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U.S. arms buyer says F-35 jet purchase was bungled WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon's initial plan to start producing Lockheed Martin Corp $382 billion F-35 Joint Strike Fighter years before testing was complete amounted to "acquisition malpractice," the Defense Department's acting chief arms buyer said on Monday. "Now we're paying the price," Frank Kendall, acting defense undersecretary for acquisition, technology and logistics, said at an ...

US arms buyer says F-35 jet purchase was bungled * Says building while developing was a mistake * Pentagon plans to slow procurement of new stealthy fighter * Arms buyer sees no need to halt production entirely * Says problems typical of other big new ...

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Russia defends arms supplies to Syria Moscow, Feb 5 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia's arms supplies to Syria will not affect the balance of power in the Middle East, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.

Glasgow event: Wanted - a bulletproof global Arms Trade Treaty Scottish arms control campaigner, politicians, campaigning organisations and activists to hold Glasgow launch event for Amnesty Scotland's campaign for a global Arms Trade Treaty.

Russia will not stop selling arms sales to Syria Russia said Thursday it will keep selling arms to longtime ally Syria, despite mounting international condemnation over the Syrian regime's bloody crackdown on a 10-month-old uprising.

Is the cyberwarfare arms race for real? Survey of world experts says it is A global cyberwarfare arms race is in full swing, a majority of cybersecurity and policy experts surveyed worldwide agrees.

Russia counting on Syria to keep arms exports high - report MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia is counting on President Bashar al-Assad keeping his grip on power to see through potential arms contracts worth up to $6 billion (3 billion pounds) (3 billion pounds) and help Moscow reach a record defence export year, according to the CAST defence and security think-tank. Russia has been Assad's main defender as Western and Arab countries push for a U.N. Security ...

Blood Pressure Differences Between Arms Could Signal Heart Risk SUNDAY, Jan. 29 (HealthDay News) -- People whose systolic blood pressure -- the upper number in their reading -- is different in their left and right arms may be suffering from a vascular disease that could increase their risk of death, British researchers report.

Doctors should check blood pressure on both arms: study Measuring blood pressure on both arms rather than only one can reveal an elevated risk of heart disease or even death, according to a study released Monday.