The Department of Defense claimed Thursday its frequent joint military exercises with South Korea continues to deter North Korean attacks. “I think what’s important for people to understand is, one, deterrence continues to work,” Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder told reporters at a
Pentagon officials have warned an alien mothership could release probes to Earth. A document by defence staff last week revealed extraterrestrial life could be visiting our solar system and conducting missions, much like NASA studying other planets. Sean Kirkpatrick, the director of
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators sent a letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Tuesday urging him to investigate the possibility of sending F-16 fighters jets to Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been pressing the U.S. and other allies to
The fight for Bakhmut has been raging for months but, according to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, a Russian victory over the Donetsk city would not prove all that strategically advantageous for Moscow. “I think it is more of a symbolic value
Comment on this story Comment The Defense Department is advising U.S. military personnel to be mindful of a substance that could derail their careers: poppy seeds. In a memo published Tuesday, Gilbert R. Cisneros Jr., the undersecretary of defense for personnel and
On Wednesday, the Chinese Foreign Office sharply criticized the United States after a senior Defense Department official visited Taiwan. China’s Taiwan Affairs Office spokesperson Zhu Fenglian accused the U.S. and Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party of attempting to push the island’s independence
A Pentagon memo offered the first details about the latest unidentified object shot down in or near US airspace over the past eight days. The memo reported the unidentified flying object was a “small, metallic balloon with a tethered payload below it.”
Joe Biden is set to ask the House to give the Pentagon its largest-ever budget, despite America already blowing past its debt ceiling. In January, the US Treasury triggered emergency measures after the debt limit of $31.4 trillion was reached. Now, the
The Pentagon sought out a phone call between Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and his Chinese counterpart on Saturday after shooting down the Chinese spy balloon, but the offer was rebuffed, officials said Tuesday. “Lines between our militaries are particularly important in