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  US military intercepts missile in defence test

  World | September 19, 2013 11:36 IST

  Washington: The US military said Wednesday it successfully intercepted a short-range ballistic missile target during a missile defence test over the Pacific Ocean.The Department of Defense said in a statement it's "an operationally realistic test,

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  US military tests missile defense capability

  World | October 26, 2012 16:10 IST

  Washington, Oct 26: The US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has successfully conducted its largest and most complex missile defense flight test ever, involving the simultaneous engagement of five ballistic missile and cruise missile targets. The

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  US Military Flying Drones Over Syria

  World | February 18, 2012 19:07 IST

  Washington, Feb 18: US has deployed a large number of drones over Syria to monitor Syrian military attack on the opposition forces and civilians, NBC News reported.  Quoting Pentagon officials, the TV channel said that

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  Memogate Conspiracy Against Govt And Democracy : Gilani

  World | December 17, 2011 8:14 IST

  Islamabad, Dec 17: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Friday said there was “no truth” in the alleged secret memo sent to the US military to help prevent a possible takeover by the Pakistan Army

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  US Military Hands Camp Victory Over To Iraqis

  World | December 02, 2011 13:55 IST

  Camp Victory, Iraq, Dec 2: The U.S. military says it has handed over Camp Victory, a sprawling base at the edge of Baghdad that used to be the headquarters for the U.S. military, to the

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  Don't Have Capacity To Take Action Against Haqqani, Says Pak Army

  World | October 28, 2011 14:10 IST

  Washington, Oct 28: The Pakistani military has told the Pentagon that it does not have the capacity to take action against the Haqqani network, a US military General based in Afghanistan has said.“The Pakistanis have

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  US Military To End Gay Ban Today

  World | September 20, 2011 12:26 IST

  Washington, Sept 20: The Pentagon has said that the military is adequately prepared for the official lifting of the legal ban on gays serving openly on Tuesday. Press secretary George Little said on Monday that

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  US Military Intelligence Changes Its Tack In Afghan War

  World | June 27, 2011 14:59 IST

  Washington, Jun 27: Military intelligence officers were scrambling a year ago to collect and analyze the social, economic and tribal ins and outs of each valley and hamlet in Afghanistan.This information wasn't the kind of

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  US To Hand Over Libyan Op Command to UK Or France

  World | March 21, 2011 12:55 IST

  Washington, Mar 21:  US Defence Secretary Robert Gates today said that his country expects to hand over the leadership of the military operations against Libyan regime to a coalition likely to be headed by either

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  WikiLeaks Near Release Of Secret US War Documents

  World | October 23, 2010 12:02 IST

  London:  The WikiLeaks website appears close to releasing what the Pentagon fears is the largest cache of secret US documents in history -- hundreds of thousands of intelligence reports compiled after the 2003 invasion of

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  US Military Bans Video Game That 'Kills' Troops

  World | September 09, 2010 17:50 IST

  Washington:  Military bases across the US have banned the sale of a new video game that lets a player pretend to be a Taliban fighter and "shoot" US troops in Afghanistan.Gamers are scoffing at the

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