Mark RALSTON / AFP / Getty Images Chinese paramilitary police march past the gates of the Indian embassy in Beijing on May 9, 2013 In mid-April, a platoon of Chinese soldiers trooped some 20 km into territory considered India’s and pitched tents and unfurled banners. When detected by Indian forces, the Chinese refused to leave, triggering …
Read more »Mark RALSTON / AFP / Getty Images Chinese paramilitary police march past the gates of the Indian embassy in Beijing on May 9, 2013 In mid-April, a platoon of Chinese soldiers trooped some 20 km into territory considered India’s and pitched tents and unfurled banners. When detected by Indian forces, the Chinese refused to leave, triggering …
Read more »CHARLOTTE, N.C., May 15, 2013 (BUSINESS WIRE) — The Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W) /quotes/zigman/604218/quotes/nls/bwc BWC +2.24% announced today that its subsidiary, Babcock & Wilcox Nuclear Operations Group, Inc. (B&W NOG), has received a contract from the U.S. Naval Reactors Program worth approximately $366 million. The award is for the procurement of material to be …
Read more »CHARLOTTE, N.C., May 17 (UPI) – Babcock and Wilcox Nuclear Operations Group Inc. received a $366 million contract to procure nuclear reactor component materials for use in U.S. Navy vessels. The Babcock and Wilcox Co., parent of B&W NOG, said $75 million in funding has already been released for the procurement and the remainder will …
Read more »Since 1991, comprehensive Vietnam–China relations have developed but remain constrained by the South China Sea (SCS) disputes. What makes the disputes highly relevant for future bilateral relations is that they have proven intractable, leaving the possibility of an eventual solution a matter of almost infinite uncertainty. The intractability of the disputes is rooted in their …
Read more »Vinay Lokesh, TNN May 15, 2013, 06.26PM IST The upcoming Sandalwood film Jinke Mari, which has Yogesh and Sonia Gowda in the lead, is all set to hit screens on May 24. The movie is directed by Nawin Kumar and produced by Mahesh Balekundri. Sai Kartheek has scored the music and the film is said …
Read more »Many see Russia’s anti-ship missile sales and increased naval deployment to Syria as intended to deter Western powers from military intervention in the Syrian civil war. • A daily summary of global reports on security issues. Skip to next paragraph Whitney Eulich Latin America Editor Whitney Eulich is the Monitor’s Latin America editor, overseeing regional …
Read more »Many see Russia’s anti-ship missile sales and increased naval deployment to Syria as intended to deter Western powers from military intervention in the Syrian civil war. • A daily summary of global reports on security issues. Skip to next paragraph Whitney Eulich Latin America Editor Whitney Eulich is the Monitor’s Latin America editor, overseeing regional …
Read more »Singapore, May 16, 2013 – (ACN Newswire) – Permanent Secretary for Defence Development Mr Chan Yeng Kit officiated at the opening of the inaugural International Naval Engineering Conference @ International Maritime Defence Exhibition and Conference Asia 2013 (INEC@IMDEX Asia 2013) this morning. This year’s conference, themed “Transforming Naval Capability – Riding the Next Technology Wave”, …
Read more »Offshore from Syria, Russia’s navy is conducting probably its largest naval deployment outside its own waters since the Soviet breakup. The Chinese navy is in another potential confrontation today with Japan in the East China Sea, and raising questions about where it is headed next. But the BRIC nations as a whole—a force in the …
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