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Russia's Army Chief Criticizes US Missile Defense Proposals
Solnechnogorsk, Russia (RIA Novosti) Oct 18, 2007The U.S. has made no new proposals to try and resolve a dispute with Russia over Washington's plans to place elements of its missile shield in Europe, Russia's chief of the General Staff said Wednesday. During recent missile talks in Moscow, the U.S. delegation proposed allowing Russian experts access to inspect its planned missile defense sites in Poland and the Czech Republic, and to use radar ... more Japan's ruling party backs smaller Afghan mission 
Tokyo (AFP) Oct 17, 2007Japan's ruling party approved a bill Wednesday to scale back support for US-led forces in Afghanistan but the move was unlikely to placate the opposition, which wants to end the mission entirely. Japanese vessels have refuelled coalition jets and ships under a law, which expires on November 1, allowing the officially pacifist nation to take part in the US-led "war on terror." The ruling ... more Commentary: Not since Stalin 
Washington (UPI) Oct 17, 2007 The last visit by a Russian leader to Iran was by Joseph Stalin in December 1943 for a secret summit with Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill. The British leader wanted the next major allied invasion to target Europe's soft underbelly in the Balkans. The Soviet dictator and the U.S. president outvoted him. Thus, the decision was reached to make the invasion of France, which took place sev ... more Syria denies existence of nuclear site 
Damascus (AFP) Oct 17, 2007Syria denied on Wednesday media reports suggesting that its UN envoy had said a nuclear site was hit in an Israeli air strike last month, insisting there was no such facility on its soil. "The ministry denies media reports that Syria's ambassador in New York had said the September 6 raid targeted a nuclear plant because no such facility exists in Syria," the foreign ministry said in a statem ... more Pentagon sees little Turkish appetite for an Iraq incursion 
Washington (AFP) Oct 17, 2007Turkey has little appetite for military action against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, a step that would have "enormous implications" for Ankara as well as Washington, a Pentagon spokesman said Wednesday. Geoff Morrell, the Pentagon press secretary, said senior US officials urged restraint and a diplomatic solution to the crisis when they met with their Turkish counterparts over the weekend ... more |
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Jerusalem (AFP) Oct 17, 2007Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak has held Washington talks with his US counterpart Robert Gates on the joint development of a missile interception system, his office said on Wednesday. On his first trip since taking office in June, Barak and Gates also discussed regional issues on Tuesday, including Iran's controversial nuclear programme, which Israel and the United States say is cover fo ... more Bar Iran from nuclear arms to avoid World War III : Bush 
Washington (AFP) Oct 17, 2007President George W. Bush Wednesday warned Iran must be barred from nuclear weapons to avoid the prospect of "World War III," and dismissed suggestions of a US-Russia rift on the crisis. Bush intervened hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin made a new proposal to end the nuclear crisis as he met Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for landmark talks in Tehran. Iran's top nuclear ... more Putin boosting Russia's interests with Iran visit 
Moscow (AFP) Oct 17, 2007Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to Iran this week was about boosting Russia's economic and security interests more than helping Tehran, analysts said on Wednesday. "The economic advantages of cooperation with Iran are big for Russia. That's why Russia is against sanctions" over Iran's nuclear programme, the Vedomosti business daily said in a front-page editorial. "A nuclear weap ... more Boeing Names Scott Fancher Missile Defense Systems VP And GM 
St. Louis MO (SPX) Oct 18, 2007Boeing named Scott Fancher vice president and general manager, Missile Defense Systems, effective Oct. 16. Fancher replaces Patrick Shanahan, who has assumed responsibility for the 787 Dreamliner program in Boeing Commercial Airplanes. In his new position, Fancher reports directly to Roger Krone, president, Network and Space Systems, and oversees 3,900 people in nine major operating locations, p ... more China ASAT Test Exposed US Vulnerabilities 
Washington (AFP) Oct 18, 2007US Defense Secretary Robert Gates Wednesday said a Chinese anti-satellite test earlier this year exposed US vulnerabilities in space and he called on the military to protect "unfettered" US access to space. Gates referred to the Chinese anti-satellite test at a change of command ceremony at the US Strategic Command, which is responsible for US nuclear forces, missile defense and military operati ... more |
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Washington (UPI) Oct 17, 2007 Recent pronouncements by U.S. Air Force officials about their view of cyberspace as a war-fighting domain have attracted little attention. But the questions they raise for U.S. military policy and doctrine are profound. "Cyber(space) is important to the nation," said Gen. Robert Elder, the military officer in charge of the U.S. Air Force's day-to-day cyberspace operations, acknowledging ... more US could change missile shield plan if Iranian threat subsides 
Brussels (AFP) Oct 17, 2007The United States could change its approach to developing a missile shield if Iran were to suspend uranium enrichment in its nuclear programme, a senior US State Department official said Wednesday. Assistant Secretary of State Daniel Fried said US officials had explained Washington's stance to Russia in talks at NATO headquarters to help allay any fears that the missile shield would be a thr ... more Bush urges Turkey against Iraq incursion
Washington (AFP) Oct 17, 2007President George W. Bush on Wednesday urged Turkey not to carry out cross-border strikes on Kurdish rebels in Iraq, advice shrugged off by lawmakers in Ankara who greenlighted such attacks. "We are making it very clear to Turkey that we don't think it is in their interests to send troops into Iraq," the embattled US president said, in a mild rebuke to a key US ally in the war-torn country. ... more SKorea set to decide on troops in Iraq 
Seoul (AFP) Oct 17, 2007South Korea's defence minister said Wednesday the government would decide this week whether to extend the stay of its troops in Iraq. Kim Jang-Soo said that a timetable on the mission of 1,200 South Korean troops stationed in Iraq would be submitted to the National Assembly by Friday. "Consultations among related government offices are almost done. So we will decide it by the day after ... more Thompson Files: Osprey myths 
Arlington, Va. (UPI) Oct 17, 2007 There is sad news from the U.S. capital. It turns out that the U.S. Marine Corps has been run for a quarter century by incompetent leaders who have worked closely with corrupt members of Congress to put young Marines in aircraft that will get them killed. The only thing that can save us from this cabal is courageous investigative reporting that reveals the rot destroying our defense establishm ... more
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