'The Pentagon has again made China one of America's causes for anxiety, creating tension in the air in Washington, ' said China Daily in a scathing editorial.
President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Kash Patel, a close confidante, as the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). This appointment would make Patel the highest-ranking Indian American in Trump's incoming administration. Patel has previously served in various roles in the Trump administration, including Chief of Staff at the Department of Defense, Deputy Director of National Intelligence, and Senior Director for Counterterrorism at the National Security Council. Trump praised Patel's work in uncovering the "Russia, Russia, Russia Hoax" and his commitment to "bringing back Fidelity, Bravery, and Integrity to the FBI." Patel, who has extensive experience in law enforcement and national security, is known for his work on the Russia investigation and his criticism of the "deep state."
Among others, China is developing the strategically located Gwadar port in Balochistan, which is aimed towards having a military presence, says a Pentagon report
The US defence department on Thursday insisted that its air strike that killed 11 Pakistani soldiers along the Afghanistan border was a "legitimate" act after an angry Islamabad summoned the American ambassador to protest against the "unprovoked and cowardly" attack.
The move comes soon after US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris directed towards mobilisation of American resources to assist India to tackle the unprecedented health crisis in the wake of the deadly second wave of coronavirus.
The United States has called for a 21 day ceasefire on the Israel-Lebanon border to prevent an escalation of war and give diplomacy a chance there and in Gaza.
The Pentagon on Tuesday called India a pivotal player in the region saying that the country was a very important strategic partner of the United States.
According to the Pentagon report, the PLA is creating options for dissuading, deterring, and defeating external intervention in the Indo-Pacific region.
India will continue to be a strategic partner for the United States despite concerns over its ties with Russia, the Biden Administration has said.
The recent Pentagon report on Indo-United States military-to-military ties signifies America's commitment for strengthening relations with India, top US senators have said.
The United States is looking forward to work with the new head of Inter-Services Intelligence of Pakistan, Pentagon said, noting the US-Pak relationship is critical for the region and Afghanistan.
Senior Pentagon officials have gone to bat for the Pakistani military defending even its slow counter-insurgency mobilization efforts against the Taliban and its entrenched threat perception vis--vis India.
The FBI is investigating a mid-level Pentagon official for allegedly passing on secrets to Israel.
Donald Rumsfeld is also mulling over the possibility of monetarily compensating the Iraqi prisoners who have been wronged.
A village built by China along the Line of Actual Control in the Arunachal Pradesh sector and mentioned in a recent Pentagon report, is in territory controlled by that country, sources in the security establishment in New Delhi said on Tuesday.
The Pentagon on Tuesday said that it has expressed "deepest regret" on the loss of life due to cross border fire on November 26, but declined to comment if there was any move by the United States to apologise for the incident that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers.
"His remains were disposed of appropriately in accordance with our SOP (standard operating procedure) and the law of armed conflict," the top general said.
This will be Carter's sixth meeting with Parrikar, and comes just weeks after India was designated a major defence partner of the United States.
United States President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday announced the nomination of popular Fox News host and Army veteran Pete Hegseth, 44, as his defence secretary.
China's official defence budget last year was $136.3 billion while that of India was $38.2 billion.
This is the first time in decades that China has made its flight test of an intercontinental ballistic missile public in an apparent show of strategic deterrence, State-run China Daily reported.
China is improving its capacity for operations in cyberspace and developing capabilities to use internet for offensive operations, the Pentagon has said.
Vikram J Singh, who was the senior defense adviser to Richard Holbrooke, the erstwhile United States special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, has been appointed to a key Pentagon post -- deputy assistant secretary of defense for south and Southeast Asia.
America's ability to deal with a nuclear attack has been eroded over the years and the country is woefully unprepared for any kind of nuclear attack, a Pentagon report has suggested.
Terming Defence Secretary Leon Panetta's recent India visit as highly successful, the Pentagon on Monday refuted the Taliban statement that New Delhi resisted his call for greater Indian involvement in Afghanistan.
On March 14, a Russian Su-27 jet collided with a US MQ-9 Reaper drone over the Black Sea.
United States President Joe Biden, while commemorating the 23rd anniversary of 9/11 terror attacks at a fire station, donned a red hat that read 'TRUMP 2024', a gesture the White House has termed a show of bipartisan unity.
The Pentagon has alleged that Russia continues to provide the separatists fighting in eastern Ukraine with heavy weapons and other military equipment, in addition to financing.
The United States Senate has unanimously approved the nomination of Leon Panetta, the Central Investigation Agency director, to be the next Pentagon chief. He would succeed Robert Gates, who is one of longest serving US Defence Secretary.
Days after a Pentagon report said Beijing built a large village in a disputed territory in the Arunachal Pradesh sector, India on Thursday said it has neither accepted any illegal occupation of its territory by China nor has it accepted unjustified Chinese claims.
As Pakistan combats the terrorist threat along the Af-Pak border by moving about one lakh troops from its India border, a top Pentagon official told United States lawmakers on Thursday that Washington needs to reassure Islamabad that it is not exposing itself to increased risk along its eastern border.
Al-Qaeda splinter group the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, which has carved out a large fiefdom along the Iraqi-Syrian border, poses a "legitimate threat" to the capital city of Baghdad, a top Pentagon official has said.
The White House and the Pentagon have denounced Republican presidential aspirant Donal Trump's call for a ban on the entry of Muslims into the United States, saying the anti-Muslim rhetoric undermines America's national security.
The Pentagon has ruled out any move to ban the sale of the controversial book on the killing of Osama bin Laden, which it says has been written by a former navy SEAL in breach of contractual obligations and contains classified information.
The Iranian missile attack on Israel appears to have been defeated and ineffective, United States President Joe Biden said, hours after Tehran fired nearly 200 missiles at Israel.
The Pentagon has said that it is not aware of any potential sale of F-22 fighter jets to India.
After a tense seven-month standoff, Pakistan has allowed two United States military liaison officers back on its turf, a move largely seen as a small but "significant" sign of cooperation.
The instructor has been removed from his teaching job at the Joint Forces Staff College in Norfolk, Virginia, an official said, citing the outcome of an inquiry by Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey
China does not have to give up what it took in 2020, it will never give up its claim to Arunachal Pradesh, Ladakh and other areas, and it has all the time now to plan its next surprise, points out Lieutenant General Prakash Katoch (retd).
Faced with a $487 billion slash in its budget over the next 10 years, the Pentagon has announced that it will downsize its military forces by 100,000, even as Defence Secretary Leon Panetta asserted that United States will remain a force to contend with anytime and anywhere.
