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05 23rd, 2011| 
AFP – Gunmen armed with rockets and explosives stormed a major Pakistani naval air base, triggering gunbattles that killed five military personnel, three weeks after the US killing of Osama bin Laden. Read the rest of this entry »
May
22
AFP – A top US diplomat on Sunday underlined Washington’s commitment to relocating an unpopular military base within Japan’s southern Okinawa island, brushing aside calls to freeze the plan. Read the rest of this entry »
May
22
AFP – Militants stormed one of Pakistan’s biggest military bases in the country’s largest city late Sunday, triggering explosions and gunbattles three weeks after the US killing of Osama bin Laden. Read the rest of this entry »
May
22
AFP – Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Sunday called for maintaining a powerful US military and warned against slashing its budget as a response to the country’s fiscal troubles. Read the rest of this entry »
May
22
Reuters – Militants attacked a Pakistani naval aviation base on Sunday, killing at least four people, officials said, the latest attack on a heavily guarded military installation in Pakistan. Read the rest of this entry »
May
21
AFP – The US military’s top officer warned Saturday about a worrisome disconnect between civilians and troops, saying soldiers are becoming isolated from the rest of American society. Read the rest of this entry »
May
21
AFP – The cost of building the F-35 fighter jet, set to replace a large part of the US warplane fleet, is “unaffordable” in its current version and must be reviewed, the Pentagon’s top acquisition official said Thursday. Read the rest of this entry »
May
20
AFP – The cost of building the F-35 fighter jet, set to replace a large part of the US warplane fleet, is “unaffordable” in its current version and must be reviewed, the Pentagon’s top acquisition official said Thursday. Read the rest of this entry »
May
19
Reuters – Bahrain floated the idea of expanding military bases within a bloc of Sunni-led Gulf Arab allies that helped it quash Shi’ite protests in March, while U.S. President Barack Obama criticized Manama over its crackdown. Read the rest of this entry »