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Few know more about Afghanistan than Marin Strmecki. He has been involved with bloody events there for the past 20 years. He served as a policy coordinator and special adviser on Afghanistan with the defense secretary and is a member of the Defense Policy Board, the secretary's think tank. Critically important, his recent congressional testimony was overlooked by the mainstream media. ... read more 
Washington (AFP) March 18, 2009US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday he was opposed to splitting a 35-billion-dollar air refueling tanker contract between Boeing and a EADS/Northrup Grumman alliance. "I think it's bad public policy and I think it's bad acquisition policy," Gates told a news conference. Some lawmakers in Congress have proposed dividing the mammoth contract between the rival aerospace firms ... more
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Washington (AFP) March 18, 2009US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Wednesday he has recommended the nomination of Admiral James Stavridis to be the next NATO supreme commander. Stavridis, currently head of Southern Command, "is probably one of the best senior military officers we have," Gates told a news conference. If nominated by President Barack Obama and confirmed, the admiral would become the first naval ... more  
Tokyo (AFP) March 18, 2009Japan is considering re-positioning land and sea-based interceptor missiles so they can shoot down a North Korean rocket if it threatens to hit its territory, the government said Wednesday. Premier Taro Aso's cabinet "is earnestly considering" the move but has yet to make any final decision ahead of the communist North's scheduled April 4-8 rocket launch, said chief government spokesman Take ... more 
Moscow (AFP) March 18, 2009Russia and China will conduct joint military exercises this summer on Chinese territory, Interfax news agency reported on Wednesday, citing a source in the Russian defence ministry. "Consultations between the two countries' defence ministries will begin shortly, in which the forces and resources involved in the exercises are to be determined, as well as the thematic focus of the joint manoe ... more  
Berlin (UPI) Mar 18, 2009 President Dmitry Medvedev said Russia would modernize its armed forces and nuclear weapons to counter the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's eastward expansion, but experts say the West does not have to worry about a new crisis with Moscow. The Russian armed forces, Medvedev Tuesday told top Russian generals, will be expanded starting in 2011. The president cited the "serious potentia ... more |
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Reprogrammable metal bricks give robots muscle-like adaptabilityLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 04, 2026 Mechanical engineers at Duke University have demonstrated a proof-of-concept material system that allows solid Lego-like building blocks to be programmed with different mechanical properties and the ... more 
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Human taught tactile control lets robots grasp diverse objectsTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 19, 2026 When humans pick up everyday items such as fragile eggs or slippery metal cups, they instinctively adjust their grip using tactile feedback to avoid breaking or dropping them. In contrast, enabling ... more
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Washington (AFP) March 17, 2009The United States is looking at sending troops or anti-narcotics agents to the Mexican border to fight the scourge of violent drug cartels, a US general said on Tuesday. A team from several government agencies was drawing up a strategy to work with Mexico in its escalating war against the drug mafia, and would examine whether National Guard reservists were needed at the border, General Victo ... more  
Washington (AFP) March 18, 2009Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Wednesday the US Army will effectively end within two years the unpopular practice of forcing soldiers to serve beyond their enlistment date, in a break with the former Bush administration. A stretched military had relied on the "stop-loss" provision to field troops for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan under George W. Bush's presidency. Criticized ... more 
Rome (AFP) March 18, 2009Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is ready to act as a mediator with Iran provided western countries come up with a clear plan to submit to Tehran, he said in an interview published Wednesday. And he praised US President Barack Obama as a man of his word for having honoured promises over a pull-out from Iraq and shutting down the detention centre at Guantanamo Bay, in comments to the Italian ... more  
Abu Dhabi, UAE (SPX) Mar 19, 2009SELEX Galileo is pleased to announce the first production deliveries to NP Aerospace of their latest Indirect Vision System (IVS) to be installed on the Mastiff and Ridgeback fleet. The contract for approximately 400 systems, secured after intense competition, will equip the latest generation of protected mobility vehicles with a state of the art indirect vision capability providing 360 de ... more |
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