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US missile defense system scores intercept in test
Washington (AFP) Sept 28, 2007A US missile intercepted a mock warhead launched into space over the Pacific Friday in a successful test of the US missile defense system, a defense spokesman said. "It was a direct hit," said Chris Taylor, a spokesman for the Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency. The interceptor missile was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California 17 minutes after the target missile was launch ... more Satellites show Karen villages burnt in Myanmar 
Washington (AFP) Sept 28, 2007Satellite pictures show ethnic minority Karen villages burnt to the ground in Myanmar, US researchers said, unveiling images taken months before the military regime's latest crackdown on dissents. Patches of scorched earth corresponding to settlements reportedly destroyed are visible in the high-definition photographs taken by satellites zooming in on the secretive state in late April and an ... more US interceptors in Europe fast enough to hit Russian ICBMs: researcher 
Washington (AFP) Sept 27, 2007Interceptor missiles deployed in Poland as part of a US missile defense shield would be fast enough to target Russian intercontinental missiles, contrary to US assurances, a US researcher said Thursday. Ted Postol, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a long time critic of the US missile defense system, said the US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is understating the spee ... more Iraqi civilian deaths part of war on terror: US military 
Baghdad (AFP) Sept 29, 2007The US military on Saturday put down to its "war on terror" the deaths of civilians in a series of airstrikes in Baghdad and southern belts this week that also killed a senior Al-Qaeda in Iraq leader. "We regret when civilians are hurt or killed while coalition forces search to rid Iraq of terrorism," US military spokesman Major Brad Leighton told AFP. Iraqi officials claimed that 13 civ ... more Boeing-led Missile Defense Team Tout Successful Missile Defense Intercept Test 
St. Louis MO (SPX) Sep 28, 2007Boeing, working with industry teammates and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, successfully completed a missile defense flight test today that resulted in the intercept of a target warhead and demonstrated the capability and reliability of the nation's only defense against long-range ballistic missiles. The test of the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system began at 4:01 p.m. Eastern when a l ... more |
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Tehran (AFP) Sept 30, 2007Iran said on Sunday it would press on with its intensified cooperation with the UN nuclear agency to prevent the imposition of further Security Council sanctions over its contested nuclear programme. "To prevent new sanctions, we will continue our cooperation with the agency," said foreign ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini, according to the state IRNA news agency. Referring to US ... more Analysis: DHS' troubled transport contract 
Washington (UPI) Sep 28, 2007 The company awarded a $25.4 million contract by the Department of Homeland Security for transportation services around the capital is not licensed to operate in the Washington area and does not pay its employees in line with federal wage determinations -- which should make it ineligible for the work. Transcom Inc. of Germantown, Md., got the largest of three awards made under the contra ... more Defence chiefs draw up plans to slash Royal Navy size: report 
London (AFP) Sept 29, 2007Officials at Britain's defence ministry have put together proposals that would dramatically reduce the Royal Navy's fleet, the Sunday Telegraph reported on its website. Citing details e-mailed to it by a source within the Ministry of Defence (MoD), the newspaper reported that because of strains on the MoD's budget in upcoming years, five warships could be decommissioned from April. The s ... more Outside View: Cyberspace Trojan horse 
Moscow (UPI) Sep 28, 2007 Reports about missile interceptors and potential military confrontation in Iran have eclipsed the emergence of cyberspace as a new military theater. The Internet is turning into a real battlefield. The U.S. Air Force is establishing a temporary special command responsible for combat action in the World Wide Web. In the future, the Pentagon intends to turn it into a fully fledge ... more Raytheon Awarded Hybrid Silicon Compound Semiconductor Contract 
Tewksbury MA (SPX) Oct 01, 2007The Office of Naval Research has awarded Raytheon a $6.5 million contract to develop affordable, high-performance semiconductor integrated circuits for electronic-driven military systems. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is funding the contract as part of its Compound Semiconductor Materials on Silicon (COSMOS) program. Dr. Mark Rosker is DARPA's program manager. A Raytheon-led ... more |
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Fort Bliss, Texas (AFP) Sept 30, 2007This sprawling US Army base located at the edge of El Paso and skirting the border with Mexico is undergoing a major expansion that heavily relies on Mexicans for its construction. Amid growing controversy in the United States over immigration -- legal and illegal -- the military is using foreign labor to build the base. The expansion will also mean a population boom and a big infusion o ... more Taiwan Issue Puzzles China As Frontiers Stir 
Hong Kong (UPI) Sep 28, 2007 At its 17th National Congress next month the Chinese Communist Party will discuss its future policy and principles regarding Taiwan, a spokesman of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council announced this week. This indicates that conflict over how to handle the Taiwan issue is escalating within the party, which has maintained a clear Taiwan policy for decades -- pursuing unification unde ... more GMES Space Program Reaches Important Development Milestone 
Paris, France (ESA) Oct 01, 2007Yesterday ESA's Member States participating in the GMES Program approved the transition to Phase-2 of Segment 1 of the GMES Space Component Program. Oversubscription of the program by the ESA Council at ministerial level in 2005 was confirmed, with oversubscription to phase 2 of 116%, giving a total amount of 500 million euros. This additional contribution to the program will allow ESA to confir ... more Infinity Bio-Energy Wants To Make Cleanest And Greenest Production Ethanol From Sugarcane Yet 
New York NY (SPX) Oct 01, 2007Infinity Bio-Energy announced a commitment to encourage the development and implementation of new self-imposed standards and guidelines for the production of sugarcane fuel ethanol as well as the production of energy co-generated from sugarcane and green coal produced from the same biomass. "As the world faces the challenge of climate change, the transportation sector is pushing to establish hig ... more Praxair To Participate In Spanish Clean-Coal Project 
Danbury, CT (SPX) Oct 01, 2007Praxair will work with Fundacion Ciudad de la Energia (CIUDEN), a Spanish government agency, to develop a pilot facility incorporating advanced technologies for carbon dioxide abatement and capture from coal-fired electricity generating plants.To be located in El Bierzo, in northern Spain, the initial phase of project is scheduled to be completed by mid-2009. It will conduct tests using anthraci ... more
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