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Israel ready for 30-day war after Iran strike Jerusalem (AFP) Aug 15, 2012 Israel is prepared for a 30-day war on multiple fronts should it decide to strike Iran, and is "ready as never before" for such a clash, the outgoing home front defence minister said Wednesday. In an interview with the Maariv newspaper, Matan Vilnai said Israel was ready to face the consequences of a clash with Iran that could be sparked if the Jewish state decides to launch a strike against Tehran's nuclear programme. But he warned that any military engagement should be weighed carefully, and c ... read more |
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Outside View: How much is enough? - Part 1 During the Kennedy-Johnson-McNamara years of the Cold War, the ritualized question over national defense was "how much is enough?" The "how much" referred to what military capability was needed to defend and deter against the Soviet China and Red China, largely measured in numbers of nuclear weapons, and what should be spent on acquiring the overall defense needs. ... more | .. |
History, political change behind NE Asia spats: analysts Nearly seven decades after Japan surrendered, leadership changes in Northeast Asia are fuelling territorial disputes that are themselves the legacy of a war the region never really settled, analysts say. ... more | .. |
Tensions high as Japan ministers visit war shrine Two Japanese cabinet ministers visited a shrine honouring war criminals Wednesday on the anniversary of Tokyo's 1945 surrender, a move set to inflame feelings already running high over territorial spats. ... more | .. | ||
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Pussy Riot: Radical punks with message for Putin They studied philosophy in college and read poet Osip Mandelstam - a Stalin critic who died of typhoid in a labour camp in 1938 - for inspiration. ... more | .. |
West hampering Syria crisis resolution: China paper China's top state newspaper accused Western powers Wednesday of hampering international efforts to end the bloody conflict in Syria, as a senior Damascus envoy visited Beijing for talks with leaders. ... more | .. |
MEADS Multifunction Fire Control Radar Finishes Integration and Test Events At Italian Test Range The first Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) Multifunction Fire Control Radar (MFCR) has been integrated with a MEADS battle manager and launcher at Pratica di Mare Air Force Base near Rome, ... more | .. |
STSS Demonstration Satellites Participate in Test of Next-Gen Aegis BMD Weapon System The Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) demonstration satellites participated in a test of the next generation of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) weapon system, designated FTM-16 ... more |
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US Army certifies soldiers ready to defend battlespace with JLENS Combatant commanders moved one step closer to being able to detect, track and engage threats such as swarming boats and incoming cruise missiles, around the clock, from hundreds of miles away. In Ju ... more | .. |
Turkish defense market worth $14 billion A recent report has valued the Turkish defense industry market at $14 billion. ... more | .. |
Turkey's PKK kidnaps 11, politician Turkey's Kurdish separatist guerillas have been battling the Turkish government since 1984. From bases in northern Iraq, the Kurdistan Works' Party has been mounting guerrilla attacks into southeastern Turkey. ... more | .. |
Outside View: Last supper with Arafat Yasser Arafat sat immediately to my right at the head of the old long wooden dining/conference table he had used for decades. His friends and Cabinet seated along its length on either side. He hunched over his bowl of soup. His hands shook as he tried to take a spoonful, spilling most of it as he raised it. ... more |
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Outside View: Obama Doctrine Half a century ago this October, for almost two weeks, the world dangerously slid toward war as the United States and U.S.S.R. played a nuclear chess match. The confrontation focused on whether Soviet missiles, secretly installed in Cuba, would be voluntarily withdrawn by Moscow. ... more | .. |
China, N. Korea sign agreements on economic zones China said Tuesday it signed agreements with North Korea pushing forward their joint development of economic zones, as the new leader in Pyongyang seeks to improve his country's impoverished economy. ... more | .. |
Myanmar names navy chief as new vice president Myanmar's parliament on Wednesday appointed the navy chief to replace a regime hardliner as one of the country's vice presidents, in a move seen as strengthening government reformers. ... more | .. |
N.Korea may complete reactor next year: think tank North Korea may finish work by late 2013 on a light-water reactor that could be used to support its nuclear weapons program, a US think tank said Tuesday. ... more |
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Israel has not decided on Iran strike: Panetta Israel has not yet decided whether to strike Iran over its suspect nuclear program, US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Tuesday, as Tehran dismissed the threat of an imminent attack. ... more | .. |
Warplanes hit Aleppo in renewed Syria violence Syrian warplanes hit a rebel-held district of Aleppo on Tuesday, an AFP journalist said, as fighting raged in several neighbourhoods of the embattled northern city. ... more | .. |
US says new Egypt defense minister wants close ties The new defense minister appointed by Egypt's Islamist president has pledged to uphold the strong military ties between Cairo and Washington, Pentagon chief Leon Panetta said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
Old regime loyalists attack Yemen defence ministry Troops of Yemen's elite Republican Guard, led by the son of ousted president Ali Abdullah Saleh, attacked the defence ministry on Tuesday, leaving five people dead and sparking US expressions of concern. ... more |
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Iraq attacks leave four dead Shootings and bombings in Iraq on Tuesday killed four people, including an anti-corruption investigator, security and medical officials said. ... more | .. |
Japan, N. Korea to hold talks this month: Tokyo Japan and North Korea will this month hold their first face-to-face talks in four years, Tokyo said Tuesday, in one of the most significant diplomatic forays for Kim Jong-Un since he became leader last year. ... more | .. |
US defense chief concerned about Afghan 'insider attacks' US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Tuesday he was "very concerned" about the rise in "insider attacks" on US and NATO troops, and the impact they are having on cooperation with Afghan allies. ... more | .. |
EADS bosses told of questionable payments in 2007: FT European aerospace giant EADS was told five years ago about suspect payments and costly gifts made by a British subsidiary facing a criminal investigation, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday. ... more |
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Israel picks new home front defence minister Israeli former internal security minister Avi Dichter is to be named home front defence minister, media reported on Tuesday, as speculation grows that the Jewish state will launch an attack on Iran. ... more | .. |
Syria aide due in China for talks on conflict A top aide to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was due to arrive in China on Tuesday for talks about a political resolution to the violence in the conflict-torn country. ... more | .. |
Burnt wreckage of two Ugandan army helicopters found The burnt wreckage of two Ugandan army helicopters was found Tuesday, two days after crashing in a remote mountainous region of Kenya while flying to war-torn Somalia, army officials said. ... more | .. |
Oman Takes Flight A new C-130J Super Hercules for the Sultanate of Oman conducts a test flight at the Lockheed Martin facility here. This is the first of three C-130Js on order for Oman and is scheduled for del ... more |
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First Flight of the Long Endurance Multi-Intelligence Vehicle Northrop Grumman and Hybrid Air Vehicles Limited announce the successful completion of the first flight of the U.S. Army's Long Endurance Multi-Intelligence Vehicle (LEMV) in historic Lakehurst, N.J ... more | .. |
Autonomous robotic plane flies indoors For decades, academic and industry researchers have been working on control algorithms for autonomous helicopters - robotic helicopters that pilot themselves, rather than requiring remote human guid ... more | .. |
North Korean leader's uncle heads to China for talks The uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un headed to China on Monday for talks on the joint development of two special economic zones, the North's state media reported. ... more | .. |
US hopes N.Korea changes course The United States on Monday voiced hope that North Korea would change course and improve its people's welfare after a delegation headed to China to discuss development of special economic zones. ... more |
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