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Defending against nuclear attacks
Even as U.S. officials condemn North Korea’s efforts to build a long-range nuclear ballistic missile, they are also considering cuts to the two capabilities that protect us from such an attack: our missile defenses and nuclear deterrent. The...Tags: Defense, North Korea, Weaponry, Military Equipment, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Sequestration puts U.S. at risk
One of the reasons Congress seems reluctant to stop budget sequestration ("The sequester stand-off," Feb. 7) is that few realize the real consequences of indiscriminately slashing spending in blind, indiscriminate fashion –– particularly for...Tags: Defense, U.S. Congress, Barack Obama, Military Equipment, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Monkey welcomed back to Iran, but U.S. not thrilled by space shot
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.BEIRUT — U.S. officials are not exactly welcoming Iran’s revelation this week that the Islamic Republic has sent a monkey into space and brought the creature back to Earth safely. The report by Iranian media recalled for many the early...Tags: United Nations, Beirut (Lebanon), U.S. Department of State, Science and Technology, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
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Army adding high-flying blimps to Aberdeen airspace
The Army is planning to move an over-the-horizon radar system, with more than 100 soldiers and a pair of giant, blimp-like aerostats that fly as high as two miles up, to Aberdeen Proving Ground in the fall, Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger said Thursday....Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Aberdeen, Government Debt, Services and Shopping, U.S. Department of Defense
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Pentagon to send missiles, 400 troops to Turkey
INCIRLIK AIR BASE, Turkey (AP) — The U.S. will send two batteries of Patriot missiles and 400 troops to Turkey as part of a NATO force meant to protect Turkish territory from potential Syrian missile attack, the Pentagon said Friday. Defense...
Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, NATO, Wars and Interventions, Weaponry
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North Korea still a long way from a reliable weapon, experts say
As news broke of North Korea's successful launch of a long-range rocket on Wednesday, alarm bells went off around the world. The technology used to send a satellite into orbit or fire a missile carrying a warhead are basically the same, raising fears that...
Tags: Kim Jong Il, Physiology, Politics, Science and Technology, Weaponry
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A case for targeted killings
WASHINGTON — President Franklin Roosevelt was truly astonished when told by a reporter that Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto, architect of the Pearl Harbor attack, had been shot down by U.S. planes over a Pacific island after Americans decrypted Yamamoto&...Tags: U.S. Military, Terrorism, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Osama bin Laden, Jimmy Carter
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U.S., Israel worry Syria rebels could get chemical weapons
BEIRUT -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton indicated Wednesday that Washington is as concerned about Syria’s chemical weapons falling into the hands of Syrian rebels as it is about the possibility that Syrian President Bashar Assad may...
Tags: Israel, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, NATO, Weaponry
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Sequestration cuts would embolden Iran to build the bomb
While many have persuasively argued that the fiscal cliff defense cuts would hurt innovation and slow our economic recovery, few offer concrete examples of how these catastrophic cuts would endanger our national security. Iran's drive to acquire nuclear...Tags: Defense, The Pentagon, Barack Obama, Democratic Party, Nuclear Weapons
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GDEB wins boomer replacement R&D contract
The Navy announced the award a Connecticut shipyard a $2 billion award to research and develop the next class of ballistic missile submarines late Friday. Groton, Conn.,-based General Dynamics Electric Boat will lead the Ohio-class replacement...Tags: Shipbuilding, Research, Research and Development, Manufacturing and Engineering, Petroleum Industry
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Saying yes to franchise that started with 'Dr. No'
'Dr. No' Has Suave Hero, Lots of Girls. That was the headline on the May 24, 1963 Chicago Tribune review of the first James Bond picture. The headline had truth on its side, to be sure. The anonymous reviewer, filing under the coy, long-standing...
Tags: Chicago Tribune, Hugh Hefner, Central Intelligence Agency, Arts and Culture, Daniel Craig
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U.S., Japan agree on new missile-defense site against North Korea
World NowDefense Secretary Leon E. Panetta said the Obama administration had reached an agreement with Japan to build a new radar site on Japanese territory to defend against possible ballistic missile attacks from North Korea....
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