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The (war) games go on Asia Times | Jul 31, 2010 The (war) games go on | By Donald Kirk | SEOUL - The drama over United States and South Korean war games in the seas off the coasts of South Korea is about to enter its second act. The South Korean navy plans to stage military exercises next week in the Yellow...
Questions Swirl About Damaged Japanese Tanker The New York Times | Shipping officials said Thursday that they were examining the hull of a Japanese oil tanker that was mysteriously damaged this week as it traversed a strategically vital waterway between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula. The ship’s owner has said that it may have been attacked. | With the tank...
Questions Swirl About Damaged Japanese Tanker The New York Times | Shipping officials said Thursday that they were examining the hull of a Japanese oil tanker that was mysteriously damaged this week as it traversed a strategically vital waterway between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula. The ship’s owner has sa...
Japan supertanker probe reveals smashed hull The Star | FUJAIRAH/TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese supertanker that reported suffering an "explosion" near the Strait of Hormuz oil shipping route may have hit a submarine or a mine, UAE port officials examining the ship said on Thursday. | Damage to the massiv...
Submarine focus for US-South Korea military drill BBC News The US and South Korea practised anti-submarine drills on the second day of joint exercises aimed as a show of strength to North Korea. | Officials said the drills in the Sea of Japan focused on detecting and destroying enemy submarines. | They follo...
China ratcheting up regional tension Asahi News | In flexing its military muscle commensurate with its growing economic might, Beijing is causing tensions to rise dramatically in the South China Sea. | This is partly due to conflicting claims of sovereignty over the Spratley Islands, an area with ...
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North Korea anger at US wargames Kenya Broadcasting Corp Written By:BBC , Posted: Thu, Jul 22, 2010 | The US and South Korea's plans to hold joint military exercises pose a major danger to the region, Pyongyang ...
US to widen sanctions against North Korea The Boston Globe | SEOUL - The Obama administration announced yesterday that it would impose further economic sanctions against North Korea, throwing legal weight behind a choreographed show of pre...
Secret sub tech hints at spooks' TEMPEST-busting bugs The Register | Farnborough British boffins have devloped a cunning new method of transmitting high bandwidth data - plus power - through tough solid barriers such as submarine hulls or tank armour. The tech is being touted as a way of adding modifications to subs...
In Poster, North Korea Boasts of Ship Sinking The New York Times | SEOUL, South Korea — A propaganda poster recently smuggled out of North Korea depicts the North Korean military smashing an enemy warship in half, a scene evocative of the sinking of a South Korean warship earlier this year. | An image of the...
Motorsport: Flying Vettel clinches Hungary pole NZ Herald By Pablo Gorondi 8:31 AM Sunday Aug 1, 2010 Email Print Expand Shrink | BUDAPEST, Hungary - Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel secured pole position for the Hungarian Grand Prix and will be joined by teammate Mark Webber on the front row. | Vettel posted a time of 1 minute, 18.773 seconds for Sunday's race, 0.411 seconds ahead of Webber. | "The track...
Obama blames GOP on small business lending bill The Guardian | WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is going after Senate Republicans who have stymied his proposal to create a $30 billion fund to help unfreeze lending for credit-starved small businesses. | His election-year push for additional job measures suffered a fresh setback this past week when the GOP blocked the small-business plan. | The presi...
