New DelhiIndia will host the second joint military exercises with China, as the neighbours continue to mend ties after a brief but bitter border war in 1962, a report said Sunday. The first-ever military manoeuvres between the world's most populous nations were held in China in December, when about 200 Indian and Chinese troops jointly "took out" a group of supposed terrorists along their border. ... more
Pan-European defence too often lost in translation: ministers
Brdo Pri Kranju, SloveniaEuropean Union defence ministers said Friday that individual states were refusing to contribute military hardware for use in the 27-member bloc's missions. As a two-day informal meeting drew to a close near Ljubljana, Karl Erjavec, the defence minister of Slovenia -- which holds the EU rotating presidency -- said individual governments had to "make an effort". "Our studies clearly show t ... more
Outside View: Russia rearms
MoscowThis year Russia will concentrate on a State Arms Program to be carried out by 2015. One of the program's priorities is to equip the armed forces with high-accuracy weapons. Last February the Russian Military-Industrial Commission headed by First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov held a special session at the Moscow Research Institute of Precision Instrument-Making. At first ... more
Walker's World: Putin's heir and rival
WashingtonRussia's presidential election is just two weeks away, and the Kremlin's own candidate Dmitry Medvedev has been campaigning almost like a liberal. "Freedom is better than the absence of freedom. This is the quintessence of the whole experience of humanity. I mean freedom in all its manifestations: individual freedom, economic freedom and, finally, the freedom of self-expression," he told ... more
Analysis: India's Asian Security plan
New Delhi (UPI) In a move to check the spread of terrorism in Asia, India has suggested a three-part strategy to tackle the challenge. "What we need is a three-pronged strategy to meet effectively various challenges relating to security confronting the Asian continent," India's Defense Minister A.K. Antony said. India's new strategy for Asian nations spells out three stages. First, to maintain a ... more
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