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February 14, 2026, 10:55 AM - 3 min read
The assessment follows weeks of escalating tensions, with the US deploying a second carrier strike group — led by the USS Gerald R. Ford — to the Middle East to join the USS Abraham Lincoln, guided-missile destroyers, fighter jets, and surveillance aircraft already in the region.
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February 14, 2026, 10:42 AM - 2 min read
According to defence officials, Claude was used not only in preparatory planning but also in real-time decision support within the combat domain — potentially marking the first documented instance of a large language model being employed in an active military operation.
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January 24, 2026, 12:54 PM - 3 min read
A revised 2026 National Defence Strategy (NDS), released on January 23, places “determent of China” as top priority and asks NATO member states to take primary responsibility for military support to Ukraine and their own conventional defence
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December 26, 2025, 03:15 PM - 2 min read
China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said during a media briefing that the “Pentagon’s report distorts China’s defence policy, sows discord between China and other countries, and aims at finding a pretext for the US to maintain its military supremacy”
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October 30, 2025, 06:24 PM - 4 min read
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has sought a fresh set of details from the United States government in connection with the case linked to 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks mastermind Tahawwur Rana through the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) process, sources said on Thursday.
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October 15, 2025, 09:11 AM - 3 min read
The latest incident is likely to further strain relations between the US and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, who has reportedly been preparing to declare a state of emergency to protect his country from potential US military actions.
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September 6, 2025, 10:00 AM - 2 min read
The department was actually called the Department of War from its establishment in 1789 until 1947, though Harry Truman renamed it as part of post-World War II reorganisation.
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July 19, 2025, 03:13 PM - 4 min read
Blame over debt and defence has erupted on Capitol Hill as Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene moves to cut $500mn in aid to Israel's missile shield, citing unsustainable US outlay.
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July 11, 2025, 09:58 AM - 2 min read
The move would see the Pentagon backtracking from its earlier decision, when it had decided to cut weapons aid to Ukraine for showing reluctance in negotiating the crisis with Russia.
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July 3, 2025, 11:17 AM - 3 min read
The Pentagon claims US strikes have delayed Iran’s nuclear weapons programme by two years. But lack of access for independent inspection clouds the scale of impact.
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July 3, 2025, 09:59 AM - 3 min read
India and the US will sign a new 10-year defence framework later this year, aimed at deepening cooperation on joint production, strategic convergence and military interoperability.
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May 21, 2025, 09:30 AM - 4 min read
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday unveiled a $175 billion missile defence initiative, ‘Golden Dome’, aimed at countering threats from China and Russia. The satellite-based system will also target hypersonic missiles and AI-powered drones, the President said.
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