by | Mar 16, 2023 | Security
The 2022 National Security Strategy identified climate change as an existential challenge, and the Defense Department’s Climate Adaptation Plan calls for reducing carbon emissions across the services. The Department of Defense is the largest energy user in the U.S....
by | Mar 16, 2023 | Security
MELBOURNE, Australia — The head of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command says he has not had contact with his Chinese counterparts, despite a previous agreement between the U.S. defense secretary and the Chinese defense minister. Speaking in Singapore on Thursday at an event...
by | Mar 15, 2023 | Security
KYIV, Ukraine — Russia and the United States ratcheted up confrontational rhetoric Wednesday over a U.S. surveillance drone that encountered Russian warplanes and crashed near the Crimean Peninsula, while both countries pledged to try to avoid escalation. The Kremlin...
by | Mar 15, 2023 | Security
ROME — As speculation mounts in Italy over the government’s choice of a new CEO for state-controlled defense giant Leonardo, one thing seems certain: The job is staying in-house this time. With current CEO Alessandro Profumo reaching the end of his second three-year...
by | Mar 15, 2023 | Security
LONDON — Britain’s defense spending is set to get its second boost in three days after Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced a further hike in his budget speech Mar 15. Hunt said representations by his “persuasive defense secretary,” a reference to Defence Secretary Ben...
