Defense

China is devoting enormous efforts — from submarines to ballistic missiles — to destroy America’s aircraft carriers. The strategy prompted a U.S. think tank to ask why America couldn’t do the same and sink China’s growing fleet of carriers. The think tank, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, devised a plan to target Chinese carriers by using many of the same tactics that…

The U.S. Department of State said on Thursday it had approved the potential sale of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lightning II fighter jets to Saudi Arabia, as the kingdom is drawn deeper into war in the Middle East. A sale would mark a significant policy shift from the U.S., potentially altering the balance of military power in the Middle East and testing Washington’s definition of maintaining its…

PARIS – The United Kingdom must strengthen naval readiness to keep the Atlantic open and protect the sea lanes, undersea cables and energy infrastructure vital to the country, the chief of the Royal Navy said. Britain faces threats not seen since the Cold War, with Russia increasingly probing the North Atlantic and around critical underwater infrastructure, First Sea Lord Gen. Gwyn Jenkins said…

KYIV, Ukraine — The possibility of an adversary detonating a nuclear weapon in space to disrupt U.S. satellite infrastructure and the global communications networks that rely on it is no longer a remote scenario, according to multiple officials — and American forces are not prepared for it, strategists found after bringing former officials together to war-game their responses to a potential…