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North Korea says missiles can strike continental USSeoul (AFP) Oct 9, 2012 North Korea said Tuesday it possessed rockets capable of striking the US mainland, as it slammed a new US-South Korean deal to extend the range of the South's missile systems as a provocation for war. The threat, which analysts largely dismissed as bluster, came after South Korea announced Sunday an agreement with the United States to almost triple the range of its missiles to 800 kilometers (500 miles) to cover the whole of North Korea. A spokesman for the North's National Defense Commission sa ... read more |
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  Boeing High Energy Laser Mobile Demonstrator Advances to High-power Testing Under a follow-on contractual effort from the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC), Boeing will continue developing a truck-mounted directed energy system that improves warfighters' ab ... more | .. |
  Taiwan to ask Apple to blur sensitive military images Taiwan said Tuesday it will ask US tech giant Apple to blur satellite images of sensitive military installations which are freely available to iPhone 5 users. ... more | .. |
  Two Global Hawk Unmanned Aircraft Fly in Close Formation, Move AHR Program Closer to Autonomous Aerial Refueling Northrop Grumman, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and NASA Dryden Flight Research Center have successfully completed a series of flight demonstrations, moving DARPA's Autonomou ... more | .. |
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 Cuba crisis pitted Kennedy against Khrushchev, Castro The Cuban missile crisis unfolded like a life-and-death poker game pitting a young American president, John F. Kennedy, against the veteran Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev and Cuba's fiery revolutionary leader, Fidel Castro. ... more | .. |
  'Friendship wall' on Afghan-US frontline It's called the "friendship wall", but when US soldiers pass through the gate from their base to the Afghan side they "go red", loading their weapons with a round in the chamber in case of attack. ... more | .. |
 Three N. Korean soldiers defect since August: reports Three North Korean soldiers have defected to South Korea across the heavily-fortified border since August, media reports said Tuesday, in an apparent embarrassment to Pyongyang's new regime. ... more | .. |
  China banks to skip World Bank, IMF talks in Japan Major Chinese banks will skip World Bank and International Monetary Fund meetings this week in Japan, China's state media said, in apparent protest over a territorial dispute between the two countries. ... more |
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NATO ministers review commitments ahead of Afghan pullout NATO defence ministers meet Tuesday to review the alliance's costly commitments, most notably in Afghanistan, as slowing Western economies seriously undercut defence spending. ... more | .. |
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  Lockheed Martin To Form Two New Business Areas Through Reorganization Of Electronic Systems With a continuing focus on lean and efficient operations, Lockheed Martin has announced it will reorganize its Electronic Systems business area into two new business areas that position the company ... more | .. |
 Raytheon studies intelligence analysts' tradecraft to learn more about decision-making process Raytheon has created a scenario-based gaming exercise to study in depth the intelligence analyst's tradecraft to ultimately help analysts produce the best intelligence products and streamline workfl ... more | .. |
  Raytheon awarded US Army contract for TOW missiles Raytheon received a $349 million five-year, multi-year contract to provide heavy anti-tank, wireless precision-assault missiles for the U.S. government. Raytheon received the award during its third ... more | .. |
 Maliki 'seeks $5B arms deal wit Russia' Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki reportedly flew to Moscow Monday for talks on defense and trade amid signs Russia is trying to make inroads in on Iraq's multibillion-dollar rearmament program, which has been dominated by the United States. ... more |
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Peru sparks interest in defense industry Renewed military contacts between Peru and the United States are seen as a boost to the prospect of increased aviation and defense sales in the Latin American country. ... more | .. |
Maliki takes over Iraq's security services Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, a longtime friend of Tehran, has systematically infiltrated his operatives into the country's intelligence services, rebuilt by the CIA after the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003 as a buttress against Iranian influence. ... more | .. |
South Korea questioning Northern defector South Korea's military is questioning a North Korean soldier who said he defected to the South after killing two of his superior platoon officers. ... more | .. |
Walker's World: The regions are restive The complexity of the way the euro has been coming apart at the seams is matched by the even more highly charged way that the states of Europe seem to be following suit. ... more |
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Hamas, Islamic Jihad fire rockets into Israel Gaza's ruling Hamas movement and the Islamic Jihad group on Monday fired a barrage of projectiles at Israel, a day after a targeted Israeli air strike on the Palestinian enclave. ... more | .. |
BAE's biggest shareholder warns on logic of EADS tie-up Fund manager Invesco Perpetual, the biggest single shareholder in British arms maker BAE Systems, warned Monday it had "significant reservations" over a tie-up between the group and European aerospace giant EADS. ... more | .. |
 'No flexibility' with Putin on missile defense: Romney Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney threw down the gauntlet to Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Monday, saying that if elected president he would show "no flexibility" on missile defense. ... more | .. |
 Iran could make the bomb within 10 months: experts Iran could produce enough weapons-grade uranium to make an atomic bomb within two to four months and then would need an additional eight to 10 months to build the device, experts said Monday. ... more |
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EADS deal must not threaten US relations with BAE: Britain Britain's defence minister on Monday stressed he would only agree to a tie-up between BAE Systems and European aerospace giant EADS if he could be sure it would not damage relations with the United States. ... more | .. |
Baghdad film festival ends on sour note Once a sign of Iraq's cultural revival after decades of conflict, the Baghdad International Film Festival ended on a sour note Sunday with complaints of poor organisation and a lack of funds. ... more | .. |
Syria army steps up bid to crush Homs rebels The Syrian army pressed an offensive against rebel-held areas of the central province of Homs on Monday, seeking to eliminate the last pockets of resistance to free up troops for the north. ... more | .. |
Israel deploys Patriot missiles near northern port Israel has deployed Patriot anti-missile batteries near the northern port city of Haifa, Israeli media reported Monday, just two days after an unidentified drone infiltrated the country's airspace. ... more |
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