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Northrop Grumman GPS System For Minuteman III Vandenberg AFB (SPX) Feb 11, 2007 
A newly certified Global Positioning System range tracking system, developed for the Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile by Northrop Grumman Corporation, was successfully flown at Vandenberg Air Force Base for the first time this week as one of the two independent tracking systems required for range safety. The GPS Metric Tracking System (GMTS) was developed, tested and provided by Northrop Grumman's Mission Systems sector as part of its role as the U.S. Air Forces' ICBM prime integrating contractor. "This new system will greatly improve capabilities for range users through more precise tracking, fewer range delays caused by radar downtime and significantly reduced launch support costs," said John Clay, vice president and general manager of the Northrop Grumman ICBM Prime Contract.
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Marathon North Korea Nuclear Talks Appear To Secure Breakthrough
Beijing (AFP) Feb 13, 2007Marathon talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear weapons drive appeared to secure a major breakthrough on Tuesday with a joint agreement on first steps towards disarmament, envoys said. However, the deal still needed final approval from the governments of each of the six-nations involved -- host China, the two Koreas, the United States, Japan and Russia -- and could yet fall apart, they warned. US Happy With IAEA Reduction Of Technical Assistance To Iran 
Vienna (AFP) Feb 12, 2007The United States signalled Monday that the UN atomic agency's cuts in aid to Iran met requirements for tough measures intended to rein in Iran's nuclear ambitions. The International Atomic Energy Agency's reduction of technical aid to Iran's nuclear program by nearly a half appears to comply with sanctions levied by the UN Security Council, the US ambassador to the IAEA told AFP Monday. Russia Should Renew Its Nuclear Arsenal 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Feb 13, 2007As everyone knows, the level of technical equipment determines the army's combat readiness. Until now, Russia's limited resources prevented it from overhauling military equipment, most of which was developed over 20 years ago. However, the situation has been gradually improving, and increased defense spending has largely facilitated Moscow's efforts to supply its Armed Forces with modern weaponry and equipment. |
Israel Stresses Anti-Missile Test Message To Iran
Jerusalem (AFP) Feb 12, 2007Israeli defence officials reiterated Monday that a successful night-time test of its Hetz (Arrow) anti-missile missile system was intended as a clear message to chief enemy Iran. "Last night's test is the answer to the advanced ballistic missiles that Iran develops or buys," Deputy Defence Minister Efraim Sneh was reported as saying by public radio. "In the (armaments) race between Israel and Iran, Israel is ahead at this stage," he added. Deployment Of US Missile Defense Could Trigger New Arms Race 
Munich (RIA Novosti) Feb 10, 2007Deployment of a U.S. missile defense system in Central Europe could trigger a new spiral of the arms race, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday. Putin told an international security conference in Munich that the reasons the U.S. cited in favor of deploying a missile defense system in Europe are not convincing enough, as launching North Korean ballistic missiles against the U.S. across western Europe would be in conflict with the laws of ballistics. China Says No More Satellite-Killer Tests 
Tokyo (AFP) Feb 13, 2007China does not plan another anti-satellite test, its defence minister was quoted as saying Monday, a month after Beijing became the third country to shoot down an object in space. National Defence Minister Cao Gangchuan also repeated that China had no hostile intent in carrying out the satellite-killer test, said Japan's former defence chief Fukushiro Nukaga, who met with him in Beijing. |
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Russia Willing To Help NATO Stabilize Afghanistan Situation
Seville, Spain (RIA Novosti) Feb 13, 2007Russia is interested in helping NATO forces stabilize the situation in Afghanistan, the defense minister said after an informal Russia-NATO Council meeting. "We will of course never send our servicemen there, but everything else is open for discussion. This includes our efforts to alleviate Afghanistan's debt to Russia," Sergei Ivanov told journalists on Friday in the southern Spanish city of Seville. The minister said Afghanistan's current debt to Russia is $10 billion. US Democratic Senators Skeptical Of Iranian Weapons Claim 
Washington (AFP) Feb 12, 2007Top US Democrats have expressed skepticism about US government claims that Iran is secretly channeling weapons to militants in Iraq, arguing the issue is best resolved through negotiations rather than confrontation. The comments followed a US press conference in Baghdad, during which senior defense officials insisted that Iranian-built bombs smuggled into Iraq had killed at least 170 US and allied soldiers since June 2004 and wounded 620. US Bets On Iraqi Tribes For Security 
Ramadi (UPI) Feb 12, 2007In what may be a decisive shift in the war in western Iraq, 12 Sunni tribes in the province of Anbar have banded together to provide for their own security. But they are not freelancing, according to American commanders here: in the last six months they have contributed nearly 2,400 men to the police department and 1,600 to a newly organized tribal security force. |
One Size Does Not Fit All In Iraq
Washington DC (UPI) Feb 12, 2007Gen. David Petraeus, who was promoted to four star status this weekend to command U.S. and allied ground forces in Iraq, has a deeper, better understanding of the principles of guerrilla war and counter-insurgency than probably than any other four-star office in the U.S. Army. But he is being sent out to command a situation that has deteriorated far beyond the parameters of conventional guerrilla war. UAV Tested For US Border Security 
Washington (UPI) Feb 12, 2007The U.S. government is pushing ahead with developing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, or UAVs, for land border security with Canada. Officials of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said last week they would work with the Federal Aviation Administration to impose flight restrictions around a North Dakota air base where the new UAV will be tested. Raytheon And BAE Test Fire DDG 1000 MK57 Vertical Launching System 
Tewksbury MA (SPX) Feb 13, 2007Raytheon's Integrated Defense Systems and BAE Systems have successfully completed a restrained test firing of a Standard Missile-2 BLK IV MK72 rocket booster on the new MK57 Vertical Launching System missile launcher. The test demonstrated the system's ability to safely withstand a static burn of an MK72 rocket motor in the new launcher. The test was conducted at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico to prepare for deploying the MK57 Vertical Launching System on the DDG 1000 Zumwalt Class Destroyer. |
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