AFP – Japan on Thursday brushed aside calls by three US senators to halt plans to relocate a controversial US military base within its southern Okinawa island, saying it was committed to the move. Read the rest of this entry »
Reuters – The Pentagon next week hosts the highest-level Chinese military visit to the United States since Beijing severed ties between the two armed forces in early 2010 in protest over a $6.3 billion U.S. arms deal with Taiwan. Read the rest of this entry »
Reuters – A House of Representatives’ committee approved on Thursday $690 billion for the U.S. military complex in fiscal 2012, including the war in Afghanistan and transition in Iraq, likely a high-water mark. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – A 31-year old man who entered a Missouri army base with an AK-47, then fled to a nearby university, has been arrested after a police chase that included three helicopters, local authorities said Thursday. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – Police scoured a small town and rural back roads of Missouri Thursday for a man with an automatic weapon who sped past security onto an army base and fired shots at police and on the campus of a nearby university. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – Japan on Thursday brushed aside calls by three US senators to halt plans to relocate a controversial US military base within its southern Okinawa island, saying it was committed to the move. Read the rest of this entry »