On August 6, 2011, America suffered the single deadliest day of the Afghanistan War when a CH-47D Chinook helicopter—call sign Extortion 17—was shot down in the Tangi Valley of Wardak Province. All 38 souls aboard perished, including 30 American military personnel, one military working dog, and eight Afghans. Among the fallen were 17 members of the elite U.S. Navy SEALs, many from the renowned SEAL Team 6, the same unit credited with the mission that killed Osama bin Laden just months earlier.
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The new commission was established by CSIS in partnership with the Cyber Solarium Commission 2.0 project at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
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A record-breaking earthquake off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula has triggered tsunami alerts across the Pacific and raised urgent questions about the safety of nuclear weapons stored near one of the world’s most active seismic zones. How vulnerable is Russia’s undersea arsenal — and what does this mean for global security?
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Chinese media reported that the number of fighter pilots recruited for the country’s aircraft-carrier fleet hit a record high this year, as part of the East Asian power’s rapid naval buildup.
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Picking the right weapon to match the threat as the US Navy battled the Houthis in the Red Sea came with a “learning curve” for the service, President Donald Trump’s choice for top admiral said Thursday.
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The Pentagon lacks “strategic clarity” when it comes to conducting the cognitive warfare that analysts see as necessary for confronting China, according to the Senate Armed Services Committee.
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