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Israel general drops missile defense bombshellTel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Dec 14, 2010 Maj. Gen. Gadi Eisenkot, commander of Israel's northern front, has dropped a bombshell by disclosing that the anti-missile systems the defense industry has developed are intended to protect the country's military installations, not its cities and civilian population. "The residents of Israel shouldn't be under the illusion that someone will open an umbrella over the heads" in the event of a massive missile and rocket attack by Israel's enemies, he declared in a speech Sunday at the University o ... read more |
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  Russian Military To Receive 1,300 Types Of Weaponry By 2020 The Russian Armed Forces will receive over 1,300 types of weaponry in line with a draft arms procurement program until 2020, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Monday. "We will need to set ... more | .. |
  DARPA Awards Contract To Produce Laser Enhanced Sniper Systems Lockheed Martin was awarded a $6.9 million contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for multiple One Shot laser-based sniper systems that improve accuracy and reduce the pos ... more | .. |
  Fire Scout Ready For Unrestricted Flights Off USS Halyburton In preparation for deployment early next year, Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Navy have verified that the MQ-8B Fire Scout vertical unmanned aircraft system is functionally compatible with communicat ... more | .. |
  Western Military District Gets First Iskander Tactical Missile System The first Iskander tactical surface-to-surface ballistic missile system has entered service with the Russian Army's Western Military District, regional commander Arkady Bakhin said on Tuesday. ... more |
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 ATK Awarded Contract For USAF HARM Modification Program ATK has announced that it has been awarded a $4.5-million contract from the U.S. Air Force for the limited production phase of the High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM) Control Section Modificati ... more | .. |
  Israel talks turkey to Greece Executives of Israel's defense industry, the most advanced in the Middle East, are reportedly talking to NATO-member Greece about a possible multimillion-dollar sale of advanced weaponry. ... more | .. |
  Iraqi forces face key security test over Ashura Iraqi forces will provide security for Ashura ceremonies this week in Karbala with no active support from US forces, in a key test of their capabilities ahead of an American pullout in a year. ... more | .. |
 Abbas hears US 'ideas' for reviving peace talks Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas on Tuesday held inconclusive talks with George Mitchell, although the US Middle East envoy raised "ideas" for reviving peace negotiations with Israel. ... more |
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  S.Korean army chief quits amid N.Korea tensions South Korea's army chief resigned Tuesday over a controversial property investment, at a time of high tensions with North Korea following its deadly artillery attack on a border island last month. ... more | .. |
 N.Korea may have secret uranium enrichment sites: minister South Korea's foreign minister voiced suspicion on Tuesday that North Korea may have secret uranium enrichment facilities, in addition to the one it disclosed last month. ... more | .. |
 US Senate to open START debate President Barack Obama's Democratic allies in the US Senate said Tuesday they would kick off formal debate on a landmark nuclear arms control pact with Russia and predicted its ratification this year. ... more | .. |
 Iran says nuclear policy unchanged after FM sacked Iran said Tuesday its nuclear and foreign policies will not change after President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad abruptly fired Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki and replaced him with the atomic chief. ... more |
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  Russia's 'sexy spy' appears at Medvedev forum Russia's glamorous former spy Anna Chapman made a surprise appearance Tuesday at a technical modernisation forum attended by President Dmitry Medvedev and the country's young elite. ... more | .. |
 US drone strike kills four militants in Pakistan: officials A US drone strike in Pakistan's northwestern tribal belt on Tuesday killed four militants, destroying their vehicle, local security officials said. ... more | .. |
 UN to end Saddam-era sanctions on Iraq The UN Security Council will on Wednesday end a swathe of Saddam Hussein-era sanctions against Iraq in a sign of the changes in the country, diplomats said. ... more | .. |
  Yemen al-Qaida chief said slain in Somalia The reported death in Mogadishu of Rajah Abu Khalid, an al-Qaida commander from Yemen fighting alongside al-Shabaab insurgents in Somalia, highlights Western concerns that the jihadists in Yemen are widening their war. ... more |
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  Commentary: Vietnam syndrome? U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus, the U.S. and NATO supremo in Afghanistan, is as well versed in the history of major post-World War II insurgencies as anyone alive today. From Lawrence of Arabia to Mao's and Tito's guerrilla triumphs to France's 16 years of defeats in Indochina and Algeria, Petraeus knows it all - and then some. ... more | .. |
 US envoy returns to grasp the nettle of Mideast peace Washington's Middle East envoy George Mitchell arrived for talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders, as the European Union backed off from an immediate recognition of a Palestinian state. ... more | .. |
  U.K to halve fast-jets by 2020 The British air force looks poised to halve its fast-jet fleet by 2020, a commanding officer said. ... more | .. |
 Military weighs reusing damaged equipment The U.S. military establishment is considering the feasibility of refurbishing military equipment damaged on the battlefields of Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere under a high-tech program. ... more |
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 Boeing Phantom Ray Takes A Ride On NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft The Boeing Phantom Ray unmanned airborne system sits atop a NASA Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), a modified Boeing 747, as it takes off at 1:40 p.m. Central time for the test flight at Lambert Inter ... more | .. |
  New online security code to be tested A competition is on to find a replacement for a computer security algorithm used in almost all secure online transactions, U.S. officials said. ... more | .. |
 Veteran US Diplomat Richard Holbrooke Dies By Dan De Luce Washington DC (AFP) Dec 14, 2010 Richard Holbrooke, the US special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan and a key figure in the 1995 peace agreement that ended three years of war in B ... more | .. |
 Indonesian police hold terror suspect Indonesian police are questioning Abu Tholut, one of the country's most wanted terror suspects, after capturing him during a raid on his wife's house. ... more |
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