PENTAGON – Iran has fired more than a dozen ballistic missiles into at least two Iraqi airbases that house U.S. troops, the Pentagon says. VOA correspondent Carla Babb broke the story late Tuesday when she was told the al-Asad airbase was hit by rocket fire. The Pentagon later said the Irbil airbase was also […]
PENTAGON – The United States Space Command officially launches on Thursday with a White House ceremony hosted by President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence. Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Air Force Gen. John Raymond, commander of SPACECOM, are also expected to attend. The U.S. military has not created a command since U.S. Cyber […]
PENTAGON – U.S. President Donald Trump’s border wall is expanding. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper recently approved another 32 kilometers (20 miles) of barriers for the United States’ southern border with Mexico, a defense official has confirmed to VOA. The official said Esper is using an expected surplus to build the additional barrier. To […]
On Aug. 18, at 2:30 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time, the Defense Department conducted a flight test of a conventionally configured ground-launched cruise missile at San Nicolas Island, Calif. Image-Defense.gov Russia on Tuesday criticized the United States for testing a ground-based missile that until three weeks ago had been banned under an arms treaty between […]