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The Swiss government is standing by its choice of the Gripen jet to replace its ageing fighter fleet, the defence...

The aging U-2 spy plane of Cold War fame has avoided retirement and will stay in the air until 2025,...

China's defence budget will double between 2011 and 2015 and outstrip the combined spending of all other key defence markets...

African Union-backed Somali government forces attacked Islamist Shebab rebel posts on the outskirts of the war-torn capital Mogadishu with tanks...

China's likely next leader Xi Jinping warned the United States against plans to boost its military strength in Asia as...

Swiss Defence Minister Ueli Maurer had no knowledge of a critical report on the Gripen jet, the aircraft chosen to...

A massive Russian navy submarine was armed with long-range nuclear missiles when it caught fire while undergoing repairs at a...

India plans to test launch its new Agni-5 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), capable of carrying nuclear warheads, in the second...

Syria ignored a new Arab initiative to end the bloodshed, with its troops pounding the protest hub of Homs on...

World aviation bosses warned on Monday of a potential trade war over a carbon tax imposed by the European Union,...