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US military likely to be in Iraq for years after drawdown
Washington (AFP) Sept 14, 2007The US military will be tied down in Iraq with 100,000 troops at least through the presidency of George W. Bush, and a modest size residual force will be there for years to come. And that is a best-case scenario, as articulated by US Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Friday after Bush announced plans for more modest troop cuts by mid-July. "One of the sad aspects of war is there is no ... more Raytheon Awarded 5 Million Dollar Rapid Aerostat Initial Deployment Contract Option 
Tewksbury MA (SPX) Sep 17, 2007Raytheon Company has been awarded a $5 million U.S. Army contract option to provide Rapid Aerostat Initial Deployment (RAID) Mobile Eagle Eye tower systems to protect U.S. and coalition forces in Iraq. The contract calls for nine Mobile Eagle Eye elevated sensor systems with deliveries beginning in February 2008. Work will be performed at Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems' Integrated Air ... more Reports of NKorea-Syria nuclear links of major concern: Gates 
Washington (AFP) Sept 16, 2007The United States would have a "real problem" if Syria and North Korea are collaborating on a nuclear program, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Sunday. Gates refused to confirm the veracity of leaked intelligence reports suggesting that North Korea may be helping Syria build a nuclear weapons facility. "But all I will say is we are watching the North Koreans very carefully. We ... more US military team set to inspect Russian radar in Azerbaijan 
Baku (AFP) Sept 16, 2007A US military team will visit ex-Soviet Azerbaijan on Tuesday to inspect Russia's Gabala radar station, touted by Moscow as a potential alternative to controversial missile defence sites in central Europe. The Pentagon delegation will visit the station, about 200 kilometres (125 miles) from the Azerbaijani capital Baku, in the company of Azerbaijani and Russian military experts. ... more Commentary: Musharraf meltdown 
Washington (UPI) Sep 14, 2007 Some 80,000 Pakistani soldiers who man the non-existent border between the Federally Administered Tribal Areas and the Afghan border have stood down, but no one knows who gave the order or whether they are even taking orders. Taliban and al-Qaida terrorist training camps are up and running again with the acquiescence -- or impotence -- of the Pakistani army. That's the word by satellite phone ... more |
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Seoul (AFP) Sept 14, 2007South Korea on Friday began operating a nuclear fusion test reactor using an advanced superconducting magnetic system, as part of an international search for a limitless clean energy source. Seoul hopes the reactor, developed over 12 years at a cost of some 330 million dollars, will make it a world leader in fusion technology. The Ministry of Science and Technology said the Korea ... more Personalized Greenhouse Effect For Commercial Buildings 
San Francisco CA (SPX) Sep 17, 2007Just as a lizard can find the perfect spot in the sun or shade to control its body temperature, Australian award winning solar heating and cooling innovation Sun Lizard can help heat or cool offices and factories while cutting energy bills and greenhouse emissions. Companies can run up large energy bills and contribute to greenhouse emissions for the sake of a few extra degrees in room ... more Phoenix Canada Oil Extends International Patent Filings On Hydrogen Gas Generation Technology 
Toronto, Canada (SPX) Sep 17, 2007Phoenix Canada Oil reports that new patent filings, deriving from the recent issue of U.S. Patent number 7,122,171, have been completed under International Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) rules. Under the Technology License Agreement with a major U.S. research university, held by its U.S. unit, Phoenix International Energy Inc., Phoenix holds exclusive worldwide rights to the proprietary ... more Arianespace To Launch ELISA Satellites 
Paris, France (SPX) Sep 14, 2007The four ELISA satellites will be placed in heliosynchronous orbit by a Soyuz rocket to be launched from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana. They will be auxiliary passengers on the launch of the first Pleiades satellite in late 2009. Astrium is lead manager for the program, working with co-contractor Thales for French MoD procurement agency DGA. Astrium is prime contractor for ... more Foton-M3 On Schedule For Launch 
Paris, France (ESA) Sep 14, 2007An unmanned Foton capsule, carrying a payload of over 40 European experiments, is on schedule for launch from Baikonur Cosmodrome, in Kazakhstan, at 13:00 CEST (11:00 UT) tomorrow. The Soyuz-U launcher, which will carry the Foton-M3 spacecraft into orbit, was transferred to the launch pad this morning. The Foton-M3 assembly and test work was completed at Baikonur on Tuesday evening. ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Sept 13, 2007Iranian Interior Minister Mostafa Pour Mohammadi arrived in Beijing on Thursday for two days of talks that he said would focus on the debate over his nation's nuclear programme. "I will talk about the most important international and regional questions, Iran's nuclear case and also issues relating to the Middle East," he told Iranian state media after arriving in the Chinese capital. ... more Peroxide bomb-detection firm growing 
Haifa, Israel (UPI) Sep 13, 2007 An Israeli company that makes advanced explosives detectors has named a Turkish distributor, adding to a growing list of customers that includes U.S. soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan, plus armies, police departments and security organizations in England, Australia and India. Acro Security Technologies' product is the Peroxide Explosives Tester. Peroxide-based explosives are ... more Nuclear experts return from Yongbyon: report 
Beijing (AFP) Sept 13, 2007A US team of experts studying the disabling of North Korea's nuclear weapons programme has returned to Pyongyang after two days at the Yongbyon nuclear site, Chinese state press reported Thursday. The experts, from the United States, Russia and China, were expected to meet North Korean officials Friday to discuss the measures required to shut down the complex, the Xinhua news agency said in ... more Navy MQ-8B Fire Scout Gets a Lift From Marine Corps KC-130T Hercules 
Moss Point MI (SPX) Sep 14, 2007A cooperative effort between the U.S. Navy, U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps and Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) resulted in the first ever transport of a Navy MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical Take-off and Landing Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (VTUAV) in a Marine Corps KC-130T aircraft, flown by Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 234, Naval Air Station-Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth ... more ThalesRaytheonSystems To Provide Upgrade For Battle Control System 
Fullerton CA (SPX) Sep 14, 2007ThalesRaytheonSystems has received a $25.6 million contract to provide the U.S. Air Force with capability upgrades to the Battle Control System-Fixed (BCS-F) for Air Combat Command, NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense) and Air Forces Northern (AFNORTH). "Having common software and a common human-machine interface between the fixed and mobile communities will reduce development, testing, and ... more
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