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A leak of radioactive material was detected at a submarine base near the Chinese port city of Dalian in northern China, the U.S.-based Chinese website Boxun reported over the weekend.
The United States, U.N., defense contractors and the International Olympic Committee were targets of a widespread global cyberspying campaign, a security firm said, with China seen as the likely culprit.
The Naval Academy is narrowly on track to meet a directive to graduate 65 percent of the class of 2013 with degrees in science, technology, engineering or math, the school’s academic dean and provost said Wednesday.
Rear Adm. Nora Tyson, the first woman to command a carrier strike group, was promoted to two-star rank aboard the George H. W. Bush on Monday, an occasion that included the participation of the ship's namesake.
The U.S. Navy takes corrosion issues affecting its new Littoral Combat Ships seriously, Congress is told, but does not believe the problems threaten the program.
Pentagon acquisition chief Ashton Carter has been nominated by the president to become the next deputy defense secretary, replacing William Lynn, according to the White House.
The Senate Armed Services Committee approved Army Gen. Martin Dempsey's nomination to become the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Aug. 2, as well as five other top military officer billets.
Japan voiced concern Tuesday over China's growing assertiveness and widening naval reach and over what it called the "opaqueness" of Beijing's military budget.