| November 12, 2007 |  |
SpaceWar Advertising Kit |
| Previous Issues | Nov 09 | Nov 08 | Nov 07 | Nov 06 | Nov 05 |
A Passion For Nuclear Submarines Part One
Washington (UPI) Nov 9, 2007 Still fixated on expensive nuclear strategic submarines, unable to gets its crucial Littoral Combat Mission ships built, the U.S. Navy and its procurement practices are still stuck half a century ago in the dream days of the Cold War. And nowhere is the disconnect between past and present more striking than in procurement policies towards submarines. The nuclear submarine USS Ohio has j ... more United Launch Alliance Successfully Completes First Operational Delta IV Heavy Launch 
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Nov 11, 2007United Launch Alliance successfully launched the first operational Delta IV Heavy expendable launch vehicle for the U.S. Air Force yesterday from Space Launch Complex-37 Nov. 10, 8:50 p.m., EST, carrying the service's Defense Support Program-23 satellite. A Delta IV Heavy demonstration flight was launched from SLC-37 in December 2004. The launch also marks the fourth ULA mission conducted for ... more SKorea develops laser weapons: report 
Seoul (AFP) Nov 10, 2007South Korea is developing a mobile truck-mounted laser weapon capable of destroying North Korean missiles and artillery shells, a report said Saturday. A defence ministry research team and defence firms have been involved in the development of high energy laser weapons, the Chosun Ilbo newspaper said. From 2010, South Korea hopes to deploy the weapon, which can counter North Korean missi ... more Raytheon Delivers 3000th Joint Standoff Weapon To The US Navy 
Tucson AZ (SPX) Nov 12, 2007Raytheon Company has delivered its 3,000th Joint Standoff Weapon to the U.S. Navy. JSOW is a family of affordable, precision-guided, air-to-ground glide weapons capable of striking targets in sensitive and well-defended areas. More than 400 JSOWs have been used in combat operations, including Operation Iraqi Freedom. "JSOW's battle-proven capability provides us with an unbeatable combinat ... more Northrop Grumman-Built Defense Support Program Flight 23 Satellite Successfully Launched 
Redondo Beach CA (SPX) Nov 12, 2007The final Defense Support Program (DSP) satellite thundered into the night sky from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Nov. 10 at 8:50 p.m. EST, and successfully separated from the Delta IV-Heavy launch vehicle six hours and 20 minutes later. DSP was built by Northrop Grumman Corporation for the United States Air Force Space and Missile System Center. The launch of DSP 23 extends the serv ... more |
korea:
 iran:  nuclear-doctrine:  |
Jerusalem (AFP) Nov 10, 2007An Israeli deputy prime minister said on Saturday after a US visit that "all options are on the table" to halt Iran's nuclear drive , which Israel considers a threat to its existence. "The strategy for now is one of sanctions, of a united front of nations in that context, and the strategy of declaring without any doubt that all options are on the table," Deputy Prime Minister Shaul Mofaz tol ... more "All options on the table" in facing Iran: Israel deputy PM 
Jerusalem (AFP) Nov 10, 2007An Israeli deputy prime minister said on Saturday after a US visit that "all options are on the table" to halt Iran's nuclear drive, which Israel considers a threat to its existence. "The strategy for now is one of sanctions, of a united front of nations in that context, and the strategy of declaring without any doubt that all options are on the table," Deputy Prime Minister Shaul Mofaz told ... more SDS Awarded Contract By USAF To Enhance MQ-1 Predator Training System 
Brooks City TX (SPX) Nov 12, 2007SDS International (SDS) has been tasked to provide enhanced capabilities to the SDS-produced PC-based MQ-1 Predator training system delivered to the USAF's 311th Performance Enhancement Directorate, Brooks City-Base, Texas. SDS International's Advanced Technologies Division, Orlando, Florida delivered a MQ-1 Predator version (including pilot and sensor operator stations) of its low-cost, high fi ... more US Army Awards Force Protection Contract For Additional Buffalo Vehicles 
Ladson SC (SPX) Nov 12, 2007Force Protection has received a contract from the U.S. Army's Tank Automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) for the production of an additional 29 Buffalo mine-protected vehicles. The approximate total value of the contract is $22.3 million. Force Protection has delivered more than 140 Buffalo vehicles to date in support of route clearance missions in Iraq and Afghanistan. "We are gratifie ... more Analysis: Egypt sees another war on terror 
Cairo (UPI) Nov 9, 2007 The leaders of Egypt, one of the key U.S. allies in its war on terrorism, see that conflict in a very different way than U.S. policymakers do. U.S. officials have repeatedly talked about a historic ideological struggle, lasting a generation or more; a "war of ideas," pitting the supporters of freedom against its enemies -- violent extremists claiming to act in the name of Islam. ... more |
iran:
 stans:  miltech:  milspace-comms:  |
New Delhi (AFP) Nov 11, 2007Indian Premier Manmohan Singh vowed to push for closer ties with Moscow as he left Sunday for a two-day visit to Russia to discuss trade and arms deals with President Vladimir Putin. "I will convey to him (Putin) the high priority that India attaches to its partnership with Russia and the benefits that this partnership has brought to our two peoples," Singh said in a statement before his dep ... more DataPath Awarded 3 Million Dollars To Enhance US Marine's Satellite Transportable Terminals 
Duluth GA (SPX) Nov 12, 2007DataPath has been awarded $2.9 million to upgrade and enhance the flexibility of DataPath Satellite Transportable Terminals (STTs) used in the U.S. Marine Corps' Support Wide Area Network (SWAN) programs. In addition, DataPath's experienced support personnel will provide onsite services such as field engineering and training to Marine units operating the STTs. The total contract value could incr ... more Pakistan Torn Between Dictatorship And Chaos 
Moscow, Russia (SPX) Nov 12, 2007President Gen. Pervez Musharraf declared a state of emergency in Pakistan on Saturday in an attempt to stop his opponents, who actually made him face a choice between dictatorship or a weak, mock democracy fraught with chaos. Musharraf was completely honest in his address to the nation when he said, "a threat to democracy will grow unless immediate preventive measures are taken." His ratio ... more Rice denies US on warpath with Iran 
Washington (AFP) Nov 11, 2007Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice denied Sunday that the United States was bent on war with Iran and renewed an offer of reconciliation talks if the Islamic republic renounces its nuclear drive. Interviewed on ABC television, Rice was pressed on a Senate resolution passed in September that labeled Iran's Revolutionary Guards a terrorist operation -- a step that critics said had brought war ... more Nukes Must Stay Within National Borders Says Russian Army Chief 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 12, 2007Any new Russia-U.S. agreement on strategic weapons reduction must eliminate the possibility that nuclear weapons could be stationed outside national borders, chief of the Russian General Staff said. The Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START-I) was signed by the United States and the Soviet Union on July 31, 1991, five months before the union collapsed, and remains in force between the U.S., Rus ... more
|
stans:
 uav:  iran:  interndaily:  |
|
| Previous Issues | Nov 09 | Nov 08 | Nov 07 | Nov 06 | Nov 05 |
| The contents herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2007 - SpaceDaily. AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by SpaceDaily on any web page published or hosted by SpaceDaily. Privacy statement |
