In other defence news, an editorial in bilingual Global Times hails China's successful test flight of its first heavy transport aircraft Y-20 as an "important step forward" in military modernisation.
The court was told that the businessman had gone through five previous lawyers who had tried multiple times to unfreeze Mr Yeung's assets so he could pay for his defence, the news agency AP reported.
BBC: Carson Yeung, Birmingham City owner, has trial postponed
The Musudan missiles had been ready to launch at any moment but North Korea had now "moved them", a unnamed US defence official told AFP news agency.
"The A400M is an emblematic programme which Europe could not abandon, " Herve Morin, the French defence minister, told a news conference.
However, defence lawyers told the Reuters news agency that they were preparing to argue that the forensic evidence had been fabricated.
"The US just has an aversion to all international treaties, " Linda Greer, director of the Environment and Health Programme at the US-based campaign group the Natural Resources Defence Council, told BBC News from the Kenyan capital.
BBC: Coal fires are a major source of mercury in the environment
Mr Hagel made the comments at a joint news conference with British Defence Secretary Philip Hammond.
"The government is considering the extent of what can be disclosed, " Kyodo news agency quoted Japanese Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera as saying.
"They are trying to execute our client and we will do what we need to do to save his life, " defence lawyer Tammy Brady told ABC News.
However, Defence Secretary Liam Fox told Sky News' Murnaghan programme that "politicians would be wise at the moment not to over-react", adding that it was "time for calmness and for people to look at these issues, yes seriously, but in a proper timescale and without hysteria".
BBC: Hacking: Miliband and Clegg seek media ownership limits
That was a rare bit of good news for Boeing's defence business, which has been mired in scandal.
ECONOMIST: Airbus boosts production in the race against Boeing
General Dynamics, which is big in ships, was blocked by the defence department in its bid for Newport News, which allowed Northrop Grumman to sweep up that firm.
ECONOMIST: America's defence companies are turning dual-purpose
"We have a 10-year programme and it is quite challenging (but) we have very good experience in military co-operation, " news agency AFP quoted Russian Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov as saying at the conference.
"We are sending spare parts of the helicopter that has been phased out and the frames, " defence department spokesman Siphiwe Dlamini told the AFP news agency.
BBC: South Africa court 'halts Zimbabwe helicopter donation'
In a statement issued later to the BBC News website, the Ministry of Defence said it did not make any admission of liability in respect of the settlements.
"As of today there are no restrictions on the delivery of weapons and we must fulfil our obligations", said Deputy Defence Minister Anatoly Antonov, according to Russian news agencies.
"This verdict is final, there are no more appeals possible, it is the last stage of litigation, " defence lawyer Mohammed al-Jishi told Reuters news agency by telephone from Manama.
With the Military Covenant much in the news at the moment, the Defence Committee will be taking evidence on the after-care of military casualties from Professor Simon Wessely, Director of the King's Centre for Military Health Research.
Germany news agency DPA reported that the defence minister was visiting the Baghlan province in northern Afghanistan on Thursday and had spent the night with German forces in one of the most dangerous areas in which they were operating.
An Indian defence ministry spokesman was later quoted by the AFP news agency as saying the country had now ordered its own investigation.
BBC: Finmeccanica's Giuseppe Orsi held on corruption charges
"The Defence Ministry and China Military Online websites have faced a serious threat from hacking attacks since they were established, " defence ministry spokesman Geng Yansheng is quoted by Reuters news agency as saying at a monthly press conference.
News of the MoD study comes as Defence Secretary Liam Fox prepares to address Parliament later on amendments to the Armed Forces Bill that will see principles of the military covenant - the nation's duty of care to personnel - written into law for the first time.
Through no fault of Mr Wolfe's, this fine defence of liberal values risks seeming to lag behind the news.
The few moments of radio silence that precede the six o'clock and midnight news bulletins on Radio 4 are a vital defence against the noisy evangelists of now.
The media members of the Defence Advisory Notice System seem fairly relaxed too about the changing news environment.
On the sidelines of the trial in Stuttgart a defence lawyer confirmed that the suspects were Russian citizens, AFP news agency reported.
Yonhap, the South Korean news agency, said that two warships equipped with Aegis defence systems would monitor the situation.
The South Korean news agency Yonhap said that two warships equipped with Aegis defence systems would monitor the situation.
Mr Yates, highly respected by his peers, is under attack because it was his decision not to reopen the hacking inquiry after the Guardian newspaper's investigation showed the News of the World's "rogue reporter" defence was rubbish.
应用推荐