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““I’ve been working on this problem for the better part of 20 years now,” he says.”
“she will oppose all U.S. military aid to Israel, including defensive aid.”
“If you're a currently active or retired member of the US armed services who can verify with ID.Me, you can get a 6-month Babbel plan for just $36 (or $6 per month) as a thanks for your service. This works out a whole $7.50 cheaper each mon…”
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“Australia has struck a deal with the United States and United Kingdom to build a fleet of nuclear powered submarines in Adelaide.”
““We’ve depleted something like 30% of the Tomahawk [missile] stock,” says Schimpf. “We shot a decade of production in about three days.””
“retired Navy captain Royce Williams, a 100-year-old veteran of the Korean War”
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“He told Ali Clarke and David Bevan why he believes it was worth getting out of a submarine deal with France.”
“...the munitions-carrying version of which is currently being built on a $23.9 million contract for the U.S. Marine Corps...”
“Despite findings of more than 1,800 cases of faulty parts being installed in military and commercial aircraft, the U.S. military only scrutinized 271 of those cases.”
“Motorola offers 10% off to active or retired members of the military, as well as veterans and reservists.”
“He told Ali Clarke and David Bevan why he believes it was worth getting out of a submarine deal with France. FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2008 photo released by the U.S. Navy, The Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine USS Wyoming approaches Nav…”
“In March, Anduril won its biggest contract yet: an expanded deal with the U.S. Army worth up to $20 billion over the next 10 years.”
“fiscal 2013 defense authorization bill”
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“The Bolt winds back and dives like a roller coaster, shooting downward at a vertiginous 85 degrees.”
“1998 law”
“‘Our munitions production rate and our stockpiles are at a dangerous level,’ says Schimpf.”
“research has supported Warren’s heritage, and rejected Schultz’s comparison between Warren and Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D., Conn.), who misrepresented his military service during his Senate campaign: [...] Elizabeth Warren has been very cl…”
“President Macron abandoned 1.9 million square miles across the Sahel, long secured by just 5,000 French troops, to the jihadis, apparently terrified that 10 might be killed at once.”
“after a large but peaceful anti-war march during the NATO summit devolved into violence on Sunday.”
“Since October 7, 2023, Israel has lost 1,152 soldiers without political consequence — whereas Trump would be impeached, with plenty of Republican votes, if a population‑proportionate 50,732 Americans were killed while fighting Iran.”
“Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officers helping provide security for the NATO summit, including Chief Rodney Monroe, got a lesson Sunday on what might happen at the DNC.”
“There are also some 1,500 miles of Iranian coastline, every mile of which must be constantly surveilled, in granular detail, to detect and destroy any anti‑ship missile launcher or similar threat.”
“Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta's five-year budget”
“That calls for quite a lot of deployable troops — many more than the 5,000 Marines bandied about these days — with the resultant exposure to casualties.”
“$487 billion in defense spending cuts over the next decade required by the Budget Control Act.”
“Kissinger, the ex-secretary of state is quoted as saying back in 1966 that “the present system encourages too many of our allies to shift the costs and the responsibilities of the common defence to us””
“The Pentagon is facing $600 billion in automatic "sequestration" cuts come January, but defense planners are refusing to consider plans for how to deal with the cuts, for fear of encouraging Congress.”
“General Sir Richard Barrons, a former commander of Britain’s Joint Forces Command, said that the British Army, were it to act alone, “could seize one small market town on a good day””
“According to the Washington Times, the only spending plan being considered is Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta's five-year budget, which begins the $487 billion in defense spending cuts over the next decade required by the Budget Control …”
“the ex-secretary of state is quoted as saying back in 1966 that “the present system encourages too many of our allies to shift the costs and the responsibilities of the common defence to us””
“Panetta has warned the sequestration cuts would result in a "hollow" defense force if they occur.”
“General Sir Richard Barrons, a former commander of Britain’s Joint Forces Command, said that the British Army, were it to act alone, “could seize one small market town on a good day”.”
“"The department is not currently planning for sequestration," Air Force Lt. Col. Melinda Morgan, a Pentagon spokeswoman, told The Washington Times.”
“When Europe spends on average 2% of its GDP on defence, and the US spends 3.5%, this does not even begin to tell you what’s really going on.”
“The White House budget office "has not directed agencies, including [the Defense Department], to initiate any plans for sequestration."”
“I know of someone who was rejected by the German army over a decade ago on the grounds that he was overqualified.”
“The Pentagon’s annual report on China’s military for 2012 was cut to half the size of earlier reports”
“Florida would become a state a quarter-century later). The historical parallels aren’t accidental. President Trump has long looked to Jackson — America’s seventh president, first national populist leader, and the co-founder of the Democrat…”
“Congress obliged two years ago by changing a portion of the report’s title from "military power" to "military and security developments," apparently in response to Chinese protests.”
“Jackson wasn’t president then. But he was famous as the Hero of New Orleans, the US Army general who’d repelled an invading force of some 8,000 redcoats before news of an Anglo-American peace treaty had reached the New World.”
“"In addition to the direct-ascent anti-satellite weapon tested in 2007, these counter-space capabilities also include jamming, laser, microwave, and cyber weapons," the report said”
“Earlier, US forces had already destroyed the Negro Fort, but Jackson’s subsequent campaign in 1818 extended this logic to the broader Florida frontier.”
“The report makes no mention of the six Chinese-made long-range missile launchers revealed in a North Korean military parade in Pyongyang April 15.”
“today, only one active base remains”
“"There is no mention of this missile in the 2012 report, even though the Chinese have allowed Internet images of this missile to be published since 2007," he said.”
“we must be prepared for the scale of war our grandparents and great-grandparents endured”
“the six Chinese-made long-range missile launchers revealed in a North Korean military parade in Pyongyang April 15.”
“the UK Government was moving 'at glacial pace' to adopt the 'Home Defence Programme'”
“Richard Fisher, a China military affairs specialist with the International Assessment and Strategy Center, said the Pentagon report is a "lesser document" than its 2011 counterpart.”
“the programme has been delayed for over a year”
“the Chinese have allowed Internet images of this missile to be published since 2007”
“The report said China’s military continued decades-long investments in advanced cruise and ballistic missiles, anti-ship ballistic missiles, counter-space weapons, and military cyberspace capabilities.”
“The Chinese military, according to the report, is focused on a war over Taiwan and stopping U.S. intervention on behalf of its island ally.”
“One key development was the flight testing of a new J-20 stealth fighter last year, the launch of China’s first aircraft carrier, deployment of new integrated air defenses, submarine warfare developments, and nuclear and strike capabilitie…”
“China’s military also has launched a covert influence operation involving former Chinese and U.S. military leaders who have lobbied Congress and the Pentagon to do away with the annual report.”
“Congress obliged two years ago by changing a portion of the report’s title from 'military power' to 'military and security developments'”
“China’s military evacuation of Chinese nationals from Libya last year also was highlighted as a positive development.”
“The report identifies a key objective of the Chinese military doctrine as 'preserving Communist Party rule' along with economic development and defending national sovereignty.”
“In a new section of the report, the Pentagon said military exchanges with China are a 'key component' of the U.S. approach to the Asia Pacific region.”
“David Helvey, acting assistant secretary of defense for East Asia, said the report was 'streamlined and consolidated' as part of Pentagon guidance on reports for Congress.”
“Richard Fisher, a China military affairs specialist with the International Assessment and Strategy Center, said the Pentagon report is a 'lesser document' than its 2011 counterpart.”
“the recent $487 billion in defense cuts was planned long ago, and he said that at least an additional $250 billion in cuts will be made, on top of a possible automatic cut of as much as $600 billion later this year.”
“at least an additional $250 billion in cuts will be made”
“over the past 10 years”
“The House will consider 142 amendments Thursday during the debate over the National Defense Authorization Act, the Hill reports.”
“the officials said. The saga also could affect the contours of a planned leadership succession in the fall. Chinese authorities have questioned several generals about their close ties to Bo and could delay a transition of power to keep the…”
“Smith and Amash are set to offer their plan as an amendment to the fiscal year 2013 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)”
“described by Vice President Joseph Biden as the most audacious military plan of the last 500 years.”
“Member nations officially invited Pakistan today, according to a statement by NATO spokesperson Oana Lungescu, Reuters reported.”
“skirmish with NATO forces that claimed the lives of 24 Pakistani soldiers.”
“six mobile long-range strategic missile launchers”
“defense spending is being cut $487 billion over 10 years, with potentially $600 billion more in automatic cuts coming on January 1, 2013”
“within 90 days”
“between 300 and 400 strategic nuclear warheads”
“One worrying sign was China’s dispatch this week of five warships, including a 20,000-ton amphibious landing ship to waters between Taiwan and the Philippines.”
“The United States signed a 1951 defense treaty with Manila called the Mutual Defense Treaty.”
“The dispute began April 8 when a Filipino navy ship tried to arrest the fishermen aboard eight Chinese vessels in the lagoon known as Scarborough Shoal...”
“...in 1988, when the Vietnamese sent about 40 soldiers with rifles into the water to stand on a reef to deter the PLA, because they just did not have anything else, the PLA obliterated them with 37mm cannon fire.”
“There is a genuine bipartisan consensus in Congress supporting increased military aid to Israel, but J Street appears to be outside it. When you move left in both the American Jewish community and on the Hill, you find that support for Isr…”
“Army Gen. Charles H. Jacoby, the Northcom commander, stated in a May 6 memo that troops in Chicago during the summit that begins May 20 will not "solicit prostitutes or engage in conduct which is unprofessional or unbecoming of a member of…”
“Sen. Carl Levin told reporters this week that military personnel working at the Cartagena summit did not act properly in contacting the chain of command about the decision to allow the 12 military personnel involved in the sexual liaisons …”
“stated in a May 6 memo that troops in Chicago during the summit that begins May 20 will not "solicit prostitutes or engage in conduct which is unprofessional or unbecoming of a member of the armed forces."”
“The order follows the sex scandal involving 11 U.S. Secret Service agents and 12 U.S. Southern Command military personnel linked to the use of prostitutes while working as security agents for the Summit of the Americas in Cartagena last mo…”
“Security personnel for the NATO summit will also take part in the summit of the G-8 countries’ leaders at the Camp David presidential retreat in Maryland on May 18 and May 19.”
“Then on May 20 NATO leaders will hold a major meeting in Chicago, where the main topic will be the U.S.-led military operation in Afghanistan.”
“About 10,000 people will take part in the summit, including 7,000 delegates and 3,000 journalists.”
“The 11 Secret Service employees linked to the scandal, by contrast to the military personnel, were sent home immediately after the incident became known to supervisors.”
“12 U.S. Southern Command military personnel”
“Army Gen. Charles H. Jacoby, the Northcom commander, stated in a May 6 memo that troops in Chicago during the summit that begins May 20 will not 'solicit prostitutes or engage in conduct which is unprofessional or unbecoming of a member of…”
“Satellite imagery revealed last month that North Korea’s military had moved coastal anti-ship missile batteries and other missile launchers—an unusual activity that analysts say could be linked to the latest Pyongyang threat.”
“"Currently, the greatest threat remains instability in North Korea or a provocation that culminates in a broader conflict which could, in its extreme, result in the use of weapons of mass destruction," Thurman said.”
“The second was the artillery shelling of Yeonpyeong Island, a border island that killed four South Koreans and injured 19.”
“The unusual North Korean threat was issued April 23 notice by the Korean People’s Army (KPA) Supreme Command Special Operations Action Team.”
“The statement has raised concerns that a future attack may be carried out by the 60,000-strong North Korea special-forces troops, one of the world’s largest commando forces.”
“Defense Secretary Leon Panetta raised the prospect of a new military action by North Korea during a recent visit to Brazil. "We’ve gone through a dangerous cycle with North Korea that involves periods of accommodation and then periods of p…”
“spent 40 years studying China and its military”
“adviser to three presidents who spent 40 years studying China and its military”
