WASHINGTON (AP) — China appears to be moving faster toward a capability to launch its newer nuclear missiles from underground silos, possibly to improve its ability to respond promptly to a nuclear attack, according to an American expert who analyzed satellite images of recent construction at a missile training area. Hans Kristensen, a longtime watcher …
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Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of March 1, 2021. View original article
Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Leroy Manor served as a pilot in WWII and planned the Son Tay Raid in Vietnam. He died just four days after his 100th birthday. View original article
Welcome to That One Scene, a semi-regular series in which Task & Purpose staffers wax nostalgic about that one scene from a beloved movie. Editor’s note: This article was originally published on July 16, 2020. It was the winter of 1995 when director Michael Mann unleashed the heist flick Heat on an unsuspecting world. From …
SEATTLE — U.S. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler was already facing a backlash from fellow Republicans after breaking with most of her party and voting to impeach former President Donald Trump. Then she ignited national news — and briefly scrambled the end of the Senate impeachment trial — with an explosive account of Trump’s refusal to …
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