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Saturday, November 2, 2024
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Topic: Pentagon

Pentagon cancels deal with Microsoft and that makes Jeff Bezos even richer

Jeff Bezos reached a record $211 billion net worth Tuesday. His record haul is even greater than during a 2020 Amazon stock surge, when his net worth topped out at $206.9 billion.

In squash and in life, my boss Donald Rumsfeld never gave in

Like Winston Churchill, Rumsfeld was a proponent of the dictum: 'Never give in. Never, never, never, never — in nothing, great or small, large or petty — never give in.'

China poses greatest long-term strategic threat in 21st century, says Pentagon commander

The Pentagon commander alleged that Beijing's pernicious approach includes a whole of party effort to coerce, corrupt and co-opt govts, businesses and people of the Indo-Pacific.

US Congress approves waiver for first black leader to become defence secretary

The House voted 326-78 to pass the waiver exempting Lloyd Austin, who left the military in 2016, from a law that bars officers from top civilian post for 7 years after retiring.

Veterans of the ‘forever wars’ need jobs as much as healthcare

There are reports of insufficient levels of personal protective equipment in many facilities. Cuts at the post office have made it more difficult for many veterans.

US approves $90 million sale of spares, support for C-130J Super Hercules aircraft to India

The proposed sale will support US foreign policy and national security by helping to strengthen US-India strategic relationship, US Defence Security Cooperation Agency said.

China is set to join US & Russia as top nuclear weapons power, Pentagon warns

China’s progress in upgrading its strategic bombers to carry nuclear payloads puts it on the cusp of achieving a 'triad' of delivery systems.

US-India negotiating unmanned aerial vehicle co-development programme, says Pentagon official

US Air Force research labs have reportedly signed a cooperative research and development agreement with an Indian startup to support the development of the air-launched UAV.

Iran will upgrade its weapons when UN embargo expires, warns Pentagon

The US is pushing the international community to keep Iran from purchasing advanced weapons, arguing it will add to instability in the region.

Lockheed’s next-gen F-35 breaks down too often, says Pentagon

None of the Air Force, Marines and Navy F-35 variants are meeting their five key ‘reliability or maintainability metrics’, says Pentagon chief weapons tester.

On Camera

As a Hindu Canadian, I am deeply hurt by cancellation of Diwali. My community is now sidelined

Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

All about Major Bob Khathing, whose daring expedition & diplomatic parleys secured Tawang for India

The decorated Naga officer from Manipur also served as envoy to Myanmar & Nagaland chief secy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a museum dedicated to the Tawang hero Thursday.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.