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Beijing pillories Pentagon report on martial moves

Beijing—China on Wednesday condemned a Pentagon report for claiming Beijing wants to double its stockpile of nuclear warheads within a decade as it seeks...

China pushing to double nuclear warhead arsenal — Pentagon

The Chinese military is pressing to double its 200-plus nuclear warheads within a decade with the ability to launch them aboard ballistic missiles by...

Pentagon awards Glaxo $342 mn contract for COVID vaccines

Washington, United States | The Pentagon on Thursday announced a $342 million contract has been awarded to British pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline to deliver "mass...

Pentagon boosting US industrial capacity amid virus outbreak 

The Pentagon is spending hundreds of millions of dollars on masks, tests and pharmaceutical products as it seeks to revive an industrial sector lost...

Pentagon mulls over Microsoft cloud deal

San Francisco— The US Department of Defense said Thursday it wants to reconsider its decision to award a multibillion-dollar military cloud computing contract to...

US to expel Saudi trainees

Washington"•The United States will expel at least a dozen Saudi military students accused of extremist links and child pornography, after an investigation into a...

Letter on US pullout from Iraq a ‘mistake’

America’s military strategy in Iraq was thrown into confusion Monday as the Pentagon admitted a letter from a general informing the Iraqi government of an...

US ties with Iraq, allies take a hit after deadly drone strike

Baghdad—A deadly US drone strike in Baghdad has rocked America’s ties with allies on the ground, left diplomats scrambling to contain the fallout and...

Pentagon awards $10-B cloud deal to Microsoft

San Francisco—The Pentagon said Friday it is awarding a $10 billion cloud computing contract to Microsoft, following a highly scrutinized bidding process which Amazon...

Pentagon authorizes $1b for Trump’s wall

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Troops to US-Mexico border

Washington"•The Pentagon is expected to deploy about 800 troops to the US-Mexico border, two US officials told AFP on Thursday, after President Donald Trump...

Pentagon’s new threat: obesity crisis

Forget about the high-tech military challenges from China and Russia, the Pentagon is facing a fast-growing national security threat that could be even trickier...

Russian bombers’ intrusion protested

WASHINGTON"•The Pentagon has protested after US fighter jets intercepted two Russian bombers west of Alaska, in the latest incident of its kind. F-22 Raptor fighters...

Pentagon to spend $2 billion for new AI

Washington—The Pentagon’s research wing said it was investing $2 billion to develop a new generation of artificial intelligence with “human-like communication” skills. The Defense Advanced...
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