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A Revolution In American Military Affairs Part One Washington (UPI) Oct 23, 2008 
On Feb. 3, 2006, the U.S. Department of Defense announced a new organizational structure under the Office of the Secretary of Defense called the Business Transformation Agency. Its mission was to guide the transformation of business operations throughout the Department of Defense to deliver enterprise-level capabilities that align to war fighter needs. The BTA provides a much-needed service ... read moreOutside View: Russia's new army structure 
Moscow (UPI) Oct 23, 2008 The Russian army is changing. In addition to troop-size reduction, yet another reform is aimed at fundamentally changing personnel composition and structure, especially within the ground forces. Until now, despite all recent reforms and cutbacks, the Russian armed forces largely remained a scaled-down version of the Soviet army, which was supposed to lead a full-scale war preceded by a ... more
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Key Flight Software Delivered For Missile Warning Satellite
Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Oct 24, 2008Lockheed Martin has delivered the latest block of flight software for the first geosynchronous orbit (GEO-1) spacecraft in the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) program. The U.S. Air Force's SBIRS program is designed to provide early warning of missile launches, and simultaneously support other missions, including missile defense, technical intelligence and battlespace awareness. ... more US military training program starts in Pakistan: official 
Washington (AFP) Oct 23, 2008A small contingent of US military trainers have begun a training program aimed at turning Pakistan's Frontier Corps into an effective counter-insurgency force, a US military official said Thursday. About 25 US military personnel last week began training Pakistani army trainers at a location in Pakistan outside the troubled tribal areas where the Frontier Corps operates, the official said ... more US-Iraq pact seeks to enable 'pillage': Ahmadinejad 
Tehran (AFP) Oct 23, 2008The draft US-Iraq security accord aims to keep Iraq weak to help the United States "pillage" the country, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday. "The Americans have shown that they do not respect any agreement and, if their interests require it, they are ready to sacrifice their closest friends," he was quoted by state news agency IRNA as saying. "They do not distinguish ... more  |
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Japan Concerned Over Chinese Submarines Near Maritime Borders
Tokyo (RIA Novosti) Oct 24, 2008Chinese submarines have recently increased their activity near Japan's maritime borders in the East China Sea, a Japanese military source said. According to the source, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force detected the presence of a Chinese Han-class nuclear-powered submarine and a Song-class diesel attack submarine in the region as the U.S. George Washington nuclear aircraft carrier was ... more Feature: Ex-al-Qaida emir dodges killing 
Ad Duluyiah, Iraq (UPI) Oct 22, 2008 A female suicide bomber was blown up in this provincial market town over the weekend in what was believed a failed attempt to destroy a headquarters of the Sons of Iraq security forces and also kill the region's most vocal anti-terrorist cleric. Iraqi and U.S. military authorities said the woman - the only casualty in the incident - was about 18 years old and possibly a member of al-K ... more LockMart's JASSM-ER Successful In Latest Flight Test 
Orlando FL (SPX) Oct 24, 2008A Lockheed Martin Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile Extended Range (JASSM-ER) successfully completed a recent integration flight test at White Sands Missile Range, NM. The missile achieved safe separation from the B-1B launch aircraft, and successfully navigated through a preplanned route, striking its intended target. The flight test objectives were to validate new hardware and ... more Georgia says Russia massing troops in South Ossetia 
Tbilisi (AFP) Oct 23, 2008Georgia on Thursday said Russia was deploying an additional 2,000 troops in the breakaway region of South Ossetia and said it was "deeply concerned" by the move. "During the last two weeks, 2,000 additional Russian troops have been deployed in South Ossetia," interior ministry Spokesman Shota Utiashvili told AFP. "The total number of Russian troops in South Ossetia is now up to 7,000." ... more |
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