The US will deploy Patriot missile batteries and F-16 fighter jets in Jordan for military exercises, and the weapons may remain there indefinitely due to the threat of the Syrian civil war.
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Major General Yao Yunzhu of the Chinese Liberation Army asked a question after US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel gave a speech at the conference on Saturday. She said the US pivot to the Pacific has been widely interpreted as an attempt to counter China’s growing regional influence and to offset China’s increasing military capabilities in the region. However, she added, China is not convinced
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Israel’s defense chief said Tuesday a Russian plan to supply sophisticated anti-aircraft missiles to Syria was a “threat” and signaled that Israel is prepared to use force to stop the delivery.
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Russia is ready to develop jointly with Turkey a long-range air defense complex based on S-300 surface-to-air missile systems, state arms seller Rosoboronexport head Sergei Ladygin said on Sunday.
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North Korea on Saturday launched three short range guided missiles into the sea off the Korean Peninsula’s east coast, South Korea’s Ministry of Defense said. The ministry said it detected two launches in the morning, followed by another in the afternoon. It said the missiles were fired in a northeasterly direction away from South Korean waters.
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Japan is expanding it’s plutonium producing capabilities and there is talk of nuclear weapons. This should come as no surprise as public records recently revealed that Japan has covertly amassed enough plutonium for at least 90 nuclear warheads
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Russia is quietly taking back some of the bases that the Sovjet Union once controled.
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“We got an official letter from the Secretary of State, telling me who they were, what their authority was under U.S. law and telling me they want to review these files to see if they’re class one munitions”
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Military leaders from the Pentagon, Italy and Germany were in Central New York this week to witness a classified test of a missile defense system. As part of the test, a small plane and a simulated tactical ballistic missile were detected and tracked by the Medium Extended Air Defense System, or MEADS, its developers said today.
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White House won’t comment on failure to show massive tax burden of the ‘one percent’
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