Defense Secretary Robert Gates, in Afghanistan Wednesday, said it could begin sooner if conditions permit.

VOA: special.2010.03.13

If attacked, the wagons could quickly form a circle for defense.

VOA: special.2009.03.30

President Obama had threatened to veto his own defense budget if the Congress added $1.75 billion to produce more F-22 Raptor aircraft.

VOA: standard.2009.07.21

Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada says he has ordered the interception of any dangerous debris, if anything goes wrong with North Korea's planned rocket launch.

VOA: standard.2009.03.27

Kasab was the only one captured alive. The defense had said that, if the plea was accepted, the trial should end and a sentence delivered.

VOA: standard.2009.07.23

So the United States does not even know if the system works,". The missile defense system was discussed during the recent Obama-Medvedev summit in Moscow.

VOA: standard.2009.07.15

"The Russians would have been much smarter if they did not continuously, publicly link missile defense with arms control, because they might have gotten the result they wanted anyway.

VOA: standard.2009.07.15