Modernizing the nation’s arsenal of nuclear weapons is the top priority for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Vice Chairman of the JCS Gen. Paul Selva told Congress Wednesday. In testimony before the House Armed Services Committee, Selva advised lawmakers to...
Updating the command, control, and communications (NC3) systems that operate the nation’s nuclear weapons arsenal is “my biggest concern,” US Strategic Command boss Gen. John Hyten told Congress Wednesday. “The submarine, the bomber, LRSO, GBSD [Ground Based Strategic Deterrent]—I see...
The evolution of a Russian tactical nuclear threat may necessitate a revision of US nuclear strategy, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Paul Selva told Congress Wednesday. He told the House Armed Services Committee that, in the...
The US military is not moving quickly enough to counter the threat that commercial unmanned vehicles present to the nation’s nuclear weapons installations, US Strategic Command chief Gen. John Hyten told Congress Wednesday. “We’re moving too slow,” he told the...
Development of a new Long-Range Standoff missile (LRSO) is critical to sustaining the US nuclear deterrent, Gen. Paul Selva, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told the House Armed Services Committee Wednesday. The problem is a combination of...
After the cultural changes of the Force Improvement Program, “real improvements” in infrastructure will be needed to consolidate morale gains among the ICBM force, US Strategic Command boss Gen. John Hyten told Congress Wednesday. In testimony before the House Armed...
ISIS’s total ranks have dwindled to about 15,000 remaining fighters, with most of them outside of the group’s two major cities, though it has kept a hold on more rural population centers along the Euphrates River, according to the US-led...
ISIS in Mosul is largely cut off from the rest of its organization, and relying on stockpiles to continue its fight against Iraqi forces. However, some small smugglers may be able to sneak in equipment to the fight, including quadcopter...
B-52s from Minot AFB, N.D., are deploying to the Middle East for their turn to fight ISIS. The bombers, assigned to the 23rd Bomb Squadron, will deploy to US Central Command to replace B-52s that deployed last year from Barksdale...
A USAF KC-135 refueled a Romanian F-16 for the first time last month, marking the first time the aircraft from each nation have worked together. A KC-135 and airmen from the 100th Air Refueling Wing at RAF Mildenhall, England, deployed...
