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South Korea to Spend $2 billion on New Missiles
2012-05-23 Read More...
South Korea plans to spend more than $2.0 billion dollars over the next five years on buying hundreds of new missiles to cope with threats from North Korea, reports said

U.S. House of Representatives Votes 2013 Defense Budget
2012-05-21 Read More...
The Republican-led House of Representatives voted on Friday to authorize $642.5 billion in defense spending next year, defying a White House veto threat by adding several billion dollars to President Barack Obama’s Pentagon budget

Afghan Police Training to Get 18 Million Euros from Austria
2012-05-21 Read More...
Austria will give 18 million Euros ($23.6 million) for police training in Afghanistan after the withdrawal of foreign troops from the country, a top official

New French Defense & Interior Ministers
2012-05-17 Read More...
The newly elected French President Francois Hollande unveiled a government of mainly moderate Socialists and longtime allies Wednesday as his new Prime Minister vowed to work quickly to put the country back on its

No Plans to Close U.S. Police Training Program in Iraq
2012-05-16 Read More...
The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad insisted it had no plans to shut down a multi-billion-dollar police training program that it said was a “vital part” of its enormous civilian mission

F-35 to Replace Most US Combat Fleet by 2020
2012-05-14 Read More...
The Pentagon plans to have the F-35 fighter jet replace most of the combat aircraft fleet of the US Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps by the end of the

Iran: “US F-22s in UAE Endanger Regional Security”
2012-05-02 Read More...
The United States' deployment of cutting-edge F-22 fighter jets to the United Arab Emirates “will endanger the region's security,” Iran warned on

Israel Starts Building Separation Wall with Lebanon
2012-05-01 Read More...
The Israeli military on Monday started building a wall that will run several kilometers (miles) along part of its border with Lebanon, a military spokeswoman told

New Pentagon spy agency to focus on Iran, China
2012-04-26 Read More...
The Pentagon is creating a new intelligence agency that will focus on Iran and China as it begins to pivot away from war zones in Iraq and Afghanistan, the New York Times

Pakistan Tests New Improved Shaheen-1 Ballistic Missile
2012-04-26 Read More...
Pakistan successfully test fired a nuclear-capable intermediate range ballistic missile on Wednesday, the military said, less than a week after India test launched a long range

Sea Piracy Drops 28% in 1st Quarter
2012-04-25 Read More...
Sea piracy worldwide dropped 28% in the first quarter of the year as attacks fell sharply in Somalia’s waters thanks to international naval patrols, an international maritime watchdog

U.S., Afghanistan Finalize Strategic Partnership Deal
2012-04-24 Read More...
Afghan and U.S. officials finalized a long-awaited strategic partnership deal that is meant to set forth guidelines for U.S. involvement in Afghanistan as forces draw down, the two governments

Ukraine Ready to Send 62 Armored Vehicles to Iraq
2012-04-20 Read More...
Ukraine is ready to send 62 Armored Personnel Carriers (APC) to Iraq, fulfilling a 2009 order that had only been partially carried out, officials said earlier this

US to Reopen Contest for Afghanistan’s Aircraft Bid
2012-04-17 Read More...
The US Air Force announced it was reopening a contest for a contract to build light attack aircraft for Afghanistan after an embarrassing cancellation of an award to Brazil's Embraer two months

North Korea’s Rocket Launch Fails
2012-04-13 Read More...
News of North Korea's abortive rocket launch was announced Friday after Pyongyang admitted that the highly publicized attempt had

North Korea’s Long-Range Rocket Installed on Launch Pod
2012-04-10 Read More...
North Korea’s long-range rocket, scheduled to put what it says is a satellite into orbit next week, has been installed on its launch platform, foreign journalists

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