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British mission in Afghanistan at turning point: minister
London (AFP) Aug 16, 2007Defence Secretary Des Browne said in an interview published Thursday that Britain's mission in Afghanistan could be at a turning point to bringing increased stability there. Speaking to The Guardian newspaper, Browne also said there was evidence of links between the Taliban and Iran, whom he described as "backing every horse in the race" in Afghanistan. Asked by the newspaper whether he ... more Analysis: Kidnapped Iraqi had top oil role 
Washington (UPI) Aug 15, 2007 The Iraqi oil official kidnapped with four others Tuesday was in charge of Iraq's exploration and production, a key role especially for a Sunni, and a stark reminder that even the most needed aspect of Iraq's economy -- oil and the wealth it brings in -- is not immune from the horror of today's Iraq. Abdel-Jabar al-Wagaa, a deputy minister and top assistant to the oil minister, was take ... more Russian bombers getting closer to US: American commander 
Washington (AFP) Aug 14, 2007Long-range Russian bombers are flying more often and closer to US territory, a top US commander said Tuesday, as Moscow made its latest show of military might with exercises over the North Pole. General Gene Renuart, Commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and US Northern Command, the agencies charged with protecting US and Canadian airspace, said that US forces would c ... more Analysis: India's integrated defense plan 
New Delhi (UPI) Aug 16, 2007 An Indian government-backed expert group has asked the government to prepare a 20-year defense plan that will make defense management more efficient. "India requires a holistic and integrated defense perspective plan for 20 years through a process of inter-state service prioritization," said a parliamentary standing committee report attached to the Defense Ministry. ... more Outside View: Nuclear terror's false logic 
Washington (UPI) Aug 16, 2007 Even as the International Atomic Energy Agency is meeting with Iranian officials to discuss increasing the openness of Iran's nuclear program, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad remains defiant about Tehran's right to pursue such a program -- including uranium enrichment, which would give Iran de facto nuclear weapon capability. This raises the specter of one of the greatest fears i ... more |
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Shenyang, China (AFP) Aug 16, 2007Negotiators in six-nation talks to halt North Korea's nuclear drive held a first day of discussions Thursday on steps the secretive regime must take to keep disarmament on track. The two-day meeting in northeast China's Shenyang city, near the North Korean border, is addressing what Pyongyang should do to declare and disable its nuclear weapons programmes. "We will focus our energy on di ... more BMD Focus: S-400 delays Part One 
Washington (UPI) Aug 16, 2007 Russia's S-400 anti-missile system is now deployed around Moscow. If it works as claimed, it is the most formidable of its kind in the world. But the very slow deployment timetable announced for it indicates a continuing lack of resources to produce it in the Russian industrial sector. Russia announced this month that the first battalion of S-400 Triumf air defense missiles has just be ... more Elbit Systems shows big quarterly earnings 
Haifa, Israel (UPI) Aug 16, 2007 Israeli defense company Elbit Systems Ltd. this week reported record results for the second quarter of 2007. "Backlog of orders as of June 30, 2007, reached a record $4.1 billion, compared with (nearly) $3.8 billion as of December 31, 2006," the company statement said. Of these orders, 73 percent were sales from outside Israel. The company said that "61 percent of the backlog is schedul ... more Ball Aerospace Completes IOTS Increment 2 In-Process Review 
Dayton OH (SPX) Aug 17, 2007Ball Aerospace and Technologies has completed the Increment 2 In-Process Review (IPR-2) for the Integrated Overhead Non-Imaging Infrared (ONIR) Tasking, Processing, Exploitation and Dissemination (TPED) System (IOTS) development effort. IOTS is a program of the National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) that will provide capabilities to process and exploit existing and future ONIR sensor ... more Defense Focus: Venezuela's Kalashnikovs 
Washington (UPI) Aug 15, 2007 International small-arms contracts usually don't make the big headlines the way seven-figure, heavy weapons system sales of main battle tanks, warships or combat aircraft do. But they can be of equal or greater importance. The announcement earlier this month by Russia's Izhevsk Manufacturing Plant in the Urals of its new deal to build two new factories to manufacture arms and ammunition in ... more |
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Aboard The Hmcs Fredericton, Arctic Ocean (AFP) Aug 16, 2007The largest ever military exercise in the Arctic is underway this week to firm Canada's disputed claim to this lonely region. "It's a sovereignty operation" to counter grabs by Russia, Denmark, Norway and the United States, Brigadier General Chris Whitecross, commander of Joint Task Force North, told AFP. Each nation is claiming flaps of Arctic seabed, believed to hold 25 percent of the ... more Hu seeks to expand energy, trade ties with Kyrgyzstan 
Bishkek (AFP) Aug 15, 2007Chinese President Hu Jintao sought a new energy and transport corridor for his country's surging economy in Kyrgyzstan on Wednesday, the second day of a Central Asian tour to boost ties with the region. Hu met Kyrgyz Prime Minister Almazbek Atambayev during his first ever visit to this mountainous ex-Soviet state, which lies on China's western edge. The two presidents said they were near ... more Nuclear Power In Space - Part 2 
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Aug 16, 2007Nuclear power could greatly contribute to spacecraft capabilities. The Soviet Union first developed nuclear powered generators for spacecraft in the 1960s. Since 1970 it has launched more than 30 military radar satellites equipped with the Buk unit, which can generate up to 3 kW of electricity. In 1987-1988, the Topol unit (Topaz), with a generating capacity of 6 kW, was successfully fligh ... more What's The Outlook For The ISS 
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Aug 16, 2007In all probability, the question in the headline should be rephrased and run like this: who will man the International Space Station (ISS) next? The very future of this unique international orbital complex depends on the answer. The prospects for keeping the present crew are small, in fact, none existent. The main ISS users - the Russians and the Americans - are not interested in exploiting the ... more At Least 3 Chinese Satellites Malfunctioning Since 2006 
Beijing, China (Xinhua) Aug 16, 2007At least three orbiting satellites have been malfunctioning but all were salvaged by experts, aerospace scientists said here Monday. The experts from the Xi'an Satellite Monitor and Control Center said that an orbiter lost its position and repeated rollovers in space in October 2006. "The ground center temporarily lost control over the malfunctioning satellite," said Dong Deyi, head of the center ... more
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