Republicans press Pentagon for long-range interceptors. New intelligence indicates that North Korea is moving ahead with building its first road-mobile intercontinental ballistic missile, an easily hidden weapon capable of hitting the United States, according to Obama administration officials. The intelligence was revealed in a classified Capitol Hill briefing last month. Its existence was made public... 

US Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Defence Secretary Leon E. Panetta, during a press conference at the Pentagon, Aug. 4, 2011. The fast increasing military might of China is a growing concern for the US, a top Pentagon official said. “Having just visited China recently, certainly both South Korea and Japan; we’re all concerned with sustaining continued stability...