Russian S-300 deliveries to Syria ‘destabilizing’ – Kerry
TEL AVIV, May 23 (RIA Novosti) – The sale by Russia of S-300 air defense systems to Syria would be “destabilizing” for the region, US Secretary State John Kerry said on Thursday. ‘S-300 missiles coming from Russia, or other countries, Iranian missiles, are destabilizing to the region,’ Kerry said. ‘The United States is committed, not [...]
Naval Air Forces Commander: X-47B Catapult Launch a Pivotal Moment in Naval Aviation
Navy News Service Story Number: NNS130514-11 5/14/2013 From Naval Air Systems Command Public Affairs USS GEORGE H.W. BUSH, at sea (NNS) — The X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System demonstrator (UCAS-D) completed its first ever carrier-based catapult launch from USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) off the coast of Virginia today. “Today we saw a [...]
President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address — As Prepared for Delivery
The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release February 12, 2013 President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address — As Prepared for Delivery Editor’s note: use your browser’s search function (ctrl+F on most browsers) and type in “executive order” to find the part where he talks about the cybersecurity executive order [...]
Malian, French Forces Clash With Islamist Rebels in Gao
VOA News February 10, 2013 French and Malian soldiers clashed with black-robed Islamist fighters in the northern town of Gao, in a surprise militant attack that defied a security lock-down following two suicide bomb attacks in two days. Heavy gunfire and explosions resounded Sunday through the Saharan town, the largest in northern Mali, as the [...]
Nearly 3000 die in U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan: official
IRNA – Islamic Republic News Agency Islamabad, Feb 9, IRNA — A top Pakistani told a parliamentary committee that about 3000 people have been killed in the U.S. drone attacks after the operation started in 2004. Foreign Secretary Jalil Abbas Jilani told the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee in Islamabad that 80 percent of those killed [...]
Analysts say Tehran hiding truth in claims of new stealth fighter jet
Iran over the weekend presented what it called a “significant achievement in the field of aerospace technology” — a domestically built fighter jet with stealth capabilities. Some aviation experts, however, believe the tiny, angular fighter jet with stubby wings shown to the world may have been an expensive mock-up and that video footage of the [...]
Iranian Official Warns Against Attack On Syria
Ali Akbar Velayati, an adviser to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as said the Syrian regime played a “key role in the region for promoting firm policies of resistance.” A senior Iranian official says his country would consider any attack on Syria an attack on itself. The semiofficial Mehr news agency quoted Ali Akbar Velayati, [...]
U.S. Patriots Set To Begin NATO Missile Defense in Turkey
By Donna Miles American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Jan. 25, 2013 – The first elements of U.S. Patriot missile batteries deployed to Turkey earlier this month are expected to reach initial operating capability this weekend, a senior NATO officer reported. Plans are on track for two PAC-3 Patriot anti-missile systems and about 400 U.S. personnel [...]
