Juppé rules out early Afghanistan withdrawal

French Foreign Minister Alain Juppé announced yesterday that France would not give in to “panic” and pull its troops out of Afghanistan this year after four French soldiers were killed last week. The four unarmed soldiers were killed at a base in eastern Afghanistan in an attack that left 15 other French troops wounded. Juppé was responding to a call from former Prime Minister Laurent Fabius

MALE UAV programme to be opened up

EADS Chief Executive Louis Gallois has urged the British and French governments to open up plans for a proposed MALE Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) to include EADS and other European partners. By opening up the programme, EADS hopes to avoid a repetition of the Eurofighter Typhoon versus Rafale combat aircrafts clash, which divided European industry into a battle for foreign sales last year.

Cyber-attack on US DoD 

China is alleged to have launched a new cyber-weapon against the US Defense Department’s common access cards, with the technology to get inside individual computers after users open a standard PDF email file. When an access card is used, the virus embeds itself in the user’s computer and logs personal identification numbers and codes associated with that card, enabling the creators to steal information from military networks...

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