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Ukrainian military chief Rustem Umerov is dropping by the Pentagon Tuesday for discussions with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and his team. Umerov’s last such trip was in December as Republican lawmakers refused additional aid to Ukraine…

U.S. military bases across Europe are on a heightened security alert amid French elections, the high-profile Euro 2024 soccer tournament hosted this year in Germany, and the Summer Olympics, which begin July 26 in Paris. Force…

Recent leaks and other revelations about Beijing’s use of hacking companies are shedding light on how privatization with Chinese characteristics is changing the government’s intelligence operations.In February, 577 documents stolen from the…

Taiwanese officials don’t see war with China as inevitable or unavoidable even as Chinese military aircraft and ships cross the median line of the Taiwan Strait nearly every day in an apparently growing campaign of harassment.“They are…

TAIPEI, Taiwan—While Chinese military aircraft and ships cross the median line of the Taiwan Strait every day in a growing campaign of harassment, the island does not see war with China as inevitable or unavoidable, top government officials…

African defense leaders have “consistent” and growing concerns about the destabilizing effects of Russian disinformation, the commander of U.S. Africa Command said Thursday at the Africa Chiefs of Defense Conference in Botswana. “That…

A Russian satellite broke apart in low-earth orbit Wednesday, creating a debris cloud that reportedly forced U.S. astronauts about the International Space Station to take shelter for about an hour as they orbited roughly 250 miles above the…

As the Pentagon wonders whether United Launch Alliance will keep its launch schedule, co-owners Lockheed Martin and Boeing have formed an “independent review team” to help keep things on track.Last month, Space Force acquisition czar Frank…

The United States accused a Russian national of working with the Kremlin’s military intelligence directorate and using infrastructure of a U.S. firm to deploy an insidious malware program against Ukrainian government computer systems ahead…

Air Force fires head of Sentinel ICBM program. Col. Charles Clegg’s removal, first reported by Bloomberg, comes as the program’s projected cost has soared past $131 billion and breached Nunn-McCurdy limits.However, Clegg’s removal “is not…