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Using Nanotech To Make Robocops
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 05, 2007Bulletproof jackets do not turn security guards, police officers and armed forces into Robocops, repelling the force of bullets in their stride. New research in carbon nanotechnology however could give those in the line of fire materials which can bounce bullets without a trace of damage. A research paper published in the Institute of Physics' Nanotechnology details how engineers from the ... more BMD Focus: Israel and Sky Guard -- Part 1 
Washington (UPI) Nov 2, 2007 The U.S. Army and Air Force have made clear they aren't interested in developing new speed-of-light, directed energy defenses against very-short-range ballistic missile threats, but a powerful new constituency for the idea is organizing itself in Israel. Such defenses are certainly feasible, and significant development has already been done on creating them in the United States. The pro ... more Analysis: SCO military or economic pact? 
Washington (UPI) Nov 2, 2007 The Shanghai Cooperation Organization is holding a four-day meeting in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, starting Friday. While the summit will doubtless end with the usual flurry of statements emphasizing peace and prosperity for member states, the gathering will be most notable for what is absent from the declarations, a vision of what the grouping actually entails, particularly as regards energy export ... more Analysis: Russia dangles nuclear carrot 
Washington (UPI) Nov 2, 2007 As Russia and China quietly maneuver for control of the Caspian region's vast energy reserves, both are looking ahead to a post-hydrocarbon world and beginning to cooperate on nuclear power. Russia is already in the Bush administration's bad books for its contributions to Iran's attempts to develop domestic nuclear power alternatives to oil-based power generation. The impasse in ... more Lockheed Martin to meet deadline for India's war jet deal 
New Delhi (AFP) Nov 2, 2007US aerospace giant Lockheed Martin on Friday said it would meet a March 2008 deadline set by India to bid for the world's largest military aircraft deal estimated at 10 billion dollars. It is among six global armament firms in the race to sell 126 fighter jets to the Indian air force. "We have sought no extension and plan to meet the deadline," company vice president Orville Prins told r ... more |
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Islamabad (AFP) Nov 4, 2007Pakistani forces deployed around key state buildings and rounded up leading critics Sunday as President Pervez Musharraf sought to shore up his flagging grip on power by imposing emergency rule. In coordinated moves, military ruler Musharraf suspended the constitution, sacked the chief justice, imposed strict media curbs and arrested some of his biggest opposition critics. ... more Economise To Defeat Sanctions Iranians Told As US Senate Warns Bush About War Authority 
Tehran (AFP) Nov 4, 2007Iranians should adopt austerity measures to limit the impact of sanctions over Tehran's nuclear drive, a cabinet minister said on Sunday, amid warnings by world powers of further punitive action. Interior Minister Mostafa Pour Mohammadi, in a speech marking the 28th anniversary of the seizure of the US embassy in Tehran, said Iranians needed to cut back on consumption to ensure the sanctions ... more Pakistan missile attack kills 10, militants parade troops 
Miranshah, Pakistan (AFP) Nov 2, 2007A missile strike on a pro-Taliban militant camp in Pakistan's tribal belt killed 10 people Friday, as rebels in another area paraded 48 men said to be troops captured during fierce clashes. The unrest heightens pressure on President Pervez Musharraf, a key US ally in the 'war on terror,' to tackle Al-Qaeda and Taliban insurgents cementing their grip over northwestern Pakistan and its trouble ... more Seoul wants 'smooth' NKorea nuclear disablement 
Seoul (AFP) Nov 4, 2007South Korean Foreign Minister Song Min-Soon on Sunday called for a "smooth" disablement of North Korea's nuclear facilities by year-end, one day before a team of US experts is due to begin work there. "At this point, participants in the six-party talks give priority to the smooth fulfilment of duties aimed at disabling nuclear facilities by the end of this year," Song told reporters before ... more Raytheon To Partner In Marine Corps Research Laboratory To Make Infantry Equipment Safer 
Stafford VA (SPX) Nov 05, 2007Raytheon will partner with the Marine Corps Systems Command as the primary integrator for a human factors laboratory facility that will study potential improvements in the effectiveness of the equipment Marine squads carry into battle. Located in Stafford and opening on Nov. 1, the facility will be known as the "Gruntworks." It will analyze the equipment Marine riflemen carry in terms of loading ... more |
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Paris (AFP) Nov 1, 2007The world's smallest hard drives have already shrunk to the size of a postage stamp, but nanoscale computing may soon make that achievement look elephantine, say some of the stars of information technology. Breathtaking change is on the horizon in personal and industrial data storage, the experts say in a review of vanguard technology, published on Thursday in the British journal Nature Mate ... more NASA Data May Help Improve Estimates Of A Hurricane's Punch 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Nov 02, 2007As Tropical Storm Noel churns off Florida's east coast, NASA and university scientists have announced they have developed a promising new technique for estimating the intensity of tropical cyclones from space. The method could one day supplement existing techniques, assist in designing future tropical cyclone satellite observing systems, and improve disaster preparedness and recovery efforts. ... more Navy terminates construction of Littoral Combat Ship 
Washington (AFP) Nov 1, 2007The US Navy announced Thursday it has terminated a contract with General Dynamics to build a second Littoral Combat Ship after failing to reach agreement over how to stem cost overruns. The navy wanted to change to a fixed price incentive contract after costs soared in the construction of the first of the small, fast, networked vessels designed for combat operations close to shore. "The ... more Analysis: Israel ups airline defenses 
Haifa, Israel (UPI) Nov 1, 2007 Israel will fortify its commercial airplanes with new, laser-based missile-defense technology designed by Elbit subsidiary El-Op, the company announced this month. According to El-Op, the Multi Spectral Infrared Countermeasure system only weighs about 50 pounds but is capable of immediately responding to barrages of up to 1,000 missiles at once. This includes all kinds of missiles, not ... more Gates to raise US concerns about military transparency in China 
Washington (AFP) Nov 1, 2007US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday he will raise US concerns about the lack of transparency surrounding China's military programs when he meets with Chinese leaders next week. Gates will visit China, South Korea and Japan in his first trip to northeast Asia as US defense secretary. Asked at a news conference whether he considered China a military threat, Gates said he did no ... more
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