Pentagon

The Pentagon said that it was tracking a Chinese spy balloon flying over the United States that could be surveilling highly sensitive nuclear weapons sites. A senior US defense official told AFP that top military officials considered…
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America’s newest nuclear stealth bomber made its debut Friday after years of secret development and as part of the Pentagon’s answer to rising concerns over a future conflict with China. The B-21 Raider is the first new American bomber…
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The US Pentagon has stopped accepting new F-35 jets after it discovered a magnet used in the stealthy fighter’s engine was made with unauthorized material from China. The aircraft’s maker, Lockheed Martin, found a part used in the jet’s…
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A senior Pentagon official estimated Monday that as many as 80,000 Russians have been killed or wounded in Ukraine since the war began in late February. “The Russians have probably taken 70 or 80,000 casualties in less than six months,”…
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Ukraine has received fighter planes and aircraft parts to bolster its air force in the face of Russia’s invasion, the Pentagon said Tuesday, declining to specify the number of aircraft or their origin. The announcement comes a week after…
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Bound by shared values and a common vision for a free and open Indo-Pacific region, the United States and India will continue to chart an ambitious course in the bilateral defence partnership, the Pentagon said on Thursday. The Pentagon…
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The Pentagon has said that Russian forces are being frustrated by “unexpectedly stiff resistance” from the Ukrainian military which is keeping the former outside the captial Kyiv at a distance of around 30 kilometres. “We have indications…
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The Pentagon said Friday that the destruction and human cost of a full-scale incursion by Russian forces into Ukraine would be “horrific,” but that there was still time for diplomacy to avoid a war. “If that was unleashed on Ukraine, it…
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The US military will re-inforce deployments and bases directed at China and Russia, while maintaining forces in the Middle East adequate to deter Iran and jihadist groups, the Pentagon said Monday, referencing results of a review. The US…
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