International Business News - Weapons http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif The Defense Department said Tuesday that it is revising its weapons-buying strategy to improve efficiency, the first change in five years that comes after cost overruns and delays on some major defense contracts. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081202/pentagon-makes-changes-to-weapons-buying-policy.htm Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:29:24 EST The U.S. Army is expected to begin draining and neutralizing a container of lethal nerve agent on Wednesday, almost 15 months after a one-gallon leak was identified at a Kentucky storage site for chemical weapons. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081110/army-to-destroy-leaking-ky-nerve-agent-container.htm Mon, 10 Nov 2008 23:12:43 EST Russia insisted Friday its nuclear arsenal is secure, angrily rejecting U.S. allegations that tens of thousands of aging Soviet weapons may not be fully accounted for. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/164356-gates-nuclear.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081031/russia-rejects-charges-that-nukes-are-missing.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081031/russia-rejects-charges-that-nukes-are-missing.htm Fri, 31 Oct 2008 07:58:06 EDT An upstate New York woman will spend up to three years in prison for packing more than diapers in her baby's stroller. Stephanie Wilson of Utica pleaded guilty last month to carrying an unloaded sawed-off shotgun in the buggy, where police also found several knives and a box cutter. Wilson said she needed the weapons for self protection. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081016/ny-woman-sentenced-for-hiding-shotgun-in-stroller.htm Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:09:19 EDT The Energy Department moved ahead Thursday on further restricting the nation's most dangerous nuclear material, part of a plan to scale back and modernize management of the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081009/nuclear-weapons-complex-changes-advance.htm Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:30:25 EDT The Army's vision of the future includes computerized battles fought with a range of tools, from sensor-packed unmanned aircraft the size of a trash can to giant cannons capable of hitting targets miles away. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081006/army-officials-cautious-about-future-funding.htm Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:07:34 EDT North Korea has spent $65 million since 2003 to purchase weapons systems from China, Russia and other countries to bolster its military forces, a South Korean lawmaker said Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081006/lawmaker-nkorea-buying-weapons-from-china-russia.htm Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:57:06 EDT Ukrainian officials on Friday denied Russian accusations that Ukraine provided weapons to Georgia during the August war with Russia and that its military personnel operated some of the weapons during the conflict. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081003/ukrainians-deny-giving-wartime-help-to-georgia.htm Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:50:42 EDT French President Nicolas Sarkozy says he wants to clean up the way France sells its weapons abroad. A trial opening in Paris on Monday about alleged arms trafficking to Angola shows why, by exposing corrupt dealings long associated with the arms trade. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081003/beyond-french-angola-arms-trial-other-iffy-trades.htm Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:58:12 EDT The 468-page French indictment makes seamy reading: secret arms deals feeding bloodshed in an oil-rich African country. Envelopes of cash changing hands in a Paris mansion. A cast of defendants ranging from a debt-ridden tycoon to a Chinese opera singer. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/144786-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081003/guns-dirty-money-and-french-elite-trial.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081003/guns-dirty-money-and-french-elite-trial.htm Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:54:26 EDT With plans to redeploy more Marines to Afghanistan later this fall, companies like General Dynamics Corp. and Force Protection Inc. are being asked to re-engineer mine-resistant vehicles that can traverse the war-ravaged country's mountainous terrain while offering even greater protection. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081002/marines-reassess-equipment-needs-for-afghanistan.htm Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:13:13 EDT The ATF lost 76 weapons and hundreds of laptops over five years, the Justice Department reported Wednesday, blaming carelessness and sloppy record-keeping. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080917/audit-atf-lost-weapons-laptops.htm Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:18:46 EDT An upstate New York mom has pleaded guilty to packing more than diapers on her baby's stroller. Stephanie Wilson of Utica cut a deal with prosecutors Thursday over the unloaded sawed-off shotgun stashed on the ride July 1. That's when she was arrested after a street confrontation with another woman over money. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080905/upstate-ny-woman-hid-weapons-in-baby-stroller.htm Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:31:02 EDT Federal agents seized about 20 guns and explosive devices, including homemade hand grenades, from the home of a man who is a felon and cannot legally possess weapons, a police chief said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080818/pa-police-find-guns-grenades-in-felons-home.htm Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:55:44 EDT During the Cold War, the Pine Bluff Arsenal held the secrets of the nation's stockpile of chemical and biological weapons against prying Soviet eyes. Now, arsenal commander Col. Bill Barnett worries about disclosing how many gas masks and mortar rounds workers can produce in a day. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080818/chemical-weapon-depots-look-to-weapon-less-future.htm Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:46:21 EDT Kyrgyz police have uncovered a large weapons cache at an apartment rented by a U.S. citizen, officials said Tuesday, though American officials say the arms were meant to be used in counterterrorism training. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080805/kyrgyz-cops-find-weapons-in-us-citizens-apartment.htm Tue, 05 Aug 2008 05:58:38 EDT A Florida man who had a large arsenal of weapons will spend about eight months in federal prison for threatening on the Internet to stage a Virginia Tech-style massacre. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080731/man-sentenced-to-1-year-in-va-tech-threat-case.htm Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:15:29 EDT Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou said Saturday that the island needs to secure defensive weapons from the United States, despite warming relations with rival China. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080712/taiwan-leader-us-weapons-needed.htm Sat, 12 Jul 2008 08:46:00 EDT Lawmakers from both parties are challenging a Pentagon plan to study whether to transport deadly chemical weapons across state lines to speed their destruction. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080708/senators-decry-plan-to-transport-chemical-weapons.htm Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:53:02 EDT Increased costs and delays in delivering vital weapons to soldiers in war zones are due partly to a lack of full funding for those systems, according to a government audit. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080703/gao-says-pentagon-failing-to-commit-weapon-funds.htm Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:27:23 EDT