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WATCH: Pentagon holds briefing after reports Russian war plane hits U.S. drone over Black Sea

By Associated Press

The MQ-9 is capable of carrying munitions but Ryder would not say whether it was armed. The U.S. had not recovered the crashed drone, U.S. Air Forces-Europe said in a statement, and neither had Russia, Ryder said.

WATCH: Pentagon holds news briefing as Russia claims Ukraine sabotage attacks in its territory

By Associated Press

Pentagon press secretary Pat Ryder will hold a news briefing on Thursday as the Kremlin accuses Ukrainian saboteurs of crossing into western Russia and firing on villagers. Ukraine denied the claim and warned that Moscow could use the allegations to…

WATCH: Pentagon reports no evidence of weapons lost to fraud in Ukraine

By Susie Blann, Associated Press

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.

China blasts Pentagon official’s Taiwan visit

By Associated Press

China has sharply criticized a visit to Taiwan by a senior Pentagon official and reaffirmed sanctions against Lockheed Martin and a unit of Raytheon for supplying military equipment to the self-governing island.

WATCH: Pentagon releases close-up photo of Chinese spy balloon

By Tara Copp, Associated Press

A U-2 pilot flying high above the Chinese spy balloon took a close-up photo of the large white orb just a day before the Air Force shot it down off the South Carolina coast.

News Wrap: U.S. military searches for object shot down near Alaska

In our news wrap Saturday, the U.S. military is searching for the remains of an unidentified object shot down off the coast of Alaska Friday, Trump’s legal team turned over more classified materials to federal investigators, and police in Raleigh,…

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WATCH: Pentagon holds news briefing as new information revealed on Chinese balloon

By Associated Press

Pentagon press secretary Pat Ryder holds a news briefing on Friday as new information is revealed on a Chinese balloon the United States said was conducting surveillance.

As U.S. shot down shot down Chinese balloon, calls to China went unanswered

By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press

When a giant Chinese balloon made an uninvited visit to the United States, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin turned to a hotline system set up with Beijing to defuse the situation.

WATCH: Pentagon says China has conducted a spy balloon program for years

By Associated Press

The Chinese balloon shot down off the South Carolina coast was part of a large surveillance program that China has been conducting for “several years,” the Pentagon said Wednesday.

WATCH: Pentagon holds news briefing as Russia responds to U.S. plan to send tanks to Ukraine

By Associated Press

Pentagon press secretary Pat Ryder will hold a news briefing on Thursday after the U.S. and Western allies agreed to send more tanks to Ukraine to support it against an invasion by Russia.