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Esper: Flat Budget Could Speed Cutting of Legacy Programmes

Admin - May 6, 2020

Washington: US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said that departmental planners should look to cut legacy programmes first to preserve funding for modernisation in case Pentagon faces tighter budgets in the coming years. “Frankly, my...

Afghanistan Peace Process ‘Behind Schedule’, Says US Defense Secretary

Admin - May 5, 2020

Washington: With the Taliban not reducing violence in war-torn Afghanistan, US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said the peace process in that country is not going as quickly as expected. "It's behind schedule," Esper said...

Pentagon May Seek Coronavirus Funds in Next Relief Bill

Admin - May 2, 2020

Washington: The Department of Defense may seek billions of dollars in the next COVID-19 recovery bill because it may not have the flexibility to redirect portions of its US$738 billion budget, the Pentagon’s top...

Taliban Attacks in Afghanistan Surge after US Peace Deal

Admin - May 2, 2020

Kabul: Facing an emboldened Taliban and with less US military support, Afghan forces have suffered heavy casualties during a two-month surge in violence across the country that is threatening to jeopardise a fragile peace...

US Navy Warships Conduct Back-to-back Freedom-of-navigation Operations in South China Sea

Admin - May 2, 2020

Yokosuka Naval Base (Japan): In a move to counter China which has been active in the region, the guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill steamed near the disputed Spratly Islands on April 29 marking the...

India Initiates Move to Impose Sanctions on Pakistan, Suggests Think Tank

Admin - May 1, 2020

New Delhi: In a move to counter Pakistan’s continued encouragement to terrorists and posing a threat to this country’s national security, foreign policy and economy, India could initiate a policy to impose sanctions on...

Acting US Navy Secretary Orders Reinvestigation of Carrier Roosevelt COVID-19 Outbreak

Admin - April 30, 2020

Washington: The saga of the ouster of Captain Brett Crozier of the American Navy Aircraft Carrier Theodore Roosevelt does not appear to have ended as Acting Secretary of the Navy James McPherson said the...

USS Roosevelt Sailors Begin Moving Out of Quarantine, Back on Board the Aircraft Carrier

Admin - April 30, 2020

Washington: Hundreds of sailors who were evacuated from the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt in recent weeks have slowly begun boarding back the warship as it takes another step towards getting back to sea. About 4,000...

US Department of Defense Border Wall Funding Shift Hits Russia Deterrence Efforts

Admin - April 29, 2020

Washington: As part of its efforts to complete backlog of building projects at home which were deferred to pay for the border wall project of President Donald Trump, the Pentagon is moving to scuttle...

Pentagon Request for Cash Injection into Defence Industry Could Kick up Storm

Admin - April 28, 2020

Washington: As Pentagon seeks billions of dollars in a future package to combat the Coronavirus pandemic, it looks like the next massive relief bill will be swamped in a partisan fight. The Pentagon announced its...

Concern Among Nations as Undeterred by COVID-19, China Ramps up Aggressive Expansionism

Admin - April 27, 2020

New Delhi: Even as world battles the COVID-19 pandemic, China appears undeterred as it ramped up its aggressive expansionism both in the South China Sea as well as the Indian Ocean Region, causing ...

Non-citizen US Troops Sue Pentagon over Slowed Naturalisation Process

Admin - April 27, 2020

Washington: A class action lawsuit has been filed by six American troops on April 24 alleging the Pentagon is blocking their ability to use an expedited process to become naturalised US citizens. The lawsuit,...

US Navy Hospital Ship in New York Nears End of Mission

Admin - April 27, 2020

New York: The US Navy hospital ship Comfort nearing end of its mission having been sent to relieve stress on New York City hospitals at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic is discharging or...

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