International
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International
BAE Systems Receives Additional VIKING Order From British MoD
BAE Systems Monday said it has received an additional order for the armored all-terrain vehicle BvS10 VIKING from the British Ministry of Defence (MoD). “This contract recognizes the performance the […]
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Air Force
Irregular Warfare Must Become a Core Competency, General Says
By Ann Roosevelt Facing the complexity and uncertainty of military operations in the 21st century, the military must make superiority in irregular warfare a core capability, according to a top […]
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Business/Financial
Clinton Says No Decision Made On Whether To Abandon Planned European Missile Defense
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said nothing has been decided on a U.S. response to repeated Russian demands that Washington kill the planned European Missile Defense (EMD) system. She was […]
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Business/Financial
Tauscher: Delay European Missile Defense, Focus Instead On European Defense Against Short-Medium Range Iranian Missiles
She Condemns Iran For Developing Missile Able To Strike Targets In United States Tauscher Says European System Won’t Be Dropped In Deal With Moscow, But EMD Would Protect America, Not […]
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Homeland Security
Analyst: Obama May Slash Funding For Ballistic Missile Defense
President Obama may slash funding for ballistic missile defense (BMD) programs, a think tank analyst wrote. Victoria Samson, with the Center for Defense Information (CDI), said Obama — since taking […]
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Homeland Security
Iran May Run Out Of Uranium For Its Nuclear Production
Iran may be running low on the uranium oxide needed to keep its nuclear production program going, according to a report by the Institute for Science and International Security. The […]
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Homeland Security
North Korea Assembling Long-Range Missile; Clinton Issue Warning
North Korea is assembling a long-range missile and may be able to launch it by the end of this month, according to news organization reports. As well, Pyongyang issued a […]
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Homeland Security
Boomers Bump: U.K., French Nuclear Submarines Carrying Nuclear Missiles Collide
British and French nuclear-powered submarines carrying nuclear-tipped missiles collided while patrolling deep beneath the Atlantic Ocean, according to news organization reports. The U.K. boat HMS Vanguard apparently was struck by […]
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Business/Financial
Alaska Members Of Congress Press Pentagon Not To Cut GMD
Alaska members of Congress are pushing Secretary of Defense Robert Gates not to cut funding for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense system, part of the multi-layered U.S. shield against enemy missiles. […]
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Homeland Security
United States Should Use Defensive Systems To Shield Space Assets: Analyst
The United States should move to defend American and allied space assets from attack, a noted analyst said. Baker Spring, a research fellow with The Heritage Foundation, a Washington think […]