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Reports suggest that North Korea recently test-fired air-to-ship missiles over the West Sea on two separate occasions—in October and again earlier this month.
The Navy launched its largest alternative-fuel test to date on Wednesday, pumping 20,000 gallons of algae-based fuel into a destroyer for a 20-hour trip along the California coast.
Responding to criticism from some combat veterans, the Pentagon defended its Medal of Honor process and deflected calls for a review of top awards for potential upgrades.
A landmark $1.7 billion package of veterans employment aid has passed Congress and is on its way to the White House, where President Obama has vowed to sign it into law.
The Pentagon said al-Shabaab militants in Somalia being targeted by Kenyan troops are getting what they "deserve" but denied that the U.S. military is assisting Kenya's campaign against rebels.
The inspector general for the Navy's Atlantic submarine force is investigating claims that pervasive cheating has tainted exams administered as part of nuclear training.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton underscored America's military and diplomatic backing for the Philippines as it engages in an increasingly tense dispute with China in the resource-rich South China Sea.
A congressional commission has recommended the United States sell new fighter aircraft to Taiwan so the Pacific nation can recapitalize its aging fleet of jets.
Raytheon sees potential application of the Talon laser-guided rocket to take on small boats.That threat is considered particularly critical in the region where Iran has invested heavily in the use of such vessels.