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Iraq will receive 140 Abrams battle tanks from the United States to bolster its new forces, the US army said on Saturday. The Iraqi army had taken "a major step in the force modernisation of its armoured units with the recent procurement of 140 M1A1SA Abrams main battle tanks," a statement said. The tanks were due to arrive over 18 months in groups of 35. Iraqi troops would begin tra ... read more 
Hong Kong (UPI) Mar 6, 2009 "Anti-piracy operations" have given China's People's Liberation Army navy the best excuse to penetrate the Indian Ocean and station forces there permanently. As fighting piracy around the Gulf of Aden becomes a long-term mission, the PLA navy South Sea Fleet is likely to set up a sub-fleet to handle that task -- perhaps the "Indian Ocean Sub-fleet of the South Sea Fleet" -- and the PLA ... more
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Bhubaneswar, India (AFP) March 6, 2009India staged a missile intercept test Friday as part of a plan to build a defence system against incoming ballistic missiles by 2010, officials said. Military engineers said the test was a success as a "hostile" missile was destroyed in mid-air over the Bay of Bengal off India's eastern Orissa state. Friday's test was the third successful trial since 2007 of an air defence system capable ... more  
London (AFP) March 7, 2009Military operations in Afghanistan are "worthless," with British NATO forces unable to hold ground against Taliban insurgents, the former chief of British special forces there said in an interview published Saturday. Major Sebastian Morley, former commander of Special Air Service troops in Afghanistan, was speaking out for the first time since resigning in protest in late 2008 over the use ... more 
Washington (AFP) March 8, 2009US Vice President Joe Biden heads to Brussels on Monday for consultations with NATO allies as a moment of decision looms on a new US strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Biden, who holds a day of talks in Brussels Tuesday, will be on his second trip to Europe in a month, and officials said his high-profile journey was a sign of how seriously they took the war policy review. President Ba ... more  
Orlando FL (SPX) Mar 09, 2009Lockheed Martin debuted an advanced robotic exoskeleton designed to augment Soldiers' strength and endurance and prevent their premature fatigue. The Human Universal Load Carrier (HULC) exoskeleton, introduced at the Association of the United States' Army Winter Symposium in Fort Lauderdale, FL, will meet future mobility and sustainment needs of Warfighters by providing strength and surviv ... more |
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Left, right and faithful unite to demand human control over AIWashington, United States (AFP) Mar 4, 2026 A coalition spanning US conservative figure Steve Bannon, progressives, labor unions and faith groups announced Wednesday a joint declaration of principles on artificial intelligence, framing the effort as a pushback against what they called Silicon Valley's reckless deployment of AI. ... more 
Europe should focus on industrial AI, SAP saysWalldorf, Germany (AFP) Mar 4, 2026 Europe should focus on competing in industrial AI, a top executive at German software giant SAP said, as the continent plays catch-up in the race for the cutting-edge technology against the United States and China. ... more 
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Washington (AFP) March 6, 2009A top US cybersecurity official has quit, complaining in a resignation letter obtained by Wired magazine that US cyber protection efforts are being dominated by the super-secret National Security Agency. The Department of Homeland Security confirmed the resignation of Rod Beckstrom, director of the National Cyber Security Center, but did not give a reason for his decision ... more  
Seoul (AFP) March 6, 2009South Korea and the United States called on North Korea Friday to drop its "inhumane" and "belligerent" threats against commercial flights passing through the communist state's airspace. The North late Thursday announced it could not guarantee security for South Korean flights near its territory, saying an imminent major US-South Korean military exercise could trigger a war. Seoul urged ... more 
Seoul (AFP) March 9, 2009North Korea warned Monday that it would retaliate if anyone tried to shoot down a rocket it plans to launch, amid concerns that the communist state is preparing to test a long-range missile. The North, which insists that the launch is to send up a satellite as part of a peaceful space programme, has come under growing international pressure to abandon the launch, as well as its nuclear prog ... more  
Paris (AFP) March 8, 2009Is France's imminent return to NATO command a small step to tidy up decision-making in the alliance, or the death knell for Paris' ability to act independently on the world stage? President Nicolas Sarkozy and supporters of the decision argue that it will boost France's influence among the Western allies. Opponents, however, fear the move will be seen in world capitals as France falling ... more |
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