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LATEST NEWS Feb 11, 2020

DOD Releases Fiscal Year 2021 Budget Proposal On February 10, 2020, President Donald J. Trump sent Congress a proposed Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 budget request of $740.5 billion for national security, $705.4 billion of which is for the Department of Defense (DoD). The FY 2021 budget supports the irreversible implementation of the National Defense Strategy (NDS), which drives the Department's decision-making in reprioritizing resources and shifting investments ... Read More

Air Force's proposed $169 billion budget focuses on 'great power competition,' readiness, establishing Space Force The Department of the Air Force released a $169 billion budget proposal Feb. 10, which for the first time includes funding for the newly created U.S. Space Force while also focusing funds to help both services modernize, address threats from Russia and China, and sustain readiness. ... Read More

Chinese Military Personnel Charged with Computer Fraud, Economic Espionage and Wire Fraud for Hacking into Credit Reporting Agency Equifax Indictment Alleges Four Members of China's People's Liberation Army Engaged in a Three-Month Long Campaign to Steal Sensitive Personal Information of Nearly 150 Million Americans ... Read More

Chinese military planes cross median line of Taiwan Strait Chinese military aircraft crossed over the median line of the Taiwan Strait and into Taiwan's airspace on Monday for the first time in nearly a year, as Beijing continued military maneuvers near Taiwan for a second straight day. ... Read More

India - Integrated Air Defense Weapon System (IADWS) and Related Equipment and Support The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to India of an Integrated Air Defense Weapon System (IADWS) for an estimated cost of $1.867 billion. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale on February 7, 2020. ... Read More

Coronavirus Death Toll Tops 1,000 The coronavirus death toll in China has hit an unhappy milestone, topping 1,000 after the center of the outbreak, Hubei province, reported another 103 deaths Monday. ... Read More

Xi Jinping Dons Face Mask as Beijing Residents Are Told to Stay Home Authorities in the Chinese capital placed heavy restrictions on the movements of the city's 21 million residents on Monday, as President Xi Jinping appeared in public wearing a face mask. ... Read More

U.S. Navy, Japan Maritime Self Defense Force Sign Logistics Interoperability Framework Vice Adm. Rick Williamson, deputy chief of naval operations for fleet readiness and logistics (N4), and Rear Adm. Masatomi Dairiki, director general of the Logistics Department of the Maritime Support Office, Japan Maritime Self Defense Force, signed a revised framework to improve cooperation and interoperability for maritime logistics Feb 5 at the Pentagon. ... Read More

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