TEHRAN, October 19 - The United States and South Korea have agreed to suspend another major joint military exercise amid ongoing diplomatic negotiations with North Korea.
TEHRAN, October 13 - The US military is reportedly seeking to expand its air force base at the expense of nature by cutting down a large swathe of green woodland in Poland, as part of a declared bid to reinforce the NATO alliance to counter an alleged “Russian threat.”
TEHRAN, July 31 - The US military has finished creating a “Do Not Buy” list of Russian and Chinese software that it says fail to comply with US national security standards.
TEHRAN, July 18 - US Defense Secretary James Mattis is open to the possibility of the first talks since 2015 with his Russian counterpart, Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu, Reuters reports, citing sources close to the matter.
TEHRAN, July 03 -A Senate committee has slammed the Pentagon's beleaguered F-35 fighter jet program, for claiming that a $661mn spend on bulk-buying parts would help it save some $1.2 billion. The real amount is half that, it has been revealed.
TEHRAN, April 12 - The U.S. Department of Defense has stopped accepting most deliveries of F-35 jets from Lockheed Martin Corp (LMT.N) because of a dispute over who will cover costs for fixing a production error, three people familiar with the matter said.
TEHRAN, April 04 - Top Pentagon and US State Department officials have adopted a totally different policy than that of President Donald Trump regarding the withdrawal of American troops from Syria, saying that the United States will not be leaving the war-torn Arab country anytime soon as the “mission is not over.”
TEHRAN, April 01 -The Pentagon is gearing up to face friction with the White House following US President Donald Trump's pick of John Bolton as his national security advisor.
TEHRAN, March 12 - The Pentagon and the CIA see “no change” in Russia’s strategic military capability following new strategic weapons systems presentation, saying they believe that President Putin “says lots of things that are without foundation.”
TEHRAN, March 10-The US Department of Defense has issued a memo with guidance for President Donald Trump's proposed military parade scheduled for Veterans Day on November 11, the anniversary of the end of World War l.
TEHRAN, March 8 -Top Pentagon officials have told US lawmakers that they were “disappointed” by Putin’s public announcement of Russia’s unmatched missile capability, lamenting that he will use it to further “intimidate” the US and its allies.
TEHRAN, March 4 - They made up a corps of bomb-sniffing dogs that accompanied brigade combat teams on potentially lethal missions, sniffing out roadside bombs in Afghanistan and saving human lives.
TEHRAN, March 3 -The Pentagon may not be surprised by the new Russian hypersonic missiles – but why not use them as a pitch for more money? A military budget about 10 times that of Russia is not enough, according to the DARPA director.
TEHRAN, March 2 - The Pentagon has reportedly deployed hundreds of American troopers in southeastern Syria on the border with Iraq as the United States is virtually occupying tens of kilometers there without the consent of the Syrian government.
TEHRAN, February 28 -Eleven people became ill at a US military base in Arlington, Virginia, a short walk away from the Pentagon, after opening a suspicious letter. Three were taken to the hospital after a hazardous material situation was declared.
TEHRAN, February 18- A watchdog agency at the US Defense Department has raised new reservations about "progress" in the 16-year-old US-led war on Afghanistan despite deployment of thousands of more troops to the war-ravaged country.