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Marines Deploy MV-22B Osprey to Afghanistan
USS BATAAN, At Sea: The multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) launched 10 MV-22B Ospreys from the 22nd...
Demilitarization – Getting Shot of the MLRS Rocket Stock
MBDA, Europe’s leading guided missile systems company, is bidding for two separate demilitarization contracts involving a combined total of 49,000...
Air Force Officials Unveil New Strategic Basing Process
WASHINGTON: Senior Air Force officials have applied a new basing process to more than 200 sites for training and operational...
Colombia seeks UN help, Chavez readies for ‘war’
BOGOTA: Colombia has said it will seek UN help after Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez instructed his military to ready "for...
Pakistan rejects report questioning nuclear weapons’ safety
Islamabad: Pakistan on Sunday angrily rejected a media report that raised fears of a militant takeover of the Taliban-hit nation's...
General Calls for Focus on Protecting Satellites
WASHINGTON: The chief of U.S. Strategic Command wants better tools for protecting against threats from space debris -- an estimated...
Guided MLRS Reaches New Distance Record In Successful Test
DALLAS, TX: Lockheed Martin successfully fired a U.S. Army Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) rocket 92 kilometers in a...
ECR-90 Captor Radar Rides on Eurofighter Typhoon’s Success
NEWTOWN, Conn: The Eurofighter Typhoon's success is proving a boon for the aircraft's ECR-90 Captor radar system. (ECR = European...
Russia’s Pacific Fleet suspends flights of its naval planes
VLADIVOSTOK: The Russian Pacific Fleet suspended on Saturday all flights of its naval aviation following the crash of a Tu-142...
Hugo Chavez says Venezuela’s Army must be ready for war
BUENOS-AIRES: Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez called on his country to prepare for a possible war, once again criticizing a military...
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