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Pentagon says Pakistan nuclear arsenal of 'concern'
Washington (AFP) Nov 7, 2007A top Pentagon official on Wednesday said the fate of Pakistan's military arsenal was a "primary concern" after President Pervez Musharraf imposed a state of emergency in his country. Washington was keeping a close eye on Pakistan's nuclear arsenal following the recent upheaval, said Lieutenant General Carter Ham, Director of Operations with the US Joint Chiefs of Staff. "We will watch t ... more Gulf states press nuclear programme with eye to Iran 
Riyadh (AFP) Nov 7, 2007The six pro-Western Gulf states have completed a feasibility study on a proposed civil nuclear programme, the bloc's secretary general said on Wednesday at a meeting of Gulf defence ministers. Abdel Rahman al-Attiyah said that the study, which was put together with the assistance of the UN nuclear watchdog, had been handed to him on Monday and would be submitted to a meeting of Gulf foreign ... more SKorea, US concerned about NKorean missiles 
Seoul (AFP) Nov 7, 2007North Korea's development of long-range missiles and weapons of mass destruction pose a threat although the country has started disabling its nuclear reactor, US and South Korean officials said Wednesday. A US team began overseeing work on Monday to dismantle the reactor at Yongbyon, the first step in a denuclearisation pact that also requires Pyongyang to make a full accounting of its nucle ... more Defiant Iran reaches key nuclear target 
Tehran (AFP) Nov 7, 2007Iran has reached a key target of 3,000 centrifuges for uranium enrichment, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday, vowing to ignore UN resolutions calling for a halt to Tehran's sensitive nuclear work. "We have now reached 3,000 machines," a defiant Ahmadinejad told a rally in the northeastern city of Birjand. It was not the first time that the president had boasted that Iran ha ... more Russian parliament votes freeze on CFE treaty 
Moscow (AFP) Nov 7, 2007The Russian parliament on Wednesday voted unanimously to suspend the country's compliance with a key 1990 treaty limiting conventional force deployments in Europe. In a motion, the State Duma said that in light of NATO expansion and other factors in Europe, the 1990 Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) treaty "no longer responds to the security interests of the Russian Federation." The vo ... more |
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Islamabad (AFP) Nov 7, 2007Pakistan's military on Wednesday denied reports from India that it had withdrawn tens of thousands of troops from the border to deploy them against militants in restive tribal areas. Top military spokesman Major general Waheed Arshad told AFP that Pakistan did not station troops along the recognised international border with India during peacetime. But he said Pakistan did have troops de ... more US agrees to negotiate on cluster weapons treaty 
Geneva (AFP) Nov 7, 2007The United States on Wednesday said it would support talks to draw up a treaty regulating the use of cluster munitions, but remained opposed to any outright ban. Speaking at a meeting of states in the United Nations Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW), US ambassador Ronald Bettauer said Washington was no longer opposed to talks on expanding the treaty to cover cluster munitions. ... more Iranian nuclear claim shows 'defiance': Washington 
Washington (AFP) Nov 7, 2007Iran has shown again it intends to press ahead with its nuclear program, in defiance of the world community, by announcing its latest move on uranium enrichment, a senior US official said Wednesday. "There's a rational expectation, based on history, that they are indeed continuing to push forward on their nuclear program in defiance of the international community," said State Department spok ... more Court upholds jail term for Japanese architect 
Tokyo (AFP) Nov 7, 2007A Japanese court on Wednesday upheld a five-year prison term for an architect at the centre of a nationwide scandal over buildings vulnerable to collapse during earthquakes. The Tokyo High Court dismissed an appeal by Hidetsugu Aneha, 49, who was given a jail term and fined 1.8 million yen (15,700 US dollars) by a district court in December. He outraged the nation by admitting he lied to ... more SkyPort Signs Contract With Cisco For Emergency Response Satellite Connectivity 
Houston TX (SPX) Nov 08, 2007SkyPort Global Communications has signed a contract with Cisco Systems to provide satellite connectivity for Cisco's Emergency Response Networks (ERN) service. Cisco's ERN service provides emergency voice, video, and Internet connectivity for first responders during disasters where terrestrial communication is unavailable or disrupted. Cisco maintains two mobile command and control centers ... more |
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Everett WA (SPX) Nov 08, 2007Boeing has completed firm configuration of the 747-8 Intercontinental. This milestone marks the completion of the major trade studies needed to finalize the airplane's performance and interior features. "We have designed the 747-8 Intercontinental to be the ideal airplane for serving the 400- to 500-seat market between the 777 and the A380," said Michael Teal, deputy chief project engineer for t ... more IEA forecasts for Indian, Chinese energy demand 
Paris (AFP) Nov 7, 2007The International Energy Agency focused on the impact of soaring demand from Asian giants China and India in its 2007 World Energy Outlook. Here are some key predictions by the energy watchdog. The figures and dates are based on current energy consumption trends. Future action by governments to reduce demand would affect the forecasts. They are also based on an assumption of economi ... more Skynet 5B Satellite Ready For Launch On 9th November 
Stevenage, UK (SPX) Nov 07, 2007Astrium is on target for the second Skynet 5 satellite launch this year with Skynet 5B scheduled for launch from Kourou, French Guiana on 9 November 2007 on an Ariane 5 launch vehicle. Astrium plays a triple role on the Skynet 5 programme responsible for the service provision through its company Paradigm, prime contractor on the launcher Ariane 5 and also as prime contractor for the satellites a ... more Northrop Grumman Awarded Patent For Innovative Payload Positioning System 
Redondo Beach CA (SPX) Nov 07, 2007The U.S. Patent Office recently awarded a patent to five Northrop Grumman engineers for a unique payload positioning boom that increases the ability of space telescopes to observe more of the sky while creating a variety of design, fuel and service efficiencies. The patent was awarded to Charles Lillie, Terrestrial Planet Finder program manager and independent research and development (IRA ... more Space Command Striving For Improved Field Communications 
F E Warren AFB WY (SPX) Nov 07, 2007Members of Air Force Space Command's Space Innovation and Development Center were on hand in Warren's Quebec flight area recently but they weren't looking to the area's Peacekeeper past; they were demonstrating the future. "We're here to continue demonstrations of the Combat Airborne Network," said Maj. Jeffrey Zornes, U.S. Air Force Tactical Exploitation of National Capabilities, Commercial Int ... more
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