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Russia Eyes Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty As Next Pullout
Washington (UPI) July 30, 2007As disagreements over NATO's eastward expansion, ballistic missile defense deployments in Eastern Europe, the status of Kosovo and others continue to strain NATO-Russian relations, Russia has shown an increasing willingness to re-examine its arms-control obligations with the alleged intent of guarding its national interests. Most recently, Russia has suspended participation in the Conventional F ... more Boeing Awarded US Marine Corps Contract To Extend Scaneagle Services 
St. Louis (SPX) Aug 01, 2007Boeing has been awarded a three and one half-year, $18 million U.S. Marine Corps contract to provide additional ScanEagle intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance support services to the Marine Expeditionary Forces (MEF). Boeing, in partnership with Insitu, Inc., developers of ScanEagle, make up Team ScanEagle. ScanEagle, a long-endurance, fully autonomous unmanned aircraft, has been used b ... more Washington Seeking To Calm Mideast With Arms Sales 
Brussels (AFP) July 30, 2007US plans to extend huge military aid deals to Middle East and Gulf states is a high-risk attempt to give Saudi Arabia and others the muscle to calm the region's problems, military experts said Monday. "The failure of the American project for a democratic greater Middle East, confounded in the battle for Iraq, has forced Washington to try to salvage the situation by distributing military aid all ... more The Russian Navy Gets Ambitious 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 01, 2007The Russian Navy will become the world's second largest in 20 years' time, said its commander-in-chief, Admiral Vladimir Masorin, speaking ahead of Navy Day. He said the navy's core would consist of the newest strategic nuclear-powered submarines and six squadrons of aircraft carriers. For Russia's navy, this will be its third modernization program, said the admiral. The previous two, although g ... more Benchmarks In Iraq Are A Necessary Service 
Washington (UPI) July 30, 2007Over the past two years, this Iraq Benchmarks column has been probably the most controversial and criticized column or product that United Press International has published. Curiously, the controversy and criticism has never queried the reliability or accuracy of the statistical figures on U.S., Iraqi civilian and insurgent casualties, or other statistics on the Iraq war that the column monitore ... more |
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Boston MA (SPX) Jul 31, 2007Inspired by the efficient swimming motion of the bluegill sunfish, MIT researchers are building a mechanical fin that could one day propel robotic submarines. The propeller-driven submarines, or autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), currently perform a variety of functions, from mapping the ocean floor to surveying shipwrecks. But the MIT team hopes to create a more maneuverable, propeller-less ... more Philippine Volcano Erupts As Nation Prays For Drought Breaking Rain 
Manila (AFP) July 31, 2007A volcano erupted in the eastern Philippines on Tuesday, raining ash on two towns, but there were no reports of casualties, volcanologists said. No immediate evacuation of nearby communities was necessary unless the apparently short-term eruption of Bulusan volcano worsens, Julio Sabit of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology told AFP. Located on the southeastern tip of the main ... more The Cultural Power Japan In The 21st Century 
Washington (UPI) July 30, 2007If you have a teenager in your house, then chances are you know something about Japanese anime manga, whether in the form of paperback comics, television series, movies, electronic games, or -- as teenagers like to say -- whatever. If indeed your teenager has made you aware of this, then he or she has undoubtedly also made you aware that Japan -- the country these products emanate from -- is a t ... more Clemson University To Develop Implantable Biochip For Department Of Defense 
Clemson SC (SPX) Jul 31, 2007The Department of Defense has awarded $1.6 million to the Center for Bioelectronics, Biosensors and Biochips (C3B) at Clemson University for the development of an implantable biochip that could relay vital health information if a soldier is wounded in battle or a civilian is hurt in an accident. The biochip, about the size of a grain of rice, could measure and relay such information as lactate a ... more US Public's View Of Energy Sources, Preferences and Environmental Issues Assessed 
Menlo Park CA (SPX) Jul 31, 2007While only two percent of the public indicates that energy is the most important problem facing the U.S. today, the results of a new MIT study based on data from Knowledge Networks offer a compelling snapshot of the public's declining satisfaction with oil for energy, as well as an openness toward alternative energy sources. Study findings highlight viewpoints on coal, dams, natural gas, nuclear ... more |
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Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jul 31, 2007The United States cannot deploy a missile shield in Central Europe and at the same time accept Russia's offer for the use of the Gabala radar in Azerbaijan, Russia's Foreign Ministry said Friday. "Russia's proposals are an alternative, rather than a complement, to U.S. plans to deploy elements of its missile defense system in Europe," ministry spokesman Mikhail Kamynin said. In Kamynin's comment ... more Oshkosh And Team Works To Protect Troops From Explosively Formed Projectile Attacks 
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 31, 2007Oshkosh Truck Corporation, Ceradyne and Ideal Innovations (I-3) have announced an agreement to further develop, produce and market the Bull armored vehicle. The Bull is intended to address the increasing need for protection from improvised explosive devices (IED), mine blasts and high-threat, explosively formed projectiles (EFP) and will be built on a combat-proven Oshkosh Truck chassis. T ... more Chinese Navy To Build Two Carriers With Russian Help 
Hong Kong (RIA Novosti) Jul 31, 2007Kanwa, a Hong Kong defense news agency, said Friday purchases by China of Russian aircraft carrier components suggested that Beijing was planning to build one or two aircraft carriers, possibly by 2015. The agency cited a senior source in the Russian Navy, saying that Russia and China have an agreement to purchase four deck landing systems capable of handling heavy deck-based fighters such as th ... more TSAT Teams Submit Production Proposals To US Air Force 
St. Louis MO (SPX) Jul 31, 2007Boeing and its TEAM TSAT industry partners today submitted a proposal to the U.S. Air Force for the Development and Production phase of the Transformational Satellite Communications System Space Segment (TSAT) program. "TEAM TSAT offers unique capability and experience to the U.S. Air Force," said Howard Chambers, vice president and general manager of Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems. "That ... more Merkel Party Warns US Arms For Gulf Could Set Off Powder Keg 
Berlin (AFP) Jul 31, 2007German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats are worried that US plans to send a major arms package to Gulf states could inflame a volatile region, a party leader was quoted as saying Monday. The chairman of the German parliament's foreign affairs committee, Ruprecht Polenz, told the daily Frankfurter Rundschau that the Middle East was already a "powder keg" and that an influx of weapon ... more
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