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US Missiles Kill 17 In Pakistan

AP | CHRIS BRUMMITT | Posted 12.18.2009 | World


ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan's anti-corruption agency has barred the defense minister and nearly 250 other top officials from leaving the coun...

China Close To Fielding The World's First Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile

Posted 11.20.2009 | World


China has built up a sophisticated navy in preparation for a potential conflict with Taiwan, a new report from the U.S. Office of Naval Intelligence (...

Surveillance Drones: Army Eyes Missiles Filled With Flying Spy Bots

wired.com | Posted 11.18.2009 | Technology


The Army wants to instantly get eyes in the sky to watch over a potential enemy. But spy drones or satellites or even fighter jets can be too slow to ...

A Spoonful of Sugar

Roseann M. Lake | Posted 10.10.2009 | Home


Roseann M. Lake

As a westerner living in the capital, I have mixed feelings about the 60th anniversary. I was initially vexed to learn that Beijingers couldn't attend their own country's parade.

Iran Test Fires Short-Range Missiles: State TV

AP | NASSER KARIMI | Posted 11.26.2009 | World


TEHRAN — Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard said it successfully test-fired short-range missiles Sunday in drills meant to show Tehran is prepa...

Russia Open To Discussing US Plan On Iran

AP | DOUGLAS BIRCH | Posted 04.03.2009 | World


MOSCOW — Russia's president seemed open Tuesday to discussing a U.S. plan to cancel an anti-missile system in Europe if Russia helps prevent Ira...

Russia Abandons Plans For Nuclear-Capable Missiles In Move To Improve Relations With US

The Guardian | Luke Harding | Posted 02.28.2009 | World


Russia today announced it was abandoning plans to deploy nuclear-capable Iskander missiles in its European Kaliningrad outpost - a sign that Moscow wa...

Obama and the Perils of Gaza

Sandy Tolan | Posted 02.16.2009 | World


Sandy Tolan

Obama promised in his too-brief comments on Gaza that "after January 20th, I'll have plenty to say." Here's hoping he does, and that by the time he opens his mouth, it won't be too late.

Georgetown Newspaper Editor Reports on Sderot-Gaza, and Recording With Rockets

Karin Kloosterman | Posted 02.09.2009 | World


Karin Kloosterman

In a recording studio in Sderot, a few miles east of Israel's Gaza strip, Sergio Arditi felt the steady pulse of Rock and Roll give way to the sporadic vibration of bombs.

Russia Rejects US Missile Defense Plan, Reports Say

AP | MIKE ECKEL | Posted 12.13.2008 | Politics


MOSCOW — The Kremlin has rejected a second set of U.S. proposals offered to assuage increasingly strident Russian criticism of plans for an Amer...

Roadway Through the FATA

Ashley Bommer | Posted 12.13.2008 | Politics


Ashley Bommer

While the enemy weaves in and out of the tribal areas, living and interacting with the people, we fight the war against Al Qaeda superficially through military airstrikes and covert operations.

US: Iran Sending Missiles Into Iraq

AP | SAMEER N. YACOUB | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


The U.S. military accused Iran on Sunday of smuggling surface-to-air missiles and other advanced weapons into Iraq for use against American troops. Th...