Navy 'recovers mine parts'
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Sri Lanka's navy says it has recovered claymore mine parts after sinking Tamil Tiger boats off the north-west coast.
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WASHINGTON -- The Army Corps of Engineers has been forced to resume control of a crucial power plant in Baghdad after poor maintenance by untrained Iraqi staff led to the "catastrophic failure" of key equipment in the plant, according to an inspection by the special inspector general of Iraq reconstruction.
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GLASGOW (CP) - One of the chief refitters of HMCS Chicoutimi said the submarine had a revamped electrical system and was in prime condition when it was handed over to the Canadians three days before an electrical fire crippled the vessel and killed a crew
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Several hundred tons of conventional explosives are missing from a former Iraqi military facility that once played a key role in Saddam Hussein's efforts to build a nuclear bomb, the U.N. nuclear agency confirmed Monday.
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HALIFAX - Investigators have recovered the flight data recorders from the wreckage of the cargo jet that crashed at Halifax International Airport last week.
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The first bodies from the sinking of a 420-foot ship that ran into Typhoon Man-yi were recovered, while three more survivors were found, the U.S. Coast Guard said. Nine crew members were dead or missing.
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An Army unit removed 250 tons of ammunition from the Qaqaa weapons depot in April 2003 and later destroyed it, the company's former commander said. A Pentagon spokesman asserted that some was of the same type as the missing explosives that have become a major issue in the presidential campaign.
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Between 350 and 380 tonnes of explosives are missing from a former Iraqi military facility, the UN nuclear agency confirmed Monday.
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The Canadian Navy says it is absolutely convinced the submarine Chicoutimi was seaworthy when they took possession of it. It comes as they prepare to give further details of the devastating fire which crippled the vessel.
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An effort to buy floating barriers to protect the nation's fleet from attacks several years ago led to millions of dollars in waste and may have involved criminal fraud by a government employee and contractor, officials of the Navy and the U.S. General Services Administration told a House...
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Â· Secret military programme nears completion  Â· Vessels may undergo sea trials next year
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An inquiry into the sinking of a trawler is re-opening to hear evidence that it may have been dragged under by a submarine.
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Weapons that were originally given to Iraqi security forces by the American military have been recovered over the past year by authorities in Turkey after being used in violent crimes in that country, Pentagon officials said yesterday.
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By Kunitoshi Sakurai  An unusual preliminary environmental survey was conducted recently along the coastal area of Henoko point in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, with the participation of a Maritime Self-Defense Force (SDF) minesweeper tender.
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NAIROBI, Kenya - The US military has stepped up activities in the pirate-infested waters off Somalia, going to the aid of hijacked cargo ships twice this week. American medics treated wounded North Korean sailors on one vessel, and the Navy was tracking another after destroying two pirate skiffs lashed to it.
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The coal mine where five miners were killed in an explosion last spring in eastern Kentucky has been sealed and the mine abandoned, federal regulators said.
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Salvage crews were Monday preparing to dislodge a massive coal carrier from an Australian beach, after an operation overnight succeeded in swinging it around towards the open sea.