Britain, America and France delivered a pointed signal to Iran, sending six warships led by a 100,000 ton US aircraft carrier through the highly sensitive waters of the Strait of Hormuz. This deployment defied Iranian threats to close the waterway. Tankers carrying 17 million barrels of oil pass through this waterway every day, accounting for [...]
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North Korea Moving Weapons Closer to South
A South Korean official said that North Korea has shifted some of its military and missiles closer to its heavily militarized boundary line with South Korea. The Stalinist state had moved ground-to-air missiles to an area not far from the South’s Baengyeong Island and fielded an unspecified quantity of fighter planes at a forward-operating base close [...]
Russia objects to U.S.-Spain anti-missile plan
Russia says a U.S. plan to base naval missile interceptors on Spain’s coast is “unacceptable.” Russia’s Foreign Ministry said Thursday that a deal between Washington and Madrid to base Aegis Cruisers northwest of Gibraltar “can’t but cause concern”, reiterating its worries over the expansion of NATO’s anti-ballistic defense system. It says the warships’ deployment brings [...]
Pakistan – China friendship a threat to India
Amid reports of increasing infiltrations by Pakistan and Chinese forces into Indian territories, Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat has said that the growing proximity between the two neighbouring states poses a big threat to India. The RSS chief said, “There are intrusions from across the borders, infiltration is taking place and the boundaries [...]
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,477
As of Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011, at least 4,477 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. At least 3,525 military personnel died as a result of hostile action and 32,200 wounded, according to the military’s numbers. Tweet
U.S. Wars Cost $11.6 Billion a Month
The average monthly cost to the US of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq this fiscal year is $11.6 billion, according to the Pentagon. The Pentagon comptroller’s office said the figure, for July 30, was up from an average of $9.7 billion a month at April 30. The spending total includes war-related operations, transportation, special [...]
China launches first module for space station
China launched an experimental module to lay the groundwork for a future space station yesterday, underscoring its ambitions to become a major space power over the coming decade. The unmanned module, carried by the Long March-2FT1 rocket, will test space docking with a spacecraft later this year, paving the way for China to operate a [...]
Iran: New Cruise Missile Can ‘Sink Giant Warships’
Iran has begun to mass manufacture a domestically developed cruise missile that reportedly could be used to strike Israel and potentially counter U.S. naval presence in the Persian Gulf. The missile, called Ghader, which means capable in Farsi, has a 124-mile range and can “sink giant warships,” Gen. Ahmad Vahidi, the Iranian defense minister, said [...]
New Russian ballistic missile fails in test
Russian news agencies quoted the military’s Space Forces spokesman Col. Alexei Zolotukhin as saying Russia’s new experimental intercontinental ballistic missile has failed during a test launch. The launch was the first of a prototype modification of the missile, according to a defense industry source. “The firing from Plesetsk on September 27 was part of testing by [...]
Iraq to buy F-16s
An adviser to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Monday that Iraq has signed a contract to buy 18 Lockheed Martin F-16 warplanes to bolster its air force.The value of the deal was not immediately known, but a senior U.S. military official said recently the offer on the table for the Iraqi government was valued at “roughly [...]
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Britain, US and France send warships through Strait of Hormuz
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Washington ‘un-resets’ relations with Moscow
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Iran, Russia, China mulling joint missile shield
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China Warns of Consequences of US-Taiwan Arms Deal
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Palestinians will submit U.N. membership
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China warns India against moves in the S China Sea
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Iraq to buy F-16s
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France Passes Law Recognizing The Armenian Genocide
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Croatia says ‘yes’ to EU membership
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Russia to deliver combat jets to Syria
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Britain, US and France send warships through Strait of Hormuz
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North Korea Moving Weapons Closer to South
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Russia objects to U.S.-Spain anti-missile plan
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Pakistan – China friendship a threat to India
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