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A federal judge on Friday awarded more than $300 million to victims of the 2000 attack on the destroyer Cole, which was bombed while it was docked in a Yemeni harbor.
In visit to ship off California coast, the Defense secretary blasts automatic defense cuts resulting from Congress' failure to find $1.2T in savings and says Congress 'put a gun to heads of the country.'
Defense Department officials have released documents related to the Dover Port Mortuary that they say support an earlier finding of “gross mismanagement” and a “lack of clear command and authority.”
The rationale for building closer security ties in Latin America rests in part on a worry that the networks used today to smuggle drugs could be tomorrow's path for a terrorist's bomb, the JCS chairman says.
North Korea's firing of two short-range missiles is believed to be part of a test to upgrade capabilities, said news reports quoting South Korean military officials.
China is growing nervous after U.S. calls for an Asia-wide missile-defense system against the threat of North Korean intercontinental ballistic missiles.
The Defense Department projects a nearly $17 billion increase in the total cost of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program from prior estimates, according to a new report.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta will visit Marines and sailors aboard amphibious assault ship Peleliu in a visit tomorrow to re-emphasize the military’s commitment to its amphibious forces.
The Navy’s new 30-year shipbuilding plan for 2013 shows few unexpected changes, projecting a slightly smaller average fleet size and slightly reduced shipbuilding rate.