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Russian efforts to weaken the West through a relentless campaign of information warfare may be starting to pay off, cracking a key bastion of the U.S. line of defense: the military.

Defense Secretary Dr. Mark T. Esper discussed issues ranging from the budget and National Defense Strategy to global Defense Department activities today at the Reagan National Defense Forum in Simi Valley, California.

At least two B-52 Stratofortress strategic bombers believed to have taken off from the US' Andersen Air Force Base in Guam flew over parts of the East China Sea Thursday, according to Taiwanese newspapers.