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Gates' Big Knife at the Pentagon: Who Wins, Who Loses

The official Pentagon spending request is still weeks away, but some winners and losers are already emerging in the battle for a shrinking portion of the budget pie. Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced major changes to the Pentagon's budget that are expected to rein in future defense spending. "We must come to...

Chinese 'Carrier Killer' Missile Challenges US Regional Power

Major advances in China's military prowess -- specifically with powerful anti-ship missiles known as aircraft "carrier killers" -- could threaten the U.S. Navy's ability to maintain strategic dominance in the western Pacific and safeguard the independence of Taiwan. Adm. Robert Willard, commander of the U.S. Pacific...

Three Potential Problems With Obama's Missile Defense Plan

A new arms-control pact with Russia has finally received Senate approval, helped along with an amendment assuring Republicans that START won't limit the United States' ability to pursue missile defense. In some ironic timing, however, the Government Accountability Office this week released a report that is deeply critical...

NATO Summit to Focus on Afghanistan, Iran

(Nov. 16) -- The official goal of the NATO summit President Barack Obama attends this weekend in Portugal is a remodeling of the military alliance for the 21st century, but the biggest news out of Lisbon is likely to focus on Afghanistan and Iran. For more than a year, NATO leaders, senior American defense and diplomatic...

Turkey Voices Reservations About Western Missile Defense

BELGRADE, Serbia (Oct. 19) -- Turkey is expressing reservations about a proposed missile defense shield aimed at protecting NATO members from attacks by rogue states such as Iran, posing a dilemma for Washington. According to recent news reports, Ankara is worried that the missile shield is singling out Iran and Syria,...

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Russia Missile Test: Moscow Successfully Tests New Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

The Russian military says it has successfully test-fired a new intercontinental ballistic missile with an enhanced capability to penetrate missile defenses.

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Russia Ready To Make Pre-Emptive Strike

Russia's top military officer has threatened to deal a pre-emptive strike on U.S.-led NATO missile defense facilities in Eastern Europe if Washington goes ahead with its controversial missile defense plan.

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Missile defenses hobbled by uncertainties

After the successful U.S. interception of a simulated North Korean warhead in a 2007 test, Lt. Gen. Henry Obering III expressed great confidence in the capabilities of the U.S. missile defense program.

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Reports Cast Doubt On One Of Obama's Key Defense Programs

One of President Barack Obama's signature defense programs, a missile defense shield designed to protect the United States and Europe from an Iranian missile attack, faces major delays, cost overruns and critical technological problems, according to two recent government reports.

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Japan: North Korea Rocket Will Be Intercepted If Launched

Japan's defense minister Friday ordered missile units to intercept a long-range rocket expected to be launched by North Korea if the rocket or its fragments threaten to hit Japan.

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06/02/12 White Sands Missile Range has long history of... Source: Las Cruces Sun-News - Las Cruces NM The crystalline dunes of White Sands Missile Range have caught the eye of many travelers.
06/02/12 Democrats Undermining Defense for Over 200 Years Source: Canada Freepress Stephen Budiansky â author of Perilous Fight: America's Intrepid War with Britain on the High Seas, 1812â1815 has written an excellent book that inadvertently reveals Democrat politicians â in feverish pursuit of imaginary utopias â have been busy undermining our national defense for the past 200 years.
06/02/12 Success for Akash after twin failures Source: The New Indian Express After two consecutive failures Indian Armed forces on Friday successfully conducted twin trials of surface-to-surface anti-aircraft missile Akash from a defence base off the Odisha coast.
06/01/12 Olympic battle: Londoners to form human shield to keep... Source: Russia Today Residents in east London have threatened to form human barricades to prevent missiles being installed on the rooftops of their homes for the Olympic Games.
06/01/12 U.S. missile shield in Europe Source: RIA Novosti - Russia Moldova may become an indirect partner in construction of a European missile shield and receive missile warning data from radars deployed in neighboring Romania, Moldovan Defense Minister Vitalie Marinuta said on Wednesday.