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U.S. nuclear sub nearly hit freighter near B.C.
A freighter captain's keen eye helped avert a run-in with a nuclear-powered American submarine in Juan de Fuca Strait, a body of water that splits Washington State and B.C. coasts, according to a U.S. periodical.

During campaign season, it never hurts for a presidential candidate facing a frustrated public to display toughness and resolve in the face of an old and familiar adversary. And it also doesn't hurt to throw in some shock-and-awe--say, a ballistic missile
US faces more headaches with F-35 fighter
The US military's F-35 fighter program, already suffering repeated delays, faces a spate of technical problems that the Pentagon expects will slow the pace of production, officials said Wednesday.
IMP rolls out first of refurbished Auroras
IMP Group Ltd., the Halifax-based aerospace outfit, rolled out a refurbished CP-140 Aurora aircraft Friday, the first of 10 airplanes to be refitted as part of a $1.5-billion fleet overhaul.
Inside the company’s cavernous four-storey airport hangar, t
US troops massing on Jordan-Syria Border
According to first-hand accounts by several sources in Jordan, during the last few hours foreign military groups, estimated at hundreds of individuals, are spreading near the Jordanian and Syrian border. Another report received from our source in Amman id

The US Navy's newest and mightiest nuclear aircraft carrier, the USS George H W Bush*, has been plagued by continual failures in its lavatories, according to reports. Sailors have been forced into increasingly desperate measures to relieve themselves.
Canada ready to assist in Syria, MacKay says 
While any intervention in Syria would have to follow a series of United Nations sanctions, Canada's armed forces are "prepared for all inevitabilities," Defence Minister Peter MacKay said Sunday.
Canadian Forces may need U.S. help supplying Arctic
The Canadian military will have to look to commercial contractors and possibly even exchanges with the Americans in order to sustain itself when forces are built up in the country's far North, a series of internal Defence Department documents show.
Chinese recruited for war had secret passage through Canada
Some 140,000 Chinese men were recruited by the Allies during WWI to fill a critical labour shortage. While their contributions have often been overlooked or even forgotten, there is evidence of their work everywhere in and around Ypres and along the coast
The need for Remembrance Day enduresThere are no longer any living veterans from WWI and the number of veterans from WWII dwindles with each passing year. Even the Korean War veterans are aging.
No warships guarding British shores
Cutbacks have left the UK without a single warship specifically
tasked with protecting the country's shores for the past month, the
Ministry of Defence confirmed today.
The Royal Navy normally provides a minimum coverage of a frigate or destroyer ful
NORAD trains off coast of Nova Scotia
Starting today, Canadians in southeastern Nova Scotia may see Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and United States Air Force (USAF) aircraft flying overhead as they practice North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) intercept and identification proced
Damn Yankees are trying to steal our victory in 1812Yet if war is the continuance of politics by other means, the War of 1812 may well prove the opposite is true as well. Canada is not the only former combatant gearing up for the bicentennial. Our former adversaries, those rebellious and aggressive America
War of 1812 fight continues over battle honoursIt's been almost 200 years since the War of 1812 broke out, but the smoke hasn't cleared yet in a fight over whether present-day Canadian military regiments should be awarded official "battle honours" recognizing their links to Canadian defence units that
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