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Pentagon strikes USD 12 billion jet deal with Qatar
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], June 15 (ANI): As Qatar faces regional isolation due to the ongoing diplomatic rift with its Middle-Eastern neighbours, the United States confirmed the sale of F-15 fighters worth USD 12 billion to Qatar, according to CNN.
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Pentagon to be granted authority for decisions over troop deployment in Af
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], June 14 (ANI): The White House is expected to grant Pentagon full authority to decide over the number of U.S. troops deployed in Afghanistan.
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Pentagon says China's PLA expanding its global footprint
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington DC [U.S.A.], June 13 (ANI): The Pentagon released its annual report to the US Congress entitled Military and Security Developments Involving the People's Republic of China 2017 on 6 June. The highlight of this report is that in the Pentagon's view the People Liberation A
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Beijing terms Pentagon report on its expanding global military role as irr
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China] June 8 (ANI): China has termed the annual U.S. Defence Department report about Beijing's expanding global military presence as "irresponsible", and added that it remains justified in safeguarding its sovereignty and territorial integrity.
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Threat for India as China plans to establish its military base in Pakistan
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [United States], June 7 (ANI): After building its first overseas military base in the African nation of Djibouti, China is now planning to establish its military base in Pakistan and other countries with which it has a longstanding friendly relationship and similar strategic
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Pentagon announces ICBM interceptor system a success
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 31 (ANI): The Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency said on Tuesday that it successfully shot down a mock nuclear warhead simulating the speed and range of a potential North Korean intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).
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Civilian deaths in war against Islamic State inevitable: Pentagon head
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D. C. [USA], May 29 (ANI): U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis on Sunday said that civilian casualties in the fight against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) are inevitable even as the U.S. forces "do everything humanly possible" to prevent them.
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US to launch 'first ever' missile test to counter Pyongyang
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 27 (ANI): The Pentagon has announced plans to test its first-of-its-kind missile intercept in the next week that would involve shooting down an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) - similar to what North Korea recently launched.
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Pentagon chief Mattis questions Syria 'Safe Zones'
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], May 9 (ANI): United States Secretary of Defence James Mattis questioned the plan on Syrian safe zones, citing Washington was going to study Moscow's proposal.
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Days after 9/11: The ordeal Osama bin Laden's wives, children faced
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
London[U.K.], May 8 (ANI): The world's once most wanted man Osama bin Laden, who changed the face of terrorism by orchestrating the September 11 attacks on the twin towers of the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in which around 3,000 people were killed, tried to ensure that his famil
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U.S.-led fight on ISIS have killed 352 civilians: Pentagon
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. (U.S.), May 1 (ANI): As many as 352 civilians have been killed in U.S.-led strikes against Islamic State targets in Iraq and Syria since the operation began in 2014, the U.S. military said in a statement on Sunday.
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US warns North Korea after threat to sink American ship
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [U.S.], Apr. 24 (ANI): Following North Korea's threat to sink an American vessel, the Pentagon on Sunday called on Pyongyang to avoid destabilizing the situation further.
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