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NATO counts on European firepower in Libya as US pulls backBrussels (AFP) April 4, 2011 NATO will depend on Europe's aerial firepower to keep up momentum in the mission to protect civilians in Libya when the US military withdraws into a backup role later Monday, officials said. The United States has conducted half of around 70 daily air bombing missions against Moamer Kadhafi's ground forces during the campaign, but US fighter jets will pull out of the frontline within hours, NATO officials said. US President Barack Obama, whose troops are already facing the brunt of the fighting i ... read more |
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  DARPA Anti-Submarine Warfare Game Goes Live Can you best an enemy submarine commander so he can't escape into the ocean depths? If you think you can, you are invited to put yourself into the virtual driver's seat of one of several Anti-Submar ... more | .. |
  DARPA Successfully Completes 3D Holographic Display Technology Demonstration Program Many of today's conflicts occur in urban settings, making the ability to visualize conditions in urban areas increasingly important to commanders and mission planners. The Defense Advanced Res ... more | .. |
 NEW-HIP Program Advances Avionics Networks Modern military aircraft are burdened with miles of heavily shielded copper wire cables that connect a multitude of components. This cabling is heavy and subject to deterioration due to harsh enviro ... more | .. |
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 Small Diameter Bomb II Program Completes CDR Raytheon's Small Diameter Bomb II program completed a U.S. Air Force critical design review (CDR), clearing the way for the weapon to begin captive flight testing later this year. "Raytheon's ... more | .. |
  Report: Al-Qaida active in Triple Frontier Security agencies are looking into reports that a frontier triangle linking Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay has become a nexus for al-Qaida activities with alleged armament and training of Latin American youths and planning of cross-border attacks. ... more | .. |
  Commentary: Celebrity diplomacy No sooner did Libya's ragtag army of anti-Gadhafi insurgents retreat along the Mediterranean coast toward Benghazi than France's SSP 1 chartered a Falcon executive jet to meet with dissident leaders. ... more | .. |
  Kazakh leader cruises to re-election Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev, in power for more than two decades, cruised to a landslide re-election victory in a country that could become a major resource supplier for the West. ... more |
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 Three killed in convoy attack in Pakistan Islamist rebels in northwestern Pakistan cut the throats of three security guards in the latest fatal attack on a NATO truck convoy headed for Afghanistan. ... more | .. |
  Iraq police media relations chief arrested Authorities have arrested the head of media relations at the police department for Iraq's Dhi Qar province after he wrote articles critical of the government, a local media watchdog said on Monday. ... more | .. |
 Suicide bomber kills 8 at Pakistan bus terminal A teenage suicide bomber killed a Pakistani anti-Taliban militia leader and seven other people on Monday, in the sixth bomb attack in as many days to hit the nuclear-armed country. ... more | .. |
  US freezes arms shipments to Lebanon: report The United States has quietly frozen weapons shipments to Lebanon's armed forces following the collapse of the country's pro-Western government, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday. ... more |
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 Gurkas in first wave of British military job cuts Debt-laden Britain said Monday that 2,600 troops would lose their jobs in a first wave of redundancies forced by defence cuts, with 150 Nepalese Gurkha troops among the first to go. ... more | .. |
  UN inspectors back from trip to Syria: IAEA UN inspectors have returned from a trip to Syria and are now analysing the data they collected there, the International Atomic Energy Agency said Monday. ... more | .. |
  Israeli port city gets Iron Dome anti-rocket system The Israeli army on Monday deployed a second battery of its Iron Dome short-range missile defence system, this time around the southern port city of Ashkelon, a military spokeswoman said. ... more | .. |
 Myanmar's postman-turned-dictator bows out After a two-decade reign marked by suppression, international isolation and a campaign to silence democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar dictator Than Shwe is stepping into the shadows. ... more |
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 UK warplanes over Libya for at least six months: air chief The head of the Royal Air Force (RAF) has said British warplanes are likely to play a role in the campaign to enforce a no-fly zone over Libya for at least six months, in comments published Monday. ... more | .. |
 Kadhafis looking for way out: reports Moamer Kadhafi and his sons appeared to be looking for a way out of the conflict in Libya, as hundreds wounded in besieged Misrata were evacuated by ship and Washington agreed to extend air strikes into Monday. ... more | .. |
Kazakh strongman scores landslide election win Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev scored a crushing win Monday in presidential polls that saw him harvest over 95 percent of votes and raised worries about democracy in Central Asia's richest state. ... more | .. |
Than Shwe retires as Myanmar military chief Myanmar strongman Than Shwe, who ruled with an iron fist for almost two decades, has retired as head of the military after handing power to a nominally civilian government, officials said Monday. ... more |
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 Brega battle rages as another Kadhafi man quits The United States agreed to extend air strikes in Libya into Monday as the oil town of Brega saw heavy fighting, with rebel forces advancing only to fall back after an ambush by forces loyal to Moamer Kadhafi. ... more | .. |
 Tsunami washes away hopes for Japan's young Japan's tsunami swept away more than just the buildings in places like Rikuzentakata - it took people's dreams and their plans for the future. ... more | .. |
  AeroVironment Global Observer Experiences Mishap During Extended Duration Flight Testing AeroVironment, Inc. has announced that the Global Observer unmanned air vehicle undergoing flight test envelope expansion at Edwards Air Force Base (EAFB) in California experienced a mishap at 2:30 ... more | .. |
 US Navy Awards Lockheed Martin Contract For Anti-Submarine Warfare Training Targets Lockheed Martin will design and deliver a second-generation anti-submarine training target under a $5.4 million contract from the U.S. Navy. The targets, known as MK39 Expendable Mobile Anti-s ... more |
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 Euro Hawk Undergoes Testing At Edwards AFB Engineers with the 772nd Test Squadron facilitated electromagnetic interference testing on a Euro Hawk unmanned aircraft at the Benefield Anechoic Facility here March 10 and 11. They teamed wi ... more | .. |
  Global Military Communications Market In 2010 Despite pressure on defence spending worldwide, military communications look set to remain central to defence procurement and investment in the coming years. Military communications are a vital part ... more | .. |
 Picatinny Fields First Precision-Guided Mortars To Troops In Afghanistan This month, U.S. Soldiers in Afghanistan received 120mm GPS-guided mortar precision capability. The Program Executive Office for Ammunition fielded Accelerated Precision Mortar Initiative cartridges ... more | .. |
 Australian Defense Industry Expected To Grow The Australian defense industry is expected to grow at a CAGR of 1.97% from a value of US$20.8 billion in 2009 to US$24.7 billion by 2015. Indeed, in 2009, the Australian government launched a new m ... more |
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Two top Libyan leaders defect Two top Libyan officials defected this week, with Libyan Foreign Minister Musa Kusa questioned by British authorities in London. ... more | .. |
  MDA Awards Raytheon Contract For New SM-3 Block IB The Missile Defense Agency awarded Raytheon a $312 million manufacturing contract for the Standard Missile-3 Block IB program. The contract provides the funding necessary to complete the development ... more | .. |
 Brega battle rages as another Kadhafi man quits The United States agreed to extend air strikes in Libya into Monday as the oil town of Brega saw heavy fighting, with rebel forces advancing only to fall back after an ambush by forces loyal to Moamer Kadhafi. ... more | .. |
 Militants warn Israel after three Hamas men killed Palestinian Islamist group Hamas on Saturday denied that three of its militants killed in a Gaza air strike were plotting to kidnap Israelis and warned of "consequences". ... more |
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