Defense policy overhauled to meet new global threats
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The government announced Friday plans to conduct a sweeping overhaul of its defense policy, adjusting Japan&#39;s armed forces to better handle new threats such as terrorism and giving them a greater global role.
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The Pentagon is drawing up a plan that would give the military a more prominent role in intelligence-collection operations.
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China, home to the world&#39;s largest standing army, said Monday it would modernize its military to better face down threats from an independence-minded Taiwan and increased global uncertainty.
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Cold War-era US warheads are too complex for the needs of today's geopolitical climate, some say.
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A number of countries are developing ways to knock out U.S. space systems, threatening vital national interests, the State Department's point man on international security said on Wednesday.
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The new doctrine elevates the mission of stabilizing war-torn nations to the same importance as the defeat of adversaries on the battlefield.
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As North Korea, South Korea, and Iran raise risks of an arms race, the global challenge to nonproliferation grows.
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What are the details of the new intelligence reform effort?
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Improved Kevlar body armor has resulted in a distinctly new pattern of combat injuries.
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A new international group of defense contractors and systems integrators plans to accelerate increased interoperability in network systems that serve the military, first responders and, eventually, commercial users.
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China is modernizing its military in ways that give it options for launching surprise attacks, potentially on targets far from its borders, the Pentagon said yesterday.
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Universities offer courses on the changing nature of global security
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President Bush's global military restructuring plan will include some Eastern European states as host countries for troops and equipment in "new locations so that they can surge quickly to deal with unexpected ...
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Japan announces key changes in its defence stance, including a bigger role in global military cooperation.
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BEIJING China says it&#39;s modernizing its military because of &quot;new changes&quot; in the global balance of power. In a 100-page white paper, China says a key goal is to emphasize military technology, rather than manpower.
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After almost 60 years of pacifism, Japan today overhauled its defence policy; easing an arms exports ban and singling out North Korea and China as security threats.
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The Pentagon took steps on Tuesday  aimed at better preventing sexual assaults in the U.S. military  in a policy change that followed a spate of assaults against  servicewomen serving in Iraq by their male comrades.