China’s military forces will speed up their modernization drive over the coming five years, and adopt high-tech battle systems along with an upgraded training programme, Chinese president Hu Jintao said Monday as part of his keynote speech at the opening of the Communist Party Congress. The Congress convenes every five years.
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The Bush administration has maintained rather a brave face on Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s unexpected U-turn over the Indo-US nuclear deal, saying it’s still “hopeful”.
But Indo-US experts and those closely involved in galvanising support for the agreement here say it could mean a loss of credibility for a country that’s positioning itself as an [...]

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Researchers in England have developed their own flying saucer — and it might be going to work for the U.S. and British militaries.
GFS Projects’ unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) can soar high in the air, hover, bank and fly over any terrain, making it ideal for military surveillance.
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The Point of Putin’s Tehran Trip
TIME - 10 hours ago
… military forces in Europe, and ordered its old turbo-prop Bear bombers out of mothballs to fly nuclear patrols along old Cold war frontiers. …
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For the past several days, high-level Russian and American policymakers, including U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s right-hand man, Sergei Ivanov, have been meeting in Moscow to discuss the grand scope of U.S.-Russian relations. These talks would be of critical importance to both countries under [...]

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Putin against military action in Caspian
Reuters UK, UK - 2 hours ago
Russian media have speculated Washington might be trying to negotiate with Azerbaijan on the right to use military facilities in the Caucasus republic. …
Putin in Iran against military action in Caspian Reuters Canada
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There has been a virtual media blackout on the conduct of major military exercises by both Russia and the US. .
Reminiscent of the Cold War, Russia and America are conducting major war games simultaneously.
The Russian Air Force will be conducting major military exercises over a large part of its territory from the 16th [...]

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Israel’s Ministry of Defense has secured tacit U.S. government consent for a prospective remote sensing deal with China based on the Eros B, a commercial, high-resolution satellite nearly identical to the Israeli military’s Ofeq-5.
Sources here and in Washington confirmed the U.S. greenlight for Beijing’s participation in a unique operational program run by Imagesat International (ISI), [...]

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Boeing has successfully demonstrated that its Avenger-mounted laser system can neutralize the kinds of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and unexploded ordnance (UXO) that threaten U.S. troops deployed in war zones. During laser firings Sept. 26-27 at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Ala., the Laser Avenger engaged and destroyed five targets representing IED and UXO threats. [...]

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Israel and Hezbollah in first swap in nearly four years
AFP - 16 hours ago
The Arabic newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat reported on Sunday that the two Israeli soldiers held by Hezbollah had been handed over to Iran and could be freed in a …
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Israel and Hezbollah agree exchange MWC News
Olmert: [...]

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