Japan defense chief vows to enhance transport capacity with new unit

Defense Minister Gen Nakatani on Sunday pledged to strengthen the Self-Defense Forces’ transport capabilities to remote southern islands through a newly launched unit dedicated to maritime logistics amid growing tensions over the Taiwan Strait. “The unit will enable faster and more secure deployment of troops,” Nakatani said at a ceremony in the western city of…

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The Insecurities of Airman Teixeira and Secretary of Defense Hegseth

Photograph Source: Gage Skidmore – CC BY-SA 2.0 Massachuset’s Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira and Secretary of Defense PeteHegsmeth have little in common.  Teixeira is serving a 15-year sentence for leaking Pentagon documents on an unclassified web site called 4chan and on Twitter and Telegram.  He then posted printouts of the documents at his parent’s…

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