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NASA Delays Mars Scout Mission To 2013
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 24, 2007NASA has decided that the next mission in the Mars Scout program, originally planned for launch in 2011, is now targeted for launch in 2013. The schedule slip is because of an organizational conflict of interest that was discovered in one of the mission proposal team's Phase A Concept Study. This was the shortest delay for the mission possible because opportunities to send spacecraft to Mars occ ... more Taiwan handheld device shipments to surge: consultancy 
Taipei (AFP) Dec 23, 2007Taiwan likely shipped 6.2 million smart handheld devices in the fourth quarter, up 81.7 percent on last year partly because it produces Apple's iPhone, an IT consulting firm said Sunday. The country would also ship a similar amount of the devices over the first three months of 2008, which would be more than 150 percent up on the same period this year, the Market Intelligence Centre said in a ... more Koreas, China to meet on NKorea energy aid: officials 
Seoul (AFP) Dec 23, 2007The two Koreas and China will meet in North Korea this week to discuss providing energy aid to the communist nation under a six-nation nuclear disarmament deal, officials said. The three-day trilateral meeting opens in Pyongyang on Tuesday in a follow-up to the first round held in Shenyang last month, the South's foreign ministry said in a statement. Talks will focus on how to provide no ... more Indonesia's tsunami reconstruction chief lauds progress 
Jakarta (AFP) Dec 23, 2007When Kuntoro Mangkusubroto dashed in to lead reconstruction of Indonesia's Aceh in the wake of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, it was with little immediate help from his own government. Despite leading an organisation set up by presidential decree in May 2005, Mangkusubroto was forced to go cap in hand to Australia's aid agency for the money to fly his team out to the flattened provincial cap ... more Sri Lanka's cinnamon farmers seek divine help to spice up trade 
Seenigama, Sri Lanka (AFP) Dec 23, 2007Sri Lanka at the weekend revived an ancient ritual of offering the first cinnamon harvest to the gods, three years after a devastating tsunami wiped out centuries-old plantations here. In a pageant involving traditional dancers and elephants, farmers resplendent in white walked three kilometres (two miles) in bright sunshine, carrying 90 kilos (41 pounds) of their precious virgin harvest to ... more |
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Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Dec 21, 2007A U.S. Air Force modernized Global Positioning System Block IIR (GPS IIR-M) satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin, was launched successfully from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta II launch vehicle. Designated GPS IIR-18M, the satellite is the fifth in a series of eight Block IIR-M spacecraft that Lockheed Martin Navigation Systems has ... more Ariane 5 rockets puts Africa's first satellite into space 
Kourou, French Guiana (AFP) Dec 21, 2007An Ariane 5 rocket blasted off here on Friday to put into orbit the first African telecommunications satellite as well as another made by a US-Japanese joint venture, Arianespace said. The rocket, the 36th launch of an Ariane 5 and the sixth this year, lifted off at 2142 GMT and successfully placed the satellites for the pan-African operator RascomStar-QAF and US-Japanese Horizons 2 Satellit ... more From WW2 To 21C Russia Packs A Fierce Arsenal Part Four 
Washington (UPI) Dec 21, 2007 Russia's 21st success in selling weapons to the world is rooted in its experience as a successful arms manufacturer for the largest mechanized army in history during World War II. Russia's arms industry dramatically out-produced that of Nazi Germany not only in terms of quantity but in key areas in terms of quality, too. Even the great abilities of Albert Speer, Hitler's industrial pro ... more Nuclear India moves closer to missile defence shield 
New Delhi (AFP) Dec 21, 2007India announced Friday a final successful test of the surface-to-air Akash missile before starting mass production under an ambitious plan to build a national missile defence shield. The missile blasted off from the Chandipur-on-Sea testing site, 200 kilometres (125 miles) northeast of Orissa state capital Bhubaneswar and hit an unmanned flying target, defence ministry spokesman Sitanshu Kar ... more Analysis: Saudis aim to reform jihadis 
Washington (UPI) Dec 20, 2007 The Saudi program of rehabilitation for violent Islamic extremists, under which more than 1,500 have been released from jail in the kingdom, is drawing praise from U.S. officials, but some observers remain skeptical. "It is a good, solid program," said retired Gen. Dell Dailey, the State Department counter-terrorism coordinator, in a statement prepared for United Press International./ ... more |
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Moscow (UPI) Dec 20, 2007 As the rhetoric about basic treaties signed at the end of the Cold War -- the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty-1 -- START 1, the Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty -- INF, the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty -- CFE -- intensifies, it is becoming clear that collective security in Europe and the world needs new approaches and perhaps a complete overhaul. The present conflict is based ... more Lockheed Martin Receives 849 Million Dollar Contract For Trident II D5 Missile 
Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Dec 21, 2007The U.S. Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) a contract valued at $849 million for fiscal year 2008 production and deployed system support for the Trident II D5 Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) program. Work under the contract includes D5 production support, including reentry system hardware, and operations and maintenance to support the readiness and reliability of missile systems deploye ... more Powers fail to reach deal on Iran sanctions 
Washington (AFP) Dec 20, 2007The United States and five other powers failed again to reach agreement Thursday on tougher sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said. "We, obviously, still have tactical differences that need to be worked out about timing, about what's specifically in the resolution," Rice told reporters after senior diplomats from the six powers consulted ... more Boeing Sets Up UK Defense Subsidiary 
St Louis MO (SPX) Dec 21, 2007Boeing has appointed Mike Kurth as managing director of Boeing Defence UK, Ltd., to establish and initially lead the newly structured business, effective Jan. 1, 2008. Kurth will be responsible for coordinating all of Boeing's defense activities and business development in the UK, working with Sir Roger Bone, president, Boeing UK, to pursue growth opportunities and partnerships. Supporting ... more Analysis: Missile defense testing advances 
Haifa, Israel (UPI) Dec 20, 2007 The Israel Defense Forces this week announced progress in testing a new Patriot missile launching system in southern Israel. "(The system's) updated design, developed by the Americans -- primarily with the help of lessons learned from the war in Iraq -- was installed and successfully tested with one of the Israeli Patriot missiles," the IDF said in a statement from the spokesman. ... more
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