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A World No Longer MAD
Moscow (RIA Novosti) May 30, 2007On May 26, 1972, U.S. President Richard Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev signed the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty, or SALT, the first bilateral agreement of its kind. It included an interim agreement on certain measures with respect to the limitation of strategic offensive arms. The two leaders also signed the ABM Treaty. The former treaty sealed the alignment of forces in ground ... more Lockheed Martin Demonstrates High Altitude Launch Capability For Mk-54 Torpedoes 
Orlando FL (SPX) May 30, 2007Lockheed Martin successfully demonstrated its High Altitude ASW Weapons Concept (HAAWC) from a P-3 aircraft recently. HAAWC employs the Lockheed Martin LongShot Wing Adapter Kit to allow the launch of torpedoes from high altitudes and long standoff ranges, allowing P-3 aircrews to remain beyond the reach of enemy air defenses. Additionally, the maneuverability of the concept allows for off-axis ... more Unseemly ABM Situation 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) May 30, 2007The U.S. president had an opportunity to imagine at the end of the past week what awaited him in the Czech Republic, which he is going to visit on June 4 as part of his tour of seven Central and West European countries. Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Prague in protest against the U.S. plan to deploy military radar to the south-west of the Czech capital. ... more A Spiral Of Death Looms In Iraq As Mahdi Army Flexes In South 
Washingtion (UPI) May 29, 2007Almost 1,000 U.S. troops died in Iraq last year, and more than that could die in the coming year if current trends continue. The reason for these statements is that the situation in Iraq is deteriorating ominously. The risk is growing that unless rapid action is taken to avert it, the 147,000 U.S. troops currently deployed in that country could find themselves facing a Shiite Muslim militia ... more Raytheon Demonstrates Joint C3I Warfighter Interoperability 
Tewksbury MA (SPX) May 30, 2007Raytheon further demonstrated its leading edge Joint Battlefield Integration capability earlier this month with a real-time hardware in-the-loop demonstration of Joint Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence (Joint C3I). The Joint C3I demonstration pushed required battlefield situational awareness to a new level by using existing and future communications infrastructures to enable ... more |
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Jakarta (AFP) May 29, 2007Hundreds of residents protested near Indonesia's disastrous "mud volcano" on Tuesday to mark one year since its toxic sludge started submerging their homes and farms. The protesters stood in the path of trucks bringing material to strengthen embankments built around the volcano, halting work for six hours, residents and an official said. The embankments were constructed after the volcano ... more US And Australia Reject Asia-Pacific Carbon Trade Scheme 
Darwin, Australia (AFP) May 29, 2007Hopes for an Asia Pacific-wide carbon emissions trading scheme were dashed Tuesday as APEC energy ministers met to discuss climate change and the region's booming power needs. The United States and Australia ruled out a regional carbon trading scheme before the meeting officially opened in the northern city of Darwin, saying it was too early to impose uniform targets on APEC nations. ... more Big US Pension Fund Joins Critics Of ExxonMobil Climate Stance 
Washington (AFP) May 29, 2007The California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS), the biggest US public pension fund, said Tuesday it had joined other ExxonMobil shareholders who want the oil giant to change its climate policies. CalPERS announced its support for other disgruntled investors who will seek to reform ExxonMobil's position on global warming at the oil giant's annual shareholders meeting Wednesday. ... more China Rejects Binding Targets On Greenhouse Emissions 
Hamburg (AFP) May 29, 2007China on Tuesday promised to "do its best" on fighting climate change but rejected calls that Asia should sign up to binding targets on cutting carbon emissions. Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said China and other Asian nations cannot bear the same responsibility for restricting greenhouse gas emissions as the developed world. "The developed world should do more but China will do its best," ... more Proton-M Carrier With US Telecom Satellite To Lift Off In June 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) May 28, 2007A Proton-M rocket carrying a U.S. telecommunications satellite, DirecTV-10, has been scheduled for launch in June this year from a space center in Kazakhstan, a leading Russian space company said Monday. The DirecTV-10 is a commercial telecommunications satellite designed and manufactured by Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems to provide consumers across the continental part of the United ... more |
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Sanaa (UPI) Yemen, May 25, 2007Yemeni Foreign Minister Abu Bakr al-Qurbi sees danger increasing in the Middle East in light of Iraq's deteriorating conditions, the internecine Palestinian struggle, the fear of a Sunni-Shiite conflict and a possible U.S. strike on Iran. Speaking during an interview with United Press International about the impact of an unstable Iraq and the Fatah-Hamas Palestinian conflict, al-Qurbi said the ... more US Missile Shield Could Relaunch Arms Race Warns Putin 
Vienna (AFP) May 23, 2007Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday he feared that a US plan to build a missile defence system in eastern Europe could launch a new arms race. "What has happened in Europe that is so negative that one should need to fill central Europe with arms?" Putin asked at a joint press conference in Vienna with Austrian President Heinz Fischer. ... more American Public Complacent On China Finds UPI-Zogby Poll 
Washington (UPI) May 23, 2007Americans increasingly view China as a rival and competitor rather than a friend, but they remain relatively complacent about the state of Sino-American relations, a new UPI-Zogby poll reported. The poll, which was conducted nationwide from May 16 to May 18, also found that almost two-thirds of Americans thought U.S. President George W. Bush had made a bad job of handling relations with China. ... more NATO Reassures Russia Over Eastern Moves 
Funchal (AFP) Portugal, May 28, 2007NATO's chief fended off Russian concerns over the bloc's expansion and a new US missile defence system, insisting both would mean greater security. "NATO enlargement is not a threat to anybody," NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said on the opening day of a meeting in Funchal on the Portuguese island of Madeira. "NATO enlargement means more democracy, more stability, more ... more Terror And Crime Go Digital 
New York (UPI) May 23, 2007Emerging digital technologies to move money instantaneously and anonymously open up new possibilities for criminals and terrorists, while regulatory and law-enforcement agencies are limping far behind. On May 3, at the release of the 2007 Money Laundering Strategy, the U.S. Treasury spokesperson was pleased to note: "Focusing on well-established money laundering methods and emerging trends ... more
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