By WILLIAM MATTHEWS
With new submarines, destroyers and mine warfare ships, China's Navy is clearly benefiting from modernization financed by the nation's rapidly growing economy, a new report tells U.S. lawmakers. ... full story
19 Nov 20:41 EST (01:41 GMT)
By VIVEK RAGHUVANSHI
NEW DELHI - Officials from Iran and India discussed cooperative training of troops and the possible Indian launch of an Iranian commercial satellite during Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki's visit here Nov. 16-17, sources in the Iranian Embassy here said. ... full story
18 Nov 15:16 EST (20:16 GMT)
By Vivek Raghuvanshi
NEW DELHI - In a setback to India's indigenous long-range endurance UAV program, a technology demonstrator of the Medium-Altitude Long-Endurance (MALE) UAV, named Rustom, crashed during the first trials Nov. 16. ... full story
17 Nov 10:45 EST (15:45 GMT)
By ANTONIE BOESSENKOOL
NEW YORK - A lack of coordination and networking of electronic warfare equipment used in Iraq and Afghanistan is becoming a hazard for U.S. and allied troops in the two wars, the Army's chief of electronic warfare told defense analysts and investors here Nov. 10. ... full story
11 Nov 17:19 EST (22:19 GMT)
By WILLIAM MATTHEWS
With new submarines, destroyers and mine warfare ships, China's Navy is clearly benefiting from modernization financed by the nation's rapidly growing economy, a new report tells U.S. lawmakers. ... full story
19 Nov 20:41 EST (01:41 GMT)
By VIVEK RAGHUVANSHI
NEW DELHI - India will commission a Coast Guard station Nov. 4 at Karwar, India's state-of-the-art, integrated naval base on the western seaboard, as it continues to strengthen coastal security. Karwar, India's fourth naval command headquarters, will develop into one of the biggest such bases this side of the Suez. ... full story
3 Nov 11:06 EST (16:06 GMT)
By CHRISTOPHER P. CAVAS
A Japanese destroyer shot down a ballistic missile target during a seven-minute engagement off Hawaii on Tuesday night, becoming the third Japanese ship to demonstrate an engagement capability using the Aegis combat system. ... full story
28 Oct 11:41 EDT (16:41 GMT)
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
TOKYO - President Barack Obama said Nov. 13 in Japan that he hopes to quickly resolve talks on where to relocate a controversial U.S. military base on southern Okinawa island. ... full story
13 Nov 08:53 EST (13:53 GMT)
By VIVEK RAGHUVANSHI
NEW DELHI - Singapore Technologies will not be allowed to participate in an Indian tender for 155mm ultra-light artillery guns because it was named in an alleged corruption scandal in June this year by India's fraud investigating agency, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). ... full story
12 Nov 13:13 EST (18:13 GMT)
By JOHN T. BENNETT
ABOARD DEFENSE SECRETARY'S PLANE - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has established a senior-level task force to streamline the efforts of military services and agencies to find and destroy roadside bombs, which have plagued American forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. ... full story
12 Nov 12:45 EST (17:45 GMT)
By WILLIAM MATTHEWS
With new submarines, destroyers and mine warfare ships, China's Navy is clearly benefiting from modernization financed by the nation's rapidly growing economy, a new report tells U.S. lawmakers. ... full story
19 Nov 20:41 EST (01:41 GMT)
By MICHEL COMTE, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
OTTAWA, Canada - Top brass from Europe and the Americas, including U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, gather this week in Canada to discuss the future of NATO, the war in Afghanistan and other pressing security matters. ... full story
19 Nov 06:04 EST (11:04 GMT)
By VIVEK RAGHUVANSHI
NEW DELHI - Officials from Iran and India discussed cooperative training of troops and the possible Indian launch of an Iranian commercial satellite during Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki's visit here Nov. 16-17, sources in the Iranian Embassy here said. ... full story
18 Nov 15:16 EST (20:16 GMT)
By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
MOSCOW - Russia has provided an "unprecedented" 970 billion rubles (22.6 billion euros, $33.8 billion) to its defense industry this year, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Nov. 18. ... full story
18 Nov 16:56 EST (21:56 GMT)
By ANTONIE BOESSENKOOL
NEW YORK - The surge in spending on equipment for the U.S. Army over the past several years has likely run its course, the president of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, an independent research organization, told analysts at an investor conference here Nov. 10. ... full story
11 Nov 18:12 EST (23:12 GMT)
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's Defense Minister Lee Sang-Hee scrambled Aug. 28 to quell controversy over letters he sent to the presidential Blue House protesting against plans to trim his spending proposals. ... full story
28 Aug 07:29 EDT (12:29 GMT)
The Army's Future Combat Systems (FCS) program is ready to test a few components that soldiers may have in their hands by 2010.
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