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'Unified Quest' Focuses on Future Persistent Conflict

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War College
May 9, 2008

The Nigerian government is near collapse and rival factions are vying for power in that troubled part of the world, or at least a visitor to the Army War College this week would think that to be the...

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US, British Reaper UAV operations combined in Afghanistan

May 9, 2008

Since taking flight for the first time here in October 2007, Reapers have flown more than 320 missions and 2,400 combat hours throughout Afghanistan, providing close-air support and...

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 Defence Tech

Portable electronic power initiative energizes possibilities

May 9, 2008

An Air Mobility Battlelab initiative could "energize" new possibilities for aeromedical evacuations in the future....

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 Land Forces

NATO could end rotating command in S. Afghanistan

May 9, 2008

NATO could change its rotating command of southern Afghanistan and give the role to a single country, amid concern that the current system is boosting the Taliban insurgency,...

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 Missiles and Bombs

India tests ballistic missile capable of reaching China

May 9, 2008

India successfully tested a nuclear-capable missile Wednesday that can hit targets deep inside China, joining the ranks of nations possessing intermediate-range missile capacity, the defence ministry said....

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 War and Conflict

Hezbollah says Lebanon 'declares war' after gunbattles

May 9, 2008

The Lebanese capital braced for more sectarian violence Friday after fierce gunbattles in Beirut left at least seven people dead and the opposition Hezbollah chief charged that a...

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 War and Conflict

Georgian defense minister denies war plans

May 9, 2008

Georgia's defense minister denied Thursday that the country planned to wage war against its breakaway republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia....

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 Defence & Security

New Ideas Sought for Protecting Crowded Places From Terrorist Threat

May 9, 2008

The Global Security Challenge (GSC) and Secure Futures, a national security innovation firm, announced today their commitment to an initiative designed to help bring fresh thinking to the...

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 Military Aviation
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Airpower: A-10s conduct show of force

May 9, 2008

Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations May 7, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center...

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 Land Forces

Army Reducing Stigma of Psychological Care, Offering Telepsychiatry

May 9, 2008

In the Army's recent fight to reduce the stigma of seeking and receiving treatment for combat stress, the latest weapon is telepsychiatry....

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 Defence & Security

Outlook for Israeli-Palestinian peace talks gloomy

May 9, 2008

Israel will mark its 60th Independence Day on May 14, and Palestinians, 60 years of national tragedy. Neither knows if peace is possible....

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 Missiles and Bombs

Raytheon Awarded Contract For Precision Guidance Systems

May 9, 2008

Raytheon will extend production and delivery of Improved Target Acquisition Systems under a $203.3 million contract from the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, Huntsville, Ala. The order...

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 Naval Forces

First National Security Cutter, C&C System for US Coast Guard

May 9, 2008

The US Coast Guard today accepted delivery of the first National Security Cutter, USCGC Bertholf (WMSL 750), a 418-foot vessel built by Northrop Grumman and equipped by Lockheed...

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 Military Aviation

Dover Air Force Base cited as premier installation

May 9, 2008

The premier installations from each military service and the Defense Logistics Agency were recognized at a Pentagon award ceremony May 8....

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