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Armaments

Russian naval task force leaves Tripoli

MOSCOW, October 13 (RIA Novosti) - A naval task force from Russia's Northern Fleet, led by the nuclear-powered missile cruiser Pyotr Veliky, is leaving the Libyan capital, Tripoli, after a three-day official visit, a Navy...

Mayors, mobsters in 'Ndrangheta op

Gioia Tauro, October 13 - Three Calabrian officials and two suspected mafiosi were arrested Monday as police continued to break the grip of the 'Ndrangheta crime syndicate on this huge southern container port. Gioia Tauro's...

Iraq: US dropped nuclear bomb near Basra in 1991, claims veteran

An American veteran of the first Gulf War in Iraq claims that the United States dropped a five-kilotonne nuclear bomb in 1991 in a deserted area outside the southern city of Basra on the Iranian border.

Swords and Shields: Ships to beat pirates

Washington (UPI) Oct 10, 2008 - The doctrine for any joint U.S.-Russian-European operation against the pirates operating from the Somali coast against international shipping should reach beyond interception and destruction of...

Beirut gets new look with poster truce

City gains new look after having been dominated by political posters "What a relief," Assad Shami, an 80-year-old Shiite barber in Basta, says Muslims factions took down posters around Beirut at the start of the month Poster...

Israel's Peres warns Iran against surprise attack

Jerusalem (AFP) Oct 12, 2008 - Israeli President Shimon Peres on Sunday warned Iran against considering a surprise attack, at a ceremony commemorating the 35th anniversary of the 1973 Arab-Israeli war.

Machines of mass destruction

'Beware of geeks bearing formulas." So saith Warren Buffett, the Wizard of Omaha. Words to bear in mind as we bail out banks and buy up mortgages and tweak interest rates and nothing, nothing seems to make any difference on...

BMD Focus: Russia may not sell Iran S-300s

Washington (UPI) Oct 10, 2008 - The good news for Israel is that its outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has won assurances from Russia that it isn't going to sell advanced anti-aircraft and anti-missile systems to Iran.

Metal Storm Exhibits at US Army Expo

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA--(Marketwire - October 13, 2008) - Metal Storm Limited (ASX: MST) (PINKSHEETS: MTSXY). Defence technology specialist Metal Storm Limited has successfully exhibited its range of ballistics products and...

US drones fly after missile strike in Pakistan: residents

Miranshah, Pakistan (AFP) Oct 12, 2008 - US pilotless spy planes on Sunday flew over a Pakistani tribal town bordering Afghanistan just hours after a missile strike killed at least four people, residents said.

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