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Elbit Systems gets US$298 mln Australia contract

TEL AVIV (MarketWatch) -- Elbit Systems Ltd., the Haifa, Israel, defense contractor, said on Monday that Australia's Defense Department awarded the company a contract valued at A$331 million (US$298 million) ... Market Watch Market Pulse - 7:08 p.m. Monday 15th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Monday security linkage

The recent US Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) emphasised the need for a new 'AirSea Battle' strategy to deal with growing Chinese and Iranian maritime anti-access capabilities. Andrew Krepinevich explains the ... The Interpreter - 9:46 a.m. Monday 15th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

3 days, 16 hours ago

Memo Defence: Come clean now on JSF debacle

There is an urgent need for Defence Minister, John Faulkner, to tell parliament what he knows about the state of Australia’s most costly and vital defence acquisition, the F-35 JSF ... Plane Talking - 9:08 a.m. Friday 12th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

4 days, 16 hours ago

Lebanon resumes defense talks on Hezbollah's military wing (The Christian Science Monitor)

The Christian Science Monitor - Lebanon’s top politicians have resumed a series of round-table discussions to devise a national defense strategy, at the heart of which is finding a compromise ... Yahoo! News: World News - 9:44 a.m. Thursday 11th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

6 days, 6 hours ago

Reconciliation with Taliban not likely in near future, Gates says

Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Monday that recent military offensives against the Taliban in southern Afghanistan had gained momentum but that a reconciliation effort proposed by Afghan President Hamid Karzai ... World News Network - 7:15 p.m. Tuesday 9th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Way To Go, NATO

Imagine that you woke this morning to discover a rocket had blown up 27 Victorian children as they travelled to school by bus. These were, of course, 27 children with ... New Matilda - 10:46 a.m. Tuesday 9th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Minister recognises scientific excellence

Date: 11 March, 2010 Media Release Number: 28 /2010 The prestigious Minister\'s Award for Achievement in Defence Science for 2009 has been awarded to a Defence scientist who has devoted ... Defence Science and Technology Organisation - 9:55 a.m. Tuesday 9th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

1 week ago

Great Western Minerals Group: Bridging Energy & Technology through Mining

Great Western Minerals Group Ltd. (TSX.V: GWG), (OTCQX: GWMGF) is a Saskatchewan, Canada based junior exploration company and manufacturer of specialty REE-based products with six rare earth exploration and development ... Proactive Investors - 7:19 p.m. Monday 8th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

1 week, 2 days ago

The Hollywood Reporter lists the 10 greatest legal movies of all time

In honor of the Oscars on Sunday, we humbly nominate these films as the greatest legal movies of all-time: Drama Division: "12 Angry Men" (1957) directed by Sidney Lumet. Great ... Freedom to Differ - 10:54 p.m. Saturday 6th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

1 week, 4 days ago

Afghan army countering Taliban infiltration: spokesman

Reuters - Afghanistan's defense ministry has averted various efforts by Taliban guerrillas trying to infiltrate into army ranks, a ministry spokesman said on Thursday, but he conceded some failures. Yahoo! News: World News - 7:41 p.m. Thursday 4th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

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China shifts gears with smaller defense increase

alt="FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2009 file photo Chinese soldiers march past Tiananmen Square during a military parade marking China's 60th anniversary in Beijing. China says it will boost ... Yahoo! News: World News - 3:13 p.m. Thursday 4th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

China says 2010 defense budget to rise 7.5 percent

China's official military budget for 2010 will rise 7.5 percent over last year, an official said on Thursday, indicating a slowdown in defense spending growth. The West : World - 2:29 p.m. Thursday 4th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

China PLA plays down U.S. challenge ahead of defence budget

China's growing military has no intention of challenging the United States, a senior People's Liberation Army officer said, before the likely unveiling of the country's annual defense budget on Thursday. The West : World - 12:46 p.m. Thursday 4th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

China Plans Lowest Increase in Defense Spending in a Decade

China plans to boost defense spending by 7.5 percent, the slowest pace of expansion in a decade, as the government seeks to allay concerns about the country’s growing military might. ... Australian Strategic Policy Institute - 10 a.m. Thursday 4th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

1 week, 5 days ago

CEOs warn against Armenia "genocide" bill

Reuters - The aerospace and defense industry is urging House of Representatives lawmakers to reject a measure that would call a World War One-era massacre of Armenians by Turkish forces ... Yahoo! News: World News - 9:19 a.m. Wednesday 3rd March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

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