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Gates Urges More Emphasis, Funding For All Aspects Of National Power
Washington DC (AFNS) Nov 28, 2007Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates called today for the United States to strengthen all elements of its national power � the �soft� power as well as �hard� military might -- to faces challenges in Iraq and Afghanistan and others it will confront in the future. � My message today is not about the defense budget or military power,� Gates said during a Landon Lecture speech at Kansas State Universit ... more Cloud Cap And Guided Systems Form Alliance 
Hood River, OR (SPX) Nov 28, 2007Cloud Cap Technology is pleased to announce a new partnership with Guided Systems Technologies to provide Piccolo autopilot solutions for helicopter and other rotary wing unmanned vehicles. Guided Systems Technologies, leveraging more than 18 years of experience in guidance and control, offers advanced flight control technology that has been proven on a wide variety of unmanned rotary wing vehic ... more Thompson Files: Blimps for America 
Arlington, Va. (UPI) Nov 27, 2007 Seven years into the new millennium, military planners have figured out that the biggest challenge they face is finding the enemy. All of the emerging threats the nation faces are fleeting and elusive -- from transnational terrorists to ground-hugging cruise missiles to illegal migrants to drug smugglers to fast-burning ballistic weapons. The military has ways of defeating all these da ... more NASA Evaluates Compact Synthetic Aperture Radar 
Edwards CA (SPX) Nov 28, 2007NASA is evaluating a compact L-Band synthetic aperture radar for potential use on unmanned aircraft. The sensor detects and measures small changes in Earth�s surface of geophysical interest, such as volcanoes, earthquake faults, landslides and glaciers. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., and Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif., are partnering in development of the Un ... more UN 'out of touch' for calling Tasers a form of torture, company boss says 
Washington (AFP) Nov 27, 2007A UN committee that decried Taser stun guns as a form of torture is "out of touch" with the realities facing law enforcement agents, one of the heads of the Taser company said Tuesday. The UN Committee against Torture said Friday in a statement that the use of Tasers "causes acute pain, constituting a form of torture" and, in some cases, results in death. "It shows how out of touch the U ... more |
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Camp Liberty, Iraq (SPX) Nov 28, 2007Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, recently became the first in Task Force Marne to receive the Army�s new mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles, known as MRAPs. They completed MRAP drivers training here Nov. 8 and will be returning to their respective bases with about 20 MRAPs. MRAP fielding will continue steadily, with ... more Keating Aims To Improve Communication With China After Port Call Rejections 
Washington DC (AFNS) Nov 28, 2007The top U.S. military officer in the Pacific said he�s concerned that China recently denied U.S. ships� requests for port visits in Hong Kong and plans to take the matter up during a trip he hopes to make to Beijing early next year. Navy Adm. Timothy J. Keating, commander of U.S. Pacific Command, said he found it �perplexing and troublesome� that the Chinese refused the Kitty Hawk Battle Group e ... more NORTHCOM Experience Lends Lessons To Bangladesh Relief 
Washington DC (AFNS) Nov 28, 2007After more than two years at the helm of U.S. Northern Command, Navy Adm. Timothy J. Keating oversaw planning for military responses to the most devastating domestic disasters, and mobilized U.S. military support when Hurricane Katrina provided a real-life test of those plans. So when his staff at U.S. Pacific Command watched a fierce tropical cyclone make its way toward Bangladesh earlier this ... more EU leaders: China must handle trade surplus, open markets 
Beijing (AFP) Nov 27, 2007Top European leaders said Tuesday that China must deal with its ballooning trade surplus, protect intellectual property and open its markets a day ahead of an EU-China summit. "The considerable and growing trade deficit is adding to EU citizens' anxiety about globalisation, and is growing in political importance," European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said in a speech. "Indee ... more Taiwan lifts objections to Chinese judge at WTO 
Geneva (AFP) Nov 27, 2007Taiwan on Tuesday lifted its objections to the appointment of a Chinese judge to the World Trade Organisation's top court, ending a row that threatened to paralyse the institution, trade sources said. Taiwan had voiced "deep concerns" regarding the impartiality of Zhang Yeujiao, a Chinese lawyer set to become a judge on the seven-member Appelate Body that issues rulings on key trade disputes ... more |
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New Delhi (AFP) Nov 27, 2007India on Tuesday slammed a recommendation in a new report from the UN Development Programme that urges developing countries cut carbon emissions by 20 percent over three decades starting in 2020. The report released in Brazil on Tuesday on fighting climate change said global warming could have apocalyptic consequences for the world's poor and also said richer countries need to cut greenhouse ... more Rising Energy Costs And Efficiency Improvements Will Drive Cleantech Activity 
Palm Springs CA (SPX) Nov 28, 2007Rising energy costs and efforts to improve energy efficiency will be central drivers of the cleantech industry over the next five years, according to a poll of attendees at Ernst and Young's Strategic Growth Forum. The poll results showed that nearly half of the approximately 140 respondents said rising energy costs are driving corporate interest in cleantech, more than any other factor, includi ... more 2007 Brings The First-Ever Green Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree 
New York NY (SPX) Nov 28, 2007Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Tishman Speyer Chairman and CEO Jerry I. Speyer and Tishman Speyer Managing Director Tom Madden today announced a number of energy conservation initiatives for Rockefeller Center, including the first-ever "green" Christmas tree and a new solar energy roof. The solar energy roof, which will be the largest privately owned solar energy generation station in Manhattan, wi ... more Leeds Researchers Fuelling The Hydrogen Economy 
Leeds, UK (SPX) Nov 28, 2007Scientists at the University of Leeds are turning low-grade sludge into high-value gas in a process which could make eco-friendly biodiesel even greener and more economical to produce. Biodiesel � motor fuel derived from vegetable oil - is a renewable alternative to rapidly depleting fossil fuels. It is biodegradable and non-toxic, and production is on the up. But for each molecule of biodiesel ... more Biodiesel Could Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions 
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Nov 28, 2007A CSIRO report released confirms that using pure biodiesel or blending biodiesel with standard fuel could reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the transport sector. Biodiesel can be manufactured from any product containing fatty acids, such as vegetable oil or animal fats. The report, The greenhouse and air quality emissions of biodiesel blends in Australia assesses the emission levels and envir ... more
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