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Taiwan carries out largest-ever missile test: reports

October 16, 2009

Taipei: Taiwan has carried out its largest-ever missile exercise, less than a fortnight after China showed off advanced ballistic weaponry...

US Air Force sacks nuclear commander after blunders

October 16, 2009

Washington: The US Air Force said on Thursday the commander of a nuclear wing had been sacked after his unit...

French killed after Italy bribed Taliban: report

October 15, 2009

LONDON: Ten French soldiers killed in Afghanistan failed to realise the risks in the area because Italian officials had secretly...

US military says Afghan force numbers no secret

October 14, 2009

Washington: The Pentagon said on Tuesday it had made no secret about the expanding US force in Afghanistan, despite a...

NKorea fires five short-range missiles: official

October 13, 2009

Seoul: North Korea test-fired five short-range missiles off its east coast Monday and banned ships from the area from October...

Afghan desert the enemy for US armoured vehicles

October 13, 2009

Spin Boldak District, Afghanistan: At dawn a long line of US armored vehicles prepared to leave Forward Operating Base Spin...

Commandos storm Pakistan army HQ, freeing 39 hostages

October 12, 2009

Rawalpindi, Pakistan: Commandos stormed Pakistan's army headquarters Sunday ending a day-long hostage drama and freeing 39 people held by militants...

Pakistan nukes safe despite growing militant threat: Clinton

October 12, 2009

LONDON: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Sunday the latest militant attack in Pakistan shows an "increasing" threat to...

SKorea researching longer-range missiles: official

October 9, 2009

Seoul: South Korea's top arms procurement official said Thursday his agency has begun research into developing longer-range ballistic missiles capable...

US bunker buster bomb to be ready soon: Pentagon