The Latest Breaking News from Pentagon

America’s Military Depends on Minerals That China Controls

Rethinking supply chains is vital for U.S. security.

Foreign Policy · Mar 16, 2023

U.S. State Department approves potential sale of Tomahawk missiles to Australia -Pentagon

The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of Tomahawk cruise missiles to Australia in a deal valued at up to $895 million, the Pentagon said on Thursday.

Reuters · Mar 16, 2023

Rare move: Pentagon releases remarkable footage of spy drone incident

Footage has been released of Moscow's intercept of a US military drone - the first direct US-Russian incident since the Ukraine war began.

The New Daily · Mar 16, 2023

Video released by US shows moment Russian jet hit spy drone over Black Sea

The incident has led to rising tensions between the US and Russia

Evening Standard · Mar 16, 2023

Pentagon releases video of Black Sea drone incident

The Pentagon has released a video showing Russia's intercept of a United States military surveillance drone downed over the Black Sea.

The New Daily · Mar 16, 2023

US releases footage of Russian jet crashing into American drone over Black Sea

Pentagon says video has been edited for length but shows sequence of events

The Guardian - UK · Mar 16, 2023

Pentagon Video Shows Damage to Downed US Drone After Russia Jet Flyby

The Pentagon released on Thursday a video showing a Russian military jet intercept a US drone downed over the Black Sea two days ago, in what was the first direct encounter between the world's leading nuclear powers since the Ukraine war began. The rare Pentagon move came a day after…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 16, 2023

US releases video of Black Sea drone incident with Russian jet

Pentagon says footage shows Russian Su-27 approaching the back of MQ-9 drone and beginning to release fuel as it passes.

Al Jazeera · Mar 16, 2023

Pentagon shows footage of aircraft dumping fuel on US drone

The Pentagon has released footage of what it says is a Russian aircraft conducting an unsafe intercept of a U.S. Air Force drone in international airspace over the Black Sea

The Independent UK · Mar 16, 2023

How the Iraq war altered US politics and led to the emergence of Trump

The drive to war was fueled by partisanship and served as an accelerant to the extremism that led to Trump and the Capitol riot

The Guardian - US · Mar 16, 2023