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A plant in Trivandrum, Kerala, has launched India’s second line to assemble BraMos cruise missiles. The first line of this kind, built in Hyderabad, already turns out up to 40 such missiles each year. Developed by India together with Russia and named after the rivers Brahmaputra and Moskva...

Hurricane Sandy was said to be one of the worst hurricanes to hit the US in over a century. The wild weather lashed through many regions, wreaking havoc on thousands. And yet, some theorists believe that this was no coincidence. Was Hurricane Sandy pumped up on steroids of its own genre? Did the...

The US Air Force has launched an inquiry into one of the worst sex scandals in American history. According to the investigation, more than 48 female cadets who underwent training at the Lackland Air Force Base in a period from October 2010 to June 2011 became victims of sexual harassment and...

Moscow is ready to discuss missile defense with NATO, Russia’s NATO envoy Alexander Grushko said on Thursday. He added that the two sides’ failure to reach a consensus on the issue may damage bilateral cooperation. Grushko mentioned a current pause in the Russia-NATO talks. He declined to...

There were several statements made this week by the American, French and British politicians which can only be explained by some sort of collective amnesia. All of these statements were on the Middle East and they all were in direct contradiction to what these same politicians said just 2, 3 or...

A prominent Chinese expert has called upon Moscow and Seoul, which like China have territorial disputes with Tokyo, to form a united anti-Japanese front. This front would be used to force the Japanese leadership to recognize the results of the World War II and give up its territorial claims to...

Xi Jinping has been elected General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. He is a representative of the Chinese ‘golden youth’, appreciative of western values and a great lover of Hollywood. Xi Jinping, the head of the fifth generation of Chinese leaders, is to...

A US F-22 Raptor jet has crashed in Florida, the military has said. No one was injured on the ground. Firefighters quickly extinguished the blaze on the ground. The cause of the crash is under investigation. A nearby freeway was closed for two hours as emergency services dealt with the...

Under the terms of a NATO agreement, the fighter aircraft of the Hungarian Air Force will perform air policing over Slovenia and the Baltic States in the near future, Minister of Defence Csaba Hende announced at an event held in Miskolc on Tuesday, November 13. The Minister of Defence said...

The U.S. Army has awarded EADS North America a $181.8 million contract option to deliver 34 additional UH-72A Lakota helicopters, bringing the total aircraft ordered to date to 312. Army plans call for procuring 347 Lakotas through 2016. EADS North America has delivered 243 Lakotas – all on...

Soldiers from U.S. Army Europe and their partners from the Bulgarian Land Forces are working together here from Oct. 29 to Nov. 10, to certify a Bulgarian battalion as part of exercise Allied Force 12. U.S. Army Europe’s, or USAREUR’s 172nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team is providing...

Lockheed Martin has submitted its final contract proposal to build Space Fence, an advanced ground-based radar system that will improve the way the U.S. Air Force identifies and tracks orbital objects. Space Fence will provide much-needed enhanced space situational awareness capabilities for...

Israeli and US troops have wrapped up a major missile defence exercise hailed as their largest-ever joint aerial military operation, the Israeli military said on Wednesday. “Yesterday, US European Command and the Israel Defence Forces successfully concluded Austere Challenge 2012, a...

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A teenage Iranian boy suffering from haemophilia has died due to a shortage of medicine in the country. It is the first civilian death said to be directly linked to the impact that western economic sanctions are having on the Islamic republic. Manouchehr Esmaili-Liousi was a 15-year-old...

A Royal Navy submariner was caught trying to sell secrets to Russia in a sting operation led by the security services, the Guardian understands. Edward Devenney, 30, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to collecting secret coding programs used by the British and attempting to pass the classified...

It has become a political parlour game in Beijing to guess whether Hu Jintao will cling to his spot as the CMC chairman for two more years, like his predecessor, Jiang Zemin. If he does stay on, it could lead to tensions with Mr Xi, and even rivalries within the top ranks. Those in the...

ran says it's tested a new air defense system modeled after the US Hawk system as well as a hovercraft called "Thunder" that will be able to launch surveillance drones and missiles from the Persian Gulf. Iran says it's tested a new air defense system modeled after the US Hawk system as well as...

The first ship of the Navy’s new Mobile Landing Platform (MLP) class launched Nov. 13, less than two years since the start of fabrication at the General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard in San Diego. Designed to provide logistics movement from sea to shore, the new class of ships will provide the...

WASHINGTON — When Defense Secretary Leon Panetta pointedly warned young troops last spring to mind their ways, he may have been lecturing the wrong audience. The culture of military misconduct starts at the top. Related reading 11/13: Sense of entitlement behind ethics scandals? 11/13...