Pentagon
Russia ‘Cooperative’ on Syria – Pentagon Chief
North Korea to Allow World to Monitor Launch
14:24 29/03/2012
North Korea will allow foreign experts and journalists to observe the planned launch of a long-range rocket next month, Yonhap news agency reported on Thursday.
Pentagon Chief in Kyrgyzstan for Military Talks
13:55 13/03/2012
Pentagon Chief Leon Panetta has arrived in Bishkek for talks with the country’s Defense Minister Taalaybek Omuraliyev, the defense ministry’s press service said on Tuesday.
1Senators Call For End to Russian Helicopter Deal
12:30 13/03/2012
The U.S. Department of Defense should drop a $900 million contract with Russian arms sales company Rosoboronexport to supply helicopters to Afghanistan's forces, if Moscow continues to arm the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, 17 senators have said in a statement sent to Pentagon head Leon Panetta, the Foreign Policy Journal reports.
1U.S. Beefs Up Defenses in Strait of Hormuz - Paper
12:08 25/02/2012
The U.S. plans to strengthen its defenses in the Persian Gulf to repel any attempt by Iran to block the Strait of Hormuz.
1Russian Press at a Glance, Monday, February 20, 2012
09:18 20/02/2012U.S. Mulls Steep Nuclear Arsenal Cuts
14:18 15/02/2012
The White House and Pentagon are considering several proposals that would significantly reduce the nation’s nuclear arsenal, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
US Making More Powerful Bomb to Hit Underground Facilities
13:19 28/01/2012
Pentagon is stepping up efforts to make a bomb capable of destroying Iran's most heavily fortified underground facilities, the Wall Street Journal said on Saturday referring to U.S. officials briefed on the plan.
2Pentagon to Send Floating Base to Mideast - Paper
09:34 28/01/2012
The Pentagon is going to send a large floating base to the Middle East, The Washington Post said.
Afghan leader condemns urinating-Marines video
17:50 12/01/2012
Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday strongly condemned an online video appearing to show US Marines urinating on the bloodied corpses of several Taliban fighters, world media said.
1U.S. to cut armed forces – Obama
21:10 05/01/2012
The U.S. President Barack Obama unveiled on Thursday a new defense strategy that seeks to cut the country’s armed forces as a part of major cuts to the U.S. defense budget by almost $500 billion, RIA Novosti reported.
Russia needs defense research body - NATO envoy
10:15 17/11/2011
Russia’s envoy to NATO, Dmitry Rogozin, has called for the creation of a defense research agency similar to Darpa, the Pentagon agency that funds military research in the U.S.
U.S Army’s new soldier; A high-tech headless robot
20:20 02/11/2011
Petman the headless robot is 175 centimeters long and weighs 80 kilograms. U.S. robotics design and engineering firm Boston Dynamics has been working on it for the last 3 years.
FBI agents arrest suspect plotting terrorist attacks in U.S.
04:05 29/09/2011
A 26 year-old man suspected of plotting terrorist attacks on the U.S. Capitol Hill and the Pentagon was arrested in an FBI undercover operation.
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