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If Iran Gets Nuclear Weapons And ICBM, It Will ‘Go Nuts’ With Aggressive Acts, Not Fearing Any U.S. Or Israeli Response If the United States abandons plans to erect a […]

Extending Raptor Production Would Save Existing Jobs, Swiftly Aid Ailing Economy CBO Report: Federal Spending Would Boost U.S. Economy More Than Reducing Taxes Yet another case has been made for […]

China likely will continue its explosive 12 to 18 percent increase in military spending, an analyst said. The Asian giant can well afford such outlays, with a national debt equivalent […]

The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) has proposed an outline of changes to the defense procurement system. That system has drawn criticism from lawmakers in Congress, who cite giant increases in […]

The Missile Defense Agency gave The Boeing Co. [BA] a $250 million contract for continued work on the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system, the company announced. That one-year pact covers […]

By Emelie Rutherford The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) approved late yesterday afternoon President Obama’s nomination of Raytheon [RTN] executive William Lynn to be deputy defense secretary. Lynn’s confirmation could […]

By Emelie Rutherford The Senate frowned on Republican attempts to add weapon-system spending to the massive economic-stimulus bill the chamber worked to pass last night. Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) failed […]

By Emelie Rutherford The Marine Corps is "aggressively" working on plans to quickly purchase an under-development breed of all-terrain mine-resistant vehicles for troops in Afghanistan in response to an urgent […]

The House this week approved several bills dealing with homeland security, including a measure authorizing the Office of Bombing Prevention and another creating an Appeals and Redress Office to assist […]

By Emelie Rutherford A Defense Department spokesman acknowledged yesterday that the next defense budget will not be as large as a proposal crafted last year at the Pentagon, and suggested […]