Washington, April 28 (IANS) China’s expanding missile arsenal and evolving military capabilities are reshaping US defence planning, with senior Pentagon officials telling lawmakers that Beijing remains the central strategic challenge driving a new generation of homeland missile defence.Testifying before a Senate panel, Assistant Secretary Marc Berkowitz said bluntly: “China is our pacing competitor we will deter China from a position of strength.”He said Beijing’s growing capabilities ar…
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Washington, April 17 (IANS) China emerged as the central strategic focus of a high-stakes US congressional hearing on missile defence, with defence officials warning that Beijing’s expanding capabilities are driving a major overhaul of America’s homeland security architecture. Senior Pentagon officials repeatedly identified China as the primary long-term challenge shaping the proposed “Golden Dome” missile shield, even as lawmakers clashed over its cost, feasibility and strategic logi…
Washington, April 4 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has proposed a record $1.5 trillion defence budget for fiscal 2027, a 44 per cent jump that would sharply expand Pentagon spending while cutting several domestic programmes.“The Budget builds upon the historic $1 trillion topline provided for the national defense by requesting $1.5 trillion for 2027, a 44-percent increase,” the White House said in its official budget document proposal for the fiscal 2027.The administration said the request…
Washington, March 28 (IANS) A top US senator has raised sharp concerns over the cost and feasibility of the proposed “Golden Dome” missile defence system, while warning that China’s advancing space capabilities could pose new strategic risks to American assets.During a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on US Space Command and Strategic Command, Senator Mark Kelly questioned whether the ambitious missile defence architecture could deliver on its promise at scale.“I understand the ar…
Washington, Jan 30 (IANS) The Trump Administration’s new US National Defense Strategy marks “one of the most significant departures” in US defence priorities since World War II, experts said, describing a turn toward homeland and Western Hemisphere missions and tougher expectations for allies.“As written, the National Defense Strategy represents one of the most significant departures in the transatlantic defense relationship and really, in US defence priorities and postures that we’ve se…
Washington, Jan 22 (IANS) US President Donald Trump signalled what he described as a breakthrough framework with NATO on Greenland and Arctic security, linking it to alliance burden-sharing, US economic leverage and a wider transatlantic reset during a packed day of engagements at the World Economic Forum in Davos.“Based upon a very productive meeting that I have had with the Secretary General of NATO, Mark Rutte, we have formed the framework of a future deal with respect to Greenland and, in …