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Russian Navy Must Restore Presence In Mediterranean Says Naval Commander
Sevastopol (RIA Novosti) Aug 07, 2007Russia must restore its permanent naval presence in the Mediterranean to ensure the protection of its strategic interests in the region, the Navy commander said Friday. "The Mediterranean is an important theater of operations for the Russian Black Sea Fleet," Admiral Vladimir Masorin said, adding that the fleet's zone of control extended through the Black and Mediterranean seas toward the Atlant ... more Bush Levels Dubious Iran Nuclear Arms Charge 
Washington (AFP) Aug 07, 2007US President George W. Bush charged Monday that Iran has openly declared that it seeks nuclear weapons -- an inaccurate accusation at a time of sharp tensions between Washington and Tehran. "It's up to Iran to prove to the world that they're a stabilizing force as opposed to a destabilizing force. After all, this is a government that has proclaimed its desire to build a nuclear weapon," he said ... more The World's First Internet War 
Berlin (UPI) Aug 06, 2007The computer attack aimed at Estonia recently shows that the world can't ignore the dangers of cyberterrorism any longer. It was one of the biggest cyberattacks ever launched, and it nearly brought an entire country to its knees. On April 27, traffic on government and banking Web sites based in Estonia began to increase rapidly; by the next day, the hackers began to use Russian weblogs to spread ... more Russia To Launch Serial Production Of Bulava Ballistic Missile 
Sevastopol, Russia (RIA Novosti) Aug 07, 2007Russia has made a decision to start serial production of its new Bulava-M sea-launched ballistic missile, following a successful test launch in late June, the Russian Navy commander said Sunday. The scheduled launch was conducted June 28 from the submerged Dmitry Donskoi, a Typhoon-class ballistic missile nuclear submarine, in the northern Russia's White Sea, and the missile reached its target a ... more In Search Of A Radar Program 
Arlington (UPI) Aug 06, 2007If there is one lesson U.S. defense planners should have learned from the frustrating campaign to take down al-Qaida since Sept. 11, 2001, it is the need for better intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. The military places all such awareness-enhancing activities under the rubric "ISR," and it tells a fairly convincing story about the steps that have been taken to improve capabilities. B ... more |
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Bangkok (AFP) Aug 06, 2007Thailand plans to launch its first environmental satellite in November to help officials survey natural resources, cope with disasters and even fight drug trafficking, an official said Monday. The Theos satellite, whose name stands for Thailand Earth Observation Systems, has been under study and construction for two years, according to Thai space official Charnchai Peanvijarnpong. "The satellite ... more South Asia Flood Victims Desperate For Food And Clean Water 
Patna, India (AFP) Aug 06, 2007Many of the millions of people forced from their homes by floods across South Asia were desperate for food and drinking water on Monday as aid workers and army battled to reach them. The flooding, described as the heaviest to hit the region in decades, has affected 31 million people and killed more than 1,600 others in India, Bangladesh and Nepal since monsoon rains began pouring down in June. I ... more Energy Future For Yemen Remains Unclear 
Washington (UPI) Aug 07, 2007As Yemen reaches out to foreign companies to invest in its oil and natural gas development, the country faces an on-and-off Shiite insurgency, an ongoing al-Qaeda threat and a populace sympathetic to jihadist militants. Yemen already hosts Canadian, Chinese, U.S., Korean and French energy companies, and in April, Yemen's Minister of Oil and Minerals Khaled Bahah made a trip to Calgary, Canada, i ... more China And India Becoming Leaders In World Economic Growth 
Manila, Philippines (AFP) Aug 07, 2007China and India are the new engines of world economic growth, replacing the United States and other developed countries, International Monetary Fund managing director Rodrigo Rato said Tuesday. He said China overtook the United States this year to become the biggest contributor to world economic growth. "For the first time, the largest contribution to global growth will now be made by China," Ra ... more Berkeley Lab Offers Ultraclean Combustion Technology For Electricity Generation 
Berkeley CA (SPX) Aug 07, 2007An experimental gas turbine simulator equipped with an ultralow-emissions combustion technology called LSI has been tested successfully using pure hydrogen as a fuel - a milestone that indicates a potential to help eliminate millions of tons of carbon dioxide and thousands of tons of NOx from power plants each year. The LSI (low-swirl injector) technology, developed by Robert Cheng of the U.S. D ... more |
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Hong Kong (UPI) Aug 03, 2007China is flexing its military muscle by exhibiting a model and photos of its new DF31A intercontinental ballistic missile and type 093 nuclear attack submarine, or SSN, at the People's Liberation Army's 80th Anniversary exhibition held in Beijing. Also on exhibit are the DF21 intermediate-range ballistic missile and DF11 short-range ballistic missile. The DF31A ICBM photo has been released for t ... more Russia Plans New Nuclear Missile Production 
Moscow (AFP) Aug 05, 2007The Russian Navy announced Sunday it will produce a series of intercontinental missiles for its next generation of nuclear submarines. "The last test trial of the Bulava-M at the end of June was very important ... After examining the results we decided to start work on these missiles for our new armament system," navy chief Admiral Vladimir Marossin told Russian news agencies. The Bulava-M miss ... more Fission And Fusion As Iran Fronts UN Nuclear Watchdog 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 06, 2007A group of inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) arrived in Iran to visit a heavy-water reactor being built near Arak, in the center of the country. This time, the Iranians are ready to give the IAEA exhaustive answers to questions about their experiments with plutonium and their uranium-enrichment program. This is a real breakthrough in Tehran's long-running dispute with ... more US House Passes 459-Billion Dollar Defense Spending Bill 
Washington (AFP) Aug 05, 2007The US House of Representatives early Sunday passed a mammoth defense appropriations bill containing nearly 460 billion dollars in funding for the US military in fiscal 2008, slightly below President George W. Bush's request. The bill that was rushed through in the dead of night contains no money for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as they are being funded through separate legislation. The bill ... more Democrats Back Israeli Missile Defense Program 
Washington (UPI) Aug 03, 2007Republicans backed Israel's ballistic missile defense programs and industries to the hilt when they ran the U.S. Congress. But now that the Democrats have taken over, the good times for Israel look like they are getting even better. As we noted in our companion BMD Watch column earlier this week, the U.S. House of Representatives has raised U.S. financial support for Israel's Arrow and short-ran ... more
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