Archive for the ‘Defense & Security News’ Category
Street battles as Pakistan troops advance on Taliban
Islamabad: Pakistani troops were Wednesday locked in deadly street battles with Taliban fighters, pushing a ground offensive deeper into militant-held territory, the military said.
A senior military official told AFP the army had "taken" the strategic town of Sararogha in the third week of fighting,...
November 5th, 2009 | Army News, War & Conflicts News | Read More
Venezuela blasts US-Colombian military base deal
MOSCOW: A new military cooperation agreement between Colombia and the United States is "a shame for the history of our continent," Spain's news agency EFE quoted the Venezuelan foreign minister as saying.
The 10-year deal signed last Friday during a brief closed-door ceremony in Bogota envisions the...
November 3rd, 2009 | Defense & Security News | Read More
President Signs Defense Authorization Act
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama signed the fiscal 2010 National Defense Authorization Act during a ceremony at the White House Oct. 28.
President Obama hailed the act, which contains $680.2 billion in military budget authority, as transformational legislation that targets wasteful defense spending.
The...
October 30th, 2009 | Defense & Security News | Read More
New perspective improves VA programs
LANDSDOWNE, Va: A new perspective has enabled leaders at the Department of Veterans Affairs to improve the level and accessibility of care provided to servicemembers, the department's assistant secretary for public and intergovernmental affairs said here Oct. 27.
"I bring with me to VA a really different,...
October 30th, 2009 | Defense & Security News | Read More
UN Questions Legality of US Use of Drones
UNITED NATIONS: The U.N. Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial killings says the use of armed unmanned aircraft by the United States to hunt down terrorists could be a violation of international law. Philip Alston said Tuesday that Washington must explain how it is sure the United States is not killing...
October 29th, 2009 | Defense & Security News | Read More
Six UN staff killed in Kabul attack: UN spokesman
KABUL: Six foreign UN staff were killed and another nine wounded, including some seriously, in an armed attack on a central Kabul guesthouse on Wednesday, a UN spokesman said.
"At this stage we have six UN staff killed in this incident," said Adrian Edwards, confirming that all were international staff.
"We...
October 28th, 2009 | War & Conflicts News | Read More
EU lifts Uzbek arms embargo
Luxembourg: European Union foreign ministers on Tuesday lifted a four-year-old arms embargo on Uzbekistan, but issued a one-year deadline for progress on ending human rights abuses.
According to conclusions issued following a meeting of member states in Luxembourg, the bloc removed the last remaining...
October 28th, 2009 | Defense & Security News | Read More
Budgets, Procurement Soaring in Brazil, Russia, India and China
LONDON: Frost & Sullivan estimates that the rapidly developing economies of Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC), will reach their collective peak by 2050, overtaking current economic leaders to emerge as the world's richest nations. As their economies rebound, defence budgets and procurement...
October 28th, 2009 | Defense & Security News | Read More
DPP-2009 to Boost Technology Transfer to Indian Industry
In a move that has the potential to revolutionize the Indian Defence Industry, the Ministry of Defence is adding a new provision in its procurement procedure which will allow issue of Request For Proposal (RFP) to Indian industries having requisite financial and technical capabilities to absorb technology...
October 28th, 2009 | Defense & Security News | Read More
Gates Receives ‘Mounting Endorsements’ of Strategy Proposals
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia: Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said today he’s encouraged by unofficial endorsements NATO defense ministers are expressing for Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s strategy proposals for Afghanistan, along with indications they’re considering additional resources to support the...
October 27th, 2009 | Defense & Security News | Read More
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UK’s Search and Rescue Network to Be Maintained
November 5, 2009 04:11
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China’s military making strides in space
November 4, 2009 06:11
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Russian helicopters for NATO’s war in Afghanistan
November 4, 2009 06:11
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New system allows vehicle GPS to track location while in flight
November 4, 2009 06:11
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Last C-130E Hercules aircraft leave Ramstein
November 4, 2009 05:11
