AFP – Washington is not looking to put a military base in Uzbekistan, a US diplomat said Wednesday, despite being on the verge of losing a key base in the region used to support operations in Afghanistan. Read the rest of this entry »
AP – A Muslim convert charged with fatally shooting an American soldier at a military recruiting center said Tuesday that he doesn’t consider the killing a murder because U.S. military action in the Middle East made the killing justified. Read the rest of this entry »
Reuters – U.S. missile-defense contractors and their allies are pushing to salvage what they can of prized, multibillion-dollar programs that Defense Secretary Robert Gates is seeking to scrap or cut back. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – He thought he’d netted a big one, but after reeling it in police said Tuesday a Florida fisherman found he really did have a live catch on his hands — a very unstable air-to-air guided missile. Read the rest of this entry »