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Joint War Games Test Current and Future Security Challenges
WASHINGTON: A series of seminar-type, joint-force war games being held at McLean, Va., are examining present and future threats, senior U.S. military officers said here today. The war games began May 31 and are slated to conclude June 5. The U.S. military “had a great model for deterrence” during the Cold War, Navy Vice Adm. [...]
General cites importance of airpower for Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan: The Afghan National Army Air Corps is a vital and rapidly growing component of Afghanistan’s security forces and is building airpower to deny terrorists a safe haven in Afghanistan, a U.S. Air Force general here said. Afghanistan’s vast and forbidding terrain, the threat posed by roadside bombs and the country’s nearly total lack [...]
Gates meets Soldiers on front lines of US missile defense
FORT GREELY, Alaska: Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates stepped down inside a missile silo here yesterday to get an up-close look at the system he says will protect the United States from an intercontinental ballistic missile threat. Gates stopped here on his way back from an Asia security summit in Singapore, where North Korea’s recent [...]
CSTO to hold large-scale joint military drills in August
MOSCOW: The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) will conduct joint military exercises in August-September in Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus, the Belarusian defense minister said on Wednesday. The defense ministers of the post-Soviet security bloc comprising Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan held a regular meeting in Moscow on June 3. “The joint drills [...]
Gates Outlines Administration’s Asia Security Strategy
SINGAPORE: Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates opened the “Shangri-La Dialogue” Asia security summit here today outlining a broad set of regional security issues and promising continued support from the U.S. administration. The annual conference gathers defense, senior military and other officials from across the region to discuss mutual security challenges. “America has paid a significant [...]
President announces cyber security office
WASHINGTON: The nation’s computer network infrastructure will be defended as a national strategic asset, President Barack Obama said here May 29. In a White House announcement, President Obama said he will appoint a cyber security coordinator for the critical infrastructure that all Americans depend on. “We will ensure that these networks are secure, trustworthy and [...]
CITS key to Air Force cyber superiority goal
HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass: The Combat Information Transport System is a high-priority item for Air Force officials who seek to create, manage and defend a truly enterprise-wide internet. During a recent Electronic Systems Center program prioritization effort, CITS was listed as number two out of more than 300 total programs. Since it is a [...]
US should consider military options against NKorea
The United States should consider a range of coercive measures against North Korea, including possible military action, for diplomacy to have a chance of success, former US defense secretary William Perry said Thursday. Perry emphasized that he was not recommending military action against North Korea now but said the United States should at least consider [...]
Airpower: C-17s provide intra-theater airlift
SOUTHWEST ASIA: Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan during operations May 25, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here. In Afghanistan, a Royal Air Force GR-9 Harrier along with Navy F/A-18F Super Hornets conducted strikes in the Tarin Kowt area after [...]
