Why Japan is ready for anything Pyongyang might want to throw at it | World news | guardian.co.uk

Posted by Matt in February 28th, 2010 | no comment

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“If an enemy dares to attack us, that’s lucky for us,” an unsmiling Taniguchi said. “Once they are within range, it is our opportunity, not theirs.”
Taniguchi’s confidence in Japan’s ability to defend itself rests on the weapons under his command – an American-designed, Japanese-built Patriot PAC-3 missile battery, attached to one of the six ballistic [...]

AFP: NATO in ‘crisis’; Europe averse to military force: Gates

Posted by Matt in February 23rd, 2010 | no comment

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The NATO alliance faces a “crisis” as European countries have grown averse to military force and failed to invest in weapons and equipment, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Tuesday.
“Right now, the alliance faces very serious, long-term, systemic problems,” Gates said in a speech to officers and officials from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
AFP: [...]

Iran to build enrichment sites inside mountains – Yahoo! News

Posted by Matt in February 22nd, 2010 | no comment

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Iran said Monday it plans to build two new uranium enrichment facilities deep inside mountains to protect them from attack, a new challenge to Western powers trying to curb Tehran’s nuclear program for fear it is aimed at making weapons.
Iran to build enrichment sites inside mountains – Yahoo! News

Israel warns Greece: Turkey will soon become nuke power | News from Armenia – NEWS.am

Posted by Matt in February 17th, 2010 | no comment

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According to him, if Iran designs A-bomb, it will provoke arms race in the region enabling Turkey to become a nuclear power.
“Not only Turkey but Saudi Arabia too will be willing to have their nuke weapons. I believe Greece is unindifferent to regional processes,” Netanyahu stated.
Israel warns Greece: Turkey will soon become nuke power | [...]

North Korea may produce 14 to 18 nuke warheads by 2019 if talks fail: scholar

Posted by Matt in February 16th, 2010 | no comment

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“If North Korea is able to refurbish its fuel fabrication plant, that production rate could continue indefinitely with its arsenal reaching 14-18 weapons by 2019,” said Joel Wit, a visiting fellow at the U.S. Korea Institute at the School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, in a report.
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U.S. official: Hezbollah arms flow may signal plans for war with Israel – Haaretz – Israel News

Posted by Matt in January 31st, 2010 | no comment

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Nevertheless, Feltman said he was growing increasingly worried by reports describing the quantity and types of weapons being smuggled to the terrorist organization in clear violation of United Nations Resolution 1701, which put an end to the 2006 war.
U.S. official: Hezbollah arms flow may signal plans for war with Israel – Haaretz – Israel [...]

China threatens U.S. sanctions over Taiwan arms – Yahoo! India News

Posted by Matt in January 30th, 2010 | no comment

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China threatened to impose sanctions on U.S. arms firms and cut cooperation with Washington unless it cancels a $6.4 billion arms sale to Taiwan, in an unprecedented move signalling Beijing’s growing global power.
China on Saturday bitterly denounced the Obama administration’s announcement a day earlier that it planned to sell the package of weapons to Taiwan, [...]

New Russian Stealth Fighter Makes First Flight – NYTimes.com

Posted by Matt in January 29th, 2010 | no comment

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Russia test-flew a long-awaited new fighter aircraft on Friday, determined to challenge the United States for technical superiority in the skies and impress weapons buyers.
The “fifth-generation” stealth fighter — Russia’s first all-new warplane since the collapse of the Soviet Union plunged the defense industry into poverty and disarray — flew for 47 minutes, planemaker Sukhoi [...]

AFP: Iran to unveil missiles during anniversary

Posted by Matt in January 26th, 2010 | no comment

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A top commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Tuesday that the country’s armed forces will unveil several missiles and weapons at the 31st anniversary of the Islamic revolution next month.
Mehr news agency quoted commander Massud Jazayeri as saying: “Several missile and weapons projects will be unveiled during the 10 days of dawn (February 1 [...]

The Pentagon Pushes Back Against Obama’s Nuclear-Free Vision – latimes.com

Posted by Matt in January 4th, 2010 | no comment

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Pentagon officials have pushed back against the president’s goals to shrink the U.S. stockpile and reduce the role of such weapons in foreign policy, sources say.
Officials in the Pentagon and elsewhere have pushed back against Obama administration proposals to cut the number of weapons and narrow their mission, according to U.S. officials and outsiders who [...]