U.S. Officials Tell ABC News That Evidence Points to an Underground Test
By JONATHAN KARL
Aug. 17, 2006
There is new evidence that North Korea may be preparing for an underground test of a nuclear bomb, U.S. officials told ABC News. "
It is the view of the intelligence community that a test is a real possibility," said a [...]

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The news that South Korea admitted in August 2004 that it had enriched uranium and not declared it was trumped in September by the revelation that it had also extracted plutonium in 1982, and had declared neither activity to the IAEA. This retrospective transparency forces a major reevaluation of what governments and [...]

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Thought you knew missile proliferation? Think again. Cruise missiles are spreading across the globe at an alarming rate, threatening to escalate regional tensions.
 
But not until very recently has a series of seemingly small events nudged Land Attack Cruise Missile (LACM) growth toward a “tipping point” that has all the hallmarks of a [...]

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By Stephen Blank
It is an established fact among U.S. officials: the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is China’s primary multilateral instrument to implement its openly anti-U.S. policy in Central Asia. The recently concluded fifth anniversary summit of the SCO in Shanghai confirmed its anti-U.S. proclivities. The SCO’s communiqu� reiterated its opposition to the [...]

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(The Puzzle of New War)
 
How would the Romans handle an asymmetrical war like fighing Hezbollah? What the Romans always tried to do was simple and straightforward. They would try to negotiate with these groups, but if they became a problem, a Roman army would march off to wipe them out.
This was [...]

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Bangladesh is negotiating with China and South Korea to develop its military and civilian facilities at the Chittagong port as part of moves to strengthen its navy for high sea patrolling and protecting its economic interests.

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But rooted in the Shiite ideology of martyrdom and violence, the Hojjatieh sect adds messianic and apocalyptic elements to an already volatile theology. They believe that chaos and bloodshed must precede the return of the 12th Imam, called the Mahdi. But unlike the biblical apocalypse, where the return of Jesus is preceded [...]

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The weaponry is heavily American — F-16s bombarding a simulated Chinese flotilla, Cobra helicopters targeting invading ground troops, Patriot missiles streaking across the azure Asian sky.
The annual war games are Taiwan’s way of showcasing its readiness to repel an attack by neighboring China, and they also serve as a reminder that the [...]

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