Bill Gertz, Washington Free Beacon The Pentagon will deploy two long-range Global Hawk reconnaissance drones in Japan for operations to monitor Chinese naval activities and a possible fourth North Korean nuclear test, defense officials said. Global Hawk. / AP The unarmed RQ-4 drones are among the Pentagon’s most high-profile military tools in the U.S. pivot […]
Bill Gertz, Inside the Ring, Washington Times Top U.S. government and military leaders are hosting a senior Chinese general this week, as the communist government is stepping up harsh rhetoric and blaming the United States for new tensions in the South China Sea. On May 5, the U.S. Navy reported encountering two Chinese […]
Bill Gertz, Washington Free Beacon China is stepping up provocative actions and harsh rhetoric in maritime disputes in the South China Sea as Secretary of State John Kerry and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi traded words on the growing tensions. Chinese ships block a Vietnamese ship near a Chinese oil rig in the South China […]
Bill Gertz, Washington Free Beacon The U.S. Strategic Command, which is in charge of waging nuclear war, will hold large-scale bomber exercises this week — days after Russia held what Moscow called “massive” war games simulating a U.S. and NATO nuclear attack. 10 B-52 bombers will take part in the exercise. Ten U.S. B-52 bombers […]
Bill Gertz, Washington Free Beacon Russia’s armed forces conducted a “massive” nuclear forces exercise on Thursday simulating NATO and U.S. nuclear attacks and involving several long-range ballistic and cruise missile firings. Russia’s Vladimir Putin confers with chief of staff of Russia’s Armed Forces, Col. Gen. Valery Gerasimov on May 7. Alexei Nikolsky / AFP / […]
Bill Gertz, Washington Free Beacon North Korea has developed nuclear weapons capable of being launched on its ballistic missile forces, according to a new report by a defense analyst. The Obama administration is seeking to hide the fact that North Korea possesses nuclear missile warheads, according to a report by Mark Schneider, a former […]
Bill Gertz, Washington Free Beacon The United States has rejected Moscow’s latest proposal for an agreement that would include legally binding curbs on U.S. missile defenses in Europe, the State Department said. … A State Department official told the Washington Free Beacon the proposal was rejected based on opposition to Moscow’s demand that the United […]
Bill Gertz, Inside the Ring, Washington Times Secretary of State John F. Kerry could be in hot water for private remarks he made recently that set off alarm bells among U.S. intelligence officials concerned he improperly disclosed classified electronic intelligence-gathering information, or signals intelligence — dubbed SIGINT by spies. Mr. Kerry spoke Friday before […]
Newly released emails on the Benghazi terror attack suggest a senior White House aide played a central role in preparing former U.N. ambassador Susan Rice for her controversial Sunday show appearances — where she wrongly blamed protests over an Internet video. More than 100 pages of documents were released to the conservative watchdog group Judicial […]
Bill Gertz, Washington Free Beacon A Russian intelligence-gathering ship has been operating off the U.S. East Coast and near the Gulf of Mexico for the past month, the Pentagon said Thursday. “We are aware that the Russian ships Viktor Leonov and Nikolay Chiker are currently operating in waters that are beyond U.S. territorial seas but […]