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Congress should sanction China operations due to synthetic opioid production and should also list all variants of synthetic opioids as weapons of mass destruction under the chemical and biological weapons convention. DEA now has offices in China to work with officials there and investigation trafficking patterns. Insight The United States consumes 85% of all the world’s natural and […]
A test-fire of new ground-to-ground medium long-range strategic ballistic rocket Hwasong-12 was successfully carried out on Sunday by scientists and technicians in the field of rocket research, who are bravely advancing toward a new goal to be proud of in the world, true to the far-sighted idea of Kim Jong Un, chairman of the […]
Former Acting Attorney General Sally Yates and former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper testified today on Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election. The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism held a hearing on Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. elections. Former Acting Attorney General Sally Yates and Former Director of National Intelligence […]
Sam LaGrone | USNI A historically small fleet and a relentless operational tempo are proving the Navy is too small to meet more than its bare minimum requirement around the world, Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Bill Moran told a Senate panel on Wednesday. “We know we’re too small for what we’re being asked […]
This post has been updated with a statement from U.S. 5th Fleet. Sam LaGrone | USNI The crew of the guided-missile destroyer USS Mahan (DDG-72) fired three warning shots toward off four armed attack boats coming at the ship at high speed, a defense official confirmed to USNI News on Monday. On Sunday, Mahan was […]
Sam LaGrone | USNI A new strategy for the surface force – released yesterday – creates an outline for a navy that anticipates a return to high-end warfare it hasn’t known since the Cold War. The document will fill in gaps for several pushes the surface establishment has announced over the last two years to […]
Sam LaGrone | USNI USNI News polled its writers, naval analysts and service members on what they consider the most important military and maritime stories in 2016. Farsi Island Incident Early in 2016, ten U.S. sailors strayed into the territorial waters of Iranian-controlled Farsi Island and were captured by Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps […]
Megan Eckstein | USNI USNI News polled its writers, naval analysts and service members on what they consider the most important military and maritime stories in 2016. With the Navy releasing a “Design for Maintaining Maritime Superiority” and the Marines releasing a Marine Corps Operational Concept in 2016 that both call for high-end technologies to succeed […]
Sam LaGrone and Megan Eckstein | USNI The Navy released a new fleet plan that calls for 355 ships, outlining a massive increase in the size of its high-end large surface combatant and attack submarine fleets but a modest increase in its planned amphibious ship fleet, according to a Dec. 14 summary of the assessment. […]
Franklin Holcomb and the ISW Russia/Ukraine Team FULL PDF REPORT The United States and its partners can improve regional security and stability in Eastern Europe by supporting the modernization and reform of the Armed Forces of Ukraine more aggressively. Ukraine has suffered from consistent Russian military aggression since Russia occupied the Crimean Peninsula and militarily […]
John Grady | USNI President-elect Donald Trump’s telephone conversation Friday with the president of Taiwan shows just how much the equation of the United States’ relations with nations in the Asia-Pacific could be changing. Accepting the congratulatory call from Tsai Ing-wen was a clear signal to China that everything — from trade to diplomacy to […]
Beth Johnson Cyber attacks are becoming the norm in our daily lives. In fact, just last week, a top security company warned that a new cyber strike is infecting approximately 13,000 cell phones each day. To date, this well-orchestrated hack has taken control of over 1 million Google accounts in just 4 months. You might […]