defense spending

Washington, March 27 – Two US senators have introduced a bipartisan bill to examine delays in arms deliveries to key Indo-Pacific partners.The legislation, called the First Island Chain Deterrence Act, seeks a detailed review of how such delays affect US military readiness in the region...

Washington, March 25 Senior Pentagon officials told lawmakers that the US military is accelerating efforts to build large stockpiles of low-cost weapons, even as it maintains reliance on high-end munitions for future conflicts.Appearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Lt. Gen...

New Delhi, March 23 India must adopt a radical approach and review its defense spending in light of the ongoing war in West Asia and the changing geopolitical landscape, said Fauzia Khan, a member of the Rajya Sabha from the NCP-SCP, on Monday.Participating in discussions on the Appropriation...

Washington, March 23 – NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte backed US actions against Iran, warning that Tehran is “very close” to developing missile capabilities that could threaten Europe, even as NATO assessed reports of a long-range strike on a US-UK base in the Indian Ocean.Speaking on CBS...

New York, March 20 – The rift between US President Donald Trump and NATO deepened on Friday as he called members of the alliance “cowards” and warned that he would “remember” their refusal to help open the Strait of Hormuz.“Without the USA, NATO IS A PAPER TIGER,” he wrote on Truth Social.He...

Washington, March 19 – A US congressional hearing on special operations forces offered a glimpse into the future of warfare – one driven by artificial intelligence, cyber operations, and autonomous systems – highlighting lessons closely watched in India as it reshapes its military to address...

Washington, March 19 – The United States faces an “unprecedented challenge” of deterring two nuclear peers at the same time, senior defense officials told lawmakers, as military leaders warned of growing threats from China and Russia across nuclear, missile, and space domains.At a House Armed...

Washington, March 17 – President Donald Trump said Tuesday that most NATO allies had declined to join the US military operation against Iran, criticizing the alliance and asserting that Washington does not need foreign support."The United States has been informed by most of our NATO 'allies'...

Seoul, March 10 – South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said on Tuesday that a potential relocation of military assets owned by the US military stationed in South Korea would not affect the deterrence posture against North Korea.Citing media reports that the US Forces Korea (USFK) might have...

Washington, March 10 – The first two days of US military strikes on Iran cost approximately $5.6 billion in munitions alone, according to a report by The Washington Post, highlighting the enormous financial cost of the conflict even as President Donald Trump suggests the war could end soon.The...

Tokyo, February 28 – Large numbers of Japanese citizens gathered in Tokyo to protest Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's attempt to revise the country's pacifist Constitution.Nearly 1,000 people attended the demonstration in front of the Prime Minister's official residence on Friday evening...

Washington, February 25 – President Donald Trump declared that the United States had “eliminated Iran’s nuclear weapons program,” urged NATO allies to sharply increase defense spending, and “ended 8 wars” in a sweeping display of American military and geopolitical strength.Describing what he...

Washington, February 19 – A bipartisan group of senior U.S. lawmakers has urged Taiwan’s leadership to significantly increase defense spending, warning that partial funding of a supplementary defense budget could weaken efforts to deter the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”) “aggression”.U.S...