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  <title><![CDATA[For Obama&apos;s Agenda, an &apos;October Surprise&apos; in May]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[A slew of politically charged scandals threatens to derail a sweeping fiscal deal with Senate Republicans that would address sequestration&apos;s defense budget cuts.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Several DoD Personnel Moves Expected Soon]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[The White House is working to fill several high-level Pentagon posts as incumbents prepare to step down as the Obama administration begins a second term amid a fury of budget uncertainty.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[French Defense Minister Defends Strategy, Mali Mission]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[France&apos;s defense minister on Friday defended his government&apos;s new security strategy and its mission in Mali, and called for a political solution to Syria&apos;s bloody civil war.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Navy Seeks To Map the Mind]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[In some visions of the future, you&apos;ll drive your car with little more than your mind. Electrodes on your head, you can climb into your car, think about how much you&apos;d like a Big Mac, and let the car take you automatically to the nearest McDonald&apos;s.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Australia One Step Nearer to Acquiring Triton UAV]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[The acquisition of Northrop Grumman&apos;s MQ-4C Triton unmanned air vehicle took a step closer yesterday with the Australian government announcement that it would issue a letter of request to the US for pricing and availability data.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[India Mulls Stationing of Ground Forces in Afghanistan]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[The Indian government is evaluating the possibility of stationing troops in Afghanistan after the international forces begin leaving the country in 2014.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Military Sales Fall for CAE]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[The US sequester is producing what many simulation companies have dreaded: falling military orders and unfortunate numbers.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Report: France To Buy US Reaper Drones for Mali]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[France will buy two medium-altitude Reaper drones from the US Air Force to back up its operations against Islamists in Mali, the Air et Cosmos specialist magazine reported Friday.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[France Expects 1st Batch of Reapers Soon]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[France expects the US will soon approve the speedy shipment of two Reaper surveillance drones after sending a formal request in early May, American and French sources said.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[NZ Budget Holds Steady, Air Force Gains]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[New Zealand&apos;s spending on defense is little changed from the NZ $2.9 billion (then US $2.2 billion) for 2012-2013 to NZ $2.87 billion for 2013-2014.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[US Sens: Pentagon Attempting to &apos;Rewrite the Constitution&apos;]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[US senators blasted senior Pentagon legal officials Thursday for suggesting the 2001-passed measure authorizing the war on al-Qaida would justify American ground operations anywhere in the world.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[CEOs Talk Sequestration Challenges]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Faced with a new budget reality, industry and the Pentagon are looking for ways to streamline contracting and pursue new innovations, a panel of CEOs said today.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Precision Mortar Tech Could Give Operators New Options]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Imagine if an individual infantryman could fire a GPS- or laser-guided mortar anywhere from 100 meters to 14 kilometers &#45; and hit within a few meters of his target.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[SOCOM&apos;s Humvee Replacement Schedule Slips]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[US Special Operations Command plans to award a contract this August for the closely watched Ground Mobility Vehicle 1.1 (GMV) program, as opposed to making an award this month, said USMC Lt. Col. Ken Burger, program manager for the Family of Special Operations Vehicles.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Taiwan Stages Exercise As Philippines Row Continues]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Taiwan held a military exercise Thursday in waters near the northern Philippines in response to the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman, after rejecting repeated apologies from Manila.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Show Scout]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Follow our live reports from the SOFIC Conference]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[On Iran, US Senators Hear Mixed Messages from Administration]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[A senior US State Department official on Wednesday sent mixed messages to Iran, striking hawkish and dovish tones about its nuclear weapons program.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Licensing Issues Cancel German Euro Hawk Procurement]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130515/DEFREG01/305150028</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Top Executive Confident Issues Fixable]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[SOFIC Shatters Trend of Declining Trade Show Attendance]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[After a year of declining attendance at defense industry conferences and a spate of canceled industry events this past spring, the jam-packed Special Operations Forces Industry Conference (SOFIC) here this week feels like a throwback to presequestration times.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[GearScout: Sig Sauer&apos;s New Carbine on Display at SOFIC]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130515/DEFREG/305150032</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Sig Sauer quietly showed their new PDW, a short stroke push rod, multi-caliber, integrally suppressed carbine that has yet to be named. MCX would be a likely choice for the carbine&apos;s name based on Sig&apos;s current naming convention.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Aging SOF Helicopters Will Have To Fly for Decades More]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[In the chaotic September 2009 rescue of New York Times reporter Stephen Farrell in northern Afghanistan by British special forces who were ferried to the mission by US special operations aircraft, Farrell&#39;s interpreter, Sultan Munadi, and a British paratrooper were killed.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[US House Democrats: Defense Sequester Hurting Economy]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Pentagon spending reductions are hurting the US economy more than other spending cuts mandated under sequestration, say House Democrats, who appear poised to inject such effects into the 2014 midterm election narrative.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Targeted Killing: CIA&apos;s fleet of 80+ UAVs unlikely to be transferred to military]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130515/C4ISR/305150026</link>
  <description><![CDATA[The Obama administration has floated the idea of putting the CIA&apos;s controversial targeted killing operations under the control of the uniformed armed services.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Making Better Waves for Maritime Sims]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Does one ocean wave look very much like the next? Not to experienced mariners, who find the water effects in today&apos;s ship simulators far from realistic.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[US Repositioning 200 Marines in Italy as Precaution for Libya Unrest]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Italy on Wednesday said the United States was transferring 200 Marines and two planes to its base at Sigonella in Sicily to deploy in Libya in case US diplomats come under attack as they did last year.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Number of SEAL Platoons in Afghanistan To Be Cut]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Probably the most celebrated US special forces component serving in Afghanistan, at least in the movies and in growing stacks of paperback books, will see its presence in Afghanistan at least cut in half by December, as the United States continues to draw down the war.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Quick look: Steiner&apos;s 1-5x24mm Rapid Dot]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Here&apos;s Steiner&apos;s true 1x power, standard illuminated reticle and impressive 3.5&apos; of eye relief and 118&apos;-23.6&apos; field of view at 100 ft. all at 21.2 ounces.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Multitasker Series 3 To Make Debut]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[The upcoming revision of the Multitasker Series 3 is all the pocket tool any AR shooter could need. The Series 2X was already the strongest multitool we&apos;ve seen, and the improvements made to the Series 3 only make it stronger and more useful.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Safariland Releases New 7TS Holster Series]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Safariland has released its new 7TS Series holsters. This next-generation injection-molded holster design is constructed of SafariSeven material, a proprietary nylon blend from DuPont that is completely nonabrasive to the weapon&apos;s finish.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Blue Force Gear Goes Urban Wolf]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Blue Force Gear has introduced Urban Wolf to its list of available colorways.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[GearScout: Princeton Tec Updates Switch Mounts]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Tampa-Princeton Tec updated the mounts that come with the Switch MPLS. The Picattiny, MOLLE, OpsCcore and MICH mounts are all updated.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Surefire upgrades Scout lights]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[The mainstay of weapon mounted lights will see some worthy upgrades shortly. Surefire&apos;s Scout Lights are getting new heads.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[SOF Commander Wants to &apos;Change the Narrative&apos;]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[US Special Operations chief Adm.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Drive or Fly with the S&amp;S Precision Stalker MPTV]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[You probably haven&apos;t seen anything quite like the S&amp;S Stalker multi-purpose tactical vehicle. It&apos;s a prop-driven, parachute lofted aircraft and an open-air ground assault vehicle in one super-capable package.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Is A Billion-Dollar Border Security Program Finally Due?]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[The Department of Homeland Security has taken a positive step in one of the longer running procurement sagas of recent years, issuing downselect notices to several contractors to compete in the next phase of a controversial border security program, source]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[X-47 Unmanned Aircraft Makes Successful Launch]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[The US Navy launched an unmanned jet off an aircraft carrier Tuesday morning.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Better than 20/20: High-Fidelity Vision Research]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Going Dark: SOUTHCOM, Where Modern ISR Was Born, Is Hoping for Assets]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[In 1989, two small U.S. planes took off in Colombia&apos;s expansive Aburra Valley, the first flights of a surveillance operation that would ultimately reshape the American way of war.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Show Your Assistant Gunner You Care with MMI&apos;s AG Pack]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Afghanistan overtaxes US contractors, IG finds]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Germany axes Euro Hawk drone program]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[US Land Forces Highlight Their Importance Through &apos;Human Domain&apos; Interaction]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[&apos;Thinking is free,&apos; the leadership of the US Army, Marine Corps and Special Operations Command write in a new Strategic Landpower Task Force white paper released this week.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[India To Add Navy Bases, Expand Coastline Security Sensors]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Addressing the top commanders of the Indian Navy on Tuesday, Defence Minister A.K. Antony announced that additional naval bases and air stations are required to extend the Navy&apos;s reach.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Using Stress to Treat Suicides and PTSD]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[The Army is developing a roadmap for incorporating mental resilience into training devices, basing the decision on the theory that stressing a soldier during training &#45; and teaching him or her techniques to manage that stress &#45; is the best way to prevent]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Biometrics: A New Intelligence Discipline]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[The intelligence community is pushing to make biometrically enabled intelligence &#45; the art of identifying people by fingerprints, digital mugshots, iris scans or DNA &#45; a regular part of business.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Netanyahu Reduces Defense Cuts by 1 Billion Shekels]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged his government to pass, by close of business Monday, a 2013-2014 budget that includes some US $14.7 billion in defense spending, nearly $1 billion less than 2012 levels but $280 million more than cuts prescribed by the Israeli Treasury.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Washington&apos;s Pacific Pivot Seen in Aussie&apos;s Appointment to US Army]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130513/DEFREG02/305130024</link>
  <description><![CDATA[The appointment of an Australian to a senior position in the command of the US Army&apos;s 79,000-strong contingent in Asia-Pacific reflects Washington&apos;s strategic pivot to the region, officials said Monday.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Stimson Center: DoD Could Trim $1 Trillion Without Eroding Combat Power]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[The Pentagon could save double the amount of cuts mandated under sequestration and avoid eroding its combat power, says a report released Monday.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Lockheed Names New F-16/F-22 Program Head]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Lockheed Martin has named Roderick &apos;Rod&apos; McLean vice president and general manager of the F-16/F-22 Integrated Fighter Group (IFG), the company announced Monday.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[US Moves Troops Closer as Security Worsens in Libya]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[The United States has moved military forces closer to Libya since the Benghazi attack so they will be ready to respond to threats against diplomatic personnel, a Pentagon spokesman said Monday.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[NATO Gets New Supreme Commander]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Four-star US General Philip Breedlove assumed command of NATO on Monday, promising to bolster the 28-member military alliance as it prepares for a difficult withdrawal from Afghanistan next year.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Russian-Made Yemeni Military Jet Crashes in Sanaa]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[A Russian-made Yemeni military jet ploughed into a residential district of the capital Sanaa on Monday, killing the pilot, officials said, and witnesses said it exploded in mid-air before crashing.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[North Korea Replaces Hawkish Defense Minister]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[North Korea has replaced its hawkish armed forces minister after just six months in the job &#45; the latest in a long line of top military reshuffles by supreme leader Kim Jong-Un.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[&apos;Fragile&apos; Pursuit of a Grand Bargain]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130512/DEFREG02/305130012</link>
  <description><![CDATA[The onetime target of early August for passing sweeping fiscal legislation that once filled US Senate corridors is slowly being replaced by a consensus that striking a &apos;grand bargain&apos; could prove difficult.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[MBDA Positioned to Score Big in 3 Deals]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[European missile maker MBDA looks like it will score three out of three major government deals for a longer range Aster air defense system, an anti-tank weapon and a helicopter-borne anti-ship missile.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[US: Gulf Navy Drill Not Directed At Iran]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Vice Admiral John Miller, commander of the US Fifth Fleet, said on Sunday that a massive naval minesweeping exercise involving 41 countries was not directed at Iran.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Reckless Abandon(ment)]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130512/DEFREG/305120010</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Despite massive furloughs looming, reductions in troop strength planned, fleets at anchor and air wings grounded due to severely curtailed operating funds, the Pentagon seems to be finding odd ways to dig itself out of the fiscal mess it is in.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Give US Industry a Seat at the Strategy Table]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130512/DEFREG/305120009</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Reading the history of US preparations for World War II is instructive.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[India Opens Gun, Missile Competition to Domestic Firms]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[India&apos;s Ministry of Defence has floated a competition for gun/missile systems for the Army. And in a first for the MoD, it is asking domestic companies to participate along with overseas firms.]]></description>
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  <description><![CDATA[North Korea has criticized the arrival of the US aircraft carrier Nimitz in the South for a joint drill as an &apos;extremely reckless&apos; provocation and a rehearsal for war against the communist state.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Special Report: US SOCOM Pushes Ahead With Aircraft, Vehicle Plans]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[PKK Peace Talks Could Reduce Profile of Elite Turkish Units]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[A budding peace process between Turkey and its longtime nemesis, the Kurdish separatist militants, could shrink the prominence and budget of elite Turkish special operations units, officials and analysts agree.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Eastern European Armies Boost Spec Ops Forces Cooperation]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Special operations forces troops from Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic will organize joint drills and set up a multinational Combat Group operating within European Union structures.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Norway Revamps Special Operations Capacity]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Special operations has historically been a fragmented, underfunded, noncore resource within Norway&apos;s military organization.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Canada Renews Push To Buy 100 Specs Ops Vehicles]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Canada&apos;s special operations forces will try once again to purchase a new fleet of vehicles for long-range reconnaissance patrols and urban warfare.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Israel Building Up Rocket Response, Early Warning]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[In just six months as commander of Israel&apos;s Air Defense Forces, Shahar Shochat presided over the largest joint drill with the US, led Iron Dome defenders through eight days of high-intensity rocket attacks from Gaza and is poised on high alert to defend a]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Source: France Pushing for 2 Mega Deals]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[France is looking to sell naval company DCNS to electronics specialist Thales and broker a partnership between Nexter and Krauss-Maffei Wegmann in a bid to beat a budget crunch and slim down the land weapons sector, a source briefed on the subject said.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Hagel Touts US Defense Network in Middle East]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel praised the &apos;cooperative defense network&apos; being constructed by the Pentagon across the Middle East as a way to keep Iran&apos;s nuclear ambitions in check.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Little Change in New US Fleet Plan]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Australia Helicopter Project Smooths Contractual Disputes]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Australia&apos;s troubled MRH 90 battlefield helicopter project took a significant step forward May 9 with the announcement of a Deed of Undertaking between the Commonwealth and prime contractor Australian Aerospace and its industry partners.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[SOFINS Highlights Growing French Spec Ops Market]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[The French special operations command led for a first time in Europe a three-day trade show and conference, signaling the niche market formed by the &amp;eacute;lite forces&apos; operational needs.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Sen. Inhofe: GOP Could Impeach Obama Over Benghazi &apos;Cover Up&apos;]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[A senior U.S. senator says Republicans could impeach President Barack Obama over what he is calling a high-level cover up of the administration&apos;s handling of the deadly Benghazi attacks.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Report: Saudi King Sacks Air Force Chief]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Saudi King Abdullah has dismissed and retired air force chief Gen. Mohammed al-Ayesh by royal decree, the official SPA news agency reported Friday, without elaborating on why.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Former Arms Industry Boom Town Struggles in Bulgaria]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[At the foot of the Balkan mountains, the Bulgarian town of Sopot remembers with nostalgia its glory days as a booming arms industry center under communism.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Sources: India Might Not Blacklist Finmeccanica]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[A new Italian law guaranteeing the  government&apos;s influence over strategic companies will be put to use for the first time as General Electric (GE) purchases the aviation activity of Italian propulsion firm Avio.]]></description>
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