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    • Friday, 25 August, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      US to start training Ukrainian pilots on F-16 fighter jets

      Programme expected to begin at Arizona base this autumn

      An F-16 fighter jet
    • Thursday, 24 August, 2023
      Taiwan
      US agrees to sell military aircraft tracking system to Taiwan

      Planned deal would help Taipei resist ongoing ‘grey zone’ pressure from China

      Taiwanese F-16 fighter jets fly in formation during a ceremony in Taichung, Taiwan
    • Monday, 31 July, 2023
      The Big Read
      How Silicon Valley is helping the Pentagon in the AI arms race

      The US military is opening up to defence and weapons start-ups as evolving technology begins to transform modern warfare

      From left: Saildrone Surveyor, drone launch in Ukraine, the Pentagon, an F-16 being flown by AI and the Epirus Leonidas on a test run
    • Thursday, 20 July, 2023
      Edward Luce
      Republican war on woke will wound the Pentagon

      Ukraine’s armed forces are outperforming those of Russia partly because they are more tolerant and motivated

      People protesting holding banners and flags including the US flag and Pride flag
    • Monday, 17 July, 2023
      News in-depthU.S. Army
      Typo leaks millions of US military emails to Mali web operator

      Common spelling error has misdirected sensitive Pentagon messages to a company running Mali’s internet domain

      Montage of a leaked email and US army chief of staff General James McConville
    • Friday, 14 July, 2023
      US politics & policy
      Pentagon at war with football coach turned senator over abortion policy

      Alabama lawmaker Tommy Tuberville holding up appointments of top US military brass

      Tommy Tuberville a
    • Monday, 26 June, 2023
      Tech start-ups
      Silicon Valley chiefs urge Pentagon procurement overhaul

      Open letter designed to apply pressure on US government to open up $886bn defence budget to start-ups

      A Palantir Skykit, which incorporates the company’s software along with a UAV drone, trail camera, battery packs and a SpaceX Starlink terminal into a self-contained defence intelligence package
    • Wednesday, 14 June, 2023
      Visual story
      Which flying taxi will take off first?

      Companies around the world are closing in on the dream: a battery-powered aircraft for short trips. Yet the journey to build, certify and fly remains uncertain and competitive

    • Thursday, 1 June, 2023
      US-China relations
      US defence chief warns incidents with China’s military could ‘spiral out of control’

      Lloyd Austin calls for greater dialogue after Beijing refuses meeting at Shangri-La security forum

      US defence secretary Lloyd Austin
    • Thursday, 18 May, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Pentagon overestimated value of weapons for Ukraine by $3bn

      Clerical error could affect when US funding for war with Russia runs out

      A Ukrainian recruit holds a Javelin anti-tank weapon
    • Wednesday, 19 April, 2023
      ExplainerUS intelligence
      The Pentagon leak: how a low-ranked 21-year-old accessed top US secrets

      Charges against Jack Teixeira spark reckoning on country’s intelligence handling

      A montage of Jack Teixeira and logos of CIA, Joint Chiefs of Staff and Discord
    • Sunday, 16 April, 2023
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      Pentagon leak is a new blow to American security

      Teixeira allegations show controls on internal intelligence-sharing are too lax

      Picture of Jack Teixeira in his uniform holding up his phone to take a selfie in a mirror
    • Friday, 14 April, 2023
      US intelligence
      Air Guardsman charged over US classified document leak

      Jack Teixeira held in connection with investigation into release of top-secret information

      A sketch of Jack Teixeira making his initial appearance in a federal courthouse in Massachusetts on Friday
    • Monday, 10 April, 2023
      US intelligence
      Pentagon ‘working around the clock’ to find source of intelligence leak

      US justice department launches criminal probe into release of classified documents about Ukraine war

      A Ukrainian soldier fires the howitzer at the Russian positions on the frontline near Kremenna, Luhansk region, Ukraine
    • Tuesday, 28 March, 2023
      Janan Ganesh
      Western voters won’t give up the peace dividend

      Governments are right to increase defence spending, but their electorates prefer butter to guns

      A protester kicks a tear gas canister in front of the Palais Garnier building during a rally in Paris
    • Thursday, 16 March, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      US releases footage from drone intercepted by Russia over Black Sea

      Moscow denies downing surveillance aircraft despite video showing fighter jets spraying it with fuel

      Still from video released by US Air Force shows a Russian Su-27 approaching the back of the MQ-9 drone and beginning to release fuel
    • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      US defence secretary speaks with Russian counterpart over drone incident

      Rare conversation comes amid escalating tensions over downing of aircraft over the Black Sea

      US defence secretary Lloyd Austin talks to media
    • Friday, 3 March, 2023
      US politics & policy
      Pentagon denied early request to shoot down Chinese balloon, claims senator

      Alaska Republican Dan Sullivan says US fighter jets tracked craft before it entered country’s air space

      A large balloon drifts above the Atlantic Ocean, just off the coast of South Carolina, with a fighter jet and its contrail seen below it. A US Air Force F-22 shot the balloon down off the coast of South Carolina on February 4
    • Friday, 17 February, 2023
      US-China relations
      US wraps up Chinese spy balloon debris salvage operation

      Pentagon said mission was concluded on Thursday and parts were being sent to FBI lab

      In this image provided by the FBI, FBI special agents process material recovered from the high-altitude balloon recovered off the coast of South Carolina, at the FBI laboratory in Quantico, Virginia
    • Friday, 17 February, 2023
      US-China relations
      Pentagon’s top China official visits Taiwan

      Rare trip to island is only second in four decades by high-level US defence official

      A Chinese spy balloon drifts to the ocean after being shot down off the coast in Surfside Beach, South Carolina
    • Thursday, 16 February, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Ukraine war pushes US to review arms stockpiles

      General Mark Milley says military budget may need to increase to meet ammunition demand

      Gen Mark Milley, chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff
    • Tuesday, 14 February, 2023
      News in-depthUS-China relations
      Balloons, aliens, Chinese espionage: US struggles to explain aerial encounters

      Officials say altitude, size and speed of flying objects muddle picture while treacherous conditions obstruct recovery

      A sailor beside the suspected Chinese spy balloon on a ship
    • Tuesday, 14 February, 2023
      US-China relations
      US recovers electronic components from suspected Chinese spy balloon

      White House says no evidence three other aerial objects engaged in surveillance but cannot rule it out

      US Navy sailors with material recovered in the Atlantic Ocean from a high-altitude Chinese balloon shot down off the coast of South Carolina
    • Friday, 3 February, 2023
      US-China relations
      US accuses China of flying spy balloon over sensitive military sites

      Discovery comes as tensions rise between Washington and Beijing

      A high-altitude balloon floats over Billings, Montana
    • Tuesday, 31 January, 2023
      Visual investigation
      How arming Ukraine is stretching the US defence industry

      Detailed supply chain mapping reveals a complex web of companies under significant strain

      an illustration of a Javelin anti-tank missile
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