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Gates Calls Out Dangerous Gaps in US Defense Exports

(April 20) -- In the fight to keep sensitive government technologies and equipment out of the wrong hands, the Obama administration plans a radical overhaul of a Cold War-era system more alert to the likes of Soviet spies than modern terrorists. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, discussing a review ordered by President...

One Man's Solemn Mission to Recover WWII Remains

At first, it seemed like a sick joke or, worse, some sort of scam. The caller from North Carolina was telling John Lenox that the wreckage of his father's plane had been located. Staff Sgt. Alvin Lenox had been dead for two weeks longer than his 66-year-old son, John, had been alive. The Army Air Force radio operator...

Next-Generation Robots Ready for Combat

(Nov. 9) -- A new robot may soon become a lifesaver to beleaguered infantry troops in Afghanistan. It's called a Small Unmanned Ground Vehicle, or SUGV, and unlike the thousands of robots already sent to war to fight their own fights, this one will actually work on the front line to make "first contact" with the enemy....