Washington | The Pentagon is scheduled to brief Elon Musk on the US military’s plan for any war that might break out with China, two US officials said on Thursday (Friday AEDT).

Providing Musk access to some of the nation’s most closely guarded military secrets would be a dramatic expansion of his already extensive role as an adviser to President Donald Trump and leader of his effort to slash spending and purge the government of people and policies they oppose.