China Builds on Reefs in the South China Sea

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A massive land reclamation project into the politically charged South China Sea has a US Admiral questioning China’s territorial expansion plans as it turns previously submerged reefs in the Spratlys archipelago into artificial islands with buildings, runways and wharves, reports Military.com.

An FBI report on the men, dressed as women, who crashed the NSA gate Sunday night suggests, reports The Hill, the NSA was not a target and earlier media reports correct suggesting the men made a wrong turn.

Two Southern Maryland Senators signed on as co-sponsors to state legislation urging NASA to study Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, five miles south of the Maryland border on the Eastern shore, as a launch and landing site for commercial booster rockets and spacecraft.

In the wake of reports that F/A-18s and Growlers couldn’t carry additional external fuel tanks using the Navy’s new carrier-based electromagnetic catapult system, the service announced plans to fix the glitch with software, reports Defense Tech.

Next-gen carriers and amphibious assault ships are getting a new radar, Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar, or EASR, cost savings and commonality are cited as reasons for the switch, reports DoD Buzz.

White House lifts hold on arms sales to Egypt, reports Defense News.

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) introduced legislation to allow veterans  access to non-VA mental healthcare if the agency is not giving them “adequate or timely” care, reports The Hill.

ABCnet.Australia has video aboard the USS Carl Vinson in the Persian Gulf, including the F-18s hading into and back from the fight against ISIS.

Follow this: if you’re an alcoholic,  you should drink more coffee, it will help protect your liver, reports Diabetes Insider.