Exit of 110 gravity bombs ends 54-year presence. Change happened secretly over years, say scientists.
The US has removed its nuclear weapons from Britain, ending a contentious presence spanning more than half a century, a report will say today. According to the study by the Federation of American Scientists, the last 110 American nuclear weapons on [...]

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Nothing alarms more than China’s military build-up. Beijing has the world’s third-largest defense budget; it’s been rising at 10 percent or more a year for over a decade, making it the world’s fastest-growing peacetime defense budget. It’ll grow 18 percent this year.
China is using the cash to professionalize its once-antiquated army and to grow [...]

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The CIA almost blew its chance to recruit the specialist engineer Adolf Tolkachev in the late 1970s, but once he had been “landed”, Guilsher’s professionalism and bravery helped build a bond that yielded military secrets of incalculable importance.
Tolkachev, a senior engineer for Phazotron, provided key details of the research and development of the all-important radar [...]

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Indecision is the path to war. The world is about to repeat errors that led to WWII: talking peace while a dictator prepares for war.
 
Iran’s President again showed his contempt for the UN by announcing Iran is installing 6,000 more centrifuges that spin at thousands of revolutions per minute. Ahmadinejad fails to say if they [...]

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NORAD goes from under a mountain to basement. That’s certainly smart just as the Russians are starting cold war II. Sources say a risky situation is only growing more so.
As Sen. Wayne Allard this week declared support for Cheyenne Mountain’s transition to “warm standby,” sources familiar with the surveillance bunker allege U.S. Northern Command is [...]

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As unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs, become a staple of modern military operations, their uses and forms have grown more varied. Today they range from slingshot-launched spybots to global guardians. In fact, the acronym itself may be morphing into UAS (unmanned aerial systems) to indicate that these are not just aircraft, but systems that include [...]

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Russia is continuing nuclear war exercises aimed at the United States. China is making open war preparations. Iran seeks to acquire nuclear weapons. Iran’s leaders talk openly of wiping Israel out of existence. Can anyone see what all this signifies? A destructive war is on the horizon. But we refuse to take the danger seriously. [...]

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Vladimir Putin signalled the return of the arms race yesterday when he boasted of developing new nuclear weapons and warned the United States not to ignore Russia’s objections to a missile defence shield in Europe.
The Russian President announced a “grandiose plan” to restore Russia’s armed forces, which he appeared to link to the US invasion [...]

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George W. Bush once thought he could look into Vladimir Putin’s eyes and see his soul. But now that the Russian leader has tightened his grip on power, the strained friendship between these two major statesmen could turn to outright enmity. The conflict over Iran is just one example. By Gregor Peter Schmitz in Washington [...]

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Missing from the prosecution’s case, however, was the motive. Why has Putin’s Russia turned hostile? Why is Putin mending fences with China, Iran and Syria? Why is Putin sending Bear bombers to the edge of American airspace? Why has Russia turned against America? For Putin’s approval rating is three times that of George Bush. Who [...]

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Woman Accused in China Arms Export Case
The Associated Press - 2 hours ago
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A Chinese woman living in Connecticut sought to buy military equipment commonly used to gauge the power of nuclear explosions and export it …
US investigators say woman tried to buy military sensors San Jose Mercury News
Agents: Woman Tried To Smuggle [...]

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The delegation also acknowledged that Russian presence in northern Syria is a counter-balance to US presence in the region and “is a reminiscence of the Cold war era”.
The undersecretary hinted that the Russian military poses threats to the US interests and said the US policymakers are exploring new strategies to counter Russian show of military [...]

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“We will develop missile technology including completely new strategic (nuclear) complexes, completely new.” Putin said in an annual televised question-and-answer session with Russian citizens. “Work is continuing and continuing successfully.”
“We have plans that are not only big, but grandiose, they are fully realistic. Our armed forces will be more compact but more effective and better [...]

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China says the United States has “gravely undermined” relations between the two countries by awarding Tibet’s spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, with its highest civilian medal.
Foreign ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao told reporters Thursday, that the United States needs to take concrete steps to make amends for what he called the “terrible impact” of its actions.
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Japan and China led a record withdrawl of foreign funds from the United States in August, heightening fears of a fresh slide in the dollar and a spike in US bond yields.
Fears of dollar collapse as Saudis take fright
China threatens `nuclear option’ of dollar sales
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard: This bear is not capitulating
Data from the US Treasury [...]

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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.
• Click here to see video of the [...]

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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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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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Bush set for talks with Dalai Lama amid China rebuff
AFP - 2 hours ago
The six powers were to have discussed calls to tighten UN sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program. China and Russia have been against harsh Security …
China cancels Iran meeting over Dalai Lama Reuters
US Official: China Quits Iran Talks in Protest Over Dalai [...]

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Only the stealthy F-22 or the Joint Strike Fighter still under development could carry out missions over China, he said. “Our planes are much older than the planes they would be matched against,” Mr. Wright said, the Associated Press reported.
“For the first time in history, we are [...]

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