Sky-high Safety Net
NORAD identifies threats, enforces air restrictions THE WATCH STAFF They patrol the skies over the biggest events — Super Bowls, World Series games and rocket launches. More frequently, they intercept …
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First Lines of Defense
Military, intelligence collaboration protects homelands worldwide THE WATCH STAFF Military and intelligence-sharing cooperation agreements play prominent roles in the history of homeland defense. Friendly governments collaborated to uncover a Soviet …
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Dynamic Defense
NORAD Deputy Director of Operations: Analytics, all-domain awareness are pillars of homeland strategy The Watch spoke with Brig. Gen. Pete M. Fesler, deputy director of operations for the North American …
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The Highest Priority
A vigorous missile defense strategy is essential to security at home and abroad THE WATCH Staff In congressional testimony in 2019, top United States military officials painted a vivid picture …
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COVID-19: U.S. Military Meets the Challenge
THE WATCH Staff As the COVID-19 pandemic infected hundreds of thousands worldwide in late 2019 and early 2020, the U.S. military aggressively responded by assisting civil health authorities in tasks …
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Coronavirus Outbreaks
THE WATCH Staff COVID-19 is from the coronavirus family, which includes viruses that can cause the common cold and serious illnesses such as the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and …
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Space Waste
Working together to defend the planet from orbiting debris THE WATCH Staff China tested its anti-satellite capabilities in 2007 by purposely destroying a nonfunctional weather satellite with a surface-launched, …
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The storied history of Cheyenne Mountain
Brian D. Laslie, Ph.D. Photos by NORAD The idea of a hardened command center is older than the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) itself. It was January 15, 1956, when …
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Powerful Plans
Energy generation, resilience are key challenges for military logisticians THE WATCH Staff As the U.S. and its allies prepared to invade Iraq in 2003, nearly 85,000 pieces of cargo and 4,000 …
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ARCTIC OCEAN: Partners assess Arctic readiness in ICEX 2020
The Watch Staff Five nations and two U.S. Navy fast-attack submarines broke the Arctic ice in March 2020 to assess their operational readiness and train with other services, partners and …
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