MILITARY popularity and MILITARY trends

Conservatives search for a fix to defence-procurement process, while critics question how a body outside cabinet’s reach could be held accountable to Parliament

The military photos poured into the TMZ newsroom for our annual Hoorah Heroes contest -- so show some respect and check out the brave (and sometimes silly) men and women who serve this great country!Be sure to check back on Memorial Day to vote for…

What are we going to do about all of the "non-manly" guys running around the United States? Apparently, the great assumption is that by engaging in activities ranging from military exercises to boy scouting, we could eliminate the "problem" altogether.

CAIRO — Egypt’s revolutionaries did not take to the streets to replace Hosni Mubarak with another military strongman or to put an Islamist ideologue in charge, but that is the choice they woke up to after a first-round vote for the presidency. The youths who put national pride before religion when they protested against Mr. ...

Two female Army Reserve officers have sued the Defense Department and the Army to reverse military policies banning women from combat roles.

Vice President Biden, speaking Friday to families and friends of military personnel killed in action, gave a powerful retelling of the death of his wife and daughter 40 years ago — saying he’d realized then how grief might push a person to suicide. Read full article >>

Republicans are fighting against automatic defense cuts.

The U.S. military is investigating how pictures that appear to show Khalid Sheikh Mohammed relaxing at the Cuban detention centre could have ended up on a jihadist website.

WASHINGTON  – Expressing frustration over the ties with Islamabad, a US panel moved on Thursday to block certain military aid payments to Pakistan until the defence secretary could certify Islamabad had reopened supply lines to Afghanistan and released a doctor Shakeel Afridi imprisoned for 33 years for helping the CIA locate Osama bin Laden."Our goal is to have good relationships ...

WASHINGTON  – Expressing frustration over the ties with Islamabad, a US panel moved on Thursday to block certain military aid payments to Pakistan until the defence secretary could certify Islamabad had reopened supply lines to Afghanistan and released a doctor Shakeel Afridi imprisoned for 33 years for helping the CIA locate Osama bin Laden."Our goal is to have good relationships ...

WASHINGTON  – Expressing frustration over the ties with Islamabad, a US panel moved on Thursday to block certain military aid payments to Pakistan until the defence secretary could certify Islamabad had reopened supply lines to Afghanistan and released a doctor Shakeel Afridi imprisoned for 33 years for helping the CIA locate Osama bin Laden."Our goal is to have good relationships ...

Vice President Joe Biden, in most cases a congenial public speaker, showed off a much more emotional side on Friday, when he recounted the agonizing experience of losing his first wife and daughter in a car crash in 1972. Biden was so distraught in the wake of the accident that he even admitted contemplating suicide, he told families of fallen troops."It was the first time in my career, in my l...

In airline news today, Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer (ERJ) said it is preparing a bid to sell light attack aircraft to the U.S. Air Force by the end of next month. The military is expected to make a decision in 2013. The move comes after the government cancelled a $355 million contract with Embraer and [...]

For millennia, Egypt has been ruled by autocrats who kept its religious and military establishments under control. How will that change in an age of modernity and democracy, asks Nervana Mahmoud.

This Memorial Day, we honor the men and women who have defended our nation, and mark the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War. On Memorial Day, President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama will participate in an event at Arlington National Cemetery. The President, Vice President, First Lady and Dr. Biden will also attend an event at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall. Prior to these events, t...

President Francois Hollande defends his decision to end France's military mission in Afghanistan early, during an unannounced visit to Kabul.

The project, known as ORBIS, provides a Google Maps-like take on the Roman world, where you can imagine you are a Centurion, deciding which of the famed Roman routes to take.

Thirty-eight al Qaeda militants were killed in clashes with Yemen's military, local security officials said Friday.

CAIRO (Reuters) - The Muslim Brotherhood said on Friday its candidate in Egypt's first free presidential vote had won through to a run-off next month against ex-air force chief Ahmed Shafiq, who was deposed leader Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister.

Lawyers for accused plotters of the September 11 attacks want President Barack Obama and his predecessor George W. Bush to testify at a military tribunal for "inflammatory statements" they argue have tainted proceedings.

ARMED police and military personnel who set up a staging area around the corner from PNG's parliament house have left the area, as a splinter group of officers refuse to let MPs enter.

A $275 million fleet of Afghan air force transport planes provided by the U.S. over the last three years has been grounded for months because of lack of adequate maintenance and potential safety problems, American military officials said.

The Navy's ambitious renewable energy plans aren't sunk quite yet. But they took a major hit Thursday, when the Senate Armed Services Committee voted to all-but-ban the military from buying alternative fuels.

ABOUT 22,000 unmarried military personnel will lose their annual free flights home because of Budget cuts.

A TERMINALLY ill man jailed for the killing of two soldiers at a military base in Antrim was wrongly convicted of murder, the Court of Appeal in Belfast heard yesterday.

NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Bradley Cooper has picked the first project for his production company, The Warner Bros.-based 22nd & Indiana. Cooper will produce and potentially star in an adaptation of "American Sniper," the tale of "the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History." In the memoir, Navy SEAL Chris Kyle recounts his record-setting military history, during which he claims to have k...

The US government has found yet another reason to ignore its own problems and bash China.

Last-ditch agreement reached in Baghdad to make another attempt at a compromise deal in Moscow next monthInternational talks over Iran's nuclear programme were salvaged from collapse in Baghdad with a last-ditch agreement to make another attempt at a compromise deal in Moscow next month.After two days of intense talks in the Iraqi capital, Catherine Ashton, the EU foreign policy chief said: "It...

Tim McGraw will be saluting veterans in a big way while on tour this summer

Starting Monday, Memorial Day, select museums around the country will offer free admission to all active duty military personnel and their families through Labor Day, Sept. 3.

HOUSTON (AP) -- A Texas man convicted of trying to sneak out of the U.S. to give al-Qaida restricted military documents, GPS equipment and money was sentenced to 20 years in prison Thursday....

Congressional investigators have given the Defense Logistics Agency and its prime food contractor in Afghanistan 10 days to explain why the military paid the contractor what it says were more than $750 million in double-billed and excessive charges since 2005. Read full article >>

pigrabbitbear writes "Who's driving a lot of neuro research? The military. Much of it is health related, like figuring out how to make prosthetics work more seamlessly and helping diagnose brain injuries. But the military's involvement highlights the basic ethical quandary of neurological development: When our brains pretty much define who we are, what happens when you start adding tech in ther...

Wavering voters head to the polls for the first presidential election since open rebellion unseated military dictator Hosni Mubarak

After a record-breaking 132 million votes were tallied -– and just for perspective, that's more votes than were cast in the 2008 presidential election -- the winner of "American Idol" Season 11 is Phillip Phillips. Not Jessica Sanchez.Most of us probably aren't terribly surprised -– yes, the cute white guy won again, for the fifth straight year -– but perhaps, we can be forgiven for feeling a l...

A Turkish prosecutor has prepared an indictment seeking life sentences for four former Israeli military commanders over their alleged involvement in the 2010 killing of nine Turks on a Gaza-bound aid ship, Turkish newspaper Sabah reported yesterday.

Publicists for 20th Century Fox are using promotional events with the armed services to attract attention for “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter,” which opens in June.

Tweet Widget Facebook Like The US government should allow US servicewomen who are rape survivors to make their own decisions about their pregnancies. On May 24, 2012, the US Senate Armed Services Committee will consider a proposal under a military funding bill that would end the ban on military insurance coverage for abortion in cases of rape and incest. ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Washington's failure to ratify the Law of the Sea Convention puts the U.S. military at increasing risk of confrontation with rising powers like China, U.S. officials said on Wednesday as the Obama administration began a new push to join the 30-year-old treaty.

Here's what you won't find in the Defense Department’s latest report on China's military rise.

President Obama, speaking at the Air Force Academy graduation, described keeping the armed forces strong in the wake of tight budgets and the end of two wars.

This badass chopper was (apparently) hand-built by Emile, a Frenchman whose Citroen car broke down in the middle of the northwestern African desert, and who built himself a motorcycle out of the parts, without any tools. Here's the Imgur gallery, and an accompanying Reddit thread. There's a Hack-A-Day has a rough translation from Chameaudacier's site: [...]

In Egypt, on every street and in every alleyway, there has been one topic of serious debate over the past few weeks: today's presidential elections, the country's first of any suspense or consequence. Figures from Egypt's formerly quasi-underground opposition stare down from billboards blanketing the country. Leading civilian candidates debate on television for the first time in Egypt and the...

Councillor Trudy Offer insisted she had chosen the distinctive high heels for the military event in Warwick to show her patriotism.

Counterfeit electronics and military hardware risks American lives

British ministers are discussing role in possible Israel-Iran military confrontation, including use of Royal Navy.

President Obama's same-sex marriage endorsement makes a full quarter of Florida voters less likely to cast their ballots for him, according to a poll released Monday Quinnipac's latest poll of the Sunshine State finds that 25 percent of voters say Obama's endorsement of gay marriage makes them less likely to vote for him. On the other hand, 11 percent say that it makes them more likely to vote ...

Lance Corporal Michael Pritchard, 22, of the 4th Regiment Royal Military Police, was shot dead on his first tour of Afghanistan when a sniper mistook him for a Taliban bomber.

The largest tank maker in Germany has struck a deal to buy a Stockport-based engineering group that specialises in developing military bridges.

As military forces make their way into Somalia’s Afgooye corridor, the United Nations top humanitarian official for the east African country today reiterated his call for efforts to be made to minimize the impact of conflict on civilians.

Researchers have unveiled how and why the public perceives some magic tricks in recent studies that could have real-world implications in military tactics, marketing and sports.

Military court releases Shadi al-Moulawi whose arrest earlier this month set off deadly clashes in the country's north.

Egypt viewpoint on democracy under army rule

Yemen was rocked by its worst terrorist bombing in years Monday when a suicide attacker disguised as a Yemeni soldier blew himself up in the midst of a military parade rehearsal near the presidential palace in Sana, the capital.

Every time John Ruddy saves a penalty or keeps a clean sheet his £200 bonus from Norwich City goes to Help for Heroes.

The PM says there will be no Canadian boots on the ground in Afghanistan after 2014, but that Canada will continue to financially support the Afghan military with $110-million a year for the next three years

People get so wrapped up with Robert Pattinson being such a seksi, sparkly vampire that they forget one other factor: that he is an effing professional! The Twilight actor was recently cast as a military interrogator in the upcoming film Mission: Blacklist, and according to Eric Maddox, the author of the novel on which the film [...]

SANAA (Reuters) - A suicide bomber with explosives strapped under his uniform killed more than 90 people at a military parade rehearsal in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Monday, an attack which will alarm Washington as its involvement in the front-line state deepens.

A man in soldier's uniform blows himself up at a military parade rehearsal; defense minister, chief of staff are present but unhurt.

A suicide bomber killed at least 60 people at a military parade rehearsal in the capital Sanaa on Monday.

At least 20 people were killed and more than 60 wounded when a man in soldier's uniform blew himself up at a military parade rehearsal in the Yemeni capital Sanaa today, a police source said.

SINGAPORE (AP) -- Oil rose above $92 a barrel Monday in Asia ahead of talks this week aimed at avoiding a military conflict over Iran's nuclear program....

U.S. President Barack Obama promised the war in Afghanistan will end within two years as he met Sunday with Afghan President Hamid Karzai before the start of a NATO summit during which the U.S. and its allies will work to solidify a strategy for the military transition.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago police trying to keep the peace during the NATO summit may face their biggest test on Sunday when thousands of demonstrators were expected to march near the site where leaders of the military alliance begin a two-day meeting.

India is ready to seal more arms deals and further boost defence cooperation with the US but remains unwilling to ink the foundational military pacts being pushed by Washington for years.

Earnhardt spoke a day after the House Appropriations Committee approved a measure to prevent the military from sponsoring pro sports.

A military extravaganza fit for the Queen

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The military says there's no indication that any of its material got onto beach rocks that caught fire and badly burned a Southern California woman....

The first wave of a West African peacekeeping force lands in Guinea-Bissau in a bid to bring stability after last month's military coup.

The stress and suffering of combat are known to leave a lasting impact on military veterans, in some cases triggering post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) . Researchers have now found an even more serious and debilitating mental condition, known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) , in veterans, particularly those injured by the concussive force of bomb blasts. [More]

Amnesty International says Islamist groups and insurgents are 'running riot' after a military coup deposed the Bamako government in March.

Arrested in 2002 and tortured repeatedly, he was never charged, and the U.S. no longer believes he was even a member of Al Qaeda. But he remains in prison.Last week, my colleagues and I did something defense attorneys rarely do: We asked the government to file charges against our client. And because it seems unlikely the case will ever make it to an American courtroom, we have asked that it be ...

Headline Title:  Mali’s worst human rights situation in 50 years 16 May 2012 Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced by fighting in northern Mali and dozens have been subjected to arbitrary detention, extra-judicial executions or sexual violence including rape, Amn...

In what points to efforts by Islamists groups to recruit within Pakistan's military, a senior Pakistani officer accused of plotting with a shadowy Islamist organisation, released his political manifesto from his prison cell, which calls for the army to sever its anti-terror alliance with the United States.

GREEK SOCIETY is in deep crisis, its political system is disintegrating and its economy is collapsing under the weight of inherited debt and imposed austerity. These problems are not Greece’s alone, since their resolution will profoundly affect neighbouring states and its partners in the European Union — including Ireland. Whether the fresh general election likely to be called by President Karo...

Petition also asks High Court to freeze any action that military, authorities might take to destroy, evacuate structures.

The pilot who violated President Obama's airspace Friday in Los Angeles told authorities he did so by mistake. Two F-16 military fighter jets intercepted a general aviation airplane and guided it to El Monte Airport. Law enforcement sources told The...

Health workers in Mali are warning of an increasingly desperate health situation in the north of the country following a military coup and violent clashes. Paul C Webster reports.

America's top military officer has condemned a course taught about Islam at one of the US's top military schools as "totally objectionable". Lawrence Korb, of the Centre for American Progress, told the Today programme that some people in the military "really feel that this is the struggle we're in".

Last week I had the opportunity to sit down with Daniel Hershkowitz, Israel’s minister of science and technology, to talk about his country’s capabilities and ambitions in space. We spoke about Israel’s homegrown platforms for launching satellites into space; the commercial, military and scientific applications of those satellites; and whether the country has plans to [...]

AUSTRALIA'S defence budget has been cut to pre-World War II levels, with spending for 2012-13 falling to below 1.6 per cent of GDP.

Zimbabwean military officials want a more prominent role in and outside Zanu-PF and openly back the party.

Yesterday your humble blogger attended a Hoover Institution conference devoted to China's evolving military and its implicatons for U.S. foreign policy.  I can't say who said what, but I can say that atendees included several high-ranking military folk, multiple former policy principals, top China people from the academic and think tank communities, and at least one former presidntial candidat...

Facebook's role as a social network for close to one billion people can be a weighty responsibility, and today the company took one more step in the kind of social outreach activities that befit a company with that kind of audience. It has formed a new partnership with Blue Star Families and the Department of Veterans Affairs to create a special set of services aimed at vets and other military ...

A final House vote this Thursday amounts to a Republican bet that voters will reward the party for its tough-love priorities on spending.

The government informed parliament that it is considering a proposal to offload 10 percent equity in the strategically important Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), the country's only producer of military planes.

‘Last communication with us,’ including his funeral wishes, not handed over for more than a year, complaints commission told

A curfew is imposed in and around the north-western Pakistani town of Miranshah following the killing of at least 10 soldiers by militants on Sunday, military officials say.

Barely a month into the military coup that sparked the Spanish Civil War, in 1936, the caretaker of a Granada cemetery was driven mad by the executions being carried out there. His replacement soon had to move away from the site, “because the shots and the cries and screams . . . (Subscription required.)

It’s a hostile environment for small scale manufacturers of cars but not one the new chairman of AC, a former deputy supreme allied commander of NATO forces in Europe, is scared of, writesOLIVE KEOGH

A comprehensive review of SA's military capabilities paints a grim picture of the country's defence capabilities. Let's hope Lesotho doesn't invade.

Forget Team Edward. Team Eric is where it's at for Robert Pattinson. The Twilight hunk has signed on to star in Mission: Blacklist, a psychological thriller based on military...

LONDON (AP) -- Britain's military is carrying out security tests in London ahead of the Olympics - including the deployment of one weapon it hopes it never has to use....

Thugs attacked an anti-military protest near the defence ministry in Cairo on Wednesday, sparking clashes which killed 20 people in the politically tense run-up to Egypt's first post-uprising presidential poll. In a bid to placate the protesters calling for an end to military rule, the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) said it was ready to hand power to civilian rule on May 24 i...

Typhoon jets and other high-calibre planes deployed to west London air base for major military exercise.

London (ots/PRNewswire) - Satelliten sind schon seit langem das Rückgrat militärischer Kommunikation, Aufklärung und Navigation. Mit der zunehmenden Anzahl an Satelliten wird der Raum im Weltall immer knapper. Vor diesem Hintergrund wird die Kooperation zwischen militärischen und …

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's military has told residents of an upscale apartment development near the Olympic Park in east London it is installing a missile battery on top of a tower within their housing complex to defend the 2012 Games this summer.

Here's good news for anyone who is in the military and is 18 to 20 years old:

SINGER dons military clobber as she performs on TV show American Idol

Fort Bliss is among the military bases striving to achieve net zero energy production, but the timing isn’t so good.

A US military judge ruled today that WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning can be tried for aiding the enemy over allegedly leaking documents to the site - a charge that carries a potential life sentence.

From model with a military haircut to sexy, well-coiffed leading man, see the actor's 'magical' transformation

Analysts say ominous North Korean missiles are fakes and not very convincing ones, casting further doubt on the country's claims of military prowess.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A U.S. Marine sergeant who wrote on Facebook that he would not follow orders from President Barack Obama will be discharged from the military on "other than honorable" terms, a Marine spokesman said on Wednesday.

FORT MEADE, MD (Reuters) - Bradley Manning, the U.S. intelligence analyst charged with leaking thousands of classified U.S. government cables to the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks, called on a military court on Wednesday to dismiss the charge that he aided an enemy of the United States, identified as Al Qaeda.

Military spending in Asia is growing and political tensions could drive defence budgets still higher.

Barath Rhagavan has a superb article about the conversion of many climate scientists to support of nuclear power and the reasons this is problematic. These match my own major objections to nuclear as a response. As serious as the environmental impact of failure is, that's not the single biggest issue I see. Even if I thought the siting would avoid any future climate related disasters (I don'...

The U.S. military may spend $1 billion during the next decade to piggyback its communications equipment onto commercial satellites. The Air Force, which plans to ask companies for contract bids as early as September, has heard from “numerous’’ satellite operators and manufacturers interested in the deal, said George Sullivan, a contract specialist for the service. Boeing and Loral Space & C...

Billionaire Phil Falcone's wireless start-up, LightSquared Inc., made a $56.25 million payment to Inmarsat to resolve a default under their spectrum cooperation agreement, giving the troubled company more time to gain approval for a wireless service.

Conservative MPs have rejected a public debate about which bureaucrats and military officers will appear in front of parliamentarians to discuss the F-35 controversy, including allegations that some of them misled cabinet ministers and Canadians.

Incident may further fray US-Afghan ties; Leon Panetta apologizes for photos; US military launches investigation.

Some in the Ministry of Defence seem to assume that the concept of civil control of the military authorizes the babu to exhibit arrogance as a means to assert his superiority least realizing that the concept provides for political authority and not bureaucratic arrogance or domination.    Imagine a Joint Secretary writing to the COAS in office about a serving Corps Commander thus “ It is an...

Do the Philippines-US military drills impact on China?

Texts from Catwoman - - What could Bane, the muscled monstrosity from The Dark Knight Rises, possibly have in common with Mark Zuckerberg? Both get shot down when they text the wrong ladies in the latest Internet Meme, Texts from... [/...

An animated short film, April.02, which recreates a failed military coup against Hugo Chavez, is causing controversy in Venezuela.

MILITARY plane carrying Defence Minister Stephen Smith  threatened by insurgent rocket fire while on the ground at Kandahar.

Oil prices fell to near $102 a barrel Monday in Asia amid hopes international talks this week may help avoid military action over Iran's nuclear program.

KOIDU, Sierra Leone (Reuters) - Sierra Leone's only pit diamond mine has come far from its origins as wartime booty presented to mercenaries by a grateful military junta.

Flexible plastic telescopes launched from microsatellites could serve as quick replacements for space observatories taken out by solar flares, or spy satellites downed by military action...from New Scientist

Scientific tools inform a unique combination of military tactics and police work.

Campaigners have been given a short time in which to raise the necessary funds to save an important collection of military memorabilia.

Energy security and climate change present massive threats to global security, military planners say, with connections and consequences spanning the world. [More]

Joe Hanna, a Buffalo, N.Y., attorney says his charity has provided more than three million golf balls and 60,000 clubs to military members.

When comes to thwarting Britain’s military ambitions, Michael Collins stills ranks among the most formidable.

As ministers were accused of spreading panic, David Cameron sought to seize control by drawing up plans to store petrol at military depots and to fast-track the training of troops to drive tankers.

As ministers were accused of spreading panic, David Cameron sought to seize control by drawing up plans to store petrol at military depots and to fast-track the training of troops to drive tankers.

FIJI'S military government is taking control of Air Pacific from Qantas, but will let the airline keep its shares.

Unemployment, debt and a troubled housing market are plaguing families across the country, but for those in the armed forces, there is an even bigger burden to bear.

A U.S. military spokesman denies a claim by an Afghan police official that one of the 17 murder charges against a U.S. soldier was a fetus

Only in this digital era would soldiers newly dispatched to a military base in the desert want to take photographs to post online.

SAN DIEGO (AP) -- A Marine facing dismissal for running a Facebook page called Armed Forces Tea Party that criticizes the Obama administration is still speaking out but has been getting little support from military law experts and free speech advocates who say he may have crossed the line....

The health insurer's new contract to cover active and retired members of the armed forces and their families will create needed diversification.

by VENKATESWARAN CHITTOOR VENKATSUBRAMANIAN Yet again the video clippings on the alleged attrocities perpetrated by Srilankan army on hapless civilian victims on the final stages of war which decisively ensured a military victory for Sri Lankan Armed forces against a ruthless force- LTTE have aroused passions all around Tamil supporters worldwide. On previous occasions also, the gory killing...

DENVER (AP) -- Air Force ground controllers last year successfully rescued a $1.7 billion military communications satellite that had been stranded in the wrong orbit and at risk of blowing up, possibly because some cloth had been left in a fuel line during manufacture....

(Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Defense awarded UnitedHealth Group a nearly 6-year contract on Friday worth close to $20.5 billion to provide military health insurance coverage for its western...

ARSENAL striker Chu-Young Park allowed to delay his time in South Korean military

Arsenal striker Park Chu-Young has had his compulsory military service in South Korea delayed for 10 years. The South Korea's Military Manpower Administration said he can put off his service until 2022.

Bernard James, a 27-year-old senior for Florida State who served in Iraq while in the Air Force, is considered one of the best defensive players in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Coaches and managers, as a group, have always been pretty straightforward types. We don't think of generals or preachers as humorists -- and, after all, that's pretty much what coaches are: a hybrid of the military and the pulpit. But at least in the past, there were always a fair complement of coaching characters -- old cracker-barrel philosophers, feisty wiseguys and even a few sardonic intel...

Golf:Tiger Woods was considering abandoning golf and joining the Navy Seals, former coach Hank Haney has claimed. The 36-year-old has won 14 majors, four short of Jack Nicklaus’ record, but Haney insists Woods would have turned his back on the sport to join the military.

Tiger Woods was considering abandoning golf and joining the Navy SEALS, former coach Hank Haney has claimed. Haney insists Woods would have turned his back on the sport to join the military.

An explosion caused by a fire at a Brazilian research station in the Antarctic leaves two soldiers dead and one injured, the Brazilian military says.

DETROIT (AP) -- A western Michigan man whose son was killed while serving in the military has burned a replica of New Jersey's flag to protest that state's decision to lower it in honor of performer Whitney Houston....

Iran's nuclear facilities are immune to cyber attack a senior Iranian military official has claimed today according to new reports. "Gholam Reza Jalali, who heads an Iranian military unit in charge of combatting sabotage, was quoted Monday by the official IRNA news agency as saying that Iran and its nuclear facilities possess the technology and knowledge to deal with malicious software."

Strong enough to tow a car, Warrior is designed to be a jack-of-all-trades for military, police, and rescue services.

Strong enough to tow a car, Warrior is designed to be a jack-of-all-trades for military, police, and rescue services.

iRobot's Warrior is strong enough to tow a car and dexterous enough to open its trunk using the handle.

The military has removed dietary supplements containing the ingredient dimethylamylamine from stores on its bases, though the products are widely available elsewhere in the country.

A narrow stadium exit turned into a death trap. Crowds of Egyptian soccer fans fleeing supporters of the opposing team armed with knives, clubs and stones rushed into the corridor, only to be crushed against a locked gate, their rivals attacking from behind, survivors and witnesses said.

The head of Egypt's ruling military council, Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, vowed on Thursday to track down those behind soccer violence that killed more than 70 people in Port Said

The San Diego auditions of American Idol are being held on an aircraft carrier the USS Midway That means a lot of Kenny Loggins royalties and Top Gun references – and the graphics department gets to use the special military font that they ordered!The first contestant sets the mood for...

Limpopo is considering converting the Lephalale military airstrip into a full civilian airport, provincial transport officials have said.

Poland is looking for an investor to put the Nazi leader's 'Wolf's Lair' - which served as one of Hitler's military headquarters during World War Two - on the map.

Administrative orders are by definition undemocratic, but neither is the military administration of the W. Bank.

The China South Industries Group Corporation (CSGC), the nation's leading military industry company, said Monday its profits in 2011 rose 9.56 percent to 8.18 billion yuan ($1.3 billion).

TONIA COUCH plans for the Olympics with military precision – thanks to her boyfriend

THE US military declared it will respond with force if Iran moved to close the Strait of Hormuz, the oil artery of the world.

C. CHRISTINE FAIRIn the wee hours of November 27, US-Nato and Afghan forces based in Afghanistan’s Kunar province engaged a Pakistani military outpost in Pakistan’s tribal agency of Momand. Little information is publically available — or likely to be — about what happened or how. What is clear is that after several Nato airstrikes, 24 Pakistani soldiers were dead and many more injured. The epis...

Dispelling the notion that the army will take over the democratic government, Army chief General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani has said there is no threat to democracy. He was speaking to his soldiers in Mohmand Agency near Afghan border, where Nato and US forces killed 26 troops last week. Kayani said that speculations were being made to divert attention from problems facing the country. The military c...

U.S. and Latin American truck sales and military business boost earnings

Kate Middleton sah auf einem Militär-Event total modern aus. Sie hatte bei den "Night of Heroes: The Sun Military Awards", die im Imperial War Museum in London zu Ehren...

Chief of his own faction Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) Muhammad Nawaz Sharif said that any military coup would further deteriorate the situation in country. Talking to media in Karachi, Nawaz said that if army took over now, the situation would further deteriorate. The oil prices rose up due to the IPPs of Pakistan Peoples’ Party, Nawaz blamed. Former prime minister said that President Zardari...

ISLAMABAD - Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani had a telephonic contact with President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday, reportedly to dispel the impression of clash between the institutions and discuss some crucial issues involving memo controversy, which is at the centre of political crisis gripping the country.The phone call made by Gen Kayani to Zardari during his Friday’s meeting w...

OLYMPIC GAMES SECURITY: BRITAIN WILL provide up to 13,500 troops to protect next summer’s London Olympics – more than it has in Afghanistan – after organisers said international uncertainty meant security for the event needed to be doubled.

Utl.: Vizeleutnant Radl als "Soldier of the Year" ausgezeichnet - Military Sport Award an Orientierungsläufer Zugsführer Gernot Kerschbaumer und Kletter-Weltmeisterin Korporal Anna Stöhr = Wien (OTS/BMLVS) - Mittwochabend ehrte Verteidigungsminister Norbert Darabos in der ...

As the U.S. completes its military withdrawal from Iraq, some say there are huge lessons to be learned about the limits of U.S. power.

CONDUCTING opinion polls under military dictatorships calls for a rare combination of diplomacy, persistence and chutzpah.

“Just watch me” is one of the most famous quotes in Canadian political history. The line was defiantly delivered by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau to a fretful Canadian TV reporter when asked how far the Canadian leader would go in using Canada’s military to squelch domestic terrorism.

(Reuters) - Solar power developer SolarCity and Bank of America Merrill Lynch will go ahead with a plan to build more than $1 billion in new solar projects on military housing, despite their failure...

Prince Harry has been doing way more than hitting the road on his Harley. In fact, ever since arriving on the West Coast for a little military training, the red-headed royal has not only...

Defense contractors face severe cuts in military spending, but General Dynamics has bright nonmilitary prospects. Warren Buffett seems to agree.

The battlefield has always driven innovation in science, medicine and surgery. Roman military medics used tourniquets and ligatures to control blood loss and opium poppies to treat pain.

Jumbo shrimp. Military intelligence. A "wicked" Fiat 500.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Federal agents at Chicago's O'Hare Airport averted "a potential catastrophic event" when they stopped a package containing a live military flare from being loaded onto a flight to Japan, a federal agency said on Monday.

I'm still on self-imposed vacation from blogging in order to finish my book manuscript, so my comments on Kyrgyzstan will have to be very brief. Food for thought: First, for obvious geopolitical reasons, pundits are paying much less attention to protests in Kyrgyzstan than they did to protests in Iran and Burma (or even Thailand). If there were no U.S. military bases in Kyrgyzstan, I doubt t...

Long-lived nuclear batteries powered by hydrogen isotopes are in testing for military applications.

Steve Morales has resumed his geodomain duties at SimplyGeo.com LLC after a U.S. Army mission abruptly took him away for seven months. While his absence disrupted activity at the company's main sites, his service earned Morales a commendation from the Commanding General of the Quartermaster Corps.