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Defense

Defense

Ukraine finally deploying F-16 fighter jets, says Zelensky

President Zelensky announces use of US-made fighter planes Ukraine has long waited for higher-capability jets Kyiv hopes they will change war, Russia vows to...

Russian Armed Forces repel five enemy attacks

According to senior officer of the group’s press center Yaroslav Yakimkin, the group's units defeated the manpower and equipment of three Ukrainian brigades Units of the North group of...

Russian troops strike Ukrainian military airfield infrastructure over past day

Russia’s Battlegroup North inflicted roughly 160 casualties on Ukrainian troops in its area of responsibility over the past day, the ministry reported Russian troops struck Ukrainian military airfield infrastructure,...

Ukraine defense chief says his nation will find a way no matter who wins...

ASPEN, Colorado — Ukraine will find a way to deal with whatever comes if former President Donald Trump wins a second term, throwing into doubt vital U.S. support for its defense...

China, Russia start joint naval drills, days after NATO allies called Beijing a Ukraine...

BEIJING — China and Russia’s naval forces on Sunday kicked off a joint exercise at a military port in southern China on Sunday, official news agency Xinhua reported, days after NATO allies called Beijing...

China says conducting joint military drills with Russia

China and Russia have drawn closer in recent years and tout their friendship as having ‘no limits’ China said Friday it was conducting joint military...

US, South Korea sign nuclear guideline strategy to deter and respond to North Korea

The US commitment to deterrence against North Korea is backed by the full range of US capabilities, including nuclear, US President Joe Biden told South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol in a...

Japan, South Korea leaders agree North Korea-Russia ties as serious threat

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida agreed Wednesday with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol that North Korea's deepening ties with Russia are a serious threat and that the security challenges facing Asia...

Japan and the Philippines sign a defense pact in the face of shared alarm...

Japan and the Philippines signed a key defense pact Monday allowing the deployment of Japanese forces for joint drills in the Southeast Asian nation that came under brutal Japanese occupation in World War II...

US nuclear missile program costs soar to around $160 billion, sources say

Bloomberg reported earlier on Friday that the new price tag was around $141 billion with the Pentagon assessing modifications of construction and schedule ISLAMABAD: The...