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 Fort Bliss TX (SPX) Oct 22, 2009 
The U.S. Army has activated its second Terminal High Altitude Area Defense battery during a ceremony at Fort Bliss, Texas. THAAD is a defensive weapon system developed by the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, a joint service organization within the Department of Defense. The ceremony marked the activation of A Battery/2nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, 32nd ... read more
Warsaw (AFP) Oct 21, 2009Poland is ready to join a new US anti-missile system replacing a plan fiercely opposed by Moscow, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Wednesday during a visit by US Vice President Joe Biden. "Poland feels this so-called SM-3 concept, a reconfigured anti-missile system, is very interesting, and needed," Tusk told reporters during a joint press conference with Biden. "We are prepared to ... more
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Nuclear monitor defends Ukraine plant visit via Russia-controlled territory
Iran's former top diplomat Zarif resigns from VP post Italy breaks 'taboo' with push to revive nuclear North Korea held 'strategic cruise missile' launch drill this week: state media Iran slams Israel threats as 'outrageous' after Israeli FM warns of 'military option' A French-UK nuclear umbrella for Europe? Not likely, say analysts Iran significantly increased stocks of highly enriched uranium: IAEA Bangladesh calls for continued Russian nuclear collaboration Iran denounces new US sanctions as 'sign of hostility' Iran rules out 'direct talks' with US on nuclear issue 
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Seoul (UPI) Oct 21, 2009 With the U.S. defense chief in Seoul for security talks, a group of scholars and retired military officials have called for a redeployment of tactical nuclear weapons in South Korea to counter North Korea's nuclear drive. They also urged the United States to delay the planned transfer of wartime control of South Korean troops to Seoul beyond 2012, citing lingering threats from the North ... more  
Bogota, Colombia (UPI) Oct 21, 2009 In the latest indication that a Latin American row over U.S. use of military bases in Colombia is far from over, Colombia has reacted sharply to critics and asked neighboring nations to open their borders to inspection for foreign military presence. Populist governments led by Venezuela have been waging an international campaign against U.S. troop deployments at Colombian bases for anti ... more  
Washington (AFP) Oct 21, 2009The US manufacturer of the Taser stun gun has advised police not to aim the weapons at the chests of suspects after admitting heart risk concerns for the first time. Taser International stressed that suffering an "adverse cardiac event" after being zapped was "extremely unlikely," but human rights groups say hundreds of people have been killed by the electroshock weapons. In a bulletin ... more |
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Seoul (AFP) Oct 21, 2009The United States will never accept a nuclear-armed North Korea, Defense Secretary Robert Gates warned Wednesday, saying its atomic and missile programmes pose a "lethal and destabilising" threat. "There should be no mistaking that we do not today, nor will we ever, accept a North Korea with nuclear weapons," Gates told US and South Korean soldiers as he began a visit to Seoul. ... more  
Washington (AFP) Oct 21, 2009The United States is pressing Iraq not to delay parliamentary elections in early January, a senior Pentagon official said Wednesday, acknowledging it could affect plans for drawing down US forces. Doubts about the election timeline rose again Wednesday after the Iraqi parliament failed to reach agreement on an election law because of a stalemate over oil-rich Kirkuk. ... more  
Khartoum, Sudan (UPI) Oct 21, 2009 U.S. President Barack Obama's White House is finding, as did the Bill Clinton and George W. Bush administrations, that it needs the troublesome Islamist regime in Sudan to help in the war against al-Qaida. On Monday, the White House disclosed that it will renew sanctions on Khartoum over the conflict in Sudan's Darfur region but will seek to persuade the government of President Omar ... more |
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