| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 Can Iran be reined in with sanctions?
| When the Iranian Defence Minister, General Ahmad Vahidi, revealed that Tehran embarked on the production of short-range cruise missiles named Nasr 1, it sharply increased the tempo of future international sanctions. Likewise, when President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called ... | NATO extends anti-piracy mission until end of 2012
| Brussels - NATO on Wednesday agreed to extend its anti-piracy mission off the coast of Somalia until the end of 2012, the alliance's spokesman told journalists in Brussels. | NATO maintains one of the main naval screens in the Gulf of Aden as part of international eff... | Vladimir Putin to visit India to sign defence deals
| Moscow: Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin will arrive in New Delhi tomorrow on a two-day visit during which the two sides are likely to conclude the long- delayed agreement on aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov and sign defence deals worth $4 billion. | Coming thre... | Has the U.S. Empire of Bases Reached Its High-Water Mark?
| For a country with a pacifist constitution, Japan is bristling with weaponry. Indeed, that Asian land has long functioned as a huge aircraft carrier and naval base for U.S. military power. We couldn't have fought the Korean and Vietnam Wars without the nearly 90 milit... | Seven IAF aircraft crashed in last 6 mths: Min
| New Delhi, March 10: Government today said a total of seven aircraft of the Indian Air Force have crashed in air mishaps in the last six months. "In the past six months from September 2009 to March 4, 2010, six fighter aircraft and one helicopter of the IAF have crash... | Vladmir Putin to visit India; two countries to sign defence deals
| Moscow: Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin will arrive in New Delhi tomorrow on a two-day visit during which the two sides are likely to conclude the long- delayed agreement on aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov and sign defence deals worth $4 billion. | Coming thre... | Shipwrecks found during pipeline work in Baltic Sea
| A dozen centuries-old shipwrecks - some of them unusually well-preserved - were found in the Baltic Sea by a gas company building an underwater pipeline between Russia and Germany. | The oldest wreck probably dates back to medieval times and could be up to 800 years o... | Putin to visit India, two countries to sign defence deals
Moscow: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will arrive in New Delhi tomorrow on a two-day visit during which the two sides are likely to conclude the long- delayed agreement on aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov and sign defence deals worth USD 4 billion. | Coming thr... | Seven IAF aircraft crashed in last 6 months: Defence Min
New Delhi: Government on Wednesday said a total of seven aircraft of the Indian Air Force have crashed in air mishaps in the last six months. | "In the past six months from September 2009 to March 4, 2010, six fighter aircraft and one helicopter of the IAF have crashed,... | |
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