"There are a number of organisations within militaries - you have active forces, reserve forces, civilians, and also those that might be working as contractors - so it depends really what you're trying to count when you look at headline numbers, " says James Hackett, the editor of Military Balance.

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This year, says Ward Carroll, an editor at Military.com, the list is intended for younger veterans who may have been in the service for just five years and are at a turning point in their lives when they are ready to put down roots, get more education and start a new career.

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Ward Carroll, a former Navy pilot who is now editor of the website Military.com, reviewed the leaked cockpit videotape which has renewed interest in the death of Matty Hull.

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Port Said could present "a new model for civilian-military relations in the comeback of the military to political life and Morsi surely will keep an eye on it, " said Galal Nasser, chief editor of Al-Ahram Weekly and a fellow at the Nasser Military Academy.

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Nick Brown, editor-in-chief of the influential military journal Jane's International Defence Review, said the Yakhont was "a real ship killer".

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"A genuine strategic air power must possess a strong power projection capability, which is highly reliant on large aircraft, namely a strategic air freighter and a strategic bomber, " said Wang Yanan, deputy editor in chief at Aerospace Knowledge magazine and a military analyst, in a China Daily report.

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Editor Davan Maharaj said in comments in an accompanying article that the paper gave the military's request careful consideration, but determined that it had an obligation to publish some of the photos.

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