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Raytheon Wins GEM-T Contract
Washington (UPI) May 01, 2007Raytheon has won a $100 million contract for its Patriot Guidance Enhanced Missile-T, or GEM-T, upgrade program. The deal "includes orders for the U.S. Army and a Foreign Military Sales contract for 230 GEM-T upgrades, plus spares," Raytheon said in a statement Tuesday. "This is the largest order received to date for GEM-T and bolsters Raytheon's upgrade output to levels not seen since the ... more Putin's Inconsistencies 
Moscow (UPI) May 01, 2007Russian President Vladimir Putin's latest state of the nation address contained little new information, as it was largely a catalogue of what Russia needed domestically. Still, Western officials and the media immediately latched on to Putin's statements that Russia was re-emerging as a major power, his warning that foreign powers should not meddle in the country's internal affairs, and the ... more US Reaffirms Defense Vows To Japan As Others Call For NK Incentives 
Washington (AFP) May 01, 2007The United States reaffirmed on Tuesday its commitment to defend Japan amid continuing uncertainty about the future of North Korea's nuclear weapons drive and China's rapidly growing military power. "The United States has the will and the capability to meet the full range of deterrence and security commitments to Japan," said Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice after a meeting here of the two al ... more Afghan Insecurity Putting Pressure On NGOs 
Kabul (AFP) May 01, 2007Amid kidnappings, assassinations, bombings and all-out battles, aid groups say Afghanistan's violence is forcing them to cut back on efforts to help the destitute country's neediest people. Worryingly, the security threat is growing in areas outside the southern stomping grounds of insurgents and the drugs mafia, where the non-governmental organisations which are sticking it out are already taki ... more US To Meet With Czech Leaders On ABM As Deal Done With Montenegro 
Prague (AFP) May 01, 2007The first round of US-Czech talks on including the Czech Republic in a controversial US missile shield system will take place next week in Prague, officials here said Tuesday. The negotiations will take place May 10-11 in the defence ministry and will focus on preparing a bilateral accord on how long US soldiers can stay in the Czech Republic, a ministry spokeswoman said. Prague has alread ... more |
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Washington DC (SPX) May 02, 2007As U.S. policy-makers prepare for hearings later this week on space-science and climate-change research, the world's largest general science society has warned that budget cuts are threatening U.S. satellites essential for weather forecasting, hurricane warning, studies of global climate change and more. Cutbacks and reallocations within the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (N ... more Exercise Tests Responses To Hurricane, Nuke And Terrorists 
Washington (AFP) April 30, 2007A hurricane roars ashore in Rhode Island. A nuclear device goes off in the Midwest. And terrorists begin wreaking havoc in Alaska. What do you do? The Pentagon and other US and Canadian agencies plan to answer that question in a major exercise called Ardent Sentry-Northern Edge 07 that began Monday and will play out over the next 18 days, involving thousands of US troops and state and local offi ... more Exploring Caves From 30 Feet In The Air 
Moffet Field CA (SPX) May 02, 2007It was Thursday morning, just after dawn. A group of about 20 of us had been driving through the Mojave Desert since 4:30 am, in the dark, and we had finally arrived at our destination: a large flat parking area near the top of a volcanic cinder cone, a short ways up a makeshift road from an abandoned mine. Before us stretched the vast black Pisgah Lava Beds, home to more than 300 lava-tube cave ... more Laser-Trapping Of Rare Element Gets Unexpected Assist 
Argonne IL (SPX) May 02, 2007Argonne researchers have successfully laser-cooled and trapped atoms of radium - the first time this rare element has been captured in a magneto-optical trap - with an assist from an unexpected source. The group of physicists was attempting to trap the rare, radioactive element for studies of time-reversal violation, explained Argonne Compton Postdoctoral Fellow Jeffrey Guest of Argonne's ... more Japan's Mideast Balancing Act 
Washington DC (UPI) May 01, 2007The Middle East is no longer just about oil for Japan. Granted, the race continues to intensify between Japan, China and India to woo petroleum-rich nations in order to secure more natural resources from the region. Indeed, the leaders of all three countries have been going out of their way over the past few years to establish stronger relations with Arab states, most recently with Japanese Prim ... more |
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Las Cruces NM (SPX) May 01, 2007UP Aerospace has confirmed the success of its SL-2 Mission and the round-trip space flight of its SpaceLoft XL vehicle. The SpaceLoft XL vehicle was flown from Spaceport America, the world's first purpose-built commercial spaceport. SL-2 Mission was particularly noteworthy, given the wide variety of payloads and experiments onboard. Celestis, Inc. selected UP Aerospace as the launch servi ... more Iran Stymies Nuclear Non-Proliferation Meeting 
Vienna (AFP) Apr 30, 2007Iran rejected a call for full compliance with nuclear safeguards on Monday, stymieing the opening day of a conference here preparing a review of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), diplomats said. Delegates from some of the 188 countries taking part said they feared the two-week meeting in Vienna could now descend into the same procedural wrangling that tarnished the last review conference in Ne ... more US Concerned About Iraqi Purge 
Washington (AFP) Apr 30, 2007Washington on Monday expressed concern about reports that aides to Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki played key roles in the arrest and removal of senior Iraqi army and police officers who tried to rein in Shiite militias. "We're aware of the reports, we're concerned about them, and that will be a focus of conversations," with top Iraqi officials, White House spokesman Tony Snow told reporters ... more US Death Rate Falls In Iraq 
Washington (UPI) April 30, 2007U.S. fatality rates in Iraq have fallen during the past two weeks despite insurgent attempts to target American soldiers deployed as part of the "surge" strategy. As of Monday, 3,342 U.S. troops had been killed in Iraq since the start of military operations to topple Saddam Hussein on March 19, 2003. Of these, 2,723 were killed in action, according to official figures issued by the U.S. Departme ... more South Korea Wants Talks With North Korea On Opening Rail Link 
Seoul (AFP) April 30, 2007South Korea urged North Korea on Monday to hold military talks this week to prepare for the first test runs of railways across their heavily fortified frontier in half a century. Seoul has suggested that chief delegates to the working-level talks meet Thursday at the truce village of Panmunjom, defence ministry spokesman Song Gi-Hong told AFP. North Korea has yet to reply to the offer, he ... more
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