Growler aircraft ‘marks new era’ for Australia’s defence

Australia's latest multi-billion-dollar defence spend has been put on display for the first time, with the arrival of the EA-18G Growler attack aircraft marking the country's first entry into electronic warfare. Together with the controversial and costly F-35 Joint Strike Fighter , the Growler - which is packed with radar and radio jamming systems - will be at the centre of the Australian Defence Force's airstrike capability.

Reality Check: Trump Proposal Doesn’t Cover Major Military Expansion

In this Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017 photo, a shipyard worker walks to his car at the end of the workday at Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine. With Donald Trump demanding more ships, the Navy is proposing the biggest shipbuilding boom since the end of the Cold War to meet potential threats from Russia and China.

StratCom chief Hyten: Nuclear arsenal should be modernized, not expanded

A Trident II D5 missile is test-fired from an Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine during a U.S. Navy Strategic Systems Programs Follow-on Commander Evaluation Test , on Feb. 22, 2015. An LGM-30 Minuteman III missile soars in the air after a test launch at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

Here’s how the F-35 stacks up to Russia and China’s…

As the US starts to forward-deploy more of its F-35 Lightning, China and Russia have been putting the finishing touches on their own batches of fifth-generation aircraft - and they all express vastly different ideas about what the future of air combat will look like. For the US, stealth and sophisticated networks define its vision for the future of air combat with the F-22 and F-35.

Father Of Slain SEAL Says Son Died For Trump To Make ‘Grand Display’: ‘I Want An Investigation’

The father of a Navy SEAL killed during a mission that Donald Trump approved just a week into his administration blames the president for his son's death. William Owens told The Miami Herald that he refused to meet with Trump when the remains of son, William "Ryan" Owens, were returned to Dover Air Force Base.

Hunters shot near border blamed illegal immigrants. But they shot each other, cops say

Hunting guides Walker Daugherty and Michael Bryant were leading a hunting party in southern Texas in early January, when they claimed immigrants illegally crossed the nearby Mexico border, converged on their camp in the middle of the night and tried to rob them. Gunfire erupted.

Trump tries to move past controversies, toward legislating

Ivanka Trump, daughter of President Donald Trump, her husband, senior adviser Jared Kushner, their two children Arabella Kushner and Joseph Kushner, Chief White House Strategist Steve Bannon, second from right, and Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, right, walk to Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Md., Friday, Feb. 17, 2017. Trump is visiting Boeing South Carolina to see the Boeing 787 Dreamliner before heading to his estate Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., for the weekend.

Trump’s proposed big military budget no sure thing

In this Jan. 27, 2017 photo, President Donald Trump, left, listens as Defense Secretary James Mattis, right, speaks at the Pentagon in Washington. With Republicans in charge of Congress, President Donald Trump's pledge to boost the Pentagon's budget by tens of billions of dollars should be a sure bet.

Trumpa s plan for spike in defense spending faces big hurdles

Republicans control Congress so President Trump's pledge to boost the Pentagon budget by tens of billions of dollars should be a sure bet. I After four tumultuous weeks of governing, President Donald Trump is out of the White House doing what he loves best: campaigning.

Leaflets dropped over western Mosul to warn of Iraqi military offensive

The Iraqi Air Force dropped millions of leaflets over western Mosul late Saturday warning residents of an offensive by ground forces on the ISIS-held part of the city, which has so far been targeted only by airstrikes. Iraqi forces have had control of the eastern part of the city, which is divided by the Tigris River, since January.

Nation-Now 23 mins ago 2:37 p.m.Army to spend $300 million on bonuses …

The Army plans to spend $300 million in a blitz of bonuses and advertising over the next eight months to recruit 6,000 additional soldiers it needs to fill out its ranks. Legislation approved by Congress and signed late last year by former president Barack Obama halted a years-long drawdown of U.S. troops.

Donald Trump Is Right, One Type Of Terrorism Really Is Underreported — Right-Wing Terrorism

Following President Donald Trump's false claim that the press purposefully fails to report on terror attacks, his team released a list of attacks that were supposedly "underreported." The list supplied, however, was entirely devoid of attacks by right-wing extremists and those inspired by the "alt-right."

Military services detail plans for $30 billion budget boost

Buoyed by President Donald Trump's pledge to rebuild the U.S. armed forces, senior Pentagon officials have delivered to Congress plans for increasing the defense budget by more than $30 billion to acquire new jet fighters, armored vehicles, improved training and more. The informal proposals, obtained by The Associated Press, represent the first attempt by Trump's Defense Department to halt an erosion of the military's readiness for combat.