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Cause of missile defense test failure unclear: USWashington (AFP) Dec 16, 2010 A top US general said Thursday it was unclear why an interceptor meant to knock out incoming ballistic missiles failed in a test for the second time in a row. General James Cartwright, the military's second highest ranking officer, said he had no doubts that the country's missile defense system could fend off potential threats, despite Wednesday's failed test. "I'm not the least bit concerned that we don't have a capability to defeat, should we need to, that rogue threat that the system's been d ... read more |
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  Chinese and Indian PMs hold talks in Delhi China and India's premiers held talks Thursday expected to touch on a series of sensitive issues, including a long-running border row, that have dogged their countries' often troubled ties. ... more | .. |
  Israel steps up its spy games in Lebanon Middle East tensions went up a notch after the Lebanese military found Israeli electronic surveillance devices on two strategic mountains and the Israeli military reportedly destroyed a third device in the Mediterranean off southern Lebanon. ... more | .. |
  In Afghanistan, a long war and a shifting strategy The United States and its allies have waged war in Afghanistan for more than nine years, longer than the Soviet army in the 1980s, but the White House said Thursday a troop buildup would pave the way for an eventual withdrawal by 2015. ... more | .. |
 US war review cites gains against Taliban, Qaeda The United States has made sufficient progress in Afghanistan in the last year to begin a "responsible reduction" of forces in July 2011, an Obama administration strategy review said Thursday. ... more |
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  S.Korea drill risks 'chain reaction': US general A top US general on Thursday voiced concern over a possible "chain reaction" on the Korean peninsula if a planned South Korean artillery exercise leads to an aggressive response from the North. ... more | .. |
  Meet Britain's new sub-sea war machine It can hit enemies more than 1,200 miles away, its nuclear reactor could power an entire city and it makes less noise than a baby dolphin - meet HMS Ambush, Britain's new super submarine. ... more | .. |
 Clinton: Republicans seeing merits of nuclear treaty US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday there was a "growing willingness" by Republicans to see the merits of a landmark nuclear pact with Russia as Senators debated whether to ratify it. ... more | .. |
 US missile kills up to seven in Pakistan's Khyber: officials A US missile strike killed seven militants in Pakistan's tribal district of Khyber on Thursday, local security officials said, in an apparent expansion of America's covert drone campaign. ... more |
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  US DoD Fears Budget Axe According to Forecast International's latest analysis of the U.S. defense market, the DoD budget is facing mounting pressure from both sides of the aisle as lawmakers struggle to rein in trillion-do ... more | .. |
 US And Russia Find Some Common Ground On The Koreas On Wednesday night, South Korea's Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs Wi Sung-lac departed from Moscow after talks at the Russian Foreign Ministry, two days after ... more | .. |
 Uncertain World: Arguments Against Russia Joining NATO This past year saw a lot of speculation about whether Russia will ultimately join NATO. Prominent analysts and former politicians took to the pages of Western publications to voice their opinion on ... more | .. |
 Russia And India Fix T-50 Fighter Design Contract Russia and India have agreed the estimated cost of a design contract for their joint fifth-generation fighter project at $295 million, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Chairman Ashok Nayak said i ... more |
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 Raytheon Intelligence-Sharing System Begins Operations The U.S. Air Force successfully completed evaluation of Raytheon's new Distributed Common Ground System at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, enabling operational use of the upgraded intelligence, surveill ... more | .. |
 NATO begins work on half-billion-euro HQ NATO laid the first stone Thursday for its half-billion-euro headquarters, already one year behind schedule, that will replace a Cold War-era complex used since 1967 as a temporary facility. ... more | .. |
  Iraq holds 73 as two million throng shrine city Iraq has arrested 73 Al-Qaeda-linked suspects officials said were implicated in plotting "chaos" during Ashura in Karbala, as two million pilgrims thronged the Shiite shrine city on Thursday. ... more |
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 Outside View: Conservatives aimed at Reagan As U.S. President Barack Obama battles Senate Republicans over ratification of the new U.S.-Russia START treaty, it's worth remembering that the phrase at the heart of this treaty - "arms reduction" - was born 23 years ago this week, in a high-profile summit between the United States and the Soviet Union in Washington. ... more | .. |
  Taiwan independence groups to follow China envoy everywhere Radical Taiwanese independence groups Thursday vowed to follow China's top negotiator "every step of the way" when he visits the island next week, showing their anger in a series of protests. ... more | .. |
 Air Force, Lockheed missile warning satellite set The U.S. Air Force and its Lockheed Martin partner have successfully completed the final test of the first geosynchronous satellite, billed GEO-1. ... more | .. |
 'No talks in any format,' Palestinians insist The Palestinians on Thursday said they would not hold any form of talks with Israel, in any format, without a complete halt to settlement activity. ... more |
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  Quarter Of Teens Suffer Cyber Bullying Cyber bullying is an emerging phenomenon that is becoming increasingly common among teenagers. Research by the University of Valencia (UV), based on a study carried out in the region, shows that bet ... more | .. |
  UA Engineering Tests Underground Border Security System A unique underground surveillance system tested by UA researchers could be used to watch the entire US-Mexico border continuously. The border-monitoring system, known as Helios, consists of la ... more | .. |
 Outside View: www.worldwar5.0 Karl Marx proclaimed that a "specter was haunting Europe." But it took decades before the specter of socialism became a reality in the formation of the Soviet Union. Today, a "cyberspecter" haunts us. We better be alert to it because we don't have decades to wait. ... more |
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