The J-35 was officially unveiled last year via social media posts, including the popular Douyin (TikTok), Xiaohongshu (RED), and Weibo, before going viral on X and Instagram.

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U.S. defense chief Pete Hegseth on Wednesday stressed the role of regional partners in the Pentagon 's bid to counter an increasingly assertive China. "The Indo-Pacific is our priority theater ...

In a wide-ranging interview, Rajesh Kumar Singh speaks on Op Sindoor and China’s role, India’s fifth-gen fighter plans, ...

Marco Rubio is making his first trip to Asia as the top US diplomat, heading to a summit in Malaysia a day after President ...

During his address at the Shangri-La Dialogue summit in Singapore on May 31, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth touted Poland, the Baltic States, Israel, and the Gulf States as “model allies ...

Hegseth threatens the region with impossible demands. Rubio is set up to fail. And Asean is left to navigate the fallout of a superpower collapsing in on itself. The rope has been handed out.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth criticized Fox News reporter Jennifer Griffin during a Thursday briefing after she questioned the effectiveness of U.S. strikes in Iran.

Our soldiers responded without hesitation, killing several enemy fighters and capturing a Taliban machine gunner. At that ...

Hegseth, who was joined by Gen. Dan Caine, Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, testified before the Senate Appropriations Committee to defend the Defense Department’s fiscal 2026 budget proposal.

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be Defense Secretary, gives a thumbs-up as he walks with his wife Jennifer Hegseth, left, to meet with Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, a member of ...

Pete Hegseth, the secretary of defense, during a House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense hearing in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, June 10, 2025. Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images ...