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1 day, 13 hours ago
Official: Afghanistan suffering from Iraqi gains (AP)
AP - U.S. military successes in Iraq have forced sophisticated and well-trained insurgents to pour into Afghanistan instead, the Afghan defense minister said Tuesday.
Yahoo! News: World News - 11:16 p.m. Tuesday 14th October 2008
Yahoo! News: World News - 11:16 p.m. Tuesday 14th October 2008
5 days, 12 hours ago
British military loses disk in new blunder (AP)
AP - A disk which a tabloid said carries personal details on some 100,000 serving British military personnel is missing, the Ministry of Defense said Friday.
Yahoo! News: World News - 11:39 p.m. Friday 10th October 2008
Yahoo! News: World News - 11:39 p.m. Friday 10th October 2008
1 week ago
US: Airstrike killed 33 Afghan civilians in August (AP)
AP - The military said Wednesday that U.S. airstrikes in Afghanistan on Aug. 22 killed 33 civilians, far more than previously acknowledged. While expressing regret, it blamed the Taliban, the ...
Yahoo! News: World News - 10:16 p.m. Wednesday 8th October 2008
Yahoo! News: World News - 10:16 p.m. Wednesday 8th October 2008
1 week, 1 day ago
On patrol with diggers in Tarin Kowt
The US Defense Secretary Robert Gates says Britain's military commander and ambassador in Afghanistan are being "defeatist" by thinking the war cannot be won. He says there's no reason to ...
PM - 6:42 p.m. Tuesday 7th October 2008
PM - 6:42 p.m. Tuesday 7th October 2008
U.S. says Afghan war comments "defeatist"
KABUL (Reuters) - Britain's military commander and ambassador in Afghanistan are being "defeatist" by thinking the war cannot be won, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said, as Washington seeks more ...
Reuters: International News - 10:42 a.m. Tuesday 7th October 2008
Reuters: International News - 10:42 a.m. Tuesday 7th October 2008
Boeing’s Missile Defense Plan: Robots, Mirrors & Lasers!
Ballistic missile defense via airplanes mounted with lasers may seem straight out of science fiction, but add a fleet of UAVs with mirrors to increase the laser's range, and military ...
Digg / Technology - 10:10 a.m. Tuesday 7th October 2008
Digg / Technology - 10:10 a.m. Tuesday 7th October 2008
More US ears in Israel
By Ardeshir Ommani Speaking Freely is an Asia Times Online feature that allows guest writers to have their say. if you are interested in contributing. At a cost of US$89 ...
World News Network - 10 a.m. Tuesday 7th October 2008
World News Network - 10 a.m. Tuesday 7th October 2008
1 week, 3 days ago
U.S. to allies: Fight in Afghanistan or write check
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has asked Japan and NATO allies who have refused to send troops to Afghanistan to pay the estimated $17 billion needed to build up ...
World News Network - 10 a.m. Monday 6th October 2008
World News Network - 10 a.m. Monday 6th October 2008
1 week, 5 days ago
U.S. approves $6.5 bln in Taiwan arms sales
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Friday announced plans to sell around $6.5 billion in arms to Taiwan, including 30 Boeing Co Apache attack helicopters and 330 Patriot missiles, ...
World News Network - 10 a.m. Saturday 4th October 2008
World News Network - 10 a.m. Saturday 4th October 2008
Former defense minister detained in Venezuela (AP)
AP - A former Venezuelan defense minister who is a prominent critic of President Hugo Chavez has been detained by military intelligence agents.
Yahoo! News: World News - 5:22 a.m. Saturday 4th October 2008
Yahoo! News: World News - 5:22 a.m. Saturday 4th October 2008
2 weeks ago
American commander warns that Afghan war 'might get worse before it gets better.'
WASHINGTON — The U.S. and its allies should rush more troops "as quickly as possible" to Afghanistan, the top American commander in that country said Wednesday, warning that the fighting ...
World News Network - 10 a.m. Thursday 2nd October 2008
World News Network - 10 a.m. Thursday 2nd October 2008
EU states raise hands for Somalia maritime force (AP)
AP - Eight European Union countries offered Wednesday to create a maritime security force aimed to fight piracy off Somalia, the French defense minister said — a move that could ...
Yahoo! News: World News - 5:06 a.m. Thursday 2nd October 2008
Yahoo! News: World News - 5:06 a.m. Thursday 2nd October 2008
2 weeks, 2 days ago
Gates: High-tech warfare has its limits
WASHINGTON - Americans should hold modest expectations about how much can be accomplished through military action and remain skeptical about the benefit to the armed services of technological improvements, Defense ...
World News Network - 10 a.m. Tuesday 30th September 2008
World News Network - 10 a.m. Tuesday 30th September 2008
2 weeks, 4 days ago
DARPA Developing Super Scope
Iddo Genuth writes "Researchers at the Strategic Technology Office of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) are developing new high-resolution scopes that extend the range of viable image recognition ...
Slashdot - 3:19 a.m. Sunday 28th September 2008
Slashdot - 3:19 a.m. Sunday 28th September 2008
2 weeks, 5 days ago
Congress Endorses Open Source For Military
A draft defense authorizing act in Congress includes wording plugging open source software. It seems both cost and software security were considerations. This is an important victory for open source. ...
Slashdot - 1:33 a.m. Saturday 27th September 2008
Slashdot - 1:33 a.m. Saturday 27th September 2008
