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Analysis: India intel fails to halt terror
New Delhi (UPI) Dec 12, 2007 India says its state intelligence departments are not equipped to take on terrorism following failures that have put their efficiency in doubt. "The repeated intelligence failures of SIDs have put their efficiency in handling terrorism in doubt," said Interior Minister Shivraj Patil. Patil said officials in the state intelligence departments should be retained for sufficient peri ... more Outside View: New defense giant -- Part 2 
Moscow (UPI) Dec 12, 2007 The strategy of Russia's new defense industry giant Rossiiskiye Tekhnologii, or Rostekhnologii, says Sergei Chemezov, the company's first general director, calls for creating a metallurgical holding, integrating metallurgical plants, introducing economic mechanisms to reduce the cost of energy supplies, and so on. Incorporating all Rostekhnologii plants and managing them centrally will contrib ... more Spanish Government Signed Acquisition Contract For Spike-ER Missiles 
Madrid, Spain (SPX) Dec 13, 2007The Spanish Government has released the following announcement: "Cabinet Meeting summary of the Spanish Government of the 30/11/2007 AGREEMENT that authorize the signature of the acquisition contract for the Spike-ER Air-Land missiles systems for the Tiger helicopter by a global amount of 44.027.963 Euro, to distribute among the exercises 2007-2012." The GD Santa Barbara and Rafael deal is ... more India building 6,000km nuclear-capable missile 
New Delhi (AFP) Dec 12, 2007India announced major plans to increase its nuclear capabilities Wednesday, saying it was close to testing a ballistic missile capable of hitting targets up to 6,000 kilometres (3,800 miles) away. Such a distance would nearly double the military's current strike range, putting targets even in Europe within reach, and came one day after neighbouring Pakistan tested a nuclear capable cruise mi ... more Boeing Completes First Mission System Test Flight Of Peace Eagle AEW And C Aircraft 
St. Louis MO (SPX) Dec 13, 2007Boeing has conducted a successful first mission system flight test of a 737 Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW and C) aircraft for Turkey's Peace Eagle program. During the flight from Boeing Field in Seattle, Wash., Boeing and Turkish industry engineers tested the aircraft's communications system, including establishing links with a ground-based Boeing system integration lab and local air t ... more |
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London, UK (SPX) Dec 13, 2007Northrop Grumman has been selected to provide a new-generation integrated navigation and bridge system (INBS) for the UK Ministry of Defence's (MOD) Future Aircraft Carrier (CVF) project. The initial INBS design-phase contract was awarded to Northrop Grumman's Sperry Marine business unit by the Aircraft Carrier Alliance, the industrial alliance that, in the manufacture phase of the project ... more Wind Turbines Produce Green Energy - And Airflow Mysteries 
Baltimore MD (SPX) Dec 13, 2007Using smoke, laser light, model airplane propellers and a campus wind tunnel, a team led by Johns Hopkins University researchers is trying to solve the airflow mysteries that surround wind turbines, an increasingly popular source of "green" energy. The National Science Foundation recently awarded the team a three-year, $321,000 grant to support the project. The rise in oil prices and a gro ... more Fuel Cells Help Make Noisy, Hot Generators A Thing Of The Past 
Richland WA (SPX) Dec 13, 2007Two core technologies developed at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory - a fuel desulfurization system and a fuel reforming system - were instrumental in the demonstration of an electric power system operating on JP-8, a fuel commonly used in military operations. Portable fuel cell power units are quieter, more efficient and have lower emissions than standard d ... more Making Gas Out Of Crude Oil 
Calgary, Canada (SPX) Dec 13, 2007An international team that includes University of Calgary scientists has shown how crude oil in oil deposits around the world - including in Alberta's oil sands - are naturally broken down by microbes in the reservoir. Their discovery - published in the prestigious science journal Nature - could revolutionize heavy oil and oil sands production by leading to more energy-efficient, environmentally ... more Wind Power Explored Off California's Coast 
Stanford CA (SPX) Dec 13, 2007In many ways, wind energy seems an ideal energy source. Fields of mighty turbines spinning in rhythm could harness carbonless power and shuttle it off to homes and industries. But questions remain about the feasibility of wind parks: How much will they cost? Can this unpredictable energy source be relied upon to contribute appreciably to the country's power needs? A team of Stanford resear ... more |
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Beijing (XNA) Dec 12, 2007The charge-coupled device (CCD) camera on Chang'e-1, China's first lunar orbiter, has started imaging probes on the dark side of the moon and captured photos of parts of this region, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) announced Tuesday. The CNSA said that the orbiter is operating normally in terms of flying, probing, land control and communication, as well as data transmitting and p ... more RAND Study Outlines Passenger-Rail Systems Which Cost-Effectively Prevent Terrorist Attacks 
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 12, 2007A RAND study gives rail security planners and policymakers a framework to develop cost-effective plans to secure their rail systems from terrorist attacks. More than 12 million Americans travel on passenger-rail lines each weekday, and because of its open nature, rail transit is considered an attractive terrorist target. While there have been no successful attacks on U.S. rail systems rece ... more Iran's Ahmadinejad: US report positive step 
Tehran (AFP) Dec 11, 2007President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday hailed a US intelligence report on Iran's nuclear programme as a positive step, saying more moves from Washington could end decades of enmity between the foes. "It is a positive step, a step forward," Ahmadinejad said of the shock report, which contradicted previous White House assertions on the Iranian nuclear programme. "If they take one or two ... more Thompson Files: USAF airlift options 
Arlington, Va. (UPI) Dec 11, 2007 Much of what makes America a military superpower resides in the U.S. Air Force. The United States is the only country in the world with stealthy bombers, a big aerial-refueling fleet and enough cargo planes to quickly deliver a brigade of soldiers anywhere in the world. Unfortunately, uniqueness isn't the only thing these planes have in common -- they are all aging fast. Because the Cli ... more Ahmadinejad slammed for 'letter-writing' foreign policy 
Tehran (AFP) Dec 11, 2007A leading Iranian moderate launched a withering attack on the foreign policy of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, saying his strategy consisted of "letter-writing and slogans," media reported on Tuesday. Hassan Rowhani, a former top nuclear negotiator who now heads an official think tank, ridiculed government claims that Iran was increasing its power and warned that its international situation ... more
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