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Japan's Jet Plan Upsets South Korea
Seoul (UPI) April 27, 2007Alarmed by Japan's move to acquire U.S. F-22 stealth fighters, South Korea has hinted it would also seek to procure the future generation fighter jets to cope with any possible security jitters. Japan is aggressively pushing for the purchase of 100 F-22 "Raptors," which cost $200 million per unit, saying the fighter aircraft is necessary to combat Chinese air force expansion and North Kore ... more South Korea To Explore Peace Summit To End Korean War 
Seoul (AFP) April 29, 2007A South Korean presidential aide will visit the United States next month to explore the idea of holding a peace summit to try and finally bring an official end to the 1950s Korean war, a news report said Sunday. Lee Hae-Chan, a former prime minister and special political advisor to President Roh Moo-Hyun, will embark on a 10-day trip to the US on May 10 for talks on holding a four-way peace ... more Mutual Destruction Danger In US Anti-Missile Plan Says Putin 
Moscow (AFP) April 27, 2007Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday warned that US plans to deploy an anti-missile system in eastern Europe sharply increase the danger of mutual destruction. In comments laden with Cold War imagery, the Kremlin leader accused the United States of misrepresenting the true aim of the limited missile shield, which is to be based in NATO members Czech Republic and Poland. ... more Successful Intercept Claimed In US Missile Defense Test 
Washington (AFP) April 27, 2007A US Navy Aegis cruiser simultaneously intercepted a ballistic missile and a cruise missile in a test over the Pacific, a Pentagon spokesman said Friday. "The test demonstrated the USS Lake Erie's ability to engage a ballistic missile threat and defend itself from attack at the same time," the Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency said on Thursday. The Lake Erie is one of a growing fleet ... more NATO Wants Clarification About Russian Treaty Freeze 
Oslo (AFP) April 27, 2007NATO called Friday for Russia to clarify whether it has actually frozen its application of a key arms treaty limiting the number of military forces in Europe. "The first step will still have to be to clarify exactly what President (Vladimir) Putin meant," chief NATO spokesman James Appathurai told reporters, when asked how the alliance would respond to the apparent move. ... more |
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Russia Freezes Missile Treaty As Rice Says Kremlin Claims Ludicrous
Oslo (AFP) April 26, 2007A dispute over US plans to station anti-missile bases in eastern Europe escalated Thursday as Russia froze a key defence treaty in a move that raised "grave concern" among NATO allies. In heated NATO talks in Oslo, Norway, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Ivanov warned that Russia was to halt ... read more Boeing Demonstrates Key GPS 3 Features In Critical Program Review 
St Louis MO (SPX) Apr 27, 2007Boeing has completed a critical Global Positioning System (GPS) Space Segment III System Design Review, supporting the U.S. Air Force's requirement for a low-risk, high-confidence acquisition solution. During the review, Boeing demonstrated the technical readiness of its GPS III payload design that will allow the Air Force to field and upgrade GPS satellites quickly and cost effectively. T ... more US Army Awards Raytheon Major Patriot Engineering Services Contract 
Tewksbury, MA (SPX) Apr 27, 2007Raytheon has been awarded a $144 million contract modification by the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command to provide engineering services for the Patriot Air and Missile Defense program. This award represents the third of four annual options to the base contract awarded in fiscal year 2004. The contract embodies the U.S. Army's Air and Missile Defense visionary commitment for a cost-eff ... more A Book From Guantanamo Makes For Many Questions 
Berlin (UPI) April 26, 2007The United States reportedly paid Pakistani police some $3,000 for Murat Kurnaz before they locked him away for nearly five years without charges in Guantanamo. The German-Turkish man has written a book about his plight in the world's most famous prison. "I understood a long time ago what this prison was about," Kurnaz writes in "Five Years of My Life," his memoir that hit the shelves of G ... more Poll Shows Security Imbalance In US 
Washington (UPI) April 26, 2007By a large margin, Americans feel the Bush administration has tipped the balance of security against liberty too far towards security, a new UPI/Zogby polls shows. But the public remains closely divided on the president's most controversial security programs, favoring by small margins warrantless wiretaps against terror suspects and the broad mining by federal agencies of personal data abo ... more North Korea May Be About To Invite UN Atomic Inspectors 
Seoul (AFP) April 26, 2007South Korea's spy agency said Thursday that North Korea may be preparing to invite UN atomic inspectors to its key nuclear facility, as a prelude to shutting it down. Unusual activity has been spotted around the Yongbyon reactor, which produces the raw material for plutonium to make nuclear weapons, parliament's intelligence committee said in a statement. The National Intelligence Service ... more |
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Rice Says Euro-Russia Will Accept Missile Shield As Gates Says Kremlin Divided
Oslo (AFP) April 25, 2007US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice voiced optimism Wednesday that European allies and Russia would ultimately accept a controversial US plan to station anti-missile bases in eastern Europe ... read more Japan Launches Study On Collective Defence 
Tokyo (AFP) April 25, 2007Japan launched a study Wednesday on how it could fight for allies without breaching its pacifist constitution, a controversial move that could boost the country's global role and alliance with the United States. The move came the day before Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a conservative who has vowed to create a more assertive Japan, makes his first visit to the United States since taking offic ... more Lockheed Martin Concludes Phase II Tests Of Guided MLRS Unitary Rocket 
Dallas TX (SPX) Apr 26, 2007Lockheed Martin recently conducted several successful flight tests of a Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) Unitary Phase II rocket at White Sands Missile Range, NM, concluding the second phase of the Production Qualification Testing (PQT) requirement series for the contract. Test objectives included demonstration of the GMLRS Unitary rockets in the point-impact and proximity mode ... more BMD Firms Seek Turkish Market 
Washington (UPI) April 25, 2007Iran's drive to develop nuclear weapons has alarmed neighboring Turkey. Now the Turkish government is planning to buy BMD systems to defend the country. The new policy could mean big contracts for major U.S. defense contractors, but the Turks are looking at Chinese and Israeli companies for possible orders, too. "Turkey has accelerated efforts to acquire different sorts of missile defense ... more Democrats Authorize Subpoena For Rice 
Washington (AFP) April 25, 2007A congressional committee took steps Wednesday toward issuing a subpoena for Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to testify about discredited assertions about Iraq's prewar nuclear intentions, but her spokesman said she would resist. Democrat Henry Waxman, chairman of the House Government Reform Committee, said the panel is interested in learning how the White House came to make bogus asse ... more India Spreads Nuclear Wings 
Anaheim Hills (UPI) Calif., April 19, 2007With India's successful test firing last week of Agni-3, its longest-range intermediate-range surface-to-surface ballistic missile, Asia's arms race has gone up another notch. New Delhi now has the capability to deliver a 1 1/2-ton nuclear or conventional payload over much of Asia and the Middle East. Agni-3 has a reported range of 1,865 miles and could hit targets as far off as Beijing an ... more |
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US Military Drops Phrase "Long War"
Washington DC (AFP) Apr 25, 2007The commander of US military operations in the Middle East, Admiral William Fallon, has decided to drop the phrase "long war" to describe the US struggle against terrorism, a defense spokesman said on Tuesday ... read more TSAT Team Moves Closer To Developing Flight-Ready Laser Terminals 
Redondo Beach CA (SPX) Apr 25, 2007The Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT) team has reported that functional interoperability aspects of its laser communications risk reduction subsystem have been evaluated in a test conducted at Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Lincoln Laboratory (MIT/LL). The testing demonstrated the operation of the laser communication brassboard ... more Replacement Warhead Program Poses Challenges For Weapons Complex 
Livermore, CA (SPX) Apr 25, 2007An independent study group, convened by AAAS's Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy, has issued a report on the proposed Reliable Replacement Warhead (RRW) and its role in the future U.S. nuclear weapons program. Bruce Tarter, head of the study group and a former director of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, discussed the report in a teleconference with reporters on ... more Iran Sees No Reason For Negotiation As US General Rules Out Attack 
Tehran (AFP) Apr 24, 2007Iran on Tuesday said it sees "no reason for negotiation" over its nuclear programme if the European Union continues to insist that Tehran suspend its uranium enrichment activities. A day before Iran's top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani and EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana meet for key talks in Turkey, the government spokesman warned the bloc against making "illogical demands". "We to ... more Clearing Out The North Korean Macao Pot Of Gold 
Beijing (UPI) April 24, 2007Hope is growing for a resolution of the longstanding banking dispute that has derailed efforts to end Pyongyang's nuclear weapons drive, following a trip by North Koreans to a Macao-based bank that has frozen Pyongyang's assets under U.S. restrictions. During their visit to Banco Delta Asia, North Korean officials have sought ways to transfer their deposits, worth $25 million, to other ban ... more L-3 Communications Buys Geneva Aerospace And More 
New York NY (SPX) Apr 25, 2007L-3 Communications has acquired Geneva Aerospace, a leading provider of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology, and has agreed to acquire Global Communications Solutions, a leading provider of portable satellite communications equipment and products. Both companies will be included in L-3's Specialized Products segment. Located in Dallas, TX, Geneva Aerospace designs technologies for UAV ... more
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