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US experts set to inspect planned Czech radar site
Prague (AFP) Aug 13, 2007Some 30 American experts set out on Monday to inspect a site in the Czech Republic where there are plans to install a radar as part of a proposed US missile shield, an official said. "The main goal of the four-day mission is to inspect geological conditions as well as the infrastructure and transport network," in Brdy, 65 kilometres (104 miles) southwest of Prague, Czech defence ministry sp ... more Space Tracking And Surveillance System Passes Two Critical Ground System Tests 
Redondo Beach CA (SPX) Aug 14, 2007Northrop Grumman announced the successful completion of two significant ground system milestones. The final ground segment acceptance test was successfully completed at the STSS ground operations center located at the Missile Defense Space Experimentation Center (MDSEC) at Schriever AFB in Colorado Springs, Colo. Ground system functions supporting the STSS spacecraft telemetry, tracking and comm ... more NKorea's Kim seen trying to bolster regime 
Seoul (AFP) Aug 13, 2007North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il will try to secure his regime's survival and bolster his country's economy at an upcoming inter-Korean summit, a Seoul politician who has met the leader said Monday. "This is a very important and a timely meeting for Chairman Kim," said Chung Dong-Young of the August 28-30 meeting in Pyongyang between the leader of the hardline communist state and South Korean ... more US 'surge' in Iraq 'likely to fail': British lawmakers 
London (AFP) Aug 12, 2007The US "surge" of troops in Iraq is likely to fail, a British parliamentary committee said Monday as it delivered a critical report on London's foreign policy in the Middle East. "It is too early to provide a definitive assessment of the US 'surge' but it does not look likely succeed," the House of Commons Foreign Affairs committee said in a wide-ranging document. The Commons is Britain's lo ... more MEADS Begins Preliminary Design Review 
Munich, Germany (SPX) Aug 12, 2007The Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) recently completed its Start of System Preliminary Design Review (PDR). The important two-day milestone initiated a series of 29 reviews over the next four months leading to a Summary System PDR in late October. Successful completion of the review series is necessary for the advanced air and missile defense system to begin detailed design work and ... more |
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San Francisco CA (SPX) Aug 14, 2007Scientists have discovered that torrents of microscopic waves propel white blood cells toward invading microbes. The discovery - recorded on videotape -- holds the potential for better understanding and treatment of cancer and heart disease. Visible only under a very high-resolution light microscope, the dynamic waves are made of a signaling protein that directs cell movement. This protein and a ... more Villagers return home to ruins in flood-hit SAsia 
New Delhi (AFP) Aug 13, 2007Villagers returned home to ruins as flood waters continued to recede on Monday but the toll from the annual monsoon flooding across South Asia rose to 2,300, officials said. Tens of thousands are still housed in shelters while millions more are dependent on food and medical aid but displaced people began heading home in India and Bangladesh, at least to check out what remains of their homes. ... more Radar reveals vast medieval Cambodian city: study 
Chicago (AFP) Aug 13, 2007Archaeologists using radar imagery have shown that an ancient Cambodian settlement centered on the celebrated temple of Angkor Wat was far more extensive than previously thought, a study released Monday said. The medieval settlement surrounding Angkor, the one-time capital of the illustrious Khmer empire which flourished between the ninth and 14th centuries, covered a 3,000 square kilometer ... more Indian PM defends controversial US nuclear deal 
New Delhi (AFP) Aug 13, 2007Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday defended a controversial civilian nuclear accord with the United States, saying it would not affect the nation's military programme or any plans to test atomic weapons. The accord, which covers civil nuclear technology and seeks to bring India into the loop of global atomic commerce after a gap of three decades, was rejected almost immediately b ... more Kazakhstan to buy 10 percent of Westinghouse from Toshiba 
Tokyo (AFP) Aug 13, 2007Japan's Toshiba Corp. said Monday that it has agreed to sell 10 percent of US nuclear power plant maker Westinghouse Electric to Kazakhstan's state-run energy company Kazatomprom for 540 million dollars. By forging ties with the uranium-rich former Soviet republic, Toshiba aims to secure stable supplies of the resource used by power plants. "By welcoming Kazatomprom -- a global leader in ... more |
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Balad AFB, Iraq (SPX) Aug 12, 2007When terrorists tried shooting mortar rounds at Balad Air Base in July, they didn't count on the tireless, unblinking eye of an MQ-1 Predator unmanned aerial vehicle overhead, transmitting their every move to airmen on the ground here. Airmen assigned to the 46th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron here kept the Predator overhead July 24 watching the men while they confirmed what they were see ... more Libya stalling on disposal of uranium: report 
London (AFP) Aug 13, 2007Libya is stalling on a 2003 pledge to dispose of its uranium, with nearly 200 barrels of the material still in its hands, The Daily Telegraph reported on Monday. Citing unnamed sources close to the situation, the newspaper said that the uranium is in the form of yellow cake ore and is being stored at a military base in the town of Sabha. It is worth about 200 million pounds (295 million ... more Japan to build stealth jet in five years: report 
Tokyo (AFP) Aug 11, 2007Japan's defense ministry has decided to build a stealth fighter and wants a first test flight within five years, a news report said. The move could concern Washington as Japan is a major customer of US defense equipment, the Tokyo Shimbun said. Japan is moving ahead because the US military has been reluctant to sell Japan F-22 Raptors, the latest US Air Force jets built to evade radar de ... more Boeing TEAM TSAT Demonstrates Technology Maturity 
St. Louis MO (SPX) Aug 10, 2007TEAM TSAT, led by Boeing, has demonstrated that its Transformational Satellite Communications System Space Segment (TSAT) hardware and software can function in simulated operational environments, achieving Technology Readiness Level-6 (TRL-6) for payload, antenna, information assurance and gateway technologies. "Reaching TRL-6 is the culmination of TEAM TSAT's three-year effort and validat ... more Rice Brings Musharraf Back Into The Fold But Of What 
Washington DC (UPI) Aug 10, 2007For an entire day this week Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf appeared to have spun out of U.S. influence, deciding to fight terrorism his own way and impose a state of emergency in his country. Alarmed at this change, the Bush administration tasked Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to bring him back. She wasted no time. Hours after Islamabad officially announced that Musharraf was not atte ... more
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