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 by Tauren Dyson Washington (UPI) Oct 23, 2018
NORAD and U.S. Northern Command will partner with the Canadian Joint Operations Command to conduct their 13th annual homeland defense exercise, Vigilant Shield 19, from their home bases at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado on Oct. 24-28, 2018. The rapid response event will deploy more than 5,500 personnel across air, land, maritime, space and cyber to test and grade the ability of NORAD, USNORTHCOM and the Canadian Joint Operations Command to defend the homeland during an attack, U.S. Northern Command said on Tuesday. The event is a Command Post Exercise that uses simulated forces and requires the commander, staff and communications to operate within and between headquarters. NORAD is a bi-national command shared by the U.S. and Canada, in charge of aerospace warning and control missions over North America. USNORTHCOM brings together the U.S. Army North, U.S. Navy North, U.S. Marine Forces North and Special Operations Command North to defend the homeland, and cooperates with civil support and security to protect and secure U.S. interests. In September, NORAD and USNORTHCOM teamed up to support FEMA during the aftermath of Hurricane Florence. "The homeland is no longer a sanctuary and conducting exercises like Vigilant Shield is just one example of the many active measures taken every day by NORAD and USNORTHCOM as we continue enhancing our ability to defend our nations," Air Force Gen. Terrence O'Shaughnessy, NORAD and USNORTHCOM Commander, said in a statement.
Security scare briefly locks down US nuclear weapons facility The incident at the Pantex Plant in Amarillo, Texas occurred just before noon (1800 GMT), when a routine inspection identified "a potential concern with a vehicle," the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) said in a statement. "As a precaution, all employees were sheltered in place." Police were called and authorities closed roads around the facility for about an hour while officials investigated. "After searching the vehicle, it was determined there were no prohibited items or explosives, and the emergency event was resolved without incident," the NNSA said. The plant is operated by government contractors and is the nation's primary one of six facilities for the assembly and dismantlement of nuclear weapons. A recording on the plant's phone system said it was operating normally after what was initially described as a "security event."
Trump says US ready to bolster nuclear arsenal after vowing treaty pullout Washington (AFP) Oct 23, 2018 President Donald Trump said Monday the United States is ready to build up its nuclear arsenal after announcing it is abandoning a Cold War-era nuclear treaty, as Russia warned the withdrawal could cripple global security. Trump sparked concern globally at the weekend by saying he wanted to jettison the three-decade-old Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) signed former US president Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet leader. In explaining his decision, Trump told repor ... read more
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