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Boeing-Led Airborne Laser Team Completes Low Power Flight Tests
St. Louis MO (SPX) Sep 04, 2007Boeing, industry teammates and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency successfully demonstrated in flight tests that the Airborne Laser's battle management and beam control/fire control systems can complete the full series of steps required to support a ballistic missile intercept. During these "low power" tests, which concluded Aug. 23, the modified Boeing 747-400F operated from Edwards Air ... more Bush says fewer troops needed to maintain Iraq security 
Al-Asad Air Base, Iraq (AFP) Sept 3, 2007US President George W. Bush said during a surprise visit to Iraq on Monday that security could be maintained with fewer US troops if a turnaround in the restive province of Anbar continues. Bush made the remarks after a meeting of his "war council" with Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki and other senior Iraqi leaders just days before General David Petraeus and US Ambassador Ryan Crocker report ... more Balance in Taiwan Straits 
Hong Kong (UPI) Aug 31, 2007 During the past seven to 10 years, China's rapid buildup of military power has tipped the balance in the Taiwan Strait strongly in its favor. Since 1999, when former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui announced his "two states" theory -- daring to say that the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China are two different states, precipitating the PRC's aggressive stance against the ... more Few challenges for extremists 
Washington (UPI) Aug 31, 2007 Violent extremist groups are the most recognized face of Islam across the world, though they are a tiny minority within the Muslim community. But the methods they use -- suicide bombings, mass killings, executions and hijacking -- draw immediate attention. And since they do so in the name of Islam, what they do also makes their faith look bad. Muslim and Western scholars of ... more Britain, France must be included in weapons talks: Russian general 
Moscow (AFP) Sept 3, 2007Nuclear powers Britain and France must be included in any new efforts by Washington and Moscow to reduce stocks of tactical nuclear weapons, a Russian defence ministry official said on Monday. "We're ready to launch such negotiations with the United States but it must take place with the participation in the process of other countries, above all Britain and France," said General Vladimir ... more |
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Moscow (AFP) Sept 3, 2007Russia will grant Indonesia a billion-dollar credit line to enable it to buy Russian military hardware, a Russian presidential spokesman said Monday. The credit agreement was due to be signed when Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Jakarta on Thursday, Sergei Prikhodko told Russian news agencies. "The amount of credit will be about one billion dollars (734 million euros)" he said.< ... more Major naval drill kicks off in Indian Ocean 
Port Blair, India (AFP) Sept 4, 2007A massive naval drill opens in the Indian Ocean on Tuesday with warships from the United States and four other nations flexing their muscle in one of the world's busiest shipping lanes. Twenty-seven ships and submarines from the United States, Australia, Japan and Singapore will join seven from host India off the Andamans archipelago in the Bay of Bengal for the six-day manoeuvres, officials ... more China hacked into Pentagon computer network: report 
Beijing (AFP) Sept 4, 2007China's military successfully hacked into the Pentagon's computer network, raising fears it could disrupt the US defence department's systems, the Financial Times reported Tuesday. The Chinese military's cyber attack was carried out in June following months of efforts, the London-based newspaper said, citing unnamed current and former US officials. While the Pentagon declined to say who ... more Signs of NKorea nuclear progress but weapons elusive 
Seoul (AFP) Sept 4, 2007North Korea's agreement to disable its nuclear facilities by the end of the year is a hopeful sign but the communist state is a long way away from giving up its actual atomic weapons, analysts said Tuesday. Confirming an earlier US report, a North Korean foreign ministry spokesman said Monday the two sides agreed during weekend talks in Geneva on "taking practical measures to neutralise the ... more Bombs kill 20 near Pakistani capital 
Rawalpindi (AFP) Sept 4, 2007A powerful bomb ripped through a bus believed to be carrying Pakistani nuclear workers on Tuesday and another hit a market minutes later, leaving at least 20 people dead, officials said. The devastating attacks happened in sensitive areas of the garrison city of Rawalpindi, near the capital Islamabad, which is the the site of the army headquarters and President Pervez Musharraf's official ar ... more |
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Princeton NJ (SPX) Sep 04, 2007Creating ultrasmall grooves on microchips -- a key part of many modern technologies -- is about to become as easy as making a sandwich, using a new process invented by Princeton engineers. The simple, low-cost technique results in the self-formation of periodic lines, or gratings, separated by as few as 60 nanometers -- less than one ten-thousandth of a millimeter -- on microchips. ... more Iowa State Researcher Studies The Sustainability Of The Bioeconomy 
Ames IO (SPX) Sep 04, 2007This spring farmers responded to the ethanol industry's demand for grain by increasing their corn acreage by 19 percent over last year, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates. What if that happens again next year? What if farmers decide against crop rotations and plant corn on the same fields, year after year? Or, what if farmers begin growing biomass crops such as switchgrass ... more Oil prices higher amid Hurricane Felix 
London (AFP) Sept 3, 2007World oil prices climbed on Monday as traders worried that Hurricane Felix might yet force the closure of vital oil rigs in offshore Mexico. Trading was subdued, however, owing to a public holiday in the United States. In London, the price of Brent North Sea crude for October delivery rose 66 cents to 73.35 dollars per barrel. New York's main futures contract, light sweet crude for ... more More Mideast-China investment 'hampered by culture' 
Dubai (AFP) Sept 3, 2007Greater investment between the Middle East and China is being hampered by a lack of understanding between the two cultures, a conference in the United Arab Emirates heard on Monday. The warning came despite trade between the two doubling since the year 2000 and projections of massive investment by some Middle Eastern states in Asia over the next five years -- with most of that money going to ... more Sharp unveils ultra-sensitive touch-screen LCD 
Tokyo (AFP) Aug 31, 2007Japan's Sharp Corp, a leading producer of liquid crystal displays, on Friday unveiled a new LCD system equipped with an ultra-sensitive touch screen. In the new LCD panel, each pixel carries an optical sensor. This eliminates the need to place film over the panel, meaning better image quality than existing touch-screen designs. This also allows the screen to respond to touch in multiple ... more
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