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Chinese balloon ‘did not collect any information’, Pentagon says

Pentagon say US military ‘took steps to mitigate’ the collection of intelligence

The Independent UK

Top American, Chinese defense officials vie for influence in Asia-Pacific

As the United States and China vie to establish new partnerships and expand influence with Asia-Pacific nations, the top defense officials from both nations are preparing to try to win support this weekend from their regional counterparts, diplomats and leaders at a security forum in Singapore

The Independent UK

China declines meeting between defence chiefs with US

The United States proposed the two men meet on the sidelines of this week’s Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore.

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Prosecutors say leak suspect Jack Teixeira kept arsenal of weapons, wanted to kill 'ton of people'

Arguing he should remain in jail, prosecutors say the Massachusetts Air National guardsman accused of leaking classified military documents poses a grave threat to national security.

ABC News

Pentagon leak was decades in the making

Computer network was designed for use by much smaller number of people amid questions over amount of classified material on the system

The Guardian - UK

U.S. arrests Pentagon suspected document leaker

The leaked documents contained wide-ranging revelations about the U.S.' relations with other countries.

Axios

6 US troops have traumatic brain injury after Syria attacks

The Pentagon says an additional six troops were injured in attacks last week in northeastern Syria that U.S. officials have blamed on Iranian-backed militants

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A look at the US military mission in Syria and its dangers

The Iranian drone attack that struck a U.S. base in northeastern Syria, killing a contractor and wounding several U.S. troops, is just the latest in a growing number of attacks on American forces in Syria

The Independent UK

US to speed Abrams tanks to Ukraine as Russia ups pressure

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration will speed up delivery of M1 Abrams battle tanks to Ukraine by nine months, with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s forces now expected to receive them by autumn, a Pentagon spokesman said Tuesday.

Tribune News Service

Video of drone encounter shows Russia ‘flat-out lying’

The Biden administration released dramatic footage of an encounter between Russian fighter jets and an American surveillance drone as the United States sought to show that Russia was lying with claims that its warplane never hit the US aircraft.

Bangkok Post

Ukraine war: What's known — and not — about US drone and Russia jet crash

LONDON: According to the US military, a Russian fighter jet dumped fuel on an American MQ-9 Reaper drone flying over the Black Sea on Tuesday, causing it to crash after colliding with the aircraft.

The Times of India

What we know about Russia downing US drone over the Black Sea

Claims of a collision between a Russian fighter jet and a US surveillance drone over the Black Sea have triggered diplomatic protests in the US. Here's what we know about the incident.

ABC News

What's known — and not — about US-Russia military air crash

When a Russian fighter jet collided with a large U.S. surveillance drone over the Black Sea on Tuesday, it was a rare but serious clash that triggered a U.S. diplomatic protest and raised concerns about the possibility Russia could recover sensitive technology

The Independent UK

U.S. had to crash drone in Black Sea after damage from Russian jet -Pentagon

The United States military was forced to essentially crash its MQ-9 Reaper surveillance drone because of the damage caused when it was struck by a Russian jet, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.

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Top US, Chinese defense officials haven’t spoken in 3 months

WASHINGTON — The top U.S. and Chinese defense officials haven’t spoken since November, the Pentagon said Tuesday, a sign of how recent strains over Taiwan and an alleged spy balloon have fractured communications between the world’s two most powerful armed forces.

The Independent UK

No evidence of fraud in weapons to Ukraine, watchdog says

The Pentagon's inspector general says his office has found no evidence yet that any of the billions of dollars in weapons and aid to Ukraine has been lost to corruption or diverted into the wrong hands

The Independent UK

1st class of Ukraine fighters finishes advanced US training

The Pentagon says the first class of 635 Ukrainian fighters has finished a five-week advanced U.S. training course in Germany on sophisticated combat skills and armored vehicles that will be critical in the coming spring offensive against the Russians

WEKU

UFOs? Airborne objects? What we know about 4 recent shootdowns

The shootdowns came in steady succession over the weekend, after alarms were raised in early February over an object spotted over Montana.

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The Independent UK

Everything we know about the mysterious ‘objects’ shot down by US warplanes

Three high-altitude objects were destroyed days after a fighter jet shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon

ABC News

The US has shot down another object, this one over Alaska. Here's what we know

For the second time in a week, the US has shot down an uninvited object in its airspace. Here's what we know about the latest incident.

Tribune News Service

US downs unknown object over Alaska as China tension grows

President Joe Biden ordered the Pentagon to shoot down an object spotted at 40,000 feet over Alaska, less than a week after fighter jets targeted an alleged Chinese surveillance balloon that had crossed the U.S. and provoked a national uproar.

The Independent UK

Everything we know about the mysterious ‘objects’ shot down by US warplanes

Three high-altitude objects were destroyed days after a fighter jet shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon

Tribune News Service

US shoots down unknown object over Alaska as China tension grows

President Joe Biden ordered the Pentagon to shoot down an object spotted at 40,000 feet over Alaska less than a week after fighter jets targeted an alleged Chinese surveillance balloon that had crossed the U.S. and provoked a national uproar.

The Independent UK

Beijing calls US claims over balloons 'information warfare'

China says U_S_ accusations that a downed Chinese balloon was part of an extensive surveillance program amount to “information warfare against China."

Daily Mirror

US intelligence says Chinese spy balloon WAS part of global surveillance operation

Brigadier General Pat Ryder, the Pentagon press secretary, said in a news conference Wednesday that four more balloons have now been spotted flying in the skies above America

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