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By Tom Squitieri, Talk Media News WASHINGTON — The Chinese air force has released a video showing a simulated attack on a U.S. Air Force base on Guam amid increased tensions between Beijing and Washington — and continued bravura by the Chinese military. The People’s Liberation Army Air Force’s Weibo account released the video as

By Tom Squitieri, Talk Media News WASHINGTON — China’s military announced it would no longer recognize the unofficial air and sea median line in the Taiwan Strait that marks the border of Taiwan, an escalation and threat that dramatically increases the risk for accidental or planned confrontation. The announcement came as 19 Chinese warplanes entered

By Tom Squitieri, Talk Media News WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has ramped up its proactive and defensive activities in northeast Syria to ward off increased provocations to the U.S force in the security zone patrolled by Army troops, Pentagon officials said. Returning to the security zone are at least six Bradley Fighting Vehicles, along with

By Tom Squitieri, Talk Media News WASHINGTON — The military considered unleashing a never-used before heat ray to clear a park near the White House of demonstrators on June 1 — a weapon who use was eschewed for deployment in Afghanistan and overridden by the former head of Homeland Security when sought to be unleashed

By Tom Squitieri, Talk Media News WASHINGTON — A multi-nation eight-ship fleet of more than 1500 sailors today ends surface warfare, anti-submarine warfare, live-fire exercises, and joint maneuvers in the waters off Guam in the latest US-led effort to counter Chinese naval expansion in the South China Sea. The ships from the U.S., Japan, South

By Tom Squitieri, Talk Media News WASHINGTON — China is steadily moving ahead with stronger confidence and a stronger military to ensure control over the South China Sea, deal with India on its border, take back Taiwan, and be as powerful if not powerful than any military in the world. It appears on track to

By Tom Squitieri, Talk Media News WASHINGTON — This weekend, it is Russia’s turn to test and torment the Pentagon, with the U.S. military intercepting six Russian military jets off the coast of Alaska and Moscow’s provocations elsewhere. U.S. F-22 fighter jets, supported by KC-135 aerial refueling aircraft, intercepted three groups of two Russian Tu-142

By Tom Squitieri, Talk Media News WASHINGTON – The nation’s top soldier said the military would play no role in the upcoming election, a position that would include standing by if President Trump refused to leave the White House if he lost the election. Gen. Mark Milley, who was selected as chair of the Joint

By Tom Squitieri, Talk Media News WASHINGTON— With COVID-19 as justification, the Chinese government is increasing its efforts to meld facial recognition and contact tracing into a potential powerful new tool to reign in the personal privacy of its citizens. Some at the Pentagon and elsewhere in the U.S. government have taken notice and are

By Tom Squitieri, Talk Media News WASHINGTON — When the first B-52 bomber was rolled out in 1954, then Air Force Chief of Staff General Nathan Twining had what he thought was merely a timely observation. On that March day Twining said, “the long rifle was the great weapon of its day. Today this B-52

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon said U.S. forces are bound for Poland after negotiations with Warsaw have been successfully concluded and that a new Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement will provide “the required legal framework, infrastructure and equitable burden-sharing essential to deepening our defense cooperation.” Under the agreement, which has yet to be foamily signed, Poland will

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon delivered on President Trump’s threat to punish Germany, announcing Wednesday the removal of 11,900 troops from the NATO ally, as well as air wings and command headquarters. The decision, which had bubbled for several weeks, has attracted significant bipartisan opposition and upset allies who see it as Trump’s way to weaken