Новости за 26.02.2019

A Russian state television broadcaster asserts that one of his country's top targets for attack in the event of nuclear war would be a 4,700-acre site east of Arlington, Wash. that encompasses a key transmission center for the Pacific submarine fleet and a forested recreational area for military personnel.

The Department of Veterans Affairs will start to give priority consideration to Purple Heart recipients in the spring when processing veterans’ benefits claims, VA Secretary Robert Wilkie announced Tuesday.

Ships have been delayed or stopped from going on missions if they have been found not to have the necessary certifications or manning for the mission, two fleet commanders told Congress during a hearing Tuesday.

Though details are murky, some suggested that the arrest of Col. Sergei Mikhailov was linked to the Russian hacking of the 2016 U.S. presidential election and a hunt for a possible mole who tipped off U.S. intelligence agencies about Russian interference.

Russian media have reported the case centers on accusations that Col. Sergei Mikhailov contacted Kaspersky Lab executive Ruslan Stoyanov to pass information from an FSB probe of a Russian businessmen to an analyst with suspected ties to the FBI.

Army Capt. Alivia Stehlik and Navy Lt. Cmdr. Blake Dremann will become the first openly serving transgender servicemembers to testify to Congress when they take part in a hearing before the House Armed Services Committee subpanel on military personnel on Wednesday.

The top general for U.S. Northern Command told a Senate panel Tuesday that its Defense Department drug interdiction funds shouldn’t be diverted to help pay for the billion-dollar construction of a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

A federal court ruling that it's unconstitutional to require only men to register for the draft will increase the pressure on Congress to either expand the draft or eliminate it. But as a practical matter, the recent decision by U.S. District Judge Gray Miller won't change draft registration overnight.

A Defense Department website used to transfer large files containing sensitive unclassified information was brought back online earlier this month after being shuttered over security concerns last year.

Within 18 months, through technology being tested by the Pentagon, your phone may be able to identify you based on the gait of your walk, the tension in your hand or the way your thumb moves across the touch screen.

Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., is a Wisconsin Air National Guard pilot. He ripped Gov. Tony Evers on Twitter on Monday for ordering Wisconsin troops to pull out of Arizona, where they have been assisting the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol since June.

Air Force Gen. Terrence O’Shaughnessy, the commander of U.S. Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command, told a Senate committee that Russia’s advancements in training and capabilities, and its intent to hold the U.S. at risk, present an urgent threat to America.

This year’s Black History Month is nearing its end, but that’s not a reason to stop celebrating. Many of Philadelphia’s historical markers honor influential African Americans and their achievements 365 days a year.

The Colorado Springs City Council soon will be asked to declare 40 acres of untouched foothills on the Air Force Academy as an urban renewal area, a designation that would earmark millions of dollars in tax revenue for a new visitors center at the academy.

The strike on the Internet Research Agency in St. Petersburg, a company underwritten by an oligarch close to President Vladimir Putin, was part of the first offensive cyberwarfare campaign against Russia designed to thwart attempts to interfere with a U.S. election, the officials said.

Retired Air Force Lt. Col. Enoch Woodhouse, one of the Tuskegee Airmen, spent little time talking about himself Monday at Fort Bragg. Instead, he focused on the story of two others: Col. Benjamin O. Davis Jr., a 1938 West Point graduate and commander of the Tuskegee Airmen, and Navy Capt. Thomas J. Hudner Jr., a Medal of Honor recipient.

Following a series of town hall meetings where soldiers and spouses described abysmal housing conditions on-post, Fort Hood officials announced Monday night that the private company that manages the installation's family housing units will hire additional maintenance workers and that Fort Hood personnel would provide oversight of the company's maintenance efforts.

The two-day summit takes place against a backdrop of warnings from intelligence officials and experts that the North is unwilling to relinquish its nuclear weapons, which it sees as key to regime survival.

Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey said James Cordell Doughy Suthann was angry that an 8-year-old German Shepherd service dog wouldn’t stand during a grooming appointment. Video captured him grabbing the dog’s tail while swinging the animal off the ground and twisting the tail.

After long journeys to Vietnam, U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are in place for their second summit to address perhaps the world's biggest security challenge: Kim's pursuit of a nuclear program that stands on the verge of realistically threatening targets around the planet.

Under-pressure Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday ruled out Britain leaving the European Union without a deal on March 29 unless parliament backs that option, promising two new votes on Brexit if lawmakers reject her deal again.

Three families have closure after North Korea in July handed over 55 boxes containing bones said to belong to American troops killed in the Korean War. But thousands are still missing, including fighter pilots shot down over enemy territory and soldiers taken captive on the battlefield.

The servicemembers will likely be transferred to the military’s Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany for more treatment.

Twitter users took to social media to report the Marine to his command after a series of tweets posted under an account linked to his name espoused support for Nazis and included photos of Adolf Hitler.

Twitter users took to social media to report the Marine to his command after a series of tweets posted under an account linked to his name espoused support for Nazis and included photos of Adolf Hitler.