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US Army: More Money, Less Troops Part One Washington (UPI) Sep 24, 2008 
Since early 2001 the U.S. Army has received $191 billion more than was anticipated for the period 2001-2009.
This "plus-up," which does not include the additional $387 billion the Army also received to fight the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, has not reversed significant long-term reductions in the size of the Army's major combat units, has not reversed the aging, shrinking nature of ... read moreThe Modern Airborne Military Communications Market 
Newtown CT (SPX) Sep 25, 2008Today's military communications systems consist of more than phones and radios. The market encompasses the sharing of voice, data, video and imagery communications in near real-time while adding encryption protection to ensure the exchanges are private. The need for these diverse systems has created an estimated $3 billion market for the development and production of major airborne defense ... more
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Mongolia signs landmark mining deal with French nuclear giant
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North Korea to restart key reprocessing plant: watchdog
Vienna (AFP) Sept 24, 2008North Korea is preparing to restart a nuclear reprocessing plant used to make weapons-grade material as a crucial six-party disarmament-for-aid deal founders, the UN atomic watchdog said Wednesday. Amid growing differences over its denuclearisation pact with South Korea, the United States, Japan, China and Russia, the reclusive Stalinist state told the International Atomic Energy Agency it ... more West turns up heat on Iran over alleged nuclear arms work 
Vienna (AFP) Sept 24, 2008Western countries hit out at Iran here on Wednesday over its refusal to disprove allegations of past nuclear weapons work and for pursuing uranium enrichment in defiance of UN demands. The International Atomic Energy Agency's latest report on its six-year investigation into Tehran's contested nuclear drive "presents a decidedly bleak picture," German ambassador Ruediger Luedeking told a ... more US bewildered, disappointed over NKorean nuclear defiance 
New York (AFP) Sept 24, 2008The Bush administration voiced bewilderment and disappointment Wednesday over North Korea's growing defiance of a landmark nuclear disarmament deal but still clung to hopes of a diplomatic legacy there. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said that North Korea had kicked out IAEA inspectors from the Yongbyon nuclear plant, removed its surveillance equipment there, and planned to ... more  |
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Kabul expects new Taliban onslaught before winter: minister
Washington (AFP) Sept 24, 2008Taliban forces will likely stage a new wave of attacks in Afghanistan before winter sets in, the country's defense minister said on Wednesday as he renewed calls for a joint US-Afghan-Pakistan border force. "I believe we have experienced the worst of this year's fighting" but "we should expect one more enemy effort before winter," Defense Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak said during a visit to ... more International talks to help Pakistan deal with militants: US 
New York (AFP) Sept 24, 2008Efforts are under way to stage high-level international talks in New York this week to debate "common strategies" to help Pakistan defeat the Islamist militant threat, a US official said Wednesday. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who is attending the UN General Assembly in New York, plans to meet Friday with her counterparts from Pakistan, European, Asian and Gulf Arab countries, the ... more France still wants six powers to meet on Iran 
Paris (AFP) Sept 24, 2008France still hopes the six world powers leading an international response to Iran's nuclear programme will meet this week, despite Russian reluctance, the foreign ministry said Wednesday. Paris had earlier called for foreign ministers from Britain, China, Germany, Russia and the United States to meet along with France on the sidelines of this week's United Nations General Assembly in New ... more Examining Georgia With Hindsight Part Three 
Moscow (UPI) Sep 24, 2008 The Georgian Defense Ministry reports fewer than 300 Georgian soldiers killed in the five-day conflict with Russia in the Caucasus last month, although other sources have more realistic figures: 1,000 to 1,500. Several Georgian battalions were destroyed entirely. It is hard to estimate Georgia's loss of equipment. According to various estimates, around 50 machines were destroyed in ... more |
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