It’s one thing to see Detroit file for bankruptcy, as it did Thursday. At one time, it was the arsenal of democracy and the birthplace of chrome-plated dreams.
It’s quite another to see Andrews Air Force Base shut down …
BattlelandNational Security
Microsoft ‘s results were particularly ugly. The software giant’s stock is down more than 11% in Friday trading
A U.S. soldier pulls security in northern Kunduz province, July 15.
BattlelandMissile Defense
The days of legitimate debate over the value of missiles defense seem to have faded into history.
The issue has become one of theology. Those involved are either true believers, or heretics. It’s like listening to a church …
For many public and private institutions looking to cut costs, A&M now stands for acquisitions and mergers
The largest municipal-bankruptcy proceeding in U.S. history will take months to resolve, and the only short-term guarantee is more pain
Americans across the northeast and midwest are trying to keep their cool after several consecutive 90-degree days
BattlelandAsia-Pacific
TOKYO – A flotilla of Chinese warships transited an important ocean strait off Japan’s northernmost island for the first time this week, passing within clear sight of observers onshore.
The PLA Navy vessels had just …
BattlelandMilitary History
Retired vice admiral Eugene Wilkinson, the first commanding officer of the world’s first nuclear submarine, died last Thursday at age 94.
Amid the chilliest days of the Cold War, it’s hard to imagine the patriotic jolt …
BattlelandMilitary Mental Health
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, after a rocky confirmation hearing in January, has been getting increasingly good grades from both politicians and troops. Part of it may be his sergeantly demeanor, but part of it also is his …
“We have begun our evaluation of locations in the continental United States to determine a site suitable for possible future deployment of homeland-defense interceptors.”
BattlelandTerrorism
…shouldn’t it at least have to explain why?”
That’s the question asked by the teen-ager’s grandfather — Nasser al-Awlaki, father of U.S. drone-killed terror-preacher Anwar al-Awlaki, and grandfather of Abdulrahman …