At the beginning of this year Sandia Labs in the United States announced it had patented a design for a self-guided bullet that could help soldiers at war. The technology is expected to prevent the need…
The boundary between the military and everyday life is being eroded by videogames.
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The ongoing trial of Norwegian right-wing extremist Anders Breivik has generated a great deal of media coverage, public debate and analysis.
Much of this has focused on claims made by Breivik that he…
US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has said the images are an aberration, but evidence points to the contrary.
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Once again we are confronted with disturbing images coming out of a war zone, this time of American troops posing for trophy shots with the body parts of alleged Afghan suicide bombers, published by the…
It's unlikely the war hero would be fazed by Styne's comments, but the public was appalled.
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Last week the world became a very scary place for television host Yumi Stynes when she quipped that Victoria Cross recipient Corporal Ben Roberts-Smith, looking buffed, ripped and tattooed in a public…
Burma's military junta has held on to power through violence and intimidation for 50 years.
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Today marks the 50th anniversary of military control over the Burmese state, marking half a century of the Junta’s tight, often brutal grip on power. But within the last year, there have been shifts towards…
Argentinian President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is part of a renewed push to reclaim the Falkland Islands.
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Argentinean wordsmith Jorge Luis Borges could be cryptic. But his powers of perception were always daunting. Borges came up with an excellent description of the 10 week conflict in 1982 that took place…
Are Australia's Collins class a feat of engineering genius or an expensive boondoggle?
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In 2011 Minister for Defence Stephen Smith announced a review on the Sustainment of Australia’s Collins Class submarines.
The review is led by John Coles, an independent expert from BMT Defence Services…
Suspect Bradley Manning is accused of "aiding the enemy" and faces court martial by a US military court.
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The controversy over Wikileaks will today, at least temporarily, shift its focus from the website’s founder Julian Assange to suspected informant Private First Class Bradley Manning.
Today Manning will…
2500 US Marines will be deployed near Darwin in coming years, but we could also see an expanded American military presence elsewhere in northern Australia.
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Negotiations are underway that could see some the US military’s most advanced drone aircraft based on the Australian Indian Ocean territory of the Cocos Islands.
Combined with discussions around having…
Coptic Christians have long been discriminated against in Egypt, but the violence against them, and the government response to it, signals concerns for democracy in the country.
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The violence in Egypt involving Coptic demonstrators, military units and unidentified thugs shocked the country and rang alarms about prospects for transition to democracy.
Egypt is going through a revolution…
Some groups in Karachi have demanded the army takes to the streets to restore law and order.
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There is a threat to Nato forces in Afghanistan which the world is ignoring. Violent gangs have been killing indiscriminately in Karachi, the Pakistani city vital to the supply chain which sustains ISAF…
