Weapons

Space Force gets big bump in Biden budget proposal

Mike Brest · March 30, 2022 4:16 pm

A photo provided by the North Korean government shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as he attends the 4th Plenary Meeting of the 7th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang, North Korea.

Beltway Confidential

The US-North Korea missile waltz takes another spin

Daniel DePetris · March 26, 2022 10:30 am

Russian nuclear submarine Yuri Dolgoruky test-fires the Bulava missiles from the White Sea on May 22, 2018.

Pentagon says Russia’s alleged use of hypersonic missile not practical

Mike Brest · March 21, 2022 4:59 pm

Magazine - Features

The war next door

Ben Sixsmith · March 18, 2022 3:00 am

From left, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy stand on the East steps of Capitol Hill in this Dec. 2021 photo.

Magazine - Washington Briefing

Congress takes the lead on Ukraine support

Virginia Aabram · March 18, 2022 3:00 am

In this Nov. 12, 2019, file photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and China's President Xi Jinping shake hands prior to their talks on the sideline of the 11th edition of the BRICS Summit, in Brasilia, Brazil.

Beltway Confidential

Why China is very unlikely to send military equipment to help Russia in Ukraine

Tom Rogan · March 14, 2022 10:15 am

Vladimir Putin and J.K. Rowling

Russia and US accuse each other of lying about bioweapons labs in Ukraine

Barnini Chakraborty · March 11, 2022 5:51 pm

North Korea, under leader Kim Jong Un, also tested two long-range missiles in July and reportedly produced a miniature nuclear warhead capable of fitting onto its missiles.

Pentagon outs recent North Korean undisclosed ballistic missile tests

Mike Brest · March 10, 2022 10:07 pm

White House to sanction North Korea over recent missile tests

Katherine Doyle · March 10, 2022 9:09 pm

FILE - In this Juy 11, 2013, Victoria Nuland testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The Senate has confirmed President Barack Obamaâs choice of Nuland as chief U.S. envoy for Europe who was criticized for her role in the talking points created after last year's deadly attack in Benghazi, Libya. By voice vote on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013, the Senate approved the nomination of Nuland to the top diplomatic post. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

US looks to keep Ukrainian ‘biological research facilities’ from Russian control

Mike Brest · March 8, 2022 11:27 pm

In this Nov. 12, 2019, file photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and China's President Xi Jinping shake hands prior to their talks on the sideline of the 11th edition of the BRICS Summit, in Brasilia, Brazil.

Beltway Confidential

Russia dreams up a US bioweapons lab in Ukraine

Tom Rogan · March 8, 2022 10:28 pm

In this picture released by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks at a meeting with a group of Revolutionary Guards and their families, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, April 9, 2019.

National Security

Iran’s leader accuses US weapons ‘mafia’ of manufacturing Ukraine war

Virginia Aabram · March 4, 2022 10:56 pm