#army-rocket-force

#army-rocket-force

"To accelerate current weapons development timelines, DARPA is considering an alternative development paradigm to increase the nation's magazine depth and breadth."

The push reflects a broader Pentagon effort to field large numbers of low-cost drones quickly without creating new dependencies that could backfire in a fight. The Blue UAS [Uncrewed Aerial Systems] List provides service branches and federal agencies with a catalog of approved drones they can buy.

This body upholds the principle of placing national security first and firmly defending territorial integrity. Han urged the government to provide a delivery schedule so parliament can review it.

but it originated around 450 miles away at China's main nuclear test site, known as Lop Nur, according to Christopher Yeaw, the assistant secretary for arms control and nonproliferation at the State Department. "There is very little possibility that it is anything other than an explosion, a singular explosion," Yeaw said at an event hosted Tuesday by the Hudson Institute, a conservative think tank in Washington, D.C. "It is quite consistent with what you would expect from a nuclear explosive test."

The major shift in the NDS lies in the shifting approach of the US Defense Department, which considers security of the homeland and Western Hemisphere its primary concern. The document noted that the US military would be guided by four central priorities: defend the homeland, push allies around the world away from reliance on the US military, strengthen defence industrial bases and deter China as opposed to a policy of containment.

Japan estimates that the missiles reached a maximum altitude of 80 kilometres (50 miles) and flew approximately 340 kilometres before landing near the east coast of the Korean Peninsula, outside Tokyo's exclusive economic zone. Early reports indicate that no damage has been reported by nearby aircraft or ships.

Early on a spring morning, camouflaged trucks carrying the US-made terminal high-altitude area defense (THAAD) missile-defence system rolled into Seongju, as the country's government ignored protests from locals who said the deployment would make them a target for Pyongyang's ballistic missiles. The conservative government in Seoul, backed by Washington, insisted that Thaad was the most effective way to locate and destroy North Korean missiles before they threatened the South and the 28,500 US troops stationed there.

China's drive to modernize its military to rival the US armed forces is running parallel with an aggressive purge of its senior leaders. The People's Liberation Army has been repeatedly shaken by a massive anti-corruption campaign led by Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Now, the military leadership is under renewed scrutiny after one of China's most senior generals was placed under investigation.

The United States has realised it cannot keep trying to police the whole world, argues Victor Gao, the vice president of the Center for China and Globalization in Beijing. Gao tells host Steve Clemons that improved China-US relations are inevitable although he warns that some American policymakers still view China as the number one threat and Chinese officials never underestimate what American neofascists will cook up next.