering how-to tips and advice to would be Western recruits who are preparing to travel abroad to Syria and join up with the Islamic State (IS).
December 20, 2015 Hagel orders nuke force overhaul, cites 'systematic problems' Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Friday ordered major changes in the management of America's nuclear arsenal to fix "systematic problems" in the wake of a series of embarrassing incidents, including a recent test-cheating scandal involving nuclear operators.
December 20, 2015 US officials say ISIS leader survived airstrike, audio tape emerges The head of the Islamic State survived a recent airstrike that prompted rumors about his death, two U.S. officials told ӣƵ – as a new audio tape emerged of him claiming the terror network would fight to the last man.
December 20, 2015 Putin pokes the West with massive news outlet launch, bomber flights Russian President Vladimir Putin, fresh off a public relations win at an Asian summit, gave a double poke to the Obama administration, authorizing bomber flights in the Gulf of Mexico and launching a glitzy global radio and web broadcast network to spread the word of Moscow.
December 20, 2015 Dempsey: US troops could fight alongside Iraqi forces in war against ISIS The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told Congress on Thursday that he wouldn’t rule out sending a small number of American forces to fight alongside Iraqi troops during some of the more complex missions against the Islamic State.
December 20, 2015 Report: $420M in US weapons, ‘sensitive items’ go missing in Afghanistan Nearly $420 million in weapons and other “sensitive items” have gone missing from U.S. Army bases in Afghanistan and are not likely to be recovered due to mismanagement and improper accounting, according to an internal report by the Pentagon’s inspector general obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.
December 20, 2015 Congress funds Army’s hypersonic missile after Chinese strike vehicle test Congress approved funding last week for the Pentagon’s advanced hypersonic missile program and expressed concerns over China’s recent test of an ultra high-speed strike vehicle designed to deliver nuclear warheads through U.S. missile defenses.
December 20, 2015 US special operations troops reportedly training counterterrorism units in Africa U.S. special operations troops are training and equipping elite counterterrorism units in four African countries as part of a strategy against Al Qaeda-affiliated groups and associates, according to a published report.