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China's space threat includes tracking U.S. troops
April 30, 2026
A Chinese artificial intelligence company has been tracking U.S. military operations in the Middle East, threatening U.S. forces engaged in the conflict in Iran, according to congressional testimony made public Wednesday.
Golden Dome weapons to attack enemy missiles with new high-tech interceptors, lasers, cyberattacks
April 29, 2026
The Golden Dome will employ advanced ground-based interceptors, space-based missiles, laser guns and cyberattacks to defend against threats to the U.S., according to officials.
Space Force announces plan to rapidly deploy space-based anti-missile interceptors
April 24, 2026
The Space Force announced it is spending $3.2 billion through 12 defense contractors to rapidly build the first U.S. system of high-technology, space-based anti-missile interceptors.
Security agencies say Chinese hackers using hijacked networks for large-scale cyberattacks
April 23, 2026
Chinese hacking groups linked to large-scale cyberattacks and intrusions of critical infrastructure are using covert computer networks for their operations, according to a British government security report made public Thursday.
Adm. Paparo, Indo-Pacific commander, weighs in on Chinese military's use of AI
April 23, 2026
The commander of the Indo-Pacific Command told Congress that the Chinese People's Liberation Army is already using artificial intelligence to enhance the combat power of its forces.
U.S. Navy to deploy modular containers carrying payloads of weapons, drones for swarming
April 23, 2026
The Navy is developing weapons and other military systems to be deployed inside shipping containers and used on both drone ships and traditional warships, according to Navy officials.
Pacific commander says victory over Iran needed to deter Chinese attack on Taiwan
April 21, 2026
A U.S. victory in the war with Iran will help deter a Chinese military assault on Taiwan, the commander of the Indo-Pacific Command told Congress Tuesday.
Chinese fentanyl exports, lock on rare earths to top Trump's agenda at summit with Xi
April 20, 2026
President Trump will press China on its export of deadly fentanyl and related chemicals during a meeting next month with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, according to a senior Trump administration trade official.
Military intelligence chief: Iran military still has thousands of missiles, attack drones
April 17, 2026
Iran's military forces still hold stockpiles of thousands of missiles and attack drones that pose a threat to U.S. and allied forces in the region, the director of the Defense Intelligence Agency told Congress.
Space Force report predicts future conflict with China
April 16, 2026
China is rapidly building up space warfare capabilities and, by 2040, will be conducting low-level warfare powered by advanced technology aimed at weakening the United States, according to a new Space Force report.
Trump warns China not to supply arms to Iran
April 12, 2026
President Trump on Saturday warned China not to provide weapons to its strategic partner Iran.
Pentagon awards $4.7 billion contact for new Patriot interceptor missiles
April 10, 2026
The Pentagon has awarded a $4.76 billion contract to defense contractor Lockheed Martin to rapidly build up stockpiles of the Army’s most advanced terminal anti-missile interceptors, a weapon depleted during heavy use in the war against Iran.
Xi Jinping calls on PLA brass to stay 'pure,' communist after corruption scandal in military
April 9, 2026
Chinese President Xi Jinping is urging the People's Liberation Army to stay pure and committed to communism after being rocked by political purges and corruption, according to state media.
NSA, Australians warn Starlink can be hacked
April 9, 2026
Four government security agencies are warning that low-Earth orbit satellite communications, such as SpaceX's Starlink system, are vulnerable to hostile cyber hacking operations.
Trump administration to spend $39 billion for priority plan to field Golden Dome missile defenses
April 7, 2026
The Trump administration will spend nearly $39 billion in the next several years on rapidly building the first parts of the new Golden Dome nationwide missile defense system.
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Drone incursion at Air Force nuclear bomber base under investigation
Hegseth: U.S. working to counter Chinese and Russian support to Iran
Chinese warships, jets conduct combat patrol near disputed South China Sea shoal
Two people charged with attempted bombing near CENTCOM headquarters
DNI threat report faulted for playing down danger of China invading Taiwan
Tucker Carlson calls for U.S. to share power with China, says American military can't defend Taiwan
U.S. indicts three in plot to illegally sell advanced computer tech to China
Stratcom admiral says China strategic threat growing
Western Hemisphere military commanders warn of growing Chinese threats
China resumes warplane flights near Taiwan as Trump delays Xi visit
CIA videos viewed by tens of millions in China
Chinese government-linked company fined in radio secrets theft
Beijing pulls back warplanes near Taiwan before Trump-Xi summit
Iran operation threatens China's global strategy and domestic economy
Trump abandons his campaign stance against regime change, divides MAGA
Beijing says stop bombing ally Iran
China-linked leftist group calls for anti-war protests
China fears U.S. bomber strikes on nuclear sites
Pentagon publishes, then withdraws, new list of Chinese military companies
China's military reveals future air warfare plans
Air Force urged to build 200 B-21 bombers
U.S. racing to build space weapons to counter anti-satellite power of China and Russia
U.S. rejects flawed New START arms accord
Xi demands 'prudence' on U.S. arms sales to Taiwan in phone call with Trump
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says China 'weaponizing' rare earths
Panama blocks Chinese-linked company from operating ports at either end of the canal
Chinese software engineer convicted of stealing AI trade secrets from Google
Pentagon urged to wage decision-based AI warfare
Report: Purged Chinese general probed for leaking nuclear secrets
Trump administration's new defense strategy seeks greater accommodation of Beijing
April 3, 2026
The Pentagon's Strategic Capabilities Office is launching an initiative to wage cognitive warfare -- nonkinetic military operations short of major destructive conflict.
April 2, 2026
A recent swarm of drones that intruded on an Air Force nuclear bomber base in Louisiana remains under investigation, the Air Force Global Strike Command said.
March 31, 2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the military knows that China and Russia are backing Iran in the war as steps are underway to counter the support.
March 30, 2026
Chinese warships and military aircraft conducted a show of force around a disputed shoal in the South China Sea on Sunday amid growing tensions with the Philippines.
March 27, 2026
A Florida man charged with planting a bomb near the U.S. military's Central Command has fled to China and his sister is under arrest in the plot, according to federal prosecutors.
March 26, 2026
The Director of National Intelligence's annual report on global threats includes faulty assessments asserting that the Chinese military does not plan an assault on Taiwan by 2027, China experts say.
March 24, 2026
Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson said he no longer views Communist China as a major threat and is calling for the U.S. to share power with Beijing in a new world order with a weakened America.
March 20, 2026
Federal authorities indicted three men charged with conspiracy to sell sophisticated artificial intelligence servers containing Nvidia chips to China in violation of U.S. export controls.
March 19, 2026
Advanced technology and low-yield nuclear weapons highlight the most complex and strategic threat environment for the United States since World War II, the new commander of the Strategic Command says.
March 17, 2026
Leaders of U.S. military forces in the Western Hemisphere told Congress Tuesday that Chinese activities and influence pose a growing threat to U.S. national security.
March 16, 2026
The Trump administration's military operation against A The Chinese military has resumed warplane flights near Taiwan after a 10-day hiatus during which no aircraft were detected around the self-ruled island that Beijing has vowed to annex.
March 12, 2026
The Trump administration's military operation against A The CIA recently launched a program to recruit agents inside the near-totalitarian Chinese Communist system through a series of online videos in Mandarin.
March 10, 2026
The Trump administration's military operation against A Chinese telecommunications company has been fined $50 million as part of a decade-long legal case involving the theft of radio technology secrets from Motorola.
March 10, 2026
Chinese military warplane flights around Taiwan have declined sharply while warship incursions continue to be detected around the self-ruled island in the run-up to a planned summit between President Trump and his Chinese counterpart.
March 3, 2026
The Trump administration's military operation against Iran, ostensibly to destroy a reviving nuclear program and remove regional and global terrorist threats, includes a major side benefit: It will undermine China's oil-based economy and counter Beijing's global anti-U.S. strategy, American experts say.
Feb. 28, 2026
The U.S. attacks on Iran this weekend have made clear that the commander in chief is no longer the presidential candidate who consistently criticized the use of American military force to oust threatening foreign regimes.
Feb. 28, 2026
China denounced the U.S.-Israeli attack on its regional ally Iran, calling Saturday's missile strikes a violation of Iranian sovereignty and security.
Feb. 28, 2026
The People's Forum, one of two leftist domestic groups identified by the State Department as linked to China, called Saturday for holding mass protests against the U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran.
Feb. 19, 2026
China reacted with unease to the daring U.S. military raid on Iran's nuclear facilities with official state media voicing fears that underground Chinese nuclear sites are vulnerable to similar strikes, according to a U.S. Air Force think tank report.
Feb. 13, 2026
The Pentagon on Friday published an expanded list of Chinese military companies linked to the People's Liberation Army and operating in the U.S., including those linked to Beijing's civilian-military fusion program.
Feb. 12, 2026
An internal Chinese military report has revealed that the People's Liberation Army is placing a heavy emphasis on waging advanced air war using stealth, drones and high-technology weapons.
Feb. 12, 2026
Current plans for U.S. bomber forces are inadequate for winning a future conflict with China and the Air Force needs 200 new B-21 bombers to bolster the strategic bomber shortfall, according to a new report by a think tank that supports the Air Force.
Feb. 11, 2026
The U.S. Space Force is accelerating the deployment of counterspace weapons under a new Trump administration policy aimed at reasserting and ensuring American dominance over China and Russia in any potential orbital conflict.
Feb. 6, 2026
The Trump administration rejected continuing to abide by the expired New START agreement limiting U.S. and Russian nuclear weapons, because it fails to curb Moscow's strategic arsenal and excludes China's rapid expansion of its nuclear forces, a senior State Department official said Friday.
Feb. 5, 2026
Chinese President Xi Jinping pressed President Trump on U.S. arms sales to Taiwan during a phone call this week, according to the official Beijing readout of the discussion.
Feb. 5, 2026
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said this week that China is "weaponizing" its control over rare earth minerals and other goods and the Trump administration is taking steps to counter the problem.
Feb. 2, 2026
The Panamanian government has voided contracts for a pro-Chinese company to operate two port facilities at either end of the Panama Canal, bolstering Trump administration efforts to secure the waterway as a military transit route in any future conflict with China.
Jan. 30, 2026
A federal jury in San Francisco convicted a former Google software engineer and Chinese national of economic espionage for stealing artificial intelligence secrets from the tech giant.
Jan. 26, 2026
The Pentagon is joining the global race to use artificial intelligence to produce more lethal forces but needs to shift from the current use of large language models to a new form of combat that a high-tech company is calling "agentic warfare."
Jan. 26, 2026
The Chinese military's most senior general under investigation for corruption leaked nuclear secrets to the United States, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Jan. 25, 2026
The Trump administration's new national defense strategy seeks more accommodation of communist China and a renewal of the Monroe Doctrine in the Western Hemisphere.
Two Chinese generals latest victims of Xi's military purge
Jan. 24, 2026
The Chinese Communist Party has placed two senior generals under criminal investigation, including the most powerful officer of the People's Liberation Army, the Defense Ministry announced Saturday.
Defense bill bars Pentagon from paying for adult entertainment
Jan. 22, 2026
A defense appropriations bill that cleared a House-Senate conference this week will ban Pentagon military and civilian officials from using government credit cards to pay for nude entertainment at topless bars.
Defense officials project Iran will develop intercontinental ballistic missile fleet by 2035
Jan. 22, 2026
A Defense Intelligence Agency report made public in support of President Trump's Golden Dome missile defense system reveals that Iran could field up to 60 intercontinental ballistic missiles by 2035.
Critical infrastructures face major threat from Chinese cyberattacks, nominee warns
Jan. 20, 2026
China has conducted aggressive cyberattacks on U.S. critical infrastructures, and the U.S. needs to step up efforts to block the planting of malicious software in control networks, the general slated to be the next commander of Cyber Command told Congress.
U.S.-Japan to boost defense cooperation with new missiles, more intense exercises
Jan. 18, 2026
The Pentagon and Japan's defense ministry agreed to increase cooperation on fielding new and more capable missiles and to step up military exercises along the so-called First Island Chain stretching from Japan south across the coast of China.
Justice Department blocks China from getting U.S.-origin flight simulator technology
Jan. 15, 2026
Federal authorities blocked two South African containers with flight simulators destined for the Chinese military, the Justice Department said Thursday.
Sen. Tom Cotton: China threatens U.S. AI development
Jan. 15, 2026
A California man charged with handling tens of millions of dollars in a Chinese money-laundering operation supporting Mexican drug cartels is being held in federal detention in Ohio, the Justice Department said Thursday.
Cold War document shows military chiefs sought U.S. purchase of Greenland
Jan. 15, 2026
President Trump's plan to acquire Greenland is not new. A 1956 document from the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff called for the U.S. to purchase Greenland for its strategic military value.
Ex-DIA counterspy reveals use of psychics to hunt spies
Jan. 14, 2026
A decorated former Defense Intelligence Agency counterintelligence official used a psychic to identify spies working in the U.S., including a suspected foreign agent still working for the FBI, former DIA counterspy, Scott W. Carmichael reveals in a forthcoming book.
Ex-Navy sailor sentenced to prison as spy for China
Jan. 13, 2026
A San Diego-based former Navy sailor convicted of spying for China was sentenced to more than 16 years in prison for his role in supplying secrets to China, the Justice Department said Tuesday.
Major Chinese money laundering suspect detained
Dec. 24, 2025
A California man charged with handling tens of millions of dollars in a Chinese money-laundering operation supporting Mexican drug cartels is being held in federal detention in Ohio, the Justice Department said Thursday.
Chinese communist calls for Venezuelan-style raid on Taiwan
Jan. 8, 2026
Li Yi, a former Chinese university professor, took to social media to praise President Trump for the successful military raid in Venezuela and criticized Beijing for failing to conduct a similar operation against Taiwan.
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Hegseth: Military moving to rapidly to build, deploy advanced laser weapons
The U.S. military is moving rapidly to build and deploy advanced laser weapons after years of the defense industry failing to pursue directed energy arms, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Congress on Wednesday.
Also, China's space threat includes tracking U.S. troops; U.S. urged to deploy conventional weapons in space; U.S. deploys advanced missiles near Taiwan. (April 29, 2026)
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