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US announces USD 89 million for demining assistance in Ukraine
Updated : 2 days, 4 hours ago IST
Washington [US], August 10 (ANI): The United States on Tuesday announced to provide the USD 89 million of the Fiscal Year 2022 funding to the Ukrainian government to address urgent humanitarian challenges, according to the statement released by the State Department.
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US announces additional USD 1 bn defence aid to Ukraine
Updated : 3 days, 8 hours ago IST
Washington [US], August 8 (ANI): The United States on Monday announced USD 1 billion in security assistance for Ukraine to meet its critical security and defence needs amid the ongoing war with Russia.
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US provides USD 450 mln drawdown of new US military aid for Ukraine
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
Washington [US], June 24 (ANI): US has authorized another drawdown of arms and equipment from US Department of Defense inventories for Ukraine's defense, State Department said in a press release.
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CIA appoints Indian-origin Nand Mulchandani as first-ever Chief Technology
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Washington [US], May 2 (ANI): Nand Mulchandani, an Indian-origin man with more than 25 years of experience in Silicon Valley as well as the Department of Defense (DoD), has been appointed by Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) as the first-ever Chief Technology Officer (CTO).
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US abandoned over USD 7 bn military equipment in Afghanistan
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 29 (ANI): American troops left behind USD 7.12 billion worth of military hardware in Afghanistan after they pulled out from the war-ravaged country, in August last year, the US Department of Defense said.
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US transfers prisoner from Guantanamo Bay prison to Algeria
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
Washington [US], April 3 (ANI/Sputnik): Another detainee will be transferred from the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camp to Algeria, the US Department of Defense announced on Saturday.
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US to provide Ukraine with additional military assistance worth USD 300 ml
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
Washington [US], April 2 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States will provide Ukraine with additional military assistance worth USD 300 million, the Department of Defense [DoD] said.
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US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin tests positive for COVID-19 with mild
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Washington [US], January 3 (ANI): US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has contracted COVID-19 and will remain quarantined at home for at least five days, he said in a statement released by the US Department of Defense on Sunday (local time).
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Boeing wins USD 471mn contract to develop new systems for Japan's F-15 fle
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Washington [US], December 31 (ANI/Sputnik): Boeing has won a more than USD 470 million US Air Force contract to develop new systems for Japan's fleet of upgraded F-15 Eagle Super Interceptors, the Department of Defense said in a press release.
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US delivered 30 Javelin anti-tank missile systems to Ukraine in October: P
Updated : 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 10 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States delivered 30 Javelin anti-tank missile systems and 180 missiles for them to Ukraine in October, Department of Defense spokesman Lt. Col. Anton Semelroth said.
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Chinese village in Arunachal constructed over years on land occupied by PL
Updated : 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 9 (ANI): The "large 100-home civilian village" mentioned in a Pentagon report was built over the years in the area in Arunanchal Pradesh that was occupied by the People's Liberation Army (PLA) after overrunning an Assam Rifles post in 1959, clarified sources in th
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At height of border standoff with India, China installed fibre-optic netwo
Updated : 9 months, 1 week ago IST
Washington [US], November 4 (ANI): Chinese military installed a fibre optic network in remote areas of the western Himalayas region, during the height of the border standoff with India in 2020, for increased protection from foreign interception, a Pentagon report said on Wednesday.
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