The Pentagon claimed the trailer was to be used as a training aid for teams seeking weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

The Pentagon claims the country's real military spending is at least twice as much as the budgeted figure.

Aircraft: The Pentagon claimed 17 Iraqi jets destroyed in the air.

And a helicopter that did crash, the Pentagon claimed, did so because of a mechanical malfunction - not Taliban gunfire.

The Pentagon again claims that the craft was actually an experimental weather balloon, and the bodies were really dummies used in the experiment.

The Pentagon claims that the marines had shown their papers and been passed through the roadblock, when the Panamanians opened fire.

Initially, the Pentagon and Raytheon claimed a virtually perfect record of interceptions.

The Pentagon claims that there was no chance of an explosion and that two arming mechanisms had not activated.

Even so, the Pentagon claimed success in 16 of 17 test goals, though weeks later it sheepishly admitted 2 of 4 was a more accurate portrayal.

The Pentagon has claimed that the MK-77 has less impact on the environment than napalm.