A US Air Force F-22 fighter jet shot down an “unidentified flying object” over Alaska on Friday. The agency has since been very limited with information about the object, but according to White House spokesman John Kirby, it was traveling at an altitude that potentially posed a danger to air traffic. What it actually is is still unclear, but US authorities say it was likely unmanned. Patrick... 

Australia’s biggest defense expenditure ever of USD 15 billion to be used for purchasing 72 US F-35 fighter jets has triggered a debate, with some saying that the planes are not worth the high costs, local press reports say. Australia has committed to purchasing the F-35 combat aircraft from the US, which itself is spending 1 trillion dollars on the biggest defense program in its history. However,...