Pentagon

The UK foreign secretary has rejected Pentagon leaks suggesting that Britain was indirectly responsible for the mass casualties of a deadly attack at Kabul airport amid evacuation operations last week. Dominic Raab said on Tuesday that…

The death of former Pentagon chief Donald Rumsfeld has rekindled memories of torture and abuse in US wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, with rights groups, reporters and others calling attention to US wars and torture. Rumsfeld died at the…

The temporary installation and integration of the US Aegis Ashore system with missile defense batteries in Poland has allowed a series of tests prior to the system’s permanent deployment, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) said. “The…

The Pentagon says it is tracking a large Chinese rocket that is “out of control” and expected to plunge back through the atmosphere this weekend. According to a statement from Defense Department spokesperson Mike Howard, the Chinese…

The Pentagon has agreed to hold thousands of detained unaccompanied migrant children at two US military facilities in Texas as President Joe Biden has come under mounting criticism over his handling of humanitarian crisis at the at the…

Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin has threatene North Korea with a war after Pyongyang denounced the resumption of drills between the US and South Korea. “Our force remains ready to ‘fight tonight,’ and we continue to make progress toward the…

Commander of the US European Command said despite sanctions imposed on Moscow, Russia remains an existential threat to the US and its European allies. At the Air Force Association’s Aerospace Warfare Symposium, Air Force General Tod D.…

The US Department of Defense (DoD) shares the Strategic Command (STRATCOM) chief’s concerns about a possible nuclear war with Russia or China, but does not want an escalation “on that scale”, Pentagon press secretary John Kirby told…

US President Donald Trump directed the Pentagon to reverse their decision to remove a US aircraft carrier to leave the Middle East amid tensions with Iran, according to a report. Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller ordered…

US President Donald Trump has fired his defense secretary, Mark Esper, amid political chaos gripping his administration after his refusal to concede the election defeat. Trump said in a tweet on Monday that Esper had been “terminated”…

The United States plans to withdraw 12,000 military personnel from Germany and deploy them to other locations, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper told reporters on Wednesday. “The current EUCOM plan re-positions approximately…

The US government’s $3 trillion effort to rescue the economy from the coronavirus crisis is stirring worry at the Pentagon. Bulging federal deficits may force a reversal of years of big defense spending gains and threaten prized projects…

The US military is removing Patriot antimissile systems from Saudi Arabia as part of a shift of forces and equipment in the region, a US official confirmed. The Wall Street Journal first reported o Thursday that Washington is moving…

The Department of Defence said in a press release on Wednesday that 82 additional military personnel have contracted the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total to 3,578. Eighty-five US service members are currently…

The US military has so far recorded 2,528 cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), a rise of around 800 since Friday, the Department of Defence announced on Monday. The numbers of deaths in the US military from the virus now stands…