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India Successfully Tests Missile Able To Hit China Bhubaneswar, India (AFP) April 12, 2007 
India announced Thursday a successful test-firing of a nuclear-capable intermediate-range ballistic missile than can reach the Chinese cities of Beijing and Shanghai. The Agni-III missile was launched from Wheeler Island, 180 kilometres (110 miles) northeast of Bhubaneswar, capital of the eastern state of Orissa.
"The 16-metre-long (52-feet) missile weighing 48 tonnes lifted off successfully from its rail mobile launcher system leaving a trail of orange and yellow smoke," India's Defence Ministry said in a statement from New Delhi.
"The entire flight path of approximately 15 minutes duration validated all mission objectives," the statement said, adding the test "confirmed India's strategic capability for minimum credible deterrence" ... read more
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Asia Crucial Front In Long War On Terror
Washington DC (AFNS) Apr 13, 2007South Asia and Southeast Asia are crucial fronts in the long war, and U.S. policies in the region are paying off, a top Defense Department expert on Asia said today. U.S. national interests and "our national health" lie squarely in Asia, Marine Brig. Gen. John Toolan, the principal director for South and Southeast Asia for DoD, said here during a briefing at the Pentagon. This is true econ ... more Thailand Embark On Local Missile Program 
London (AFP) April 12, 2007Thailand has decided to develop and produce rockets and missiles in a radical shift towards building an indigenous defence industry, Jane's Defence Weekly reported Thursday. The specialist publication said the programme would lift Thailand beyond its current capacity for producing explosives, ammunition and small arms under licence as well as modernising and repairing aircraft and armoured ... more Northrop Grumman And LockMart Team Up For Integrated Air And Missile Defense Battle Command 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Apr 13, 2007Northrop Grumman has announced that Lockheed Martin Corporation has joined its team pursuing the U.S. Army's Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System (IBCS) program. Northrop Grumman is bidding as the prime contractor for this procurement, which is being managed by the Integrated Air and Missile Defense Program Office, Program Executive Office for Missiles and Space in Hunt ... more |
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The Missile-Defense Flap
Moscow (RIA Novosti) April 11, 2007The U.S. intention to locate advanced elements of its missile-defense system in Eastern Europe is alarming Russian experts. Claims that 10 anti-missiles are a small number and pose no threat to Russia, which they say boasts thousands of nuclear warheads, and that "these missiles will protect Europe from rogue nations" -- meaning Iran and North Korea -- are tongue-in-cheek and directed at ignorant people ... read more No Solid Stats On Iraq Security 
Washington (UPI) April 11, 2007The size, strength and capability of Iraqi security forces remain an enigma, with neither the Pentagon nor the Iraqi government able to offer any solid information. That much was clear from a panel of experts who testified before the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations about the current state of Iraq's security forces. Olga Oliker, a researcher for the RAND, a ... more Wasting Money In Iraq 
Washington (UPI) Apr 12, 2007The United States is in its fifth year of war in Iraq with little hope for success. There are several reasons why Iraq evolved into the quagmire that it is today. Expedited elections entrenched sectarian and ethnic divisions, the U.S. military was unable to provide security, and coalition forces were unable to maintain the trust of the local national population, along with many other reasons. ... more Iran Helps US Missile Shield 
Berlin (UPI) April 11, 2007Iran's latest claim that it is capable of enriching uranium on an industrial level has encouraged proponents of U.S. plans for a missile shield in Eastern Europe, but Moscow is still not amused. After Tehran's nuclear threats, members of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives even said more countries in Europe should think about participating in the U.S. anti-missile system. ... more MORE HEADLINES
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Banking Breakthrough In North Korea Nuclear Impasse
Seoul (AFP) April 11, 2007The US State Department said authorities in Macau had unfrozen North Korean bank accounts Tuesday, paving the way for the North to start shutting down its nuclear plants. North Korea has refused to shut the Yongbyon nuclear reactor until it receives 25 million dollars in funds frozen in the Banco Delta Asia (BDA) in Macau, after Washington blacklisted the bank for allegedly laundering illicit funds ... read more Director Of National Intelligence Lacks Power 
Washington (UPI) April 10, 2007Newly confirmed Director of National Intelligence Michael McConnell says he doesn't have the authorities he needs to lead the 16 agencies he oversees -- and that his office isn't properly structured to take best advantage of the authorities he does have. At least he can fix the latter, and officials say he is trying to do so in a little-noticed redrawing of his office's organization chart ... more Steering The Chariot 
Washington (UPI) April 10, 2007Imagine a giant chariot out of the "film Ben Hur" pulled by not four, but 16 different powerful horses, all of them straining at the bit to gallop off in different directions. Then imagine trying to steer it. That is the thankless job of retired Vice Adm. John Michael McConnell. When "Mike" McConnell succeeded Ambassador John Negroponte to become the second director of national intelligenc ... more |
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US Turned Blind Eye To North Korea Arms Sales To Ethiopia 
Washington (AFP) April 09, 2007The United States on Monday admitted implicitly that it did not interdict a shipment of North Korean weapons to Ethiopia despite UN sanctions on Pyongyang for its nuclear test ... read more Iran Won Sailors Battle With Britain Says Bolton 
London (AFP) April 09, 2007Britain's "weakness" in standing up to Iran in the detained sailors stand-off handed Tehran an improbable victory and left it dangerously emboldened, former US ambassador to the UN John Bolton said Monday. Iran was deliberately probing for allied weaknesses and found them in abundance, Bolton wrote in a hard-hitting article in the Financial Times newspaper. "Against all odds, Iran em ... more Terminal High Altitude Area Defense Radar Successful In Second Integrated Test 
Tewksbury MA (SPX) Apr 10, 2007The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) radar built by Raytheon performed successfully in the second integrated flight test conducted by the Missile Defense Agency at the Pacific Missile Range Facility in Hawaii April 5 ... more |
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THAAD Goes Another ABM Test
Kauai HI (SPX) Apr 09, 2007The U.S. Missile Defense Agency and Lockheed Martin conducted another successful flight test of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense weapon system, intercepting a unitary target in THAAD's second flight test at the Pacific Missile Range Facility ... read more Lockheed Martin Team Completes GPS 3 System Design Review On Schedule 
King Of Prussia PA (SPX) Apr 09, 2007Lockheed Martin has completed on-schedule a system design review of the U.S. Air Force's next generation Global Positioning System Space Segment program, known as GPS Block III. More than 100 representatives from the Defense Department, including members of the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center, Space Command and Strategic Command, as well as the Department of Transportation ... more Senior Leaders Testify About Air Force Space Program 
Washington (AFNS) Apr 09, 2007Three senior leaders provided testimony on national security space activities before the House Armed Services Strategic Forces Subcommittee March 23. The Honorable Dr. Ronald M. Sega, under secretary of the Air Force, Dr. Donald Kerr, director of the National Reconnaissance Office, and Gen. Kevin P. Chilton, commander of Air Force Space Command, appeared before members of Congress to discuss ... more Netfires Precision Attack Missile Launch Paves The Way For Complete System Testing 
Tucson AZ (SPX) Apr 09, 2007NetFires LLC, a joint venture between Raytheon's Missile Systems business and Lockheed Martin's Missiles and Fire Control, has launched a Non Line-of-Sight-Launch System Precision Attack Missile April 4 at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., taking the missile system a significant step toward full- up missile testing planned for later this year. After a successful launch from a tactical ... more |
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