The Latest Breaking News from Pentagon

US forces repel Middle East attacks as Israel-Hamas war threatens spillover

US sees uptick in attacks on its military bases in Iraq and Syria as risk of Israel-Hamas war spillover mounts.

Al Jazeera · Oct 20, 2023

US says China has significantly expanded its nuclear arsenal

Pentagon’s annual report says China has more than 500 nuclear warheads and is likely to double that by 2030.

Al Jazeera · Oct 20, 2023

US troops attacked in Iraq and Syria as west warns of ‘spillover’ from Israel conflict

Iranian proxies appear to be stepping up threats as tensions rise on Israel’s border with Lebanon

The Guardian - UK · Oct 20, 2023

Pentagon is flooded with hundreds of UFO sightings

Some reports of unidentified objects may be the result of America’s adversaries trying to spy on the US, Sean Kirkpatrick warned

The Independent UK · Oct 19, 2023

China is building up its nuclear weapons arsenal faster than previous projections, a US report says

A Pentagon report on China’s military power says Beijing is on track to significantly increase its nuclear weapons arsenal by 2030 and is “almost certainly” learning lessons from Russia’s war in Ukraine about what a conflict over Taiwan might look like

The Independent UK · Oct 19, 2023

Have aliens landed in the US? Pentagon is flooded with hundreds of UFO sightings

Some reports of unidentified objects may be the result of America’s adversaries trying to spy on the US, Sean Kirkpatrick warned

The Independent UK · Oct 19, 2023

Israel-Hamas war: US carriers and troops send a signal of force if diplomacy fails

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden has spent the last week in frenzied diplomacy to prevent the Israel-Hamas war from spiraling into a broader conflict. But if those efforts fail, the US response may depend on the blunt force of its military.

The Times of India · Oct 19, 2023

US accuses China’s Air Force of ‘risky’ behaviour in skies above Pacific

Detailing more than 180 Chinese intercepts in past two years, Pentagon warns of dangers of such incidents.

Al Jazeera · Oct 18, 2023

More US ships head toward Israel and 2,000 troops are on heightened alert. A look at US assistance

Within hours of the horrific attack by Hamas, the U.S. began moving warships and aircraft to the region to be ready to provide Israel with whatever it needed to respond

The Independent UK · Oct 17, 2023

Pentagon releases footage of hundreds of 'highly concerning' aircraft intercepts by Chinese planes

The Pentagon has released footage of some of the more than 180 intercepts of U.S. warplanes by Chinese aircraft that have occurred in the last two years — more than the total amount over the previous decade and part of a trend U.S. military officials called concerning

The Independent UK · Oct 17, 2023