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Military Industry Makes Up 70 Percent Of Russian Science Production
Yekaterinburg (RIA Novosti) Apr 20, 2007Russia's military industrial complex makes up 70% of the country's total science intensive production, a Russian first deputy prime minister said Thursday. Sergei Ivanov, who in mid-February was promoted from defense minister and charged with the task of supervising the country's nuclear power and defense industries, said half of Russian scientists work in the military industrial sector. " ... more Russia Rejects US Offer On Missile Shield 
Moscow (AFP) April 19, 2007Russia's First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov rejected on Thursday an overture from the United States to cooperate on building a missile shield in Europe, Russian news agencies reported. "I honestly see no basis for speaking of possible cooperation on a strategic missile shield," Ivanov was quoted by Interfax as saying. Washington has tried to ease Russia's fears about the planned mis ... more Pacific Nuclear Victims Awarded One Billion Dollars 
Majuro (AFP) Apr 19, 2007Residents from a Marshall Islands atoll exposed to fallout from US nuclear tests have been awarded more than one billion dollars of compensation, but may never receive a cent of it. The Marshall Islands-based Nuclear Claims Tribunal, which issued the ruling Tuesday, has virtually no money to pay the award and has labeled United States-provided compensation "manifestly inadequate." Th ... more Iran Has Started Enrichment At Natanz Site Says IAEA 
Vienna (AFP) Apr 18, 2007Iran has started feeding uranium gas for enrichment at a nuclear plant where it has installed over 1,300 centrifuges, the UN atomic watchdog said Wednesday, showing increasing defiance of UN resolutions. Iran has assembled eight cascades of 164 centrifuges each -- a total of 1,312 of the machines which turn uranium gas into enriched uranium for use as either nuclear reactor fuel or to be t ... more US And Israel Probe Alliance 
Tel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Apr 19, 2007Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz Wednesday advocated preparations for "real steps" against Iran's nuclear program, but U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said, "The preferable course was to keep our focus on the diplomatic initiative." The issue was one of several topics the two officials discussed shortly after Gates arrived in Israel on the third leg of his Middle Eastern tour. H ... more |
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US Warns Russia In Line Of Fire Of Iran's Missiles
Warsaw (AFP) April 18, 2007US officials on Wednesday warned Moscow that it was in the line of fire of "the missile threat from Iran" and urged it to cooperate with plans to base a US missile defence system on Russia's doorstep. "We believe Russia has an interest in cooperating with us and NATO because the missile threat from Iran comes to Russia first," US Under-Secretary of Defence for Policy, Eric Edelman ... read more Suicide Bomb Attacks Present Top Challenge In Iraq 
Washington DC (AFNS) Apr 19, 2007Suicide-bomb attacks on coalition and Iraqi troops and civilians, orchestrated by Al Qaeda and Sunni extremists, present the top challenge in establishing security and stability in Iraq, the commander of U.S. Central Command testified at a Congressional hearing on Capitol Hill today. "Of all the things that we have on the plate in Iraq, the one that I think is first and foremost as a target for us to try to get a grip on and to neutralize is the group that is very clearly al Qaeda-motivated that is linked to Sunni extremists in this country that are perpetrating these big suicide bombings," Navy Adm. William J. Fallon told House Armed Services Committee members ... more US Wants UN Inspectors Back In North Korea To Verify Nuclear Shutdown 
Brussels (AFP) April 18, 2007Washington won't be satisfied that North Korea is closing its Yongbyon nuclear reactor as promised until UN inspectors can verify it, a US official said Wednesday. News reports on Tuesday said that US spy satellite photos indicated that Pyongyang might be preparing to shut down the reactor, days after the communist state missed an agreed disarmament deadline. "I see nothing... that has eit ... more Open Source Intelligence 
Washington (UPI) April 18, 2007Almost all the world's intelligence services subscribe to it. It is arguably the world's best intelligence. Its daily brief is read avidly by anyone who matters in governance the world over. Heads of state and government, foreign and defense ministers, intel agency chiefs and corporate CEOs, from Beijing to Brussels and from Washington to Wellington, subscribe to what has become the gold standard for objective global strategic analysis. Oxford Analytica is the brand ... more |
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Iran President Working Continuously To Expand Nuclear Program
Tehran, April 17 (AFP) Apr 17, 2007Iran on Tuesday said it was working "continuously" to expand its nuclear programme at an ultra-sensitive facility, in defiance of UN calls on Tehran to stop controversial atomic activities. "We are employing the maximum effort to realise our projects in Natanz. Today in Natanz there is a continuous movement to install the centrifuges," the head of Iran's atomic energy agency Gholam Reza Aghazadeh said. Iran has said it ultimately wants to install 50,000 uranium enriching centrifuges at the plant in Natanz, central Iran, although its medium-term goal was to put in place 3,000 units ... read more A Win-Win Strategy For Iran 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) April 17, 2007Experts have two main questions about the situation in Iran: First, are the Iranians close to developing a nuclear bomb? And second, are the Americans going to start a war there? Several thousand centrifuges are enough to enrich uranium to 90 percent and produce a nuclear bomb within a year. Earlier, the Iranians announced their intention to increase the number of centrifuges at the Natanz ... more Iranian-Made Weapons Intercepted In Afghanistan 
Washington (AFP) April 17, 2007Coalition forces have intercepted Iranian-made mortars and explosives in Afghanistan destined for the Taliban, the top US military chief said Tuesday, suggesting an expanding Iranian challenge to US forces in the region. General Peter Pace, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the weapons were intercepted in the Kandahar region within the past month, but it was not known if any ... more USAF Chief Of Staff Speaks On Future Of Space Operations 
Colorado Springs CO (AFNS) Apr 16, 2007Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. T. Michael Moseley delivered a speech to a crowd of more than 400 at the 23rd National Space Symposium here April 11. The general's speech to a group of military, civilian and industry space professionals focused on the important part space plays in the defense of the nation and about Air Force issues in the past, present and future. "Today more than ever the ... more MORE HEADLINES |
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Adding Intelligence To National Defense
Washington (UPI) April 16, 2007New U.S. intelligence chief Michael McConnell last week unveiled his plan for the next steps in the continuing reform of the spy agencies he oversees, acknowledging that a key determinant of success will be his relationship with the Pentagon, which houses many of them. Fortunately for him, there are some hopeful signs that he will have a better partner in new Defense Secretary Robert Gates than his predecessor had in the last Pentagon boss, Donald Rumsfeld ... read more Bental Industries Announces The European Launch Of Its Unique Hybrid System 
Bental, Israel (SPX) Apr 17, 2007Bental Industries announced the European launch of its innovative hybrid system, following its successful launch in the US. Designed for mini to mid-size UAVs, the operational advantages of the hybrid system will be demonstrated at the IDEF show in May and at the Paris Air Show in June. Leveraging the Combined Advantages of Electric Motor and Internal Combustion Engine Ben ... more Czech MPs Visit US Radar Base Earmarked For Missile Shield 
Prague (AFP) April 16, 2007Czech lawmakers visited a US military radar station on the Marshall Islands set for transfer to Eastern Europe as part of Washington's controversial anti-missile defence shield there, the US embassy said Monday. "The radar on the Marshall Islands will be dismantled and brought to the Czech Republic," embassy spokeswoman Victoria Silverman told AFP. The radar, used for the past 10 years at ... more Iraq Terror Still Surging To New Levels Of Horror 
Washington (UPI) April 16, 2007Saturday's attacks that killed 45 people show the "surge" strategy of focusing U.S. troops in Baghdad has so far not been able to neutralize the insurgent tactic of fewer but bigger showcase bomb attacks. The political damage already suffered may be irreparable. As we have noted in previous columns, Gen. David Petraeus' strategy of concentrating U.S. forces in the Iraqi capital of Ba ... more MORE HEADLINES |
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India Eyes ICBMs After Testing Agni III Missile
New Delhi (AFP) April 15, 2007Buoyed by the successful test of a missile that can hit China, India says it can extend its nuclear range beyond Asia, but experts say it is unlikely to take such a step for fear of upsetting the West. The launch on Thursday of the intermediate-range Agni-III missile capped New Delhi's drive to produce a device capable of striking targets 3,500 kilometres (2,170 miles) inside China, which has an unresolved border dispute with India ... read more India Dismisses Airline Complaints Over Missile Test 
New Delhi (AFP) April 13, 2007India on Friday dismissed allegations of recklessness after Indonesia said one of its passenger jets was forced to turn around in mid-air due to a ballistic missile test. The Garuda Indonesia plane, full of Muslim pilgrims en route to Saudi Arabia, had reached Indian airspace when the nuclear-capable missile flew through the sky. The incident on Thursday has triggered a diplomatic ro ... more Iran Seeks Bids For Two New Nuclear Plants 
Tehran (AFP) Apr 15, 2007Iran on Sunday asked for bids to build two new nuclear power stations alongside a still unfinished facility in the south, despite increasing Western pressure over its atomic drive. "Iran is launching two tenders for the construction of two nuclear power stations of between 1,000 and 1,600 megawatts capacity in Bushehr," the director of nuclear energy production, Ahmad Fayaz Bakhsh, told reporte ... more Raytheon Receives Contracts For Patriot Missile Facility Support 
Tewksbury MA (SPX) Apr 16, 2007Raytheon received two contract modifications totaling $13 million from the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command to continue to provide technical and material support of the Patriot Missile Field Surveillance program in the United States and at overseas locations. The contract modifications, which include options for up to $12 million, call for Raytheon to provide technical personnel and ... more MORE HEADLINES
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