Defense
U.S., allies fly fighter jets amid North Korea tensions
People watch a TV news program reporting on North Korea test-firing a newly developed tactical guided weapon on April 17, 2022 in Seoul, South Korea. The United States and its Asian allies flew dozens of fighter jets over waters surrounding the Korean Peninsula on Tuesday in a show of force as their diplomats discussed a […]
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Sweden and Finland want to join NATO. Here’s how that would work
Sweden and Finland have requested to become members of NATO, but how does the process work, and can anybody join? CNBC looks at how the defense alliance is expanding, and what that means for the world. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has provoked a major shift in the way Europe sees its security and defense. Sweden […]
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Russia’s failure to achieve major goals in Ukraine is ‘quite embarrassing,’ ex-U.S. official says
A destroyed Russian tank about 25 miles west of Kyiv. Russia failed to achieve its key tactical objectives in the first 100 days of the Ukraine war, according to a former U.S. diplomat. (Photo by Sergei Chuzavkov/SOPA Images/Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Russia has failed to achieve its strategic goals in the first […]
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South Korea, U.S. launch 8 missiles in response to North Korea’s missile firings
A news broadcast shows file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a railway station in Seoul on Jan. 17, 2022, after North Korea fired an unidentified projectile eastward in the country’s fourth suspected weapons test this month, according to the South’s military. Jung Yeon-je | AFP | Getty Images South Korea and the […]
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Australia says a Chinese fighter jet intercepted its surveillance craft in May
A J-16 fighter jet flies over PLA naval aviation training base in Ningbo, China on Jan. 14, 2021. Feature China | Future Publishing | Getty Images A Chinese fighter aircraft dangerously intercepted an Australian military surveillance plane in the South China Sea region in May, Australia’s defense department said on Sunday. The Royal Australian Air […]
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North Korea test-fired salvo of short-range missiles, South Korea says
An overview of what state media reports is the launch of the “Hwasong-17” intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in this undated photo released on March 25, 2022 by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). KCNA | Reuters North Korea test-fired a barrage of short-range ballistic missiles from multiple locations toward the sea on Sunday, South […]
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How the U.S. Space Force plans to police outer space
Outer space is getting crowded, with both commercial endeavors and secretive military projects. And it’s going to be up to the newest United States military branch, the Space Force, to protect American interests there. Space launches in the U.S. have been on the rise, and participation by private companies has increased over the last decade. […]
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India sees a second chance to pivot to the Indo-Pacific in new group that excludes China
U.S. President Joe Biden (R) here seen reviewing an honor guard with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Tokyo, released an economic framework during his visit to Japan last week. The IPEF came as a lifeline for India, which had stayed out of a China-centric pact consisting of Southeast Asian nations in 2020. Pool | […]
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China and Pacific islands unable to reach consensus on security pact
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi gestures leaves after a joint press conference with Fijian Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama in Fiji’s capital city Suva on May 30, 2022. Leon Lord | AFP | Getty Images China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Monday urged the Pacific region not to be “too anxious” about his country’s aims after […]
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Blinken says China is a serious long-term challenge but the U.S. does not want a new Cold War
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday described China as the “most serious long-term challenge to the international order,” even as the world grapples with Russia’s war in Ukraine. “China is the only country with both the intent to reshape the international order and, increasingly, the economic, diplomatic, military and technological power to […]
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