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China Southern intending to buy 55 Boeing 737 aircraft
Shanghai (AFP) Aug 21, 2007China Southern Airlines, the country's largest carrier by fleet size, said Tuesday it planned to buy 55 Boeing 737s aircraft in a deal that could be worth billions of dollars. The intended orders are aimed at renewing China Southern's fleet and enhancing its competitiveness in the country's booming aviation market, said a statement filed with the Shanghai bourse. Deliveries are scheduled ... more Russia Builds Highly Effective Pechora Surface-To-Air Missiles 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 21, 2007The final stage of the Combat Fraternity 2007 military exercise will be held at the Ashuluk firing range in the Astrakhan Region (southern Russia) on August 22. Defense ministers from ten CIS states will fly to the range after the opening ceremony of the MAKS 2007 aerospace show, which opens in Zhukovsky near Moscow on August 21. They will see the operation of the S-125 Pechora (NATO repor ... more Army Unveils First Hybrid-Electric Propulsion System For New Combat Vehicles 
Santa Clara CA (SPX) Aug 21, 2007The U.S. Army unveiled its first hybrid-electric propulsion system for a new fleet of Manned Ground Vehicles (MGVs), which will be tested and evaluated at the Army' s Power and Energy Systems Integration Laboratory. The Army is developing and building eight new MGV variants for 15 Future Combat Systems Brigade Combat Teams (FCS BCTs). All eight commonly-designed MGV variants will provide S ... more US army awards contract to develop truck-mounted laser weapon 
Washington (AFP) Aug 17, 2007Northrop Grumman was awarded a contract Friday to develop a mobile truck-mounted laser capable of destroying rockets, artillery shells and mortars, the US Army said. Northrop Grumman will be in competition with Boeing which was awarded a seven million dollar contract to develop a similar higher energy laser that can be mounted on a heavy truck. ... more The Final Frontier Closer To Home Than Ever Before 
Maxwell AL (AFPN) Aug 20, 2007Air University officials here will host an educational symposium on the realm of space, America's dependence on the cosmos, and how military and civilian communities discuss the nation's space vulnerabilities Sept. 25 to 27 in downtown Montgomery, Ala. Headed by the National Space Studies Center at Air University, the symposium touts the motto: "Building an educational foundation for understandi ... more |
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Los Angeles (AFP) Aug 20, 2007US media reports related to the war in Iraq fell dramatically in the second quarter of this year, a new study revealed Monday, as the 2008 presidential race gathered pace. A report by the Washington-based Project for Excellence in Journalism found that in the three-month period covering April, May and June, reports on Iraq tumbled from 22 to roughly 15 percent. That fall was attributed ... more Pentagon "to do" list gives little hint of US goals for Iraq 
Washington (AFP) Aug 20, 2007The Pentagon's number two has issued a "to do" list for the administration's waning days in office, but it gives little hint of its goals for Iraq. "Conduct September 2007 Iraq surge assessment and revise and execute plans accordingly," said Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England in an August 9 memo obtained by AFP. That was the only one of 25 priorities that even alluded to what the ... more Pakistan warns India against nuclear tests 
Islamabad (AFP) Aug 20, 2007Pakistan on Monday hinted it would renounce its unilateral moratorium on nuclear testing if India were to resume trials, last carried out by both countries nine years ago. New Delhi has said its right to conduct tests will not be undermined by a bilateral civilian nuclear deal with the United States which has raised concerns here. Washington has said there would be no such deal with Paki ... more Analysis: Meeting the Taliban 
Berlin (UPI) Aug 20, 2007 Should the West negotiate with moderate elements inside the Taliban? While the question currently divides the German government, it surfaced Monday that a team of German intelligence officials in 2005 secretly met with two Taliban representatives. Zurich, July 2005. A limousine with darkened windows drives from the airport to the nearby Hilton Hotel. In the car, two agents of Germany's ... more Defense Focus: Quantity not quality 
Washington (UPI) Aug 20, 2007 A new analysis of the Israel-Syria military balance of power by Anthony H. Cordesman of the Center for Strategic & International Studies think tank in Washington concludes that while the Syrian army is much larger than the Israeli army, it remains far inferior in its quality. That assessment may be less reassuring than it sounds, because often in wars, quantity in weapons systems and ot ... more |
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New York (AFP) Aug 20, 2007World oil prices declined Monday as critical US energy production facilities in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico looked set to dodge any potential danger from Hurricane Dean, traders said. Dean was swirling across the Caribbean Sea toward Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. Although US producers heaved a sigh of relief, Mexico's offshore oil industry in the Gulf of Mexico is on high alert and co ... more Mexico shuts down oil installations ahead of hurricane's landfall 
Mexico (AFP) Aug 20, 2007Mexico's state oil company PEMEX said on Monday it shut down all its facilities in the Gulf of Mexico and evacuated all staff from its rigs and platforms ahead of the anticipated landfall of Hurricane Dean. Petroleos Mexicanos said it shut down all 140 facilities. Forecasters expect Dean to slam ashore on Mexico's Caribbean coast before dawn on Tuesday and cross the Yucatan Peninsula to ... more Coal And Black Liquor Can Produce Energy From Papermaking 
University Park PA (SPX) Aug 21, 2007Adding a little coal and processing the papermaking industry's black liquor waste into synthesis gas is a better choice than burning it for heat, improves the carbon footprint of coal-to-liquid processes, and can produce a fuel versatile enough to run a cooking stove or a truck, according to a team of Penn state engineers. "Black liquor is routinely burned in a recovery boiler," says Andre ... more Russia Offers New Deposits For Geological Prospecting 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 21, 2007Russia's Natural Resources Ministry is offering 93 new deposits for prospecting, including fields in East and West Siberia, the ministry's press office said Monday. "The ministry has approved new lists of deposits offered for geological prospecting in 2007 at the expense of natural resources companies," the ministry said in a statement. The ministry will offer 38 hydrocarbon deposits with ... more Coal-Based Fuels And Products Hit The Refinery 
University Park PA (SPX) Aug 21, 2007A variety of end products including jet fuel, gasoline, carbon anodes and heating oil may be possible using existing refineries and combinations of coal and refinery by-products, according to a team of Penn State researchers. "One idea is based on the coal-to-jet fuel work that we have been doing for a long time," says Caroline E. Burgess Clifford, research associate at Penn State's Energy ... more
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