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In mid-summer 2015, the Pentagon deployed a vast fleet to the Western Pacific with an invasion force of 33,000 troops. The little reported exercise was supported by warplanes and attack helicopters, along with 21 ships, including the aircraft carrier George Washington and three nuclear missile-bearing submarines. It was only a game, the Navy said. But

According to former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, a longtime grudge with Russian President Vladimir Putin may have led to her 2016 presidential downfall. In the weeks since the election, intelligence officials have confirmed that the Russian government took part in a coordinated hack against the Clinton campaign, and other Republican and Democratic politicians

WASHINGTON — A Chinese ship on Thursday seized a small U.S. Navy underwater drone that had been operating in the South China Sea, triggering a formal diplomatic complaint from the U.S. government. Two drones were collecting oceanographic information more than 50 miles off the coast of U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay in the Philippines when

The Navy’s plan calls for a 38 percent increase in the number of attack submarine, like the Virginia-class sub USS Minnesota seen here under construction in Newport News. WASHINGTON: Mr. Trump, we’ll see your campaign pledge of a 350-ship fleet and raise you five vessels, the US Navy effectively said this morning. The long-anticipated Force

Barack Obama says the US will take action against Russia over claims of its involvement in the country’s recent presidential election. The US president made the statement in a national radio interview. Obama tells NPRinskeep that U.S. “will take action” in response to Russia hacking during election. pic.twitter.com/a8IxbfD17o— NPR (NPR) December 16, 2016 What Obama