news about Pentagon
Jul 18, 2019 12:06
The announcement comes amid continuing rancorous debate regarding Trump’s immigration policies and the treatment of undocumented migrants who have been apprehended while trying to cross into the US. read more
Jul 13, 2019 13:46
The Pentagon has long promised to cut off Turkey from buying -- and helping to build -- Lockheed Martin Corp.’s F-35 fighter jets. But that’s not all. read more
Jul 10, 2019 11:19
Two Bradley fighting vehicles flanked Trump during his July Fourth speech last week, in which he praised American military might despite having himself avoided the draft during the Vietnam War with bone spurs in his feet. read more
Jun 23, 2019 08:57
Esper, the secretary of the US Army who served in its much-heralded 101st Airborne Division, will bring the soldiering experience to the Department of Defense that former acting chief Patrick Shanahan lacked. read more
Jun 21, 2019 17:43
The Trump administration offered no immediate public account of the thinking behind the last-minute halt in U.S. preparations for retaliation, amid sharply escalating tensions between the two countries. read more
Jun 21, 2019 09:48
The US was planning to hit “a handful of Iranian targets, like radar and missile batteries” , The New York Times said, citing senior administration officials, but the plan was suddenly aborted in its early stages. read more
Jun 20, 2019 22:53
The Pentagon released a video of the shot drone over the Strait of Hormuz, and also gave more details to saying the aircraft was at least 34 miles from the Iranian coast at the time it was hit. read more
Jun 05, 2019 17:21
The comments come amid heightened tension between the two countries, after Trump blamed the Islamic Republic for recent violence in the Middle East. read more
Jun 05, 2019 08:46
The foreign minister has to figure out ways to arrest the slide in the India-US bilateral ties. read more
Jun 03, 2019 23:51
The US has been focusing on the Indo-Pacific to forge closer security ties with India and to ensure a rules-based order and freedom of navigation in the area ranging from its western coast to the western shores of India read more
May 23, 2019 19:55
The Pentagon presentation is slated for Thursday, but it was not known if President Donald Trump will attend the briefing. read more
Apr 23, 2019 16:23
China’s last naval battles were with Vietnam in the South China Sea in 1974 and 1988, though these were relatively minor skirmishes. Chinese ships have also participated in international anti-piracy patrols off Somalia since late 2008. read more
Apr 15, 2019 09:40
The bill declares that US Central Command forces in West Asia and any organizations or bodies working under them against Iran are terrorists. read more
Apr 12, 2019 09:03
China and Russia are determined to replace the current free and open world order with an insular system, John Richardson, Chief of Naval Operations asserted. read more