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October 22, 2014

U.S Navy sending Aegis-equipped destroyers to Japan
Washington (UPI) Oct 22, 2014
Two U.S. Navy destroyers with ballistic missile defense capabilities are being forward deployed to Japan, the U.S. Navy announced. The ships with Aegis systems are the USS Benfold (DDG 65) and USS Milius (DDG 69), both of which are currently homeported in San Diego, Calif. The two ships will become part of the Forward Deployed Naval Forces based at Yokosuka, Japan. The USS Benfold will deploy to Japan next summer, while the USS Milius will make the move in the summer of 2017. ... read more

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Iraqi Kurds agree reinforcements for embattled Kobane Iraqi Kurdish lawmakers agreed Wednesday to send much-needed reinforcements to fellow Kurds battling to stop the key Syrian border town of Kobane from falling into the hands of the Islamic State group. ... more		Syria Kurds weather IS assault and await reinforcements Kurdish defenders of the strategic Syrian border town of Kobane awaited reinforcements Wednesday after weathering another onslaught by Islamic State jihadists. ... more		Caltech takes first steps toward lightsails that could reach distant star systems Fifth H-3 rocket successfully launches Michibiki No. 6 satellite SpaceX launches more Startlink satellites from California		Propaganda, personal struggles turn some young Belgians to jihad As chairman of the Annasr mosque, Mimoun Aquichouh personally knows a number of young men who left the small Belgian city of Vilvoorde to wage jihad in Syria. ... more
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Vietnam freed blogger to win allies in China dispute: analysts Vietnam's sudden release of a top dissident who was shuttled from jail to the United States is part of an attempt to secure powerful allies amid a simmering maritime dispute with China, analysts said Wednesday. ... more		Israeli minister airs Iran nuclear concerns at Pentagon Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon said Tuesday he shared with his US counterpart his country's concerns about the direction of talks between world powers and Iran on its nuclear programme. ... more		More sightings of 'foreign sub' as Sweden says it could use force Sweden's armed forces chief warned Tuesday it could use force to bring to the surface a suspected Russian mini-submarine its navy has been hunting for days as two new sightings of the vessel were revealed. ... more		India says no compromise with China on territory India wants to resolve its border row with China but will not compromise on territory, the country's new national security advisor said Tuesday, after a tense stand-off between troops on the disputed border last month. ... more

	Pakistan air strikes kill 28 militants: officials Pakistan's military Tuesday said it had killed 28 militants in air strikes in the restive tribal region near the Afghan border, a region where it has been battling Islamist groups for more than a decade. ... more		New Navy LCS launched by Lockheed Martin team The U.S. Navy's seventh Littoral Combat Ship, the future USS Detroit, has been launched by an industry team led by Lockheed Martin. ... more

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