Tag: #pentagon
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Pentagon Lockdown After Firing Near Metro Station
Washington: The Pentagon was on lockdown Tuesday morning with no personnel allowed outside after multiple gunshots were fired near a platform by the facility’s Metro station. According to the details, the US media has reported that an emergency situation has been observed at the Pentagon headquarters of the US Department of Defense located in the…
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Army budget and Propaganda
This opinion has been shared by Erum Shehzadi. Pakistan’s forces not only carry out defense operations but are also among the world’s forces that are always on the lookout for solutions to the country’s internal problems. Pakistan is a democratic country and people directly elect their rulers and Pakistan’s armed forces operate under this elected…
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US military admits killing 23 civilians around the world in 2020
Pentagon says most civilian fatalities were in Afghanistan, as it admits additional civilian deaths from previous years
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US military to get Augmented Reality defense solution designed by Microsoft
Microsoft will provide the US military with the so-called Integrated Augmentation System
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Lloyd Austin and Antony Blinken arrive in Japan
Tokyo, March 15 (AFP/APP): Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin and top US diplomat Antony Blinken arrived in Japan on Monday on their first overseas trip, looking to rally key Asian allies as a bulwark to China. The pair, who travelled separately, met in Japan for the first leg of their trip, holding talks with their counterparts as…
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US intervention leads to loss for Pakistan?
The United States has stopped Turkey from supplying 30 locally-made gunship helicopters to Pakistan. According to Bloomberg News, Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin told reporters on Monday that, “the United States has stopped selling Turkish helicopters to Pakistan. As a result, Islamabad will buy them from China.” China set to dominate global 5G landscape: report…
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US will do ‘what’s necessary’ after Iraq rocket attack: Pentagon chief
Washington, March 7 (AFP/APP):The United States will “do what’s necessary” to defend itself, Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin said Sunday, days after rockets hit an Iraqi base hosting coalition troops, further escalating US-Iran tensions on Iraqi soil. Austin told ABC News that the US was still “developing intelligence” on who was behind the attack, which saw…
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Biden takes first military order against which Islamic country?
Washington, 26th February: US President Joe Biden has taken his first military action as US forces conducted strikes in Syria. According to reports from the Pentagon, the strikes carried out targeted the Iranian militias in response to the attacks on US forces in the region over the past two weeks. A US official informed CNN…
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Joe Biden cautioned not to interfere in matters of “National Security”?
Joe Biden has been cautioned by the Pentagon not to interfere in matters of “National Security”
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US forces not protecting Syrian oil fields: Pentagon
Washington, Feb 9 (AFP/APP):US forces in Syria are focused on fighting the remnants of the Islamic State group and are not guarding oil fields as previously ordered by ex-president Donald Trump, a US defense official said Monday. Since a US firm contracted last year with the Kurds in northern Syria to help exploit northeastern Syria…