Military Equipment And Supplies

Russia and neighboring Central Asian nations have agreed to let supplies pass through their territory to American soldiers in Afghanistan, reducing Washington's dependence on dangerous routes through Pakistan, a top U.S. commander said Tuesday. Securing alternative routes to landlocked Afghanistan has taken on added urgency this year as the United States prepares to double the number of troops there to 60,000 to battle a resurgent Taliban more than seven years after the U.S.-led invasion. U.S.

China's navy will move faster to build large combat warships, next-generation aircraft and sophisticated torpedoes, its commander in chief said. The navy wants submarines with greater stealth capabilities, high-speed intelligent torpedoes, electronic weapons, supersonic cruise aircraft and long-range missiles with high accuracy, Adm. Wu Shengli told the official New China News Agency.