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Trump to rebrand Pentagon as 'Department of War' through executive order:
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
US President Donald Trump is set to sign an order renaming the Department of Defense as the Department of War, CNN reported. The move, previewed with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, follows Trump's remarks that the original name reflected America's military history and purpose.
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US: Pentagon to conduct comprehensive review of 2021 withdrawal from Afgh
Updated : 9 months, 4 weeks ago IST
The US Department of Defense has announced a comprehensive review of the 2021 military withdrawal from Afghanistan, which resulted in the deaths of 13 US service members and 170 civilians in a suicide bombing at Kabul airport.
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US report warns of China's preparation for potential Taiwan invasion
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
The report said that China is taking steps to prepare for an invasion of Taiwan, adding that last year Beijing "continued to erode longstanding norms in and around Taiwan by employing a range of pressure tactics against Taiwan." raising concerns about China's intentions regarding Taiwan
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US has 2,000 troops in Syria, increase from previous 900, says Pentagon
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
"We have been briefing [the media] regularly that there are approximately 900 U.S. troops in Syria," Pentagon Spokesperson Pat Ryder told reporters on Thursday.
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Common Crawl Foundation and Constellation Network Announce Partnership to
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
San Francisco [US], October 25: The Common Crawl Foundation, a non-profit organization founded in 2007, dedicated to providing a copy of the internet to the public, and Constellation Network, a Web3 blockchain ecosystem notable for providing solutions to the US Department of Defense today an
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Israel Defense Ministry Director General holds meetings in Washington
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The Director General of the Israel Ministry of Defense (IMoD) Maj.-Gen. (Res.) Eyal Zamir concluded a working visit to Washington D.C., on Thursday after meetings with US Department of Defense (DOD) and Department of State (DOS) leadership and Lockheed Martin and Boeing executives.
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Satellite software leader Antaris announces close of preferred seed fundin
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Los Altos (California) [US], September 6: Antaris, the software platform for space, announced the company has closed a preferred seed funding round of $3.5 million, led by California-based Streamlined Ventures. In conjunction with its initial seed and seed extension rounds, Antaris has now r
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Deterrence against China is the goal for US military
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
RAND’s analysts gloomily assessed that US all-domain military “superiority is gone, surely with respect to China, but in significant ways with respect to the forces of other, less powerful adversaries as well, and it is not coming back … And herein lies the nub of the problem: Neither today’
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China's relentless military build-up comes under scrutiny
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Indeed, Chinese Ministry of National Defense (MND) spokesperson Senior Colonel Tan Kefei evocatively alleged that the report was "distorting China's national defence policy and military strategy, groundlessly speculating about China's military development, and grossly interfering in China's
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Republicans pursuing audit of Ukraine aid from US Congress
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
This comes as the Biden administration has provided more than USD 20 billion in military assistance to Kyiv, as well as about USD 10 billion in humanitarian assistance and about USD 13 billion in economic assistance, The Hill reported.
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India's Defence ministry is world's biggest employer: 'Statista' report
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Statista is a Hamburg-based private organisation that provides data and statistics about various issues worldwide. After India's Defence Ministry, a close second is the US Department of Defense which employs 2.91 million people.
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US provides USD 450 mln drawdown of new US military aid for Ukraine
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 24 (ANI): US has authorized another drawdown of arms and equipment from US Department of Defense inventories for Ukraine's defense, State Department said in a press release.
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