Washington: China is improving its capacity for operations in cyberspace and developing capabilities to use Internet for offensive operations, the Pentagon said on Friday. "China is investing in not only capabilities to better defend their networks but also they're looking at ways to use cyber for offensive operations," Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defence for East Asia and Asia Pacific Security Affairs David Helvey told reporters. Halvey said China is...
07:50 AM, May 19, 2012
Washington: A controversial US military course that taught officers to prepare for a "total war" against Islam using "Hiroshima-style" tactics has been suspended by the Pentagon following an uproar. The Pentagon suspended the course in late April when a student objected to the materials, which has been termed as against American values by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen Martin Dempsey. "It was just totally objectionable, against our...
03:39 PM, May 11, 2012
Washington: Indian-American Vikram Singh has been appointed to a key Pentagon position to look after entire South and Southeast Asia. "Vikram J Singh has been appointed to the Senior Executive Service and is assigned as deputy assistant secretary of defence for south and Southeast Asia, Office of the Under Secretary of Defence (Policy)," a Pentagon announcement said. Singh previously served as special assistant, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense...
03:57 PM, May 02, 2012
Washington: The US on Wednesday charged Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the self-proclaimed mastermind of the 9/11 terror attacks, along with four alleged plotters, vowing to seek the death penalty in a much-awaited military trial. The other four Guantanamo Bay inmates are Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin 'Attash, Ramzi Binalshibh, Ali Abdul Aziz Ali, and Mustafa Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi. They will face charges including terrorism, hijacking, conspiracy, murder and destruction of...
04:23 AM, Apr 05, 2012
Washington: Newly released Pentagon documents show that Air Force officers debated briefly about burial at sea before concluding that 1,321 unidentifiable fragments of remains from the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon should be treated as medical waste and incinerated. A string of emails running from August 5 to 7, 2002, reveals that an unidentified Air Force colonel suggested scattering the already cremated remains at sea. A second official - a...
08:47 AM, Mar 31, 2012
Washington: The "once-nascent" defence ties between India and US has evolved into a "strong and growing" strategic partnership between two of the pre-eminent security powers in Asia, a top Pentagon official said. "Today, US-India defence ties are strong and growing, including a robust slate of dialogues, military exercises, defence trade, personnel exchanges, and armaments cooperation. The strong ties between our two militaries reflect this," James Miller told lawmakers in written...
09:44 AM, Mar 30, 2012
Washington: Pakistan has an "addiction" of "playing around" with militant groups against India, a top Pentagon official has said. "They have an addiction to playing around with militia groups to achieve certain interests, particularly vis-a-vis India. That gets them in all kinds of trouble," Michael Sheehan, Assistant Secretary of Defence for Special Operations/Low-Intensity Conflict, told lawmakers at a Congressional hearing. Responding to questions, Sheehan said the US has been having...
09:29 AM, Mar 29, 2012
Washington: The United States on Wednesday said that it is willing to discuss with Pakistan the outcome of the parliamentary review of the ties between the two countries as it wants to enhance its cooperation with Islamabad. "This is a critical issue for us. We are obviously willing to discuss with our Pakistani partners the outcome of the parliamentary review at the end of the day, and we'll see where...
04:35 AM, Mar 22, 2012
Washington: The US is looking forward to working with the new head of Inter-Services Intelligence of Pakistan, Pentagon said, noting the US-Pakistan relationship is critical for the region and Afghanistan. "We look forward to working with the new chief," the Pentagon spokesman, Navy Captain John Kirby, said yesterday, when asked about announcement of the new ISI Chief. On March 18, Lieutenant Gen Zaheer ul-Islam would replace Lieutenant Gen Ahmed Shuja...
08:21 AM, Mar 14, 2012
Washington: The Pentagon revealed on Wednesday that partial, incinerated remains of some September 11 victims that could not be identified were sent to a landfill. The number of victims involved was unclear according to a Pentagon report, but it involved some of those killed when a terrorist-hijacked airplane struck the Pentagon, killing 184, and another crashed in a field in Pennsylvania, killing 40, in the September 11, 2001, attacks against...
07:17 AM, Feb 29, 2012
Washington: A top Pentagon official has apologised to the Muslims on the desecration of the holy Quran in Afghanistan, as part of the American efforts to calm down tempers among the community members on the "unfortunate" incident at the Bagram air base early this week. "I come here to apologise on behalf of the Department of Defence for the incident that took place in Afghanistan this week, when American military...
11:30 AM, Feb 25, 2012
Washington: The United States is not inclined to enter into an arms race or any confrontation with China, a top Pentagon official has said. "I think there is more opportunity than liability to improve our relationship with China," General Martin Dempsey, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, told CNN's Fareed Zakaria in an interview. "I am personally committed to having that as the outcome rather than get into an arms race...
10:03 AM, Feb 20, 2012
Washington: US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta tried to defuse concerns in Congress on Wednesday about potential cuts to America's nuclear arsenal, as details emerged about options under consideration that include an 80 per cent reduction in the number of warheads. Panetta, without confirming any figures, said no decisions had been made. He added that although a range of options were under review, the "status quo" - a ceiling of 1,550...
04:03 AM, Feb 16, 2012
Washington: The US Defence Department is bracing for budget cuts set to be announced next week, Xinhua reported. Pentagon Press Secretary George Little said on Friday that the defence budget proposals will have a topline request of $525 billion for fiscal year 2013, set to begin in October, with $88.4 billion more for overseas contingency operations, mostly in Afghanistan. Defence Secretary Leon Panetta and Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff...
08:10 AM, Feb 11, 2012
Washington: After losing out to the French, the US asserted its F-16 and F-18 fighter jets would have provided India unbeatable platforms with proven technologies, but said it had not offered India more advanced F-35 Joint Strike Fighters (JSF). "We are extremely confident that the F/A-18IN and F-16IN would have provided the Indian Air Force unbeatable platforms with proven technologies at a competitive price," Pentagon spokesperson Cmdr Leslie Hull-Ryde said....
03:05 AM, Feb 03, 2012
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