
AP - Raytheon Co. said Thursday profit rose in the third quarter on increased demand for the defense contractor’s Patriot missile by foreign governments concerned about potential threats from other countries, and for its soldier training programs.

AP - Raytheon Co. said Thursday profit rose in the third quarter on increased demand for the defense contractor’s Patriot missile by foreign governments concerned about potential threats from other countries, and for its soldier training programs.

AFP - US Defence Secretary Robert Gates on Wednesday pressed Japan to quickly “move on” with a plan to relocate a controversial US military base to a new area of southern Okinawa island.