The United States likely will decide "within days" to move four U.S. Navy ships that have been waiting off the coast of Burma for permission from the country's ruling military junta to provide help to cyclone-stricken residents, Defense Secretary Robert
The Space Forces summed up results of the winter training period. They were outlined in the recent report of Space Forces Commander, Colonel General Vladimir Popovkin, at a meeting of the military council of the Space Forces held on the
One of the Somali leaders at the Soetwater refugee camp said they would only stay in South Africa if the government provided them with guns to protect themselves because the police couldn't keep them safe.
May 31): The United States is dismayed by Russia's Defense Ministry announcement on May 31 that it intends to send more military forces, including railroad construction troops, into the Georgian region of Abkhazia without the consent of the Georgian Government.
The Times - Prince William is to go into action fighting the modern-day pirates of the Caribbean. He may be armed if he joins Royal Navy boarding parties that stop cocaine traffickers trying to smuggle drugs in fast launches.The role
Russia says that it's national rail company and the Russian army have deployed equipment and personnel for an operation to rebuild a strategic railway line in Abkhazia. The task should be accomplished within three months. Georgia is warning about Russian
VLADIVOSTOK: The Varyag, a Russian Slava-class missile cruiser dubbed 'the killer of aircraft carriers,' has started a series of live-firing exercises in the Pacific for the first time since a recent overhaul, a fleet spokesman said Monday. Varyag, the flagship
Minister of State for the Armed Forces Bob Ainsworth MP and the RAF's most senior engineer, Air Marshal Sir Barry Thornton, have made statements following the conclusion of the Inquest into the crash of RAF Nimrod XV230 on 2 September
To examine where short, medium and long-term investment growth opportunities exist for European companies and to explore future procurement plans for the Indian defence sector, Frost & Sullivan held a briefing on 'Market Growth Opportunities in the Indian Defence Industry'.
The Finnish National Bureau of Investigation started on 13 May, 2008 a preliminary investigation concerning Patria’s vehicle deal in Slovenia. The suspected crime is bribery.
VIENNA: The UN atomic watchdog has expressed serious concern that Iran is still hiding information about alleged studies into making nuclear warheads and defying UN demands to suspend uranium enrichment. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said in a report
The M-26 can also be used in non-lethal operations by using rubber buckshot or slugs in the shotgun while the rifle or carbine carries live rounds. This way if the situation changes and becomes deadly for Soldiers, they can place
TBILISI: The UN concluded in a report Monday that a Russian fighter jet shot down an unmanned Georgian spy plane last month, prompting the EU to call on Moscow and Tbilisi to "explain themselves." The report, posted on the UN
Edwards, CA: NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center and The Boeing Co. are expanding the flight envelope for the X-48B blended wing body research aircraft. Flight tests with the 500-pound, remotely piloted test vehicle are now in a second phase involving
