US Army is slashing thousands of jobs in major revamp to prepare for future warsThe cuts will mainly be in already-empty posts - not actual soldiers - including in jobs related to counter-insurgency that swelled during ...
27 Feb, 2024, 09.48 PM IST
Major restructure sees China's PLA air force take over naval aircraftThe People's Liberation Army (PLA), an armed force beholden to the Chinese Communist Party, is the world's largest military. Its pursuit of...
16 Aug, 2023, 09.30 AM IST
Fate of 2,500 Ukrainian POWs from steel plant stirs concernThe Russian Defense Ministry released video of Ukrainian soldiers being detained after announcing that its forces had removed the last hold...
22 May, 2022, 10.18 AM IST
Russia-Ukraine crisis: Who were Mariupol's last defenders?Earlier in the week, Ukrainian officials said its combatants in the Azovstal steel plant had completed their mission and were being evacuat...
21 May, 2022, 05.27 PM IST
Ukraine says Russia launches new eastern offensive with blasts all along frontUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Russia had begun the "Battle of Donbas" in the east on Monday and a "very large part of the en...
19 Apr, 2022, 08.27 AM IST
Russia demands Ukrainian surrender in MariupolRussia gave holdout Ukrainian soldiers an ultimatum on Sunday to lay down arms in the pulverised southeastern port of Mariupol which Moscow...
17 Apr, 2022, 02.19 PM IST
Crucial fight for Mariupol, Russia says over 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers surrenderSurrounded by Russian troops for weeks and the focus of some of the fiercest fighting of the war, Mariupol would be the first major city to...
13 Apr, 2022, 07.19 PM IST
US report lifts a lid on PLA fighting statusThe US Army released its "Chinese Tactics" document, coded ATP 7-100.3, last month. This comprehensive 252-page report assesses the structu...
08 Sep, 2021, 10.26 AM IST
Afghanistan crisis: Marine vanguard lands in Kabul as US speeds up evacuationsThe Taliban, emboldened by the imminent end of the U.S. combat mission in the country, took four more provincial capitals Friday, heighteni...
14 Aug, 2021, 10.52 AM IST
Taliban takeover: US sending 3,000 troops for partial Afghan embassy evacuationThe State Department said the embassy will continue functioning, but Thursday's dramatic decision to bring in thousands of additional U.S. ...
13 Aug, 2021, 11.30 AM IST
UK unveils troop cut in defence modernisation plans"We will ensure defence is threat-focused, modernised and financially sustainable, ready to confront future challenges, seize new opportuni...
23 Mar, 2021, 05.28 PM IST
Turkey, and China prepare Pakistan for future warsWhile 'iron brother' China launched a second advanced warship for Pakistan in Shanghai last week, Turkey - its only other all-weather ally ...
04 Feb, 2021, 09.40 AM IST
China wary as Japan unveils first marine unit since WW IIIn an editorial, Chinese state media tabloid Global Times said Asia needed to watch Japan's "militarism revival."
09 Apr, 2018, 10.17 PM IST
China to deploy 1 lakh marines at ports in Gwadar and DjiboutiGwadar is a deep-sea port next to Strait of Hormuz, the key oil route in the Persian Gulf, built with Chinese funding.
15 Mar, 2017, 11.40 AM IST
- China in mind, US plans to expand its drone fleet: Report
US plans to set up a new base in Australia and expand its existing one in the Philippines, besides increasing its fleet of drones to cut it...
26 Jan, 2012, 03.53 PM IST
- US to withdraw 7,000 troops from Europe: Panetta
US will withdraw about 7,000 troops from Europe as part a new defence strategy to accommodate hundreds of billions of dollars in budget cut...
13 Jan, 2012, 02.48 PM IST
- How Operation Cyclone won over the Taj
The last of the four terrorists jumped out of the window of the iconic Taj Mahal hotel only to be shot dead by the NSG commandos early Satu...
30 Nov, 2008, 01.14 AM IST