Leaders Take New Missile Defense Plan to Congress
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More Troops and New Strategy for Afghanistan Will Be Hard to Come By
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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 years...
Russian observers to attend land-based military drills in Japan
TOKYO: Russian military officials will attend exercises of Japan's ground self-defense forces for the first time in the history of relations...
First Military Communication Satellite for Germany Launched
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The Future of Trident Nuclear Submarines
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China at age 60: from pariah to world power
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HDW and HSY Cancel Shipbuilding Contracts
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