Pakistan Army Kills 30 Militants Trying to Cross From Afghanistan
DefenseNews : Pakistan’s army said Friday it had killed 30 militants attempting to cross the border from Afghanistan over the last three days, after a suicide attack killed 16 soldiers in the same region. The militants belonged to the Pakistan Taliban or its affiliated groups, the military said in a statement accusing archfoe India of backing them. “The security forces demonstrated exceptional professionalism, vigilance preparedness, and prevented a potential catastrophe,” it said. “A large quantity of weapons, ammunition and explosives was al…
Jihadists Kill 28 in Two Raids in Northern Nigeria
DefenseNews: Two unrelated attacks by jihadist groups in northeast and northwestern Nigeria have killed 28 people, the military and residents told AFP on Thursday. ABUJA, July 4 (Xinhua) -- Jihadist groups have killed 28 people in two separate attacks in northern Nigeria , media reported on Thursday, citing the military and residents. Militants from the jihadist group Lakurawa raided a village in Nigeria's northwestern Sokoto state on Wednesday, killing 17 people, residents said. At least 11 people were killed on Thursday when jihadists f…
Blast Claimed by IS Kills Four in Northwest Pakistan
DefenseNews: An explosion in northwest Pakistan killed at least four local government officials and police Wednesday, an officer told AFP, in an attack claimed by a branch of the Islamic State group. “One senior government official, along with another government official and two police officers, were killed in the attack. Eleven people were wounded,” said Waqas Rafiq, a senior police official stationed in Bajaur, a city near the border with Afghanistan. The officials were travelling in a car in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province when “the attack happ…
Ukraine arms freeze part of wider military aid review, Pentagon says
DefenseNews: A day after the White House confirmed that the U.S. has suspended some military aid to Ukraine, the Pentagon’s chief spokesperson said the decision stemmed from a larger review of America’s military support for countries around the world. “We can’t give weapons to everybody all around the world. We have to look out for America and defending our homeland,” Sean Parnell said in his first standalone briefing Wednesday. On Tuesday, Politico and other outlets reported that the U.S. had paused the delivery of some munitions, including c…
All US military boots should be made in America, lawmakers contend
DefenseNews: New bipartisan legislation reintroduced in the Senate this week aims to ensure all combat boots worn by U.S. service members are manufactured entirely in the United States. The Better Outfitting Our Troops, or BOOTS, Act has united a diverse coalition of lawmakers across the political spectrum in proposing that all U.S. military boots are produced from only American-manufactured components. That includes optional combat boots, which are authorized by commanders as an alternative to the military’s standard-issue boots. Sponsors of …
US Air Force uses leftover ICBM funds to revamp Qatar plane
DefenseNews: The Air Force plans to use leftover funds from the LGM-35A Sentinel nuclear missile program to help pay for refurbishing a Qatari-donated plane into a new Air Force One presidential transport aircraft. Air Force Secretary Troy Meink said in a June 26 hearing that the reallocated Sentinel money was “excess to need in [20]24,” and stressed the program to build new intercontinental ballistic missiles and launching infrastructure would not suffer or see further delays from moving funds around. “Let me be very clear, the Sentinel progr…
Pentagon Warns of China’s Rapid Nuclear Arsenal Expansion and Modernization
DefenseNews : In a startling update on global military dynamics, the Pentagon has highlighted China's unprecedented and swift expansion of its nuclear arsenal. The report suggests that China, having already amassed around 500 nuclear warheads, is set to more than double this figure by 2030. As concerns mount regarding transparency and intentions, U.S. defense officials are left grappling with the implications of Beijing's strategic military modernization. The Pentagon has issued a new report detailing China's rapid and ambitious ex…
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