Security News This Week: AI-Controlled Fighter Jets Are Dogfighting With Human Pilots Now

Plus: New York’s legislature suffers a cyberattack, police disrupt a global phishing operation, and Apple removes encrypted messaging apps in China. Read More

US-Chinese military talks resume on safety in the air and at sea after a nearly 2-year break

U.S. and Chinese defense officials have met for the first time in nearly two years to discuss unsafe and aggressive ... routine operations over the South China Sea in international airspace. Read More

US-Chinese military talks resume on safety in the air and at sea

(Department of Defense via AP) For the first time in nearly two years, U.S. and Chinese defense officials met this week to discuss unsafe ... operations over the South China Sea in international ... Read More

Chinese Military

There is "no doubt" tensions between the U.S., the Philippines and China could escalate in the South China Sea ... Chinese vessel "executed maneuvers in an unsafe manner" close to the U.S. Navy ... Read More

Old fighter jet photos surface in posts about military planes damaged in Taiwan quake

After several Taiwanese military aircraft suffered minor scratches during the island's strongest earthquake in 25 years in April 2024, social media posts falsely claimed two old photos showed the ... Read More

US weighs selling new fighter jets, missiles and guidance kits to Israel

The U.S. government is considering major new weapons sales to Israel of fighter jets, air-to-air missiles ... not comment on potential future sales. News of the potentially pending agreements ... Read More

China Concerned as US-Allied Neighbor Prepares To Export Fighter Jets

China signaled unease this week after the Japanese government took steps to one day export advanced fighter jets it is developing with two NATO members. "These moves trigger serious concerns among ... Read More

Chinese fighter jet crashes into homes, killing 1 on ground

Foreign governments have recently complained of reckless flying by Chinese fighter jets they ... air force plane conducting aerial surveillance in the South China Sea. The Chinese J-16 ... Read More

US quietly signs off more bombs, fighter jets for Israel: US media

The U.S. government has authorized the transfer of billions of U.S. dollars worth of bombs and fighter jets to Israel ... House and Netanyahu's government over a potential ground operation ... Read More

US fighter jets strike storage facilities in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. fighter jets from the USS Dwight D ... said the ship is in the Red Sea. Strikes and explosions were seen and heard in Sanaa on Friday night, according to witnesses ... Read More

Yellen says US-China relationship on 'more stable footing' but more can be done to improve ties

China had cut off talks on a range of issues in anger over a visit by then U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan in 2022. Tensions were further inflamed by a Chinese balloon that traversed ... Read More

US-Chinese Military Talks Resume on Safety in the Air and at Sea After a Nearly 2-Year Break

WASHINGTON — For the first time in nearly two years, U.S. and Chinese defense officials met this week to discuss unsafe and ... routine operations over the South China Sea in international ... Read More