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Australia, NZ Discuss Joint ANZAC Capabilities
The Minister for Defence, Senator John Faulkner, today met with his New Zealand counterpart, the Hon. Dr Wayne Mapp in...
China celebrates National Day extravaganza
BEIJING: China on Thursday celebrated 60 years of communist rule with a military parade and lavish ceremonies on Beijing's Tiananmen...
Water War Possible Between India and Pakistan
If there is any possibility of a water war erupting soon, it will have to be between India and Pakistan,...
Iraqi, US Air Force work together to support drawdown of forces
ALI BASE, Iraq: The Iraqi air force commander and the director of the Iraqi Training and Advisory Mission-Air Force visited...
Death from the Skies: An Overview of the CIA’s Drone Campaign in Pakistan
In the spring of 2004 the CIA began its most extensive targeted assassination campaign since the Vietnam War by launching...
McChrystal: Conventional Strategy Won’t Win in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON: The top U.S. military commander in Afghanistan ardently believes that conventional military thinking and actions won’t win the counterinsurgency...
Petraeus Cites Need for Critical Warfighting Specialties
WASHINGTON: The U.S. military needs more people trained in specialties critical to the fight against global extremism, the chief of...
More Troops and New Strategy for Afghanistan Will Be Hard to Come By
The dire situation in Afghanistan, highlighted by the call for more troops by NATO's top commander there, is forcing the...
Dutch Defense Spending Declines
THE HAGUE: In 2008, Dutch defense spending totaled 8.2 billion euros, or 1.4 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Five...
China at age 60: from pariah to world power
Beijing: Sixty years ago, as Mao Zedong declared the founding of a new communist nation, China was backward and isolated....
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