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China Pursuing Steady Military Buildup: Pentagon

China is exploiting Westerncommercial technology, conducting aggressive cyber espionage and buying more anti-ship missiles as part of a steady military buildup, the Pentagon said Friday.

Beijing aims to take advantage of “mostly US” defense-related technologies in the private sector as part… Full Story


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U.S. Army to House: We Have Enough Vehicles

It’s a rare thing for a U.S. military branch to tell Congress that it doesn’t want more money — or more modern equipment. But when it comes to continued congressional insistence that the Army needs more tanks and armored infantry… Full Story


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U.S. Aids Israel Missile, Seeks Joint Deal

The Pentagon has given Israel a quick-fix $70 million to buy at least two Iron Dome counter-rocket batteries as part of an overall package of nearly $1 billion for the missile defense shield it is putting together.

But, with both… Full Story


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F-22 Fighter Pilots Battle Mysterious ‘Raptor Cough’

As the Air Force searches desperately for the source of a mysterious and potentially deadly oxygen system problem in its $79 billion fleet of F-22 Raptor fighter jets, it is also investigating why the jets’ pilots are coughing so often… Full Story


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Improved Batteries to Lighten Soldiers’ Load

A Soldier treks through treacherous terrain in a dangerous combat zone with a rucksack filled with meals ready-to-eat, first-aid gear, weapons, ammunition, radios and batteries.

The U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command is lightening the Soldier’s load by developing… Full Story


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Russia Develops Air Defense Lasers

According to CEO of Russia’s Almaz-Antei advanced arms makers Dr Vladislav Menshikov, his companycontinues work, started decades ago in the Soviet Union, to develop powerful airborne lasers capable of shooting down hostile aircraft and incoming missiles. Sources say a weapon of this kind… Full Story


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Ray Gun Protecting U.S. Ships from Iranian Speed-Boat Swarm Attacks

In the event of a U.S. military attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities, the Iranians will adopt what the weaker side in a conflict typically does: engage in an asymmetric warfare; in the case of a naval clash, the Iranians are likely

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12 Decapitated in Mexican Drug War

Police found the decapitated and dismembered bodies of at least 12 people dumped near Mexico’s second largest city, Guadalajara, in what appeared to be the latest atrocity by the country’s most brutal drug cartel, a local officer said Wednesday.

The… Full Story


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China, Japan, S. Korea warn N. Korea off Nuclear Tests

China, Japan and South Korea warned North Korea Sunday they will not tolerate further nuclear tests, the South Korean president said, amid fears that Pyongyang is preparing a third atomic blast.

Lee Myung-Bak made the remark after talks in Beijing… Full Story


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U.S. Aids Yemen al-Qaida Strikes

With U.S. troops reportedly guiding air raids from a nearby base for the first time, Yemeni jets attacked positions of al-Qaida insurgents Tuesday in southern Yemen’s Abyan province.

Yemeni officials said a “four-pronged assault” on the militants was being waged… Full Story