Arms race

U.S. military officials have warned that America is lagging behind China and Russia in hypersonic weapons development.

Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz doubled down on his calls for a U.S. Space Force to take on extraterrestrial pirates and existential threats.

The U.S. and China spent about $899 billion between them in 2018.

The broadcast, aired Sunday evening, said Russia would be able to hit its targets in five minutes using hypersonic missiles.

"Ending the INF Treaty is a gift to Russia," said Democratic Senator Chris Murphy.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Friday that the United States would suspend participation in the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty.

The president previously called the decision the "most significant investment in our military and our war fighters in modern history."

Artificial intelligence could have an adverse affect on nuclear warfare in as little as 22 years.

Putin showed off a video of 'Satan 2' striking what appeared to be the U.S.

"The launch went according to plan: the hypersonic missile hit its target," Russia's defense ministry stated.

"We're in a bit of a death spiral that is very concerning."

The president has a radical plan to win the ongoing AI arms race.

Secretary of Defense James Mattis is traveling through Indonesia and Vietnam on a trip to help bolster U.S. influence in the region and woo several countries away from Russia and China.

AI is a new type of beast, and we need to keep engaging with it, not just reacting to it.

If the U.S. can't sustain its monopoly on the development of precision missile systems, it will be increasingly vulnerable in the western Pacific.

Moscow's envoy to NATO has renewed criticism of a plan to shore up Eastern European defenses.

"We will outmatch them at every pass and outlast them all," Trump said in an interview, after his controversial Tweet that called for an expansion of nuclear weapon capabilities.

Pyongyang has tested something, but it's unlikely to be a full-blown H-bomb.

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