Pentagon

Lockheed shoots down test drone using container-launched missile

Pentagon designates its press office a classified area

Pentagon has barred journalists from its press office because speechwriters who “routinely handle classified material” work in the area.

US planning faster troop withdrawal from Europe, German newspaper says

Germany is home to some 35,000 active-duty US military personnel, more than anywhere else in Europe.

US hails ‘productive’ talks between Israel, Lebanon military officials

A wrecked barbershop amid buildings destroyed in recent Israeli strikes in Tyre, Lebanon on May 29, 2026.

Pentagon’s Asia commander seeks funds to deter China on Taiwan

The report details how military planners would deploy in Asia funds from the Trump administration’s record US$1.5 trillion defence budget request.

Pentagon spars with SpaceX over Starlink price hike during Iran war

FILE PHOTO: A person takes photos of a trail as the Falcon 9 carrying Starlink satellites streaks across the sky in the latest SpaceX launch as viewed from Venice Beach in Los Angeles, California, U.S., April 6, 2026. REUTERS/Daina Beth Solomon/File Photo

US plans to shrink forces available to NATO during a crisis, sources say

A 2025 photo shows (from left) US President Donald Trump, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio attending a NATO summit in the Netherlands.

Vance says US troop deployment to Poland has been delayed

Mr Vance said the US wants to encourage Europe to take more ownership of the common defence.

Pentagon’s internal watchdog to probe US attacks on boats in the Caribbean

The Trump administration has asserted that the boats were operated by drug cartels and carried narcotics bound for the US.

US scraps deployment of 4,000 troops to Poland

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth (centre) and Poland's Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz (right) review an honorary guard as they meet in Warsaw, Poland, in Feb 14.

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