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Russia May Unilaterally Quit INF Treaty Moscow (RIA Novosti) Feb 16, 2007 
Moscow may unilaterally abandon the agreement between Russia and the United States on the elimination of intermediate-range and shorter-range missiles, the chief of the General Staff said Thursday. The former Soviet Union and the U.S. signed the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) December 8, 1987. The agreement came into force in June 1988 and does not have a specific duration. "It is possible for a party to abandon the treaty [unilaterally] if it provides convincing evidence that it is necessary to do so," said Army General Yury Baluyevsky. "We have such evidence at present."
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Why Russia Fears Ballistic Missile Defense
Washington (UPI) Feb 15, 2007Why does Russia oppose so fiercely the deployment of U.S. ballistic missile defenses in Central Europe to protect NATO allies from any Iranian threat? A lengthy article published Tuesday in the Moscow newspaper Kommersant by Mikhail Barabanov, editor of Arms Export magazine, gives an important insight into Russian thinking. Polish Prime Minister Backs US Missile Shield As Russians Outline Consequences 
Warsaw (AFP) Feb 15, 2007Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski said Thursday he was in favour, under certain conditions, of Poland housing missiles for a defence shield that Washington wants to set up in central Europe. "The government and I are in favour of an agreement on the missile shield, but, naturally, only under certain conditions," Kaczynski told a press conference. US Missile Plans For Europe 
Washington (UPI) Feb 14, 2007The United States has irritated Russia with its plan to place an anti-missile system in Eastern Europe, and even within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the move is controversial. In his by now infamous speech at the 43d Munich Conference on Security Policy, Russian President Vladimir Putin last weekend accused Washington of provoking a Cold War-like arms race with its plan to place ground-to-air missiles in Poland and the Czech Republic. |
China Wants Quick Work On North Korea Deal
Beijing (AFP) Feb 15, 2007China called Thursday for all sides involved in a pact reached here this week on phasing out North Korea's nuclear programme to immediately begin work on implementing the deal. Six-nation talks, which began in 2003, finally resulted in an agreement on Tuesday which saw North Korea commit to begin closing nuclear facilities in return for aid and diplomatic concessions. Too Early To Consider Lifting North Korea Sanctions 
Moscow (AFP) Feb 15, 2007The chief Russian negotiator to six-nation talks with North Korea said Thursday it was too early to consider lifting UN sanctions after the Stalinist regime agreed to shut down its nuclear facilities. Aleksander Lossyukov, a vice foreign minister, was quoted by the ITAR-TASS news agency as saying the deal was a "small but important step toward the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsular." Australia To Host US MUOS Listening Post 
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Feb 16, 2007The Government has agreed to host a ground station for a US strategic and military satellite communications system at the Australian Defence Satellite Communication Station (ADSCS) located at Geraldton in Western Australia. The new ground station will be sited within the grounds of ADSCS but will be unrelated to the existing activities of ADSCS which will remain under separate Australian control. |
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The Bear Roars From The East
Washington (UPI) Feb 14, 2007President Vladimir Putin's tough talk about U.S. foreign policy at the annual Munich Conference on Security Policy this weekend should not be shrugged off as mere diplomatic rhetoric: Putin's comments reveal the transformed strategic scenario facing the United States in the coming decades. Putin's comments in Munich were no one-off phenomenon. Putin Takes A Tour Of The Mideast 
UPI Outside View CommentatorMoscow (UPI) Feb 15, 2007 Gas, terrorism, and Palestine were the key issues raised during Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Jordan. Trade and economic cooperation deserve special attention because they are a subject for the future. Security and military-technical cooperation are classified. Raytheon Wins Contract For Terminal High Altitude Area Defense Radar 
Tewksbury, MA (SPX) Feb 16, 2007Raytheon has been awarded a $212 million contract by the Missile Defense Agency for the manufacture, delivery and integration support of one Terminal High Altitude Area Defense radar, also called the AN/TPY-2 radar. "The AN/TPY-2 radar plays a vital role in the Ballistic Missile Defense System, protecting the U.S., deployed forces and allies from ballistic missile threats," said Pete Franklin, vice president of Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems' (IDS) Missile Defense business. |
DRS Tech To Provide Satellite Bandwidth For Defense Information Network
Parsippany NJ (SPX) Feb 16, 2007DRS Technologies has announced that it was awarded a new multi-year contract, valued at approximately $39 million, including options, from the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization (DITCO) for the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida. Raytheon To Deliver Navy Multiband Terminal Satellite Communication System For Testing 
Marlborough MA (SPX) Feb 16, 2007Raytheon is ready to deliver the Navy Multiband Terminal satellite communication system to the U.S. Navy for formal tests to begin later this week. NMT is a system of submarine, shore-based and shipboard communications terminals for the transformational SATCOM component of the U.S. Navy's FORCEnet concept. The Iraqi Hostage Headache Could Become A Nightmare 
Moscow (UPI) Feb 15, 2007The Pentagon has a whole department to supervise stabilization and humanitarian missions in the U.S. troop deployment areas. The primary humanitarian task of a military contingent is to provide support for the supply service - -international charities come next. The department also helps coordinate the work of different humanitarian missions. |
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