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Outside View: BMD deal lessons -- Part 2
Moscow (UPI) Jul 29, 2008 The hopes of the Russian people for close association and even partnership with the West during the eras of the last Soviet president, Mikhail Gorbachev, and the first Russian president, Boris Yeltsin, have long since given way to embarrassment and then to disillusion. I hope the Russian people have now come to their senses. I have said this before, but I have to say it again: The ... more Northrop Grumman Demonstrates Multi-Function Electronic Warfare System 
Baltimore MD (SPX) Jul 30, 2008Baltimore MD (SPX) Jul 30, 2008 Northrop Grumman recently completed the land-based test phase of the Multi-Function Electronic Warfare (MFEW) system at the Naval Research Lab's (NRL) Chesapeake Bay Detachment (CBD) in Chesapeake Beach, Md., as part of the Office of Naval Research (ONR) MFEW/ES program. The final demonstration capped off over seven months of test and evaluation against ... more Elbit To Supply The Israeli Defense Forces With MARS 
Haifa, Israel (SPX) Jul 30, 2008Elbit Systems has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Elbit Systems Electro-Optics Elop Ltd. was selected by the Israeli Defense Forces as the supplier of MARS - an innovative thermal imaging and target acquisition system. MARS is a hand-held next-generation thermal imager that operates using un-cooled sensor technology. In addition, the system combines a laser range-finder, GPS ... more Analysis: Taiwan defense plans -- Part 1 
Hong Kong (UPI) Jul 29, 2008 In light of China's increasing military buildup, Taiwan's strategic security can be guaranteed only under three conditions. These are: first, a solid and appropriate national defense buildup; second, a government in Taipei that does not indulge in stimulating or appeasing the Chinese communist regime on the Mainland; and third, an effective strategic alliance with the United States and ... more US offers Nicaragua health aid for missile destruction 
Managua (AFP) July 28, 2008The United States has offered Nicaragua healthcare aid in exchange for the destruction of 657 Soviet-made missiles acquired to fight US-backed rebels in the 1980s, the US ambassador said here. Washington has long pressured Nicaragua to destroy the anti-aircraft missiles as part of a global effort to remove old weapons that could fall into the hands of terrorists. The exchange deal was ... more |
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Peshawar, Pakistan (AFP) July 29, 2008Pakistani security officials were seeking confirmation on Tuesday that a top Al-Qaeda expert on chemical and biological weapons had been killed in a suspected US missile strike. News of the strike targeting Midhat Mursi al-Sayid Umar came as premier Yousuf Raza Gilani urged US President George W. Bush not to act "unilaterally" against militants in Pakistan's lawless tribal zones. There ... more Japan party boss says tough to continue Iraq mission 
Tokyo (AFP) July 29, 2008A senior Japanese politician said Tuesday it would be tough to continue the country's mission flying personnel and goods into Iraq beyond this year, amid opposition at home. An end to the air mission would bring a close to the last of Japan's military operations in Iraq, which have been a watershed for a country that has been officially pacifist since the end of World War II. Domestic ... more Iran's Ahmadinejad backs 'just' nuclear talks 
Tehran (AFP) July 29, 2008Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday Tehran would continue talks with world powers aimed at resolving the crisis over its atomic drive provided these are "on equal footing." "Tehran is interested in continuing nuclear talks but the talks should be just and on equal footing," Ahmadinejad was quoted by the Mehr news agency as telling visiting South African Foreign Minister ... more Institute to promote US-China relations inaugurated in Washington 
Washington (AFP) July 29, 2008Nearly 40 years after then US secretary of state Henry Kissinger's landmark visit to China in 1971, an institute bearing his name and dedicated to promoting US-Chinese relations was inaugurated in Washington Tuesday. "China and America no longer have a common enemy, but a common opportunity," Kissinger said in a speech at the launch of the Kissinger Institute on China and the United States. ... more Raytheon Demonstrates Third Generation Infrared Technology 
Mckinney TX (SPX) Jul 30, 2008Raytheon demonstrated its third generation infrared sensor technology to the Army last month at the Network Centric Systems production facility in McKinney. The demonstration illustrated both the technical maturity of the third generation IR sensor and its ease of application in existing sensors. The assembly was integrated in a company-owned medium-range electro-optical infrared ... more |
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Shanghai (AFP) July 29, 2008More than 600,000 people were evacuated as tropical storm Fung-wong made landfall on China's southeastern coast, state media reported Tuesday. The storm was downgraded from typhoon level as it hit Fujian province late Monday after slamming into Taiwan, where it had whipped up strong winds and unleashed heavy rains that left two people dead. No one was reported hurt in China, but state ... more UN AIDS chief concerned about Russia, eastern Europe 
United Nations (AFP) July 29, 2008The UN AIDS chief said Tuesday that the global fight against the disease has made progress but voiced concern over rising cases in parts of the world, including Russia and Eastern Europe. "The overall finding of the report is that we've made enormous progress, that there are real results," Peter Piot, executive director of UNAIDS, told a press conference as he released the agency's 2008 ... more Bank of China buys 30 percent of Swiss hedge fund 
Beijing (AFP) July 29, 2008Bank of China said Tuesday its British subsidiary had bought 30 percent in Switzerland's Heritage Fund Management (HFM) for nine million Swiss Francs (8.7 million dollars). The bank, one of the country's big four state-owned commercial lenders, said in a statement the subsidiary, Bank of China (UK), intended eventually to raise its share in HFM to 70 percent. "Primarily, we're attracted ... more China insurers expect 1.5 bln dlrs in snow, quake claims: officials 
Beijing (AFP) July 29, 2008China's insurers expect to pay out more than 10 billion yuan (1.5 billion dollars) in claims due to the earthquake in the southwest and blizzards at the start of the year, officials said Tuesday. However, so far only 520 million yuan in earthquake claims has been paid out compared to five billion yuan for the snowstorms, Yuan Li, a spokesman for the China Insurance Regulatory Commission ... more US business groups blame China, India for WTO talks collapse 
Washington (AFP) July 29, 2008US business groups on Tuesday blamed China and India for the collapse of the WTO's Doha Round of trade negotiations, saying it was a blow to the world economy and the poor. The WTO talks broke down in Geneva after the United States and India failed to agree on proposals for measures to help poor farmers. The US Chamber of Commerce, which represents more than three million businesses and ... more
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