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Pentagon says Iranian drone struck tanker ship in Indian Ocean: Report
Washington: The Pentagon has said that an Iranian drone on Saturday struck a chemical tanker in the Indian Ocean, Reuters reported. “The motor vessel CHEM PLUTO, a Liberia-flagged, Japanese-owned, and Netherlands-operated chemical…
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US to send additional troops to Middle East: Pentagon
Washington DC: Amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, the United States is sending additional troops to the US Central Command region, which covers the Middle East and parts of Africa,…
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Majority of deployed Chinese forces remain in place along the LAC: Pentagon
New Delhi: Following the 2020 clash, China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has maintained continuous force presence and continued infrastructure build up along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with India, the Pentagon…
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Pentagon to change security policies following classified documents leak: Report
Washington: The Pentagon is set to change its security policies after dozens of classified files were published online in April, a media report said on Thursday. According to a senior defence officials,…
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PM Modi’s US visit to elevate bilateral ties: Pentagon
Washington: Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s visit to the US this month will set new benchmarks for bilateral ties and big announcements are likely to be made on defence industrial cooperation and boosting…
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China to quickly gain air superiority in Taiwan attack, US leaks warn
London: China would probably establish air superiority very rapidly in any attack on Taiwan, according to leaked US intelligence assessments that raise disturbing questions about the self-ruled island’s military readiness, media reports…
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Pentagon releases selfie taken by US pilot of Chinese spy balloon
Wshington: The US Department of Defense (DOD) has released a selfie image taken by an American pilot which shows the suspected Chinese spy balloon that was shot down earlier this month. The…
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Pentagon awards $9 bn Cloud project to Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Oracle
San Francisco: Ending the bitter Cloud war, the Pentagon has awarded its multi-billion dollar Cloud-computing contract to all the major players — Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Oracle – that can reach up…
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Beijing’s stockpile of nuclear warheads has nearly doubled since 2020: Pentagon
Washington: Beijing accelerated its nuclear weapons program last year and has nearly doubled its supply of warheads since 2020 to past 400, a size that US military planners did not expect to…
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SpaceX withdraws request for Pentagon to fund Starlink in Ukraine: Musk
San Francisco: Tech billionaire Elon Musk announced that SpaceX has withdrawn its funding request to the Pentagon to begin footing the cost for satellite internet services Starlink for Ukraine. Musk’s tweet followed…
