PENTAGON CHIEF IN RARE VISIT TO NUKE MISSILE BASE
By ROBERT BURNSU.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel talks with retired Army Col. Rebecca Hooper, program manager for the Center for the Intrepid, after Hagel spoke to soldiers, veterans and…
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CHINA SETS AIR DEFENSE ZONE OVER EAST CHINA SEA
In this Sept. 2012 photo, the tiny islands in the East China Sea, called Senkaku in Japanese and Diaoyu in Chinese are seen. The Chinese Defense Ministry on Saturday, Nov.…
NO. 2 US NUKE COMMANDER SUSPENDED AMID PROBE
By ROBERT BURNS This image provided by the U.S. Navy shows Navy Vice Adm. Tim Giardina in a Nov. 11, 2011, photo. The U.S. strategic Command, the military command in…
AIR FORCE NUCLEAR UNIT FAILS KEY SECURITY TEST
AIR FORCE NUCLEAR UNIT FAILS KEY SECURITY TEST In this image released by the U.S. Air Force, a Malmstrom Air Force Base missile maintenance team removes the upper section of…
MILITARY PAINTS DIRE PICTURE FROM BUDGET CUTS
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel pauses during a news conference at the Pentagon, Wednesday, July 31, 2013. Hagel warned that the Pentagon may have to mothball up…