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US abandoned over USD 7 bn military equipment in Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 29 (ANI): American troops left behind USD 7.12 billion worth of military hardware in Afghanistan after they pulled out from the war-ravaged country, in August last year, the US Department of Defense said.
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US transfers prisoner from Guantanamo Bay prison to Algeria
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 3 (ANI/Sputnik): Another detainee will be transferred from the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camp to Algeria, the US Department of Defense announced on Saturday.
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US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin tests positive for COVID-19 with mild
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 3 (ANI): US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has contracted COVID-19 and will remain quarantined at home for at least five days, he said in a statement released by the US Department of Defense on Sunday (local time).
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Chinese village in Arunachal constructed over years on land occupied by PL
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 9 (ANI): The "large 100-home civilian village" mentioned in a Pentagon report was built over the years in the area in Arunanchal Pradesh that was occupied by the People's Liberation Army (PLA) after overrunning an Assam Rifles post in 1959, clarified sources in th
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At height of border standoff with India, China installed fibre-optic netwo
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 4 (ANI): Chinese military installed a fibre optic network in remote areas of the western Himalayas region, during the height of the border standoff with India in 2020, for increased protection from foreign interception, a Pentagon report said on Wednesday.
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China intends to have at least 1,000 nuclear warheads by 2030, warns Penta
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 3 (ANI): A new Pentagon report has revealed that China is rapidly expanding the number of its nuclear delivery platforms, and constructing the infrastructure necessary to support its nuclear expansion over the next decade.
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US to send three battalions - two Marines, one Army to help evacuate embas
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 13 (ANI): The US Department of Defense on Thursday (local time) announced that it will be sending more than three battalions - two Marine, one Army -- currently in the US Central Command area of responsibility within two days to Afghanistan.
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US air force strikes facilities of pro-Iranian militants near Syria-Iraq b
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], June 28 (ANI): US military aircraft have struck facilities of the Iranian-backed militants in the Syrian-Iraqi border region, the US Department of Defense said on Sunday (local time).
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Pentagon pulling out missile defense, military hardware from Saudi Arabia,
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 20 (ANI): Headquarters of the US Department of Defense, the Pentagon is pulling missile defense systems and other military hardware and personnel from Saudi Arabia and other countries in the Middle East.
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China providing Venezuela with powerful military hardware: Reports
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Caracas [Venezuela], June 3 (ANI): Although the Venezuelan Navy has not been a top concern for the US Department of Defense, reports have emerged that China is supplying Venezuela with some rather powerful weapons that could shift the balance of power in the region.
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US sends more reinforcements for Afghan pullout: Pentagon
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], May 7 (ANI): Additional troops and capabilities have been transferred to the region to boost security, which includes six additional B-52 Long Range Strike bombers and a package of 12 fighter bombers, the US Department of Defense said in a statement on Thursday.
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US Department of Defense confirms visuals of 'unidentified aerial phenomen
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 16 (ANI): The US Department of Defense has confirmed that leaked photos and video of "unidentified aerial phenomena" taken in 2019 are indeed legitimate images of unexplained objects.
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