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US says warplanes pound Al-Qaeda in Iraq targets
Baghdad (AFP) Jan 21, 2008US warplanes overnight pounded suspected Al-Qaeda havens on the southern edge of Baghdad for the third time this month, hitting more than 30 targets in a 35-bomb blitz, the military said on Monday. The mainly Sunni Arab Jabour rural area was hit with bombs weighing a total of 19,000 pounds (9,000 kilogrammes) during the air raids, which aimed to destroy roadside bombs and arms caches, a mili ... more Lockheed Martin's F-22 Raptor Inducted Into National Museum Of The USAF 
Dayton OH (SPX) Jan 22, 2008Raptor 03, the third F-22 manufactured by the industry team of Lockheed Martin, Boeing and Pratt and Whitney, took center stage yesterday at The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force as it became part of a new exhibit showcasing America's air dominance fighter. One of nine F-22s built for engineering, manufacture and development testing, Raptor 03 will remain on display in the museum. "Th ... more Walker's World: China or Russia? 
Washington (UPI) Jan 21, 2008It was a relief for British Prime Minister Gordon Brown to have been feted in Beijing over the weekend when his opinion poll ratings back home were plunging and his country's relationship with Russia was dropping just as fast back into a chill reminiscent of the Cold War. Enriched and emboldened by its oil and gas wealth, the Russia of President Vladimir Putin is acting like a bully. It ... more BAE Systems to Provide All-Quadrant Interim Defensive Weapon System For CV-22 Osprey 
Johnson City NY (SPX) Jan 22, 2008BAE Systems will develop an interim all-quadrant defensive weapon system for the CV-22 Osprey aircraft. The contract awarded by the U.S. Special Operations Command, calls for rapid development, installation, testing, and qualification of a weapon capability that provides defensive fire protection to all quadrants of the aircraft. The belly-mounted system is remotely operated and capable of ... more Boeing And Lockheed Martin C-17 Contracts In Quebec Exceed 600 Million Dollars 
Montreal, Canada (SPX) Jan 22, 2008Boeing has announced that it has provided contracts worth more than $420 million to companies in Quebec. The announcement follows the Canadian government's 2007 order for four C-17 Globemaster IIIs, the first two of which already are in service with Canadian Forces. Speaking at an event hosted by Industry Canada in Montreal, Mark Kronenberg, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems vice president ... more |
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Washington (UPI) Jan 21, 2008India is investing in a three aircraft carrier surface fleet -- something that Russia and France are incapable of, and that Japan and China have opted not to attempt. Only Britain has similar plans, apart from the great multi-carrier battle group of the U.S. Navy. India, in sharp contrast to U.S. ground strategy in Iraq in 2003 and thereafter, maintains very large numbers of ground forc ... more Israel may have to take military action against Iran: Bolton 
Herzliya, Israel (AFP) Jan 21, 2008Former US ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton said on Monday that Israel may have to take military action to prevent its archfoe Iran from acquiring an atomic bomb. Bolton also said that further UN sanctions against the Islamic republic will be ineffective in stopping Iran's controversial nuclear programme which Israel and the US believe is aimed at developing a bomb -- a claim deni ... more Analysis: President Bush's Herculean task 
Washington (UPI) Jan 21, 2008While on his tour of the Middle East a couple of weeks ago, President Bush said he would see the creation of a Palestinian state before his term in office expires. As of Monday, the president will have 364 days left in office, one day short of a full year. And the clock is ticking. Considering what is at stake in solving the crisis in the Middle East, 364 days is a very short time in w ... more TacSat-2's Milestone Mission Advanced Responsive Space Concept 
Kirtland ASFB NM (SPX) Jan 22, 2008After completing its historic, one year experimental mission, the U.S. Air Force's TacSat-2 microsatellite ceased operations on Dec. 21, 2007. Launched on Dec. 16, 2006, from NASA's Wallops Island Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Va., the responsive space Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration, administered by the Air Force Research Laboratory's Space Vehicles Directorate here, served as the ... more BAE Systems Wins US Navy Guided Missile Cruiser Modernization Contract 
San Diego CA (SPX) Jan 22, 2008BAE Systems has been awarded a $31 million contract by the Naval Sea Systems Command for the maintenance, repair and modernization of the guided missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG-52). "This award complements the important cruiser modernization work we continue to accomplish for the Atlantic Fleet at our Virginia shipyard," said Al Krekich, president of BAE Systems Ship Repair in Norfolk, Virgi ... more |
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Wuxi, China (SPX) Jan 22, 2008China Wind Systems has purchased new equipment to expand its forged rolled rings manufacturing capabilities. The $4.13 million purchase was in line with the Company's strategy to focus on the growing wind power industry in China, and was largely funded with the proceeds from its recent private placement financing. The purchase marks the first step in execution of the Company's expansion pl ... more Taiwan may ease China-bound investment restrictions: reports 
Taipei (AFP) Jan 21, 2008The Taiwanese government might ease China-bound investment restrictions by the March 22 presidential poll, to woo support for the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), reports said Monday. Authorities are studying different ways of defining the net worth of local enterprises, many of which have reached or come close to the China investment ceilings, the Economic Daily News and United Da ... more EU seeking greener energy but nuclear option fuels dissent 
Brussels (AFP) Jan 21, 2008The European Commission will on Wednesday unveil detailed plans to slash greenhouse gases by 2020, with the focus on renewable fuels and emissions trading, despite French attempts to push the nuclear option. France has recently been joined by Britain at the forefront of the pro-nuclear lobby, extolling it as a more reliable, less polluting fuel supply which cuts down on Europe's huge depend ... more Coal-fired Poland in fighting mood over EU emissions rules 
Warsaw (AFP) Jan 21, 2008Coal is king in Poland, the European Union's top producer, and Warsaw is poised for a fight to keep burning as much as possible in power stations, feeding its economy despite the pollution. Sitting on an estimated 140 years' worth of coal reserves, Poland is on tenterhooks ahead of Brussels' announcement Wednesday of final proposals for how the EU's 27 member countries will have to shoulder ... more Abu Dhabi to build world's first zero-carbon city 
Abu Dhabi (AFP) Jan 21, 2008Construction work on the world's first zero-carbon city housing 50,000 people in a car-free environment will begin in the oil-rich Gulf emirate of Abu Dhabi next month, the developers said on Monday. In Masdar City, which will be run entirely on renewable energy including solar power to exploit the desert emirate's near constant supply of sunshine, people will be able to move around in autom ... more
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