I could just as well title this article “why defense must always be fully funded” or “why America must always maintain a strong, second-to-none defense”, but all three titles effectively mean the same thing, so I have chosen the above one. We are being told from all directions by various kinds of people – from [...]
Here is a quote from Matthew Spalding, Ph.D., in a great article at The Foundry: “Military strategy should drive the budget, not the other way around. The mission of the United States military is determined by America’s vital interests and an assessment of the threats to those interests. We must spend what is necessary to [...]
How big is China’s nuclear arsenal? This is a hotly-disputed issue today. Liberal advocates of Western disarmament, such as Daryl Kimball, Tom Collina, Jeffrey Lewis and Hans Kristensen (a lifelong Danish pacifist who now lives in the US) and their organizations claim that China has only 240 warheads. US intelligence agencies still hold on to [...]
The US Government is seeking to expand its Missile Defense Shield – this time in Asia. The Wall Street Journal reported that the U.S. is discussing the addition of an early warning radar in southern Japan, in addition to the current system in the Northern Japan, which would help to minimize threats from North Korea and China’s. [...]
Stephen Budiansky — author of Perilous Fight: America’s Intrepid War with Britain on the High Seas, 1812–1815 — has written an excellent book that inadvertently reveals Democrat politicians — in feverish pursuit of imaginary utopias — have been busy undermining our national defense for the past 200 years. It began with Thomas Jefferson, whose fantasy [...]
By a vote of 86-13, the Senate voted to approve the $662 Billion Defense spending bill. It passed keeping language allowing for the indefinite detention of suspected terrorist by the military. For weeks the White House said it would veto the bill unless the language pertaining to detention was changed. According to Fox News, there [...]
After the White House withdrew its veto threat, Congress by a vote of 283-136, passed the $662 billion Defense spending bill which contains a controversial provision regarding the detention of suspected terrorist. For weeks the White House had threatened to veto the bill. However, after House and Senate members agreed to changes in the provision, [...]
Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com Army Secretary John McHugh discusses the impact of upcoming defense cuts and the tough times facing the military.
