• 75% of Potential Recruits Too Fat, Too Sickly, Too Dumb to Serve More than three-quarters of the nation’s 17- to 24-year-olds couldn’t serve in the military, even if they wanted to. They’re too fat, too sickly, too dumb, have too many kids, or...
• US-South Korea conduct joint military drill (Press TV) -- The US and South Korean Marine Corps have conducted a joint military drill, just as North Korea announced that it has weaponized more plutonium. 2,600 South Korean marines and about 600...
• Iraq Swears by Bomb Detector U.S. Sees as Useless Despite major bombings that have rattled the nation, and fears of rising violence as American troops withdraw, Iraq’s security forces have been relying on a device to detect bombs and weapons...
• ICBMs Without Nukes: USA's Best New Weapon? THE IDEA: The Department of Defense is designing nonnuclear intercontinental ballistic missiles, which could be operational in less than two years. Packed with conventional explosives, they would be...
• Navy chief favors speeding up unmanned programs The U.S. Navy's top admiral said on Monday he hoped to speed up work on unmanned weapons systems, including underwater vehicles and an unmanned combat plane being developed by Northrop Grumman Corp....
• Moscow says too soon to scrap nuclear weapons (RIA Novosti) - Russia has no plans to completely abandon nuclear weapons, the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday.
"If there were only five nuclear powers in the world and they...
• Green Berets get wearable combat smartphones It would seem that the American Land Warrior wearable war-smartphone system, once reviled by troops and cancelled by top brass, is now firmly on the road to military fashionability. The ultimate kit...
• Weapons sales are on the rise in Latin America Whether it's called an "arms race" or a "coincidental modernization" of existing stocks, a wave of weapons purchases by Latin American nations is causing neighbors to watch each other with growing...
• Nato Member Latvia to stage 'retaliatory' military exercises in summer (RIA Novosti) - Latvia is to hold large-scale military exercises next summer, in response to the Russian-Belarusian strategic exercises, held in September, the Latvian TV3 channel reported.
The TV...
• NATO looks to Gulf States for help in Afghanistan NATO asked Gulf States to help with its war in Afghanistan and called for cooperation in shared interests and said Arab and Muslim countries have an advantage of added cultural value over the West to...
• Obama Meets With His Military Chiefs as Afghan Decision Nears President Barack Obama meets with his top military commanders today to get an assessment from each branch of the armed services in his continuing review of U.S. strategy in Afghanistan. Read more
• US forces set up radar in Iraq to spy on Iran (Press TV) -- The US military has finished erecting an advanced radar system in Iraq to monitor the border with Iran, Syria and Turkey, a report says. The radar system will monitor aircraft and...
• Live video feed into police cars' laptops: School cameras boost police response Fitchburg High School is piloting a new surveillance system that provides the Police Department with a live audio and video feed directly into cruisers’ laptops, and officials say the system...
• Freedom in India: 2011 To Use All Fingerprints or Iris Scan For National Population Register Government may be using all the 10 fingerprints or opt for iris scanning for gathering data during 2011 census for the National Population Register. This will make the access of data easier for the...
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