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Russian military might worries region: Estonian generalTallinn (AFP) Sept 23, 2011 A rise in Russia's military operations in the Baltic Sea region is cause for concern among Baltic states Finland, Sweden and Poland, Estonia's military chief said. "Russia has significantly increased its military presence in the western region (Baltic) and has created a new west strategic command that is - to believe its own military head - much more powerful than was the Leningrad military district," General Ants Laaneots, head of Estonia's defence forces, said in an interview on Estonia's publi ... read more |
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  UN chief urges nuclear test ban implementation United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Friday urged the last countries that have not yet ratified the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) to let it enter into force. ... more | .. |
  US demands Pakistan act against Haqqani insurgents The United States demanded Friday that Pakistan "break any link they have" with the insurgent group that attacked the US embassy in Kabul and take immediate action against them. ... more | .. |
Uzbek leader talks up closer ties with China Uzbek President Islam Karimov on Friday praised his energy-rich country's growing ties with China as the world's biggest energy consumer shows an increasing appetite for Central Asian resources. ... more | .. |
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  US sold bunker-busting bombs to Israel: report President Barack Obama secretly authorized the sale of 55 powerful bunker-busting bombs to Israel, Newsweek magazine reported Friday. ... more | .. |
 UN agency confirms raw uranium in Libya The UN atomic agency on Friday confirmed the existence of raw uranium in Libya after US news channel CNN reported that new regime forces had found potentially radioactive material. ... more | .. |
 BAE to deliver dock ship training BAE Systems will develop and deliver training for the Australian navy's landing helicopter dock ships under construction. ... more | .. |
  Spain seeks EU compromise on Palestinians Spain is leading an urgent EU initiative to forge a broad continent-wide consensus on a compromise over the Palestinian bid for U.N. recognition of statehood. ... more |
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Israel feels heat at UN atomic agency Israel found itself on the sharp end Friday of an Arab-sponsored resolution adopted at the UN atomic agency's annual meeting criticising the country for its alleged nuclear weapons arsenal. ... more | .. |
  Qatar eyes stake in European arms giant The tiny Persian Gulf state of Qatar, which sits on the world's third largest natural gas reserves, is seeking to buy a 7.5 percent stake in Europe's largest aerospace group EADS, which would give the gulf state a foothold in Europe's defense industry. ... more | .. |
US fights a war of perceptions in Afghanistan The Pentagon insists high-profile assaults by Afghan insurgents are a sign of a weakened enemy but former officials and analysts say Taliban tactics could undercut the effects of a US-led military campaign. ... more | .. |
  Russia believes US, Israel behind Iran worm attack: official Russia believes Israel and the United States were responsible for unleashing the malicious Stuxnet computer worm on Iran's nuclear programme last year, a top official said Friday. ... more |
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  Dalai Lama in 'no hurry' to decide on successor Tibet's spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said Friday he was in "no hurry" to decide how his reincarnation will be chosen, but stressed the final word lay with him, not China. ... more | .. |
Pakistan lashes out at US over Afghan accusations Pakistan on Friday warned the United States that it could lose an ally if it continues to publicly accuse Islamabad of exporting violence to Afghanistan and being involved in attacks on US targets. ... more | .. |
 China quizzes S. Korea reporters held near North border Chinese authorities are questioning five South Koreans including journalists after detaining them near the sensitive border with North Korea, a Seoul foreign ministry official said Friday. ... more | .. |
Chinese army targets students in modernisation push China's People's Liberation Army is on a major charm offensive to attract a booming student population as the world's biggest fighting force targets the skills its needs to modernise. ... more |
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 Lockheed Martin To Upgrade Distributed Common Ground System Intelligence Sharing Capability Sharing intelligence data and services between the Department of Defense, Government agencies and coalition partners is becoming more seamless as Lockheed Martin upgrades the infrastructure that con ... more | .. |
  USAF Commercially Hosted Infrared Payload Launched from Kourou The U.S. Air Force Commercially Hosted Infrared Payload was successfully launched Wednesday from the Guiana Space Center, Kourou, French Guiana. CHIRP, a hosted payload aboard a commercial communica ... more | .. |
  Lockheed Martin Delivers 400th HIMARS Launcher to US Army The U.S. Army and Lockheed Martin marked the delivery of the 400th High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) during ceremonies at the company's Camden, Ark., manufacturing facility. The A ... more | .. |
 Boeing, US Army Mark 130 Million Dollar Investment in CH-47 Chinook Production Facility Boeing and the U.S. Army celebrated the opening of the newly renovated H-47 Chinook manufacturing facility. The event coincided with the 50th anniversary of the H-47 Chinook's first flight. "B ... more |
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 ATK Spacecraft Bus Contributes to Significant ORS-1 Milestone ATK joins the U.S. Air Force in marking a significant milestone for the Department of Defense's Operationally Responsive Space-1 (ORS-1) satellite. The space vehicle was declared fully operational o ... more | .. |
Thai army opts for Selex sight systems Selex Galileo will provide its Thermal Sight System and its targeting control solution to the Thai army for its Scorpion light tank upgrade program. ... more | .. |
  Secret bases mark step-up in terror wars Recent disclosures that the CIA is setting up a ring of secret bases for its unmanned aerial vehicles in the Middle East and the Horn of Africa signal a sharp escalation in the U.S. wars against terror. ... more | .. |
 Turkey chides Europe on PKK asylum Europe needs to eliminate asylum given to members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party within European borders to crack down on the terror threat it poses, Turkey says. ... more |
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Lula pushes mega-oil project as Brazil prepares to host COP30
Trump slams paper straws, vows 'back to plastic'
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 Saab pushes defense systems marketing Wipro Ltd. of India and Sweden's Saab have teamed for the manufacture, delivery and marketing of Saab's Land Electronic Defense Systems in India. ... more | .. |
Outside View: Investing terror free Most people have no idea that many of the companies they do business on a daily basis also do business with terrorists or those who support terrorism. ... more | .. |
 Iran offers to halt enrichment, if West provides uranium Iran has offered to stop its production of low enriched uranium, provided the West gives it the nuclear material, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in an interview published in Thursday's New York Times. ... more | .. |
 Taliban tactics show 'weakness': US defense chief The Taliban's recent high-profile attacks are a sign of "weakness" that show US-led forces in Afghanistan have seized the initiative in the war, US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Thursday. ... more |
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  China strongly condemns US-Taiwan arms deal China on Thursday strongly condemned a $5.85 billion US deal to upgrade Taiwan's fleet of F-16 fighter jets, summoning the US ambassador and warning the move would undermine warming military relations. ... more | .. |
  Turkey's NATO radar to protect arch-foe: Iran Turkey's hosting an early-warning radar as part of NATO's missile defence system is to protect Iran's arch-foe Israel, the official IRNA news agency cited the defence minister as saying on Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Russian nuclear sub lightly damaged in collision A Russian nuclear-powered submarine suffered light damage to its hull after being hit by a fishing boat in the Pacific and is undergoing repairs in port, naval officials said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Pakistan ISI 'exporting violence' to Afghanistan: US The US military's top officer bluntly accused Pakistan on Thursday of "exporting" violent extremism to Afghanistan through proxies and warned of possible action to protect American troops. ... more |
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