Topic: Defense

As a new Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman was sworn in on Friday, outgoing Gen. Mark Milley said in a farewell speech that America's military serves the Constitution, not a "wannabe dictator."

A Ukrainian attack drone carrying an explosive payload destroyed a Russian mobile anti-aircraft radar station in Russia's Kursk region, state media said Friday.

The U.S. Defense Department identified North Korea as a "persistent threat" in a new security update, warning that the isolated regime has developed the capability to use nuclear weapons at "any stage of conflict."

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in a visit to Kyiv on Thursday called Ukraine closer to the alliance than ever before while Russia is reduced to arms deals with Iran and North Korea.

The Boeing Co. of Arlington, Va., has agreed to pay $8.1M to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims and making false statements related to contracts for the V-22 Osprey.

The looming government shutdown could damage national defense and affect agencies across the board, from the Transportation Security Administration to the Federal Reserve.

North Korea adopted an amendment to its constitution that enshrined the growth of its nuclear arsenal as a "basic law of the state," state-run media reported Thursday.

Russian and Ukrainian forces traded attacks against scores of civilian targets overnight Tuesday, killing one person, injuring 18 and causing widespread damage.

North Korea has decided to expel Pvt. Travis King, a U.S. soldier who has been detained after "illegally intruding" into the country by running across the inter-Korean border in July, state media said Wednesday.

The Biden administration has banned imports from three more Chinese companies, as it cracks down on the use of forced labor of the Asian nation's minority Uyghur population in the U.S. supply chain.