Our job at the Defense Department is to have plans for any contingency.” In those few words, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth verified to Congress something that had quietly seethed in the background of ...

The Pentagon on Monday announced a new strategy to build up its presence in the Arctic region, which is becoming more contested militarily as climate change drives the melting of sea ice and opens ...

Gen. Thomas Carden said the day after the Pentagon released its updated Arctic strategy. The strategy is built on three pillars: enhance the U.S. and allied presence already in the Arctic ...

New technologies like autonomy and artificial intelligence will make operations in the Arctic easier, defense officials said Monday, as the Pentagon unveiled a new strategy meant to counter Sino ...

A new Pentagon strategy says the U.S. must invest more to upgrade sensors, communications and space-based technologies in the Arctic to keep pace with China and Russia. (Chief Mass Communication ...

WASHINGTON — The Department of Defense released its 2024 Arctic Strategy, addressing the increasing ... s landscape and geopolitical dynamics, the Pentagon is calling for investments in space ...

Languages: English. You can get in touch with Joe by emailing joe.edwards@newsweek.com The Pentagon has announced an updated strategy for the Arctic region amid "growing cooperation" between China ...

according to the Pentagon’s 2024 Arctic Strategy, released Monday. In 2024, Russian and Chinese navies held a combined exercise off the state’s coast in 2023. In response, the Department of ...

The Pentagon is increasingly concerned about cooperation between Russia and China in the vast, inhospitable Arctic. A new strategy is aimed at countering that. Compared with hot spots like the ...

“These activities could open the door for further PRC presence in the Arctic and along the [northern sea route],” the report said. The new U.S. strategy will employ what the Pentagon calls ...

communications and space-based technologies in the Arctic to keep pace with China and Russia who are increasingly operating there, including in joint military exercises, a new Pentagon strategy ...