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Boeing Completes CubeSat Mission To Advance Nano-Satellite Technology
St. Louis MO (SPX) Aug 17, 2007Boeing has completed the first phase of its nano-satellite research and experimentation with the successful conclusion of the CubeSat TestBed 1 (CSTB1) mission. The spacecraft, launched April 17 from the Baikonur Cosmosdrome in Kazakhstan, accomplished 100 percent of its primary mission objectives. Through experiments such as CSTB1, Boeing is evaluating a variety of technologies, design el ... more US military sees looming China threat to satellites 
Huntsville, Alabama (AFP) Aug 14, 2007China may be just three years away from being able to disrupt US military satellites in a regional conflict, a senior US military leader said Tuesday, citing a recent anti-satellite test and other advances. The warning came amid calls at a conference in Huntsville, Alabama for intensified efforts to ensure US "space superiority" in the wake of China's shoot-down January 11 of one of its own ... more Laser-Guided Maverick Missile Meets Urgent Air Force Need 
Tucson AZ (SPX) Aug 17, 2007Having published an urgent operational need for a close air support weapon to defeat high-speed moving targets with minimal collateral damage, the U.S. Air Force has expressed interest in re-establishing production of Raytheon laser-guided Maverick. The laser-guided AGM-65E Maverick missile is an air-to-ground weapon that can meet the service's needs in the near-term. ... more 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 |
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Tehran (AFP) Aug 15, 2007The chief commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guards on Wednesday boasted of his elite force's military prowess, saying its missiles and ships had the "length and breadth" of the Gulf under cover. "We have surface-to-sea missile systems that can cover the length and breadth of the Persian Gulf and Sea of Oman," Yahya Rahim Safavi, the commander of the Revolutionary Guards told Iran's internati ... more Pakistani forces kill 10 militants 
Islamabad (AFP) Aug 16, 2007Pakistan's armed forces killed 10 suspected pro-Taliban militants in clashes while a bomb left two soldiers dead in fresh violence Thursday in the troubled tribal territory bordering Afghanistan. Troops backed by helicopter gunships battled militants after a military convoy came under attack in volatile northwestern Pakistan. "Ten miscreants were killed and 12 were wounded when security ... more Russian radar site doesn't fit US missile shield needs: general 
Huntsville, Alabama (AFP) Aug 16, 2007A Russian radar site in Azerbaijan is too close to Iran to serve as a replacement for a planned US missile defense site in eastern Europe, the chief of the US missile defense agency said Thursday. Lieutenant General Henry Obering said the Russian proposal was worth pursuing but only as a complement to the radar and interceptor missiles the United States wants to put in the Czech Republic and ... 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 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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Jakarta (AFP) Aug 15, 2007The victims of a devastating "mud volcano" in Indonesia are to demand that the country's top court declare unjust a presidential decree on the terms of their compensation, they said Wednesday. Some 600 hectares (1,500 acres) of land in East Java has been inundated with sludge that began spewing when Lapindo Brantas, a company linked to Indonesia's welfare minister, was drilling for gas witho ... more SAsia flood death toll tops 2,600 
New Delhi (AFP) Aug 16, 2007The death toll from the worst floods in decades across South Asia rose above 2,600 Thursday, as officials were still trying to find dozens missing and feared drowned in India. Heavy monsoon rains and snow melt since late July have caused the flooding in Nepal, India and Bangladesh, with losses estimated at nearly one billion dollars and major outbreaks of water-borne disease. ... more Plain Soap As Effective As Antibacterial But Without The Risk 
Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Aug 16, 2007Antibacterial soaps show no health benefits over plain soaps and, in fact, may render some common antibiotics less effective, says a University of Michigan public health professor. In the first known comprehensive analysis of whether antibacterial soaps work better than plain soaps, Allison Aiello of the U-M School of Public Health and her team found that washing hands with an antibacterial soap ... more Canada troopers assert Arctic sovereignty 
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
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