security
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It was a year ago that the military destroyed a defunct satellite, loaded with Hydrazine fuel. Now they say there is absolutely none of that debris left in space. On the other hand, a Chinese…
March 03, 2009 -
President Barack Obama is expected to release a directive soon that expands his national security team ans supposed makes it better prepared to meet 21st century threats, which may now involve the nation’s vast cyber…
March 02, 2009 -
President Barack Obama promised greater scrutiny of Pentagon weapons buying in his 2010 budget released Thursday, following recent runaway costs and missed deadlines on some multibillion-dollar Defense Department weapons contracts. The Associated Press reports Obama’s…
February 27, 2009 -
South Korea\'s Defense Ministry says North Korea recently deployed a new type of medium-range ballistic missile capable of reaching Australia and the U.S. territory of Guam.
February 25, 2009 -
The U.S. Army is again reconsidering its plan for drawing down troops in Europe. The Associated Press reports Gen. Carter Ham, the head of Army troops in Europe, says that because U.S. troops in Europe have been used so much in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan...
February 18, 2009 -
There is a strong possibility that President Barack Obama will put the European missile shield on hold or use is a bargaining chip in discussions with the Russian government. The plan developed by the Bush…
February 17, 2009 -
From cell phones to Blackberrys to wireless cards in laptops, nearly every federal worker and contractor connects to the Internet wirelessly these days. But there is no federal standard for securing these connections.
February 13, 2009 -
Mustafa Abu Yazid, once refered to as Al Qaida\'s Chief Financial Officer was killed in Pakistan in August of 2008 ...or so we thought.
February 12, 2009 -
Defense Secretary Robert Gates has ordered a review of the Pentagon\'s policy banning media from taking pictures of flag-draped coffins of military dead.
February 11, 2009 -
A large part of Russia\'s air force fleet has been grounded for two months after a MiG fighter lost its tail on a training flight One third of that country\'s fighter jets are now said to be unsafe.
February 10, 2009 -
Just days after Kyrgystan decided to evict the US from Manas airbase, Russia has stepped forward saying it will grant transit rights to U.S. military supplies bound for Afghanistan.
February 09, 2009 -
Egyptian security officials say they arrested a HAMAS member along their boder with the Gaza Strip.
February 05, 2009 -
National security planning and budgeting cannot be done by the Pentagon alone.
February 04, 2009 -
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Sen. Carl Levin, who chairs the Armed Services Committee, said Friday he believes the time is ripe for the U.S. to pursue a fresh partnership with Russia aimed at deterring Iranian missiles.
February 02, 2009