Navy wants new destroyer with lasers, hypersonic missiles

The Navy is getting ready to turn the page as it looks to a future ship brimming with lasers that can shoot down missiles and attack enemies with hypersonic missiles topping 3,800 mph.

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Restart of large-scale military drills reinvigorates anti-war protesters in South Korea

The recent end to a five-year pause in large-scale military exercises by the United States and South Korea has reinvigorated critics who view them as unnecessary and shielded by a lack of information.

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Updated COVID-19 booster shots expected at some bases in Europe within weeks

The shipment of both the Moderna and Pfizer bivalent vaccine boosters are expected to arrive in late September or early October, said a spokesman for Regional Health Command Europe.

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‘Positive thinking’ is key to disarming North Korea of nukes, South Korean official says

Diplomatic outreach will lead to the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, a senior South Korean military official said.

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Nautilus, world’s first nuclear submarine, to reopen after $36 million preservation project

The refurbished USS Nautilus, the world’s first nuclear-powered submarine and a historic landmark, is reopening Friday with a new look, the Naval History and Heritage Command announced recently.

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Marine sergeant awaits sentencing for possessing LSD at base on Okinawa

A Marine is scheduled to be sentenced in a Japanese court for possessing LSD at his on-base home, according to the Naha Public Prosecutor’s Office.

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Video | Stripes in 7 for Sept. 7, 2022

Stories in this installment focus on the National Advanced Air Mobility Center of Excellence in Ohio, a VAT form price hike in Germany and more.

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Fat Leonard’s escape as stunning as his Navy bribery case

The escape of the Malaysian defense contractor at the center of one of the Navy's biggest corruption scandals is as stunning and brazen as the case itself.

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Elected officials, military members on leaked Oath Keepers list

A new report says that the names of hundreds of U.S. law enforcement officers, elected officials and military members appear on the leaked membership rolls of a far-right extremist group that's accused of playing a key role in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.

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Fort Drum renames barracks after Sen. Bob Dole, original member of 10th Mountain Division

A barracks on post will forever be named for the late U.S. Sen. Robert J. Dole, an original member of the 10th Mountain Division during World War II.

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F-35 deliveries halted over a Chinese alloy, Pentagon says

The Pentagon has halted deliveries of Lockheed Martin Corp.'s F-35 after finding an alloy used in magnets for pumps on the fighter jet were made in China.

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