Vladimir Putin has opened the way for the controversial delivery of a sophisticated missile system to Iran – embargoed for the past five years.
Annual results show state arms company Denel continues to eke out profits, but it hopes exports of weapons to the rest of Africa will change that.
North Korea has put its missile units on standby to attack US military bases in South Korea and the Pacific.
Never before have North Korea’s neighbours been so ready for the unpredictable communist nation to test its rocket technology.
A North Korean missile launch may not come for some time, South Korea’s unification minister said on Wednesday.
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/ 28 January 2009
President Barack Obama is retaining a powerful but controversial US weapon left over from the Bush administration’s battle against terrorism.
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/ 12 November 2008
The US denounced Iran’s claimed test of a new medium-range missile on Wednesday and warned Tehran to halt its missile programme "immediately".
The United States and Poland signed a deal on Wednesday to station parts of a US missile defence shield on Polish soil.
The United States will defend its allies against Iranian aggression, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Thursday.