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Lockheed Martin Achieves Key Integration Milestone On First-Of-Its-Kind Missile Warning Satellite
Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Sep 11, 2007Lockheed Martin has announced that it has successfully mated the spacecraft bus and the payload for the first Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous orbit (GEO-1) satellite. SBIRS will provide early warning of ballistic missile launches and support other missions simultaneously, including missile defense, technical intelligence and battlespace awareness. The GEO-1 bus is the ... more Analysis: Iran moves to ditch U.S. dollar 
Washington (UPI) Sep 10, 2007 Faced with U.S. economic sanctions and a weak dollar, Tehran is demanding foreign energy companies do business in yen and euros, despite increasingly desperate need for investment. In a deal announced last week, Japan's Nippon Oil agreed to buy oil from Iran using yen instead of the traditional U.S. dollars. The agreement comes after years of Iranian efforts to shift its petroleum ... more Putin 'optimistic' accord possible with US on missile defence 
Moscow (AFP) Sept 10, 2007Russia and the United States still have a chance to reach agreement on the vexed question of Washington's missile defence plans, President Vladimir Putin said on Monday. "All is not lost and we still have a certain amount of healthy optimism," Putin said in comments broadcast on Russian television. "Regarding our differences, they've always existed and of course will do so given the ... more Proposed troop cuts would end US surge in Iraq by mid-2008 
Washington (AFP) Sept 10, 2007Troop reductions proposed Monday by General David Petraeus, the US commander in Iraq, would cut US combat ground forces in Iraq by about a quarter, effectively ending the "surge" in ten months. With Petraeus giving pivotal testimony to lawmakers in Congress on President George W. Bush's war strategy deploying additional troops, the following are key facts related to US troop deployments in ... more Outside View: Life after START 
Washington (UPI) Sep 10, 2007 Russia's planned suspension of participation in the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty and its warnings surrounding the proposed American missile defense shield in Europe have reflected a post-Cold War low in bilateral relations. In light of these events, transparency regarding military capabilities and nuclear weapons takes increasing prominence. The most significant and complex ... more |
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Washington DC (SPX) Sep 11, 2007"A hard rain's gonna fall..." So the Dylan song went... but when rain and storm surges fall on lands protected by weak levees, this means trouble...big trouble. Hurricanes Katrina and Rita were devastating reminders of this frightening fact. How then can we limit trouble when a levee breaches or, better yet, prevent such a break from ever happening again. Any solution will be difficult ... more Tiny Tubes And Rods Show Promise As Catalysts 
Upton NY (SPX) Sep 11, 2007Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed new ways to make or modify nanorods and nanotubes of titanium oxide, a material used in a variety of industrial and medical applications. The methods and new titanium oxide materials may lead to improved catalysts for hydrogen production, more efficient solar cells, and more protective sunscreens. ... more Analysis: Deeper than an oil law in Iraq 
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UPI) Sep 10, 2007 Both Iraq's federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government are upset by each other's efforts in reaching a deal on a national oil and gas law and have announced moves to develop the oil sector without it. Neither has given up, however, on the hydrocarbons law, a tool that will both govern development of resources that bring in nearly all the government's revenue and allow ... more Analysis: Poland's energy ambitions 
Berlin (UPI) Sep 10, 2007 Poland is one of the least energy import dependent countries in Eastern Europe, but among the fiercest when it comes to its desire to dominate energy security policy in Europe. "Poland sees itself as a precursor in Europe when it comes to energy policy," Kai-Olaf Lang, Poland expert at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs, told United Press International in a ... more Kazakhstan Wants Right To Ban Rocket Launches Over Its Territory 
Astana, Kazakhstan (RIA Novosti) Sep 10, 2007Kazakhstan wants the right to ban rocket launches from its Baikonur space center, which Russia rents, in situations where the Kazakh president is located near the launch, the prime minister said. The Kazakh premier's announcement follows Thursday's crash of a Russian Proton-M rocket with a Japanese communications satellite on board shortly after launch. "If the president is on a visit ... more |
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Hong Kong (UPI) Sep 7, 2007 China has been upgrading its H-6 bombers and producing H-6K bombers in an effort to improve its aerial nuclear strategic deterrence. The subsonic speed of the H-6 and non-stealthy sorties prevented it from breaking through the air-defense networks of Russia, the United States and Japan. Fitted with D-30-P2 engines of greater thrust power, the H-6K has a greatly increased range and combat ... more Britain stayed in Basra longer because of US: commander 
London (AFP) Sept 10, 2007Britain was prepared to withdraw its forces from the southern Iraqi city of Basra in April, but held off for five months after the United States asked it to stay, Britain's military commander in Iraq said in an interview published on Monday. Speaking to The Daily Telegraph, Brigadier James Bashall, commander of 1 Mechanised Brigade, said that he wanted to leave Britain's Basra Palace base ... more Russia Calls On UN To Keep Space Weapon Free 
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Sep 06, 2007Russia is to put forward a draft resolution to the United Nations banning the deployment of weapons in outer space, a Russian UN mission official statement said Thursday. The resolution entitled, Transparency and Confidence Building Measures in Outer Space Activities, was submitted to the UN five years ago and proposed a ban on the deployment of all types of weapons in space. Russia said ... more Iran rejects 'impossible' nuclear suspension 
Tehran (AFP) Sept 9, 2007Iran's top nuclear negotiator on Sunday said it was "impossible" Tehran would yield to the key Western demand over its nuclear programme, even if the UN Security Council imposed further sanctions. The reaffirmation by Ali Larijani of Iran's refusal to suspend uranium enrichment activities comes a day ahead of a crucial meeting in Vienna of the UN atomic energy agency on the Iranian nuclear ... more SKorea hails Russia's role on NKorea 
Sydney (AFP) Sept 9, 2007South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun praised Russia on Sunday for helping advance the six-way talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear weapons programme. "The process of six-sided talks is going well. This is also thanks to your role and the role of the Russian government," Roh said at talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the margins of an Asia Pacific summit in Sydney. ... more
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