Pentagon seeks billions for cyber defence

Pentagon has approved the Apple iPhone and the Apple iPad for use by the United States’ Department of Defense, granting them a security approval that will see them fight for the lucrative U.S. military contracts with BlackBerry and Samsung. The Defense ...

In the wake of continued heated rhetoric from North Korea, the United States is deploying a ballistic missile defence system in Guam. The announcement from Pentagon came on a day the North Korean army said that it has been given approval to launch nuclear ...

The United States is sending Patriot missiles and F-16 fighters to bolster Jordan's defences, US officials said Monday, adding that the weapons may remain deployed to defend against any possible threat from Syria's civil war. The United States will ...

United States President Barack Obama Thursday defended the use of drones as a "just war" of self-defence against terrorists as he outlined the future of his counter-terrorism policies. Read Obama's full speech here Obama defended drone strikes, saying they "have saved lives" by eliminating terrorists, and are a legal part of a "just war" against their organisations. There have been civilian casualties that "haunt" him, Obama said, but that risk must be balanced against the threat from terrorist ...

As the United States under the Barack Obama administration re-balances its defence posture in the Asia Pacific region, the Pentagon has told the Congress that it is investing in a "long-term" strategic partnership with India. "The United States is investing in a long-term strategic partnership with India to support its ability to serve as a regional economic anchor and provider of security in the broader Indian Ocean region," the US department of defence informed the Congress on Wednesday in ...

In an indication of the "positive trajectory" of the bilateral ties, the United States has issued a waiver, second in six months, for sale of major defence equipment to Pakistan citing national security interest. The waiver issued quietly by the then Deputy Secretary of States Thomas Nides on February 15 and posted on the US state department website a week later on February 22 would pave the way for some major defence equipment sales to Pakistan. "The department issued the waiver because we ...

Australian intelligence agencies are receiving ''huge volumes'' of ''immensely valuable'' information from the United States including through the controversial PRISM program, Fairfax Media can reveal. The ''data deluge'' has required the ...

REUTERS/Bobby Yip Photos of Edward Snowden, a contractor at the National Security Agency (NSA), and U.S. President Barack Obama are printed on the front pages of local English and Chinese newspapers in Hong Kong in this illustration photo June 11, ...

Also view articles in: Announcement,Defence,News,Telecommunication The Department of Telecom (Dot) has rejected Defence Ministry's request for pan-India allocation of airwaves in the efficient 900-MHZ band. It had already allotted spectrum to ...