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Polar Dagger
Over Canada’s Pacific Coast, a U.S. Air Force F-15C Eagle from the Portland Air National Guard refuels beneath a KC-135 Stratotanker from Fairchild Air Force…
Search and rescue saving lives by enhancing operational capabilities
An Alaska Air National Guard HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter played an integral role in a search and rescue demonstration. Alejandro Pena/U.S. Air Force
The mission…
United Front
DR. P. WHITNEY LACKENBAUER and DR. ADAM LAJEUNESSE
Since Russia’s unprovoked February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, the world has witnessed the further spillover…
U.S. Navy tests updated Trident II missile system
U.S. STRATEGIC COMMAND
The United States Navy successfully launched an unarmed life-extended Trident II D5 (D5LE) from the ballistic missile submarine USS…
NATO hones its submarine-hunting skills
THE WATCH STAFF
The United States, Canada and seven other NATO nations carried out a successful hunt for submarines during joint exercise Dynamic Mongoose,…
Germany reaches NATO goal on defense spending
REUTERS
Germany’s Bundestag, the lower house of parliament, has approved creation of a 100 billion euro (U.S. $107.2 billion) special defense fund that…
U.S. Army doubles down on cyber force
THE WATCH STAFF
The United States Army plans to double the size of its cyber force — including beefing up its electronic warfare (EW) capability — to deter or…
Think tank projects global nuclear arsenal to swell
REUTERS
The global nuclear arsenal is expected to grow in the coming years for the first time since the Cold War while the risk of such weapons being used is…
Canada, China tensions rising over North Korea patrols
REUTERS
Diplomatic tensions between Canada and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) are rising again, with each country accusing the other of using their…
White House looks to supercomputers to boost cyber defenses
REUTERS
The White House on May 4, 2022, announced measures to support quantum technology in the United States while laying out steps to boost cybersecurity…