Think Tank Sees Signs North Korea Is Expanding Its Nuclear Weapons Work

While Washington is focused on Edward Snowden, Vladimir Putin, Egypt’s political unrest and Iran’s new president, what is North Korea up to? One Washington-based think tank believes the outlaw regime in Pyongyang is increasing its ability to enrich uranium, the key to its nuclear weapons program. “Recent satellite imagery of the Yongbyon nuclear complex in…

New Arms Are Popping Up All Over The Pacific. HASC Told That’s ‘Worrisome.’

Lawmakers and analysts on Wednesday described the Obama administration’s Asia-Pacific “pivot” as still unclear and a bit contradictory. But the most attention-grabbing portion of a House Armed Services Committee hearing on the pivot focused on what several analysts told the panel: New combat hardware is popping up all over the Asia-Pacific realm. Patrick Cronin, senior…