National Security and Defense
National Security and Defense
![Two F-35B combat aircraft from the United States Marine Corp depart after re-fueling from an RAF Voyager aircraft over the North Sea on October 08, 2020 in flight, above Scotland.](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2022-09/GettyImages-1279145269.jpg?h=6606cf84&itok=zFowlDe9)
![df-31a](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-02/02.20.2023%20Huessy.jpg?h=01496eb6&itok=FkIqhnms)
Caption
A Chinese DF-31A ICBM. (People's Liberation Army)
![BAKHMUT, UKRAINE - JANUARY 29: Monument of soviet tank with Ukrainian flag is seen during winter in Bakhmut, Ukraine on January 29, 2023 (Photo by Marek M. Berezowski/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-02/02.15.2023%20Kasapoglu%20Newsletter.jpg?h=05586b66&itok=pDmxN8CT)
Caption
A monument of a Soviet tank with a Ukrainian flag in Bakhmut, Ukraine, on January 29, 2023. (Marek M. Berezowski/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
![An F-22 Raptor assigned to the 94th Fighter Squadron, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, takes off for a Red Flag 23-1 mission at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Jan. 24, 2023.](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-02/02.14.2023%20Herman%20The%20Dispatch.jpg?h=cc15cfed&itok=w8Sobkr_)
Caption
An F-22 Raptor assigned to the 94th Fighter Squadron, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, takes off for a Red Flag 23-1 mission at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada on January 24, 2023. (US Air Force Photo by William R. Lewis)
Commentary
![Alaska Air National Guardsmen with the 210th Rescue Squadron maneuver an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter over the Lower Susitna Valley near Anchorage, Alaska, Feb. 7, 2023. The HH-60G along with the 211th RQS HC-130J Combat King II aircraft and rescue personnel from the 212th RQS sit alert for the federal search and rescue mission across Alaska’s vast Arctic region. The HC-130J’s aerial refueling capability significantly extends the HH-60G Pave Hawk’s range for conducting search and recovery missions. (Alaska N](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-02/02.10.2023%20Clark%20Charlie%20James%20Show.jpg?h=b39c5fef&itok=Lc_6-Bc8)
Caption
A search helicopter of the Alaska Air National Guard flies over Anchorage, Alaska, on February 7, 2023. (Alaska National Guard photo by Dana Rosso)
In the Media
![A poster of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) concerning nuclear tests of North Korea is seen on February 12, 2013 at the CTBTO headquarters in Vienna. Iran hinted Tuesday that inspection of the Parchin military site by the International Atomic Energy Agency would be possible in the context of a "comprehensive agreement" that recongnises its right to peaceful nuclear energy. AFP PHOTO / DIETER NAGL (Photo credit should read DIETER NAGL/AFP via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-02/02.13.2023%20DiNanno%20Memo_0.jpg?h=1116cd87&itok=Hq51P_ma)
Caption
A Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) poster displaying North Korean nuclear tests on February 12, 2013, at the CTBTO headquarters in Vienna, Austria. (Dieter Nagl/AFP via Getty Images)
![heinrichs fox business](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-02/02.14.2023%20Heinrichs%20Fox%20Business_0.jpg?h=a2acd13a&itok=x2g-55O5)
Caption
(Screenshot via Fox Business)
![A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket launches from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla., Aug. 4, 2022. The rocket carried the sixth Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit satellite and is a missile detection and early warning satellite for the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command. (U.S. Space Force photo by Senior Airman Dakota Raub)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-02/7358453.jpg?h=2691b0df&itok=PSL0SSLG)
Caption
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket launches from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on August 4, 2022. (US Space Force photo by Dakota Raub)
Podcast
![Sailors assigned to Assault Craft Unit 4 prepare material recovered in the Atlantic Ocean from a high-altitude balloon for transport to federal agents at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek Feb. 10, 2023.](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-02/02.14.2023%20Clark%20Reardon.jpg?h=5ece8d14&itok=zY-1J5P7)
Caption
Sailors assigned to Assault Craft Unit 4 prepare material recovered in the Atlantic Ocean from a high-altitude balloon for transport to federal agents at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek on February 10, 2023. (US Navy photo by Ryan Seelbach)
In the Media
![voa korea north south nuclear](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-02/02.13.2023%20Cronin%20VOA%20Korea.jpg?h=e2bf8105&itok=PpTY7LZO)
Caption
(Screenshot via VOA Korea)
![huawei](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-02/02.12.2023%20O%27Rielly%20IS_0.jpg?h=b39c5fef&itok=trQpczYY)
Caption
(Unsplash)
![bryan clark fox and friends (Screenshot via Fox News)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-02/02.11.2023%20Clark%20Fox%20News.jpg?h=efda3625&itok=fi5P-59X)
Caption
(Screenshot via Fox News)
![cronin newsnation rush hour balloon china](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-02/02.13.2023%20Cronin%20NewsNation.jpg?h=d28038a0&itok=2RsCiWSY)
Caption
(Screenshot via NewsNation/YouTube)