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Saudi Arabia Ranks 3rd Globally in Defense Spending in 2015
2016-04-12 Read More...
Global military spending reached almost $1.68 trillion in 2015, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time since 2011, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), which tracks arms expenditure around the

Report: CIA Launches Secret Drone Campaign in Syria
2015-09-03 Read More...
A secret drone campaign targeting ISIS leaders is being carried out by the CIA and U.S. Special Forces in Syria, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday.

Pentagon’s Cyberwarfare Force to Exceed 6,000 by 2016
2014-04-02 Read More...
WASHINGTON • The Pentagon is significantly growing the ranks of its cyberwarfare unit in an effort to deter and defend against foreign attacks on crucial U.S. networks, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said

Pentagon to Cut U.S. Army to Pre-World War II Level
2014-02-25 Read More...
The Defense Department on Monday proposed cutting the Army to its smallest size in 74 years, slashing a class of attack jets and rolling back personnel costs in an effort to adjust a department buoyed by a decade of war to an era of leaner

China “Hacking” Major US Weapons Designs
2013-05-29 Read More...
Designs for more than two dozen major US weapons systems have been compromised by Chinese hackers, a US report said on Monday, as a news report in Australia said Chinese hackers had stolen the blueprints for Australia's new spy

U.S. Policy Toward Countering “al-Qaeda 2.0”
2013-02-06 Read More...
The Obama administration is working with its allies to frame a strategy to combat what might be called “al-Qaeda 2.0” - an evolving, morphing terrorist threat that lacks a coherent center but is causing growing trouble in chaotic, poorly governed

US Troops Sent to Jordan in Case of Syrian War Escalation
2012-10-12 Read More...
The United States has sent troops to Jordan to bolster its military capabilities in the event Syria’s civil war escalates, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Wednesday, reflecting U.S. concerns about the conflict spilling over allies’ borders

US Nuclear Arsenal to Undergo Costliest Overhaul
2012-09-19 Read More...
The U.S. nuclear arsenal, the most powerful but indiscriminate class of weapons ever created, is set to undergo the costliest overhaul in its history, even as the military faces spending cuts to its conventional arms programs at a time of fiscal

U.S. to Send Floating Base to Persian Gulf
2012-01-30 Read More...
The Washington Post reported Saturday that the U.S. military plans to send a large floating base for commando teams to the Middle East amid rising tensions with Iran and intensifying fighting in

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