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US operations have already started in Kandahar: commanderWashington (AFP) March 17, 2010 US operations to push back Taliban forces around Kandahar have "already begun" and will steadily build in coming months, the commander of US and NATO troops in Afghanistan said Wednesday. General Stanley McChrystal told reporters that the US-led offensive on the Taliban's spiritual heartland had started with initial military and political efforts, including operations designed to secure key roads and districts surrounding the southern city. "And instead of putting a date certain on which there w ... read more |
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Syracuse NY (SPX) Mar 08, 2010Lockheed Martin has received a low-rate initial production contract valued at $171.8 million from Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems in Bethpage, NY, for four AN/APY-9 Airborne Early Warning (AEW) radar systems and spare parts. The radar systems will be integrated into the U.S. Navy's new E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft. "The APY-9 radar will provide unprecedented capability to the U.S. Nav ... more  
Beijing (UPI) Mar 5, 2009 China is scaling back defense budget growth to 7.5 percent and telling its neighbors not to worry about its military buildup. The Chinese defense budget for 2010 is to be around $78 billion, said Li Zhaoxing, spokesman for the National People's Congress, an annual two-week congregation of its 3,000 members. The result is an increase in spending about half the usual military budge ... more  
Tel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Mar 5, 2009 The two-year delay in the production of Lockheed Martin's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and the cost increase this will entail could jeopardize a crucial deal with Israel for 75 of the stealthy fifth-generation fighter. The Israeli air force wants the aircraft as quickly as possible - providing the price is right - to counter the military threat it believes Iran poses through its alleged ... more |
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Gadgets galore as Somali pirates spur booming sectorNairobi (AFP) March 7, 2010 Somali pirates raked in an estimated 60 million dollars in 2009 but the Indian Ocean's ransom hunters have also spurred a much larger industry of ship protection devices. As the 36,000 ships that bottleneck into the Gulf of Aden each year try to dodge marauding pirates and keep a lid on insurance premiums, an astonishing array of inventions has cropped up on the flourishing market. With obstacles remaining to the deployment of onboard security personnel, a myriad of hoses, nets, lasers, radars - ... read more |
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