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Loss of Carrier Strike Capability Top Concern of Royal Navy Chief
BY ANDREW CHUTER
LONDON - The head of the Royal Navy says retaining Britain's carrier strike capability would have been top of his "wish list" if the recent strategic defense and security review were to be rewritten. ... full story
Taiwan President Urges U.S. to Release F-16s
BY WENDELL MINNICK
TAIPEI - Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou urged the U.S. to release F-16 fighters and submarines during a speech May 12 at the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies. ... full story 13 May 13:03 EDT (17:03 GMT)
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EADS Reports $17M First-Quarter LossBY PIERRE TRAN
PARIS - Foreign exchange factors pushed EADS into a first-quarter net loss of 12 million euros ($17 million) compared with a net profit of 103 million euros a year ago, the European aerospace group reported May 13. ... full story 13 May 07:30 EDT (11:30 GMT)
BY TOM KINGTON
Finmeccanica unit Selex Galileo has purchased Utri, an Italian small UAV firm, Selex said May 12. ... full story 12 May 19:18 EDT (23:18 GMT)
BY GERARD O'DWYER
HELSINKI - The Norwegian government has asked the Storting, the national parliament, to approve $1.2 billion in capital funding to cover four military projects, the two biggest of which are acquisition of four F-35 Lightning 11 trainer aircraft and phase-2 financing for the Joint Strike Missile (JSM) project. ... full story 12 May 12:14 EDT (16:14 GMT)
Americas »
Taiwan President Urges U.S. to Release F-16sBY WENDELL MINNICK
TAIPEI - Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou urged the U.S. to release F-16 fighters and submarines during a speech May 12 at the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies. ... full story 13 May 13:03 EDT (17:03 GMT)
BY DAVE MAJUMDAR
The U.S. Air Force's F-35A Lightning II appears to be unable to fly as far as once predicted, according to a Pentagon document. ... full story 12 May 19:21 EDT (23:21 GMT)
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
WASHINGTON - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said May 12 that the air war in Libya has cost the United States roughly $750 million to date, more than initially anticipated by the Pentagon. ... full story 12 May 13:50 EDT (17:50 GMT)
Asia & Pacific Rim »
Taiwan President Urges U.S. to Release F-16sBY WENDELL MINNICK
TAIPEI - Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou urged the U.S. to release F-16 fighters and submarines during a speech May 12 at the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies. ... full story 13 May 13:03 EDT (17:03 GMT)
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
WASHINGTON - Pakistan said May 11 it would not share the wreckage of a U.S. helicopter used in the raid that killed Osama bin Laden with China, after speculation that the aircraft contained secret technology. ... full story 12 May 10:01 EDT (14:01 GMT)
BY NIGEL PITTAWAY
MELBOURNE - BAE Systems Australia has won an 86.6 million Australian dollar ($93.24 million) contract to provide interim basic flight training to the Australian Defence Force over the next six years. ... full story 10 May 11:11 EDT (15:11 GMT)
Middle East & Africa »
U.S. Cost for Libya Air War Hit $750M: GatesAGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
WASHINGTON - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said May 12 that the air war in Libya has cost the United States roughly $750 million to date, more than initially anticipated by the Pentagon. ... full story 12 May 13:50 EDT (17:50 GMT)
BY CHUCK RAASCH, GANNETT WASHINGTON BUREAU
WASHINGTON - The face of global terrorism is dead. In an historic address from the White House late May 1, President Barack Obama declared that U.S. forces had killed Osama bin Laden inside Pakistan, almost 10 years after bin Laden masterminded the deaths of more than 3,000 Americans in attacks on New York and Washington on Sept. 11, 2001. ... full story 2 May 00:59 EDT (04:59 GMT)
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
MOSCOW - Russia on May 1 called for an immediate cease-fire in Libya and said it had "serious doubts" the West was not targeting Moammar Gadhafi and his family after Tripoli said the leader's son was killed. ... full story 1 May 09:56 EDT (13:56 GMT)
