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Tokyo (AFP) June 19, 2007US envoy Christopher Hill called Tuesday on North Korea to act quickly on its promises to shut a nuclear reactor, saying a long dispute over frozen funds was finally resolved. As Hill said that six-nation disarmament talks could resume in a matter of weeks, the South Korean military said the communist North had launched a short-range missile, the latest in a string of small-scale tests. ... more Northrop Grumman Delivers First Production Stellar Navigation System To US Air Force 
Woodland Hills CA (SPX) Jun 20, 2007Northrop Grumman has delivered to the U.S. Air Force the first of 31 production LN-120G stellar-inertial navigation systems for the RC-135 aircraft. Aided by the LN-120G, the Air Force can accurately pinpoint hostile targets detected by the RC-135 and transmit the information to the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) aircraft and, ultimately, to fighter aircraft. ... more MDA Test Fires Kinetic Energy Interceptor Motor 
Washington (UPI) June 19, 2007MDA Director Lt. Gen. Henry A. "Trey" Obering said Friday the agency had successfully carried out the testing of the first-stage rocket motor of its new Kinetic Energy Interceptor, or KEI, a high-speed, three-stage interceptor system designed to destroy incoming ballistic missiles. The Missile Defense Agency said in a statement that the static test firing was carried out at the Alliant ... more Russian Arms Dealer Denies Plans To Sell Fighters To Syria And Iran 
Le Bourget (RIA Novosti) Jun 19, 2007Russia's arms export monopoly dismissed on Tuesday reports that it plans to supply fighter jets to Syria and Iran. "Russia has no plans to deliver fighter jets to Syria and Iran," Rosoboronexport CEO Sergei Chemezov told journalists at Le Bourget air show near Paris. Chemezov said that if any such deal does come under discussion, the media will be informed. His remarks came in ... more Iran Says Oil Weapon Not Excluded In Nuclear Standoff 
Tehran (AFP) Jun 19, 2007Iran Tuesday refused to rule out using oil supplies as a weapon in the standoff over its nuclear programme, saying Washington had never excluded attacking the Islamic republic. "When the Americans say that using the military option against Iran regarding its nuclear issue is not off the table then Iran can say that it will not put aside the instrument of oil," Iran's representative to OPEC ... more |
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Boulder CO (SPX) Jun 20, 2007The Quick Scatterometer (QuikSCAT) satellite built by Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. completed eight years of outstanding on-orbit operations today, performing six years beyond its minimum two-year mission requirement. QuikSCAT continues to return critical wind data to forecast hurricanes and El Nino effects and pinpoint typhoons and other marine storms, as well as help scientists ... more Building House Forms And Shapes For Better Hurricane Endurance 
Newark NJ (SPX) Jun 20, 2007Certain home shapes and roof types can better resist high winds and hurricanes, according to a researcher at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). Civil engineer Rima Taher, PhD, special lecturer in the New Jersey School of Architecture at NJIT, spent two years examining the findings of research centers that have studied the best designs and construction materials and methods needed to ... more San Francisco To Explore Tidal Power Options In Bay 
San Francisco CA (SPX) Jun 20, 2007In support of ongoing efforts to increase California's renewable power supplies and address climate change, Pacific Gas and Electric Company today signed an agreement with the City and County of San Francisco and the Golden Gate Energy Company to conduct the most comprehensive study yet undertaken to assess the possibilities for harnessing the tides in San Francisco Bay to create a new source ... more Russian Power Generation Needs Foreign Investment 
Moscow (SPX) Jun 20, 2007The rapid economic growth which began in Russia several years ago has led to an exponential rise in the demand for electricity. Some Russian regions, including Moscow and its suburbs, as well as regions in European Russia, the Urals and Western Siberia, are facing power shortages. Electricity demand is expected to grow in Russia by 5.2% in 2008 (10% in some regions). Funds, including foreign ... more Citibank Chief Wants To Invest 50 Billion Dollars In 10-year Campaign For Better Environment 
New York NY (SPX) Jun 20, 2007Citibank is launching a $50 billion investment over the next 10 years to address global climate change as a corporate responsibility according to Michael Klein, Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer of Citi Markets and Banking and Vice Chairman of Citibank International plc. Klein will discuss the campaign in an address to the Overseas Press Club of America and environmental reporters Monday ... more |
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Huntsville AL (SPX) Jun 18, 2007The asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter is like the solar system's cluttered old attic. The dusty, forgotten objects there are relics from a time long ago, each asteroid with its own story to tell about the solar system's beginnings. These are stories planetary scientists want to hear. Much is still unknown about our solar system's distant past. We learn the basic story in school ... more India Completes Talks On Huge Warplane Deal 
New Delhi (AFP) June 19, 2007India has completed negotiations over an order for 126 fighter jets that could cost up to nine billion dollars, Defence Minister A.K. Antony said Monday. But the minister did not say which of the Russian, US and European rivals were best placed to win what arms industry sources have described as the world's biggest fighter plane contract in 15 years. According to industry sources, the ... more A160T Hummingbird Unmanned Helicopter Completes First Flight 
Le Bourget, France (SPX) Jun 19, 2007Boeing successfully completed the first flight of the A160T Hummingbird unmanned rotorcraft June 15 from an airfield near Victorville, Calif. The A160T, a turbine-powered version of the innovative piston-powered A160 helicopter, features unmatched range, endurance, payload and altitude for an unmanned rotorcraft. "Today's Hover-In-Ground Effect flight is our first step in providing the ... more Law Of Unintended Consequences Fuels Wheels Of Misfortune 
Washington DC (UPI) Jun 19, 2007U.S. President George W. Bush and the neo-conservatives wanted to change the map of the Middle East; in that they have succeeded. But what they did not count on was that the changes would be mapped by Syria and Iran, two countries that the Bush administration regards as rogue states and supporters of terrorism. Starting with Iraq, the administration had hoped that after overthrowing the ... more Frozen North Korean Funds Touch Down In Moscow 
Moscow (AFP) June 18, 2007North Korea's ambassador to Moscow said Monday that funds at the centre of a banking dispute aggravating tensions around the country's nuclear programme had been successfully transferred to Russia. The comments came after Russia agreed to help with the transfer to North Korea of the funds, which were frozen at Macau's Banco Delta Asia (BDA) in 2005 under US sanctions. "The funds from the ... more
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