The Chinese military has “the world’s leading” hypersonic missile arsenal, weapons that are helping it to operate “deeper into the Indo-Pacific region”, according to the Pentagon’s latest assessment of its rival’s armed forces. In its annual report to the US Congress on Wednesday, the Department of Defence said the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) remained focused…
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Oracle — The database software company slid roughly 7% after posting fiscal second-quarter earnings and revenue that lagged analysts’ estimates. Oracle also issued guidance for the current quarter, calling for revenue growth of 7% to 9% and adjusted earnings of $1.50 to $1.54 per share, saying…
Homeschoolers work on projects at LBJ Library. Photo credit: LBJ Library. By DAVID BOYLE The Alaska State Board of Education passed a resolution last month on the use of cell phones in school classrooms. The board stated that cell phones in the classroom interfere with students’ ability to maintain attention and engagement in classrooms. That would…
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A flood warning was issued Saturday after an outburst from a glacial lake in Alaska’s capital. Suicide Basin is a side basin of the Mendenhall Glacier above the city of Juneau. Since 2011 it has released glacier lake outburst floods each year that cause inundation along Mendenhall Lake and Mendenhall River….
Two Chinese coast guard ships returned home on Thursday following the conclusion of a joint mission with their Russian counterparts that saw them reach the Arctic Ocean. The ships left on September 13 from Zhoushan, a city in the eastern province of Zhejiang in China. They traveled more than 17,000 nautical miles during the 35-day…
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — In a storyline better befitting a melodrama than a popularity vote, Grazer won her second Fat Bear Contest Tuesday by defeating the male behemoth that killed her cub this summer. Grazer beat Chunk by more than 40,000 votes cast by fans watching live cameras atexplore.org of Alaska’s Katmai National Park and…
The China Coast Guard’s first entry into the Arctic Sea during joint operations with its Russian counterpart showed an ability to operate far from its coast and a heightened level of cooperation with Moscow, analysts said. The vessels’ entry into the sea on Tuesday coincided with the National Day holiday marking the 75th anniversary of…
The United States has deployed at least three warships near Alaska to support homeland defense operations as China and Russia began a joint patrol in the Northern Pacific Ocean. Photos released by the U.S. Navy show that destroyers USS Kidd and USS Sterett, as well as cruiser USS Lake Erie, conducted homeland defense operations in…
The United States Coast Guard encountered four vessels from the Russian and Chinese counterparts near Alaska on Saturday as they transited toward the Arctic Ocean for patrols. A U.S. Coast Guard HC-130J long-range surveillance aircraft spotted two Russian border guard ships and two Chinese coast guard ships approximately 440 miles southwest of St. Lawrence Island…
China’s presence in the Northern Pacific Ocean, which borders the United States coast off Alaska, has been growing as its coast guard fleet continues to patrol the area for fisheries law enforcement. According to Chinese state media, China has deployed its coast guard ships since 2015, when the Convention on the Conservation and Management of…