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Analysis: Capabilities of Chinese missiles
Hong Kong (UPI) Jan 18, 2008Recent Google Earth satellite photos have revealed the positions of Chinese ballistic missiles (SSMs) under the control of the People's Liberation Army's Second Artillery Force located in Meizhou, Guangdong province and Yongan, Fujian province. Both missile sites are near small cities to reduce the chance of their location being disclosed. The missiles must be transported to launch site ... more NATO Could Use US Missiles For South East Theater Defense 
Berlin (UPI) Jan 17, 2008Taking part in U.S. plans for a missile defense system in Eastern Europe may improve trans-Atlantic relations and help NATO overcome its identity crisis, says a German military expert. The year 2008 will see many decisions, not only in the United States. It's also a year in which NATO is expected to decide the future of its missile defense program. The alliance for years has been ... more Seoul to equip ships to intercept NKorea missiles: report 
Seoul (AFP) Jan 20, 2008South Korea plans to buy new US weaponry capable of intercepting North Korean ballistic missiles for its Aegis-equipped destroyers, Yonhap news agency reported Sunday. The United States has agreed to supply South Korea with SM-6 ship-to-air missiles with a range of up to 400 kilometres (250 miles), Yonhap said quoting an unnamed military source. The SM-6 system is an advanced type of the ... more Split Emerges Over North Korean Nuclear Ambitions As Patience Wears Thin 
Washington (AFP) Jan 17, 2008North Korea is unlikely to abandon its nuclear weapons before US President George W. Bush leaves office in January 2009, his special envoy said Thursday, calling for a revamp of six-party talks to end the crisis. Jay Lefkowitz, special envoy for human rights in North Korea, also accused China and South Korea of not exerting enough pressure on North Korea during the talks that first began in ... more Iran slams US sanctions drive, China backs dialogue 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 18, 2008Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili on Friday criticised a US drive to impose sanctions over its atomic programme, and claimed support from Beijing ahead of crunch high-level talks next week. Addressing reporters after talks with Chinese officials, Jalili said Iran and China, which has growing energy ties with the Islamic republic, were both against sanctions. "Concerning the Ir ... more |
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Washington (UPI) Jan 18, 2008India's decision to purchase 347 T-90 Main Battle Tanks from Russia flies in the face of the strategic assumptions confidently -- and complacently -- held by both the European Union and the United States. The EU, lulled by the six decades of peace, security and unprecedented prosperity the continent has enjoyed since the end of World War II, despises the concept of "hard" or military po ... more NATO tensions surface amid growing pressure in Afghanistan 
Brussels (AFP) Jan 20, 2008Tensions between NATO allies, notably with the United States, and doubts about the powers of a new UN envoy are a sign of growing pressure as the alliance struggles in Afghanistan, experts say. A new peak was reached last week, when US Defense Secretary Robert Gates hit out at allied operations against Taliban fighters in south Afghanistan, which led to the Netherlands summoning the US ambas ... more US to deploy 500 mine-resistant vehicles to Afghanistan 
Charleston, SC (AFP) Jan 19, 2008The US military plans to ship 500 roadside bomb-resistant vehicles to Afghanistan amid a reinforcement of 3,200 extra US troops to be deployed to fight Taliban militants. While the mine resistant ambush protected (MRAP) vehicles remain a top priority for Iraq, where US soldiers face frequent attacks from armor-piercing explosives, more MRAPs will be sent to Afghanistan, said Defense Secretar ... more Analysis: India rejects ban on landmines 
New Delhi (UPI) Jan 18, 2008A U.N.-backed world body campaigning against the use of landmines has urged the Indian government to sign a global treaty to ban the weapons. "An estimated 4 (million) to 5 million anti-personnel mines exist in India, which is the sixth-largest stockpile in the world. Despite India banning export of landmines, the footprints of its weapons have been found in countries like Afghanistan, ... more Commentary: Mission unaccomplished 
Washington (UPI) Jan 18, 2008President Bush's Air Force One was still airborne on its way back from a six-country, eight-day tour of Middle Eastern capitals when agreements and understandings began to unravel. Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah was noncommittal on pumping more crude oil. With oil near $100 per barrel, all OPEC countries are already siphoning off at full capacity and the desert kingdom's now small extra c ... more |
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Geneva (AFP) Jan 18, 2008Natural disasters such as floods, droughts, storms and heat waves affected more people globally in 2007 than 2006, despite taking fewer lives, according to a UN-linked report published Friday. The report warned that such disasters are likely to occur more frequently, especially as China and India experience aggressive industrial growth. "The increase in the number of floods is directly a ... more Philippines: Japan lends 174.6 million dlrs for volcano relief 
Manila (AFP) Jan 18, 2008Japan has approved 19.4 billion yen (174.6 million dollars) in loans to the Philippines to support land reform and bring relief to communities threatened by volcanic mud, Manila announced Friday. A 7.6 billion yen loan from the Japan Bank for International Cooperation would be used for flood control works in seven towns and cities around Pinatubo volcano in the northern Philippines, the econ ... more US Has An Ally In Azerbaijan For Energy Supply 
Washington (UPI) Jan 18, 2008In retrospect, 2007 will be remembered as the high-water mark of Washington's attempts to develop the Caspian's post-Soviet hydrocarbon riches. If early 2008 is any indication, then the one remaining friend that America has in the Caspian basin is Azerbaijan. Neither Iran, subject to ongoing U.S. sanctions, nor the Russian Federation have evinced the slightest interest in sharing their oil ... more Analysis: Russia eyes Caspian projects 
Washington (UPI) Jan 18, 2008While Western investors looking at offshore Caspian development tend to concentrate their attention on Azeri and Kazakh offshore fields, Russia is now moving swiftly to develop projects in its own self-defined sector of the Caspian. The initiative for the development comes from the very highest levels of the Russian government, from President Vladimir Putin himself. Russia's move offshore mean ... more Analysis: Iraq oil, other projects unclear 
Washington (UPI) Jan 18, 2008Iraq's Oil Ministry spent $558 million on capital projects in 2007 to improve its struggling oil sector. Or $500 million. Or only $270,000. A new report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office isn't sure. Its attempt to measure the Iraqi government's ability to put its capital budget into motion was frustrated by "widely disparate" numbers from the U.S. State and Treasury departme ... more
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