Sometime during his first couple of months in office, President-elect Barack Obama will have to confront one of his first big decisions about U.S. defense policy and budgets.br /br /And it’s a thorny one.br /br /Specifically, Obama and his as-yet-unnamed circle of top defense advisers will have to determine whether to continue spending roughly $4 [...]

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In a move that could raise concerns in the U.S. and Israel, Russia will donate 10 MiG-29 fighter jets to Lebanon and commit to supplying the teetering Arab democracy with more war machines, an official told reporters Wednesday.br /br /Though the jets aren’t likely to pose a strategic challenge to Israel, or even Lebanon’s other [...]

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The Indian government has accused Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), a Pakistan-based terrorist group, of sending the 10 gunmen who launched attacks across Mumbai, killing more than 170 people. But Pakistan denies the allegation that the attacks were plotted and launched from its soil.br /br /Indian military officials said that stationing three MiG 29s at the Hindon air [...]

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KARACHI: Responding to the violation of Pakistan air space by Indian jet planes on 13-12-2008, the defense analyst professor Hassan Askari said Saturday’s violation of Pakistan air space by Indian air force was an attempt to escalate tension between both the countries.br /br /He said that Pakistan defense authorities already feared Indian violation as they [...]

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Russia would soon sign a contract with India to jointly develop and produce a fifth-generation combat jet from next year, the director general of Russian aircraft maker Sukhoi said here Wednesday.br /br /”We plan to begin flight tests (of the fighter) as early as in 2009,” Mikhail Pogosyan told reporters.br /br /The Russian-Indian advanced multi-role [...]

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p class=”first”Indian Air Force on Thursday said it is prepared to counter a 9/11 type aerial terror attack on targets in India./pp”This (report about terrorists carrying out a possible aerial attack) is based on a warning, which has been received (by the government) and we are prepared as usual,” Air Chief Fali Homi Major said [...]

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