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U.S. military and intelligence agencies would lose vital air, land and sea assets if Egypt falls into the hands of radical Islamists, as Iran did in 1979, foreign policy analysts say.
The Indian Navy and the Coast Guard reportedly intercepted a vessel used by Somali pirates, 200 miles off Kochi in the Arabian Sea, following a joint operation.
A new video by top leaders of the Marine Corps called on service members to value "diversity" and to "faithfully implement" the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."
The U.S. Marines have a pair of warships -- the USS Kearsarge and the USS Ponce -- just hanging around the southern end of the Red Sea waiting to see if they're needed to rescue U.S. diplomats and citizens from Cairo.
The Obama administration is negotiating with the European Union on an agreement limiting the use of anti-satellite weapons, a move that some critics say could curb U.S. development of space weapons in general.
General Dynamics continued its push to save the potentially doomed Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle, saying the Marines amphibious assault craft excelled during the latest round of performance testing completed at Camp Pendleton last week.
The top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan issued an assessment of the war Tuesday, saying the military "made impressive progress" last year, while stressing that 2011 is "likely to be tough."
South Korea's defense ministry said on Thursday it had decided to accept North Korea's proposal for high-level military talks in a bid to defuse tensions on the divided peninsula.
Marines are expanding their relationships with tribal leaders in Afghanistan as violence subsides in several areas of Helmand province, the new deputy commander of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force said.