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Russian Bombers Could Be Deployed to Cuba »
Posted by: TechnologyExpert 3 months, 4 weeks ago in News
Russian bombers capable of carrying nuclear weapons could be deployed to Cuba in response to U.S. plans to install a missile defense system in ...
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Defense: Woman too obese to kill nephew »
Posted by: pagey 2 months, 3 weeks ago in News
EDINBURG, Texas (AP) -- A nearly half-ton Texas woman charged in the death of her toddler nephew couldn't have beaten the boy to death because ...
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America's Outrageous War Economy »
Posted by: Neophile 3 months ago in Business & Finance
America’s economy is a war economy. Not a “manufacturing” economy. Not an “agricultural” economy. Nor a “service” economy. Not even a “consumer” economy.
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Ballistic missile defense via airplanes mounted with lasers »
Posted by: pagey 1 month, 1 week ago in Science & Technology
Ballistic missile defense via airplanes mounted with lasers may seem straight out of science fiction, but add a fleet of UAVs with mirrors to increase ...
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US-Russian Relations in Downward Spiral »
Posted by: populist 2 months, 3 weeks ago in News
The U.S. missile defense program, which contributed to the deterioration of U.S.-Russian relations that helped generate the Russian-Georgian conflict, has benefited from ...
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Torture for torture's sake »
Posted by: ameliog 3 months ago in News
The use of torture is a defining characteristic of those in the grip of depravity. The use of torture for purportedly military or political ends ...
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Troubled Air Force tanker program halted »
Posted by: ameliog 2 months, 1 week ago in News
Defense Secretary Robert Gates calls the aircraft procurement effort too flawed to continue.
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Iraq seeks to buy 36 F-16 fighters from U.S.: report »
Posted by: pagey 2 months, 2 weeks ago in News
The Iraqi government is seeking to buy 36 advanced F-16 fighters from the U.S., American military officials familiar with the request told the Wall ...
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Exurban League: Russia firing missles into Georgia. »
Posted by: pc25 3 months ago in News
Over the last few days Russia has fired over two dozen SS-21 Ballistic Short Range Missiles into the country of Georgia, integrating ballistic missile strikes ...
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US Sends Powerful Radar To Israel To Detect Missiles From Iran »
Posted by: y_soitenly 6 days, 12 hours ago in News
The U.S. is providing Israel with high-powered X-band radar capable of detecting missile launches up to 1,500 miles away — and sensitive enough to ...
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NASA satellite to scan solar system's outer limits »
Posted by: lovemorgul 4 weeks, 1 day ago in Science & Technology
NASA is preparing to launch a satellite that will study in unprecedented detail the distant regions where the outermost reaches of our solar system collide ...
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TAKE THE BARACK OBAMA »
Posted by: RedRiverJ 1 month, 3 weeks ago in Politics
Answer each question below. Each time you side with Obama you will score a point. Each time you do not side with him you lose ...
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Can Money Save Afghanistan? »
Posted by: monicachenoa 3 months, 1 week ago in News
Even as NATO leaders struggle to find a response to Russia's military campaign in Georgia, the going remains tough for the alliance in its ...
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Obama plans Guantanamo closure, U.S. terror trials »
Posted by: tehranchik 1 week ago in Politics
President-elect Obama's advisers are quietly crafting a proposal to ship dozens, if not hundreds, of imprisoned terrorism suspects to the United States to face ...
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Obama's Youtube Arrogance Just Became A Nightmare »
Posted by: Patience 1 month, 2 weeks ago in Politics
Obama's Youtube Arrogance Just Became A Obama Nightmare
