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 »
AP – A House panel approved a defense bill early Thursday that would delay President Barack Obama’s new policy allowing gays to serve openly in the military and limit the commander in chief’s authority on slashing the nation’s nuclear arsenal. Read the rest of this entry »