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Eurofighter to cost several more billion euros: report
Berlin (AFP) Jan 26, 2008The bill for the Eurofighter combat jets developed by a consortium of four European countries is going to cost over 10 billion euros more than expected, the German magazine Focus has reported. For the countries involved in developing the Eurofighter, Britain will have to spend an additional 5.8 billion euros (8.2 billion dollars), Italy 2.16 billion, Germany 1.97 billion and Spain 820 millio ... more China's mobile network: a big brother surveillance tool? 
Davos, Switzerland (AFP) Jan 27, 2008Serious concerns were raised in Davos last week about the ability of the Chinese government to spy on the country's 500 million mobile phone users. The head of China's biggest mobile phone company, which has more than 300 million subscribers, stunned delegates by revealing that the company had unlimited access to the personal data of its customers and handed it over to Chinese security offic ... more Russia accuses Western, Asian powers of WMD spying: report 
Moscow (AFP) Jan 25, 2008Russia's FSB secret service on Friday accused "Western and Asian spy agencies" of trying to obtain information on technology for making weapons of mass destruction, RIA Novosti news agency reported. Russian agents "have uncovered spying attempts by Western and Asian spy agencies in enterprises specialising in nuclear energy, biology and nanotechnology work" in Siberia, RIA Novosti quoted an ... more Japan to boost air defences: report 
Tokyo (AFP) Jan 27, 2008Japan is to boost its defences against cruise missiles as China increases its air strike capabilities, the Yomiuri Shimbun reported Sunday. The defence ministry plans to increase the number of aircraft equipped with airborne warning and control systems and install state-of-the-art radar to allow early detection of precision-guided missiles heading for Japan, the daily said. It is also co ... more India showcases military might 
New Delhi (AFP) Jan 26, 2008French President Nicolas Sarkozy was guest of honour Saturday at India's Republic Day parade as New Delhi showcased its latest military hardware including nuclear-capable missiles. Soldiers marched down the central avenue of the British Raj-built capital to the sound of military bagpipes as Sarkozy, Premier Manmohan Singh and India's first woman president, Pratibha Patil, gazed on from behin ... more |
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Washington (UPI) Jan 25, 2008Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert signaled his strong support for his country's ballistic missile defense development program Tuesday when he took a trip to Rafael Advanced Industries and received an update there on the nation's two premier BMD systems. Olmert's government a year ago "decided to invest in the development of a multi-layered defensive system to protect Israel ... more France, India fire up military cooperation, nuclear energy ties 
New Delhi (AFP) Jan 26, 2008India and France agreed Friday to push their military ties beyond arms sales, signing an accord on nuclear power cooperation as soon as New Delhi is allowed to enter the global atomic energy market. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said he had agreed with visiting French President Nicolas Sarkozy to go beyond a "buyer-seller relationship," in which France is merely positioned as one of several ... more Security Council puts off Iran sanctions meet till next week 
United Nations (AFP) Jan 25, 2008A meeting of the full UN Security Council scheduled for Friday to discuss new sanctions against Iran over its nuclear defiance has been put off to early next week, diplomats said Friday. Envoys of the five veto-wielding permanent members of the Security Council -- Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States (P-5) -- were to have briefed their 10 non-permanent colleagues on elements ... more Military Matters: Pakistan backlash 
Washington (UPI) Jan 25, 2008As we observe the slow and increasingly certain disintegration of Pakistan, we should force ourselves to confront an uncomfortable fact: Events in Pakistan are to a large degree side effects of our war in Afghanistan. The Jan. 12 Washington Times headline was "Pentagon spies al-Qaida in Pakistan," as if this were somehow news. It quotes the U.S. Joint Chiefs Chairman, Adm. Michael Mull ... more Outside View: Nuclear security -- Part 2 
Moscow (UPI) Jan 25, 2008A medium-yield nuclear warhead taken apart by terrorists would contaminate an area of several square kilometers for many years. However, several hundred kilometers would be contaminated if terrorists succeed in damaging a reactor or a facility storing spent nuclear fuel. An explosion at a uranium-enrichment factory or a reactor producing nuclear materials would contaminate several thou ... more |
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Washington (AFP) Jan 25, 2008Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Friday that any long-term military agreement between the US government and Iraq requires the approval of Congress. "Some Republicans are talking about staying in Iraq for 50 or even 100 years, while President (George W.) Bush wants to cut a deal that will guarantee our presence well past his term," ending in January 2009, Reid told the National Press Cl ... more Brazil sounds out France, Russia for defense purchases 
Brasilia (AFP) Jan 25, 2008Brazilian Defense Minister Nelson Jobim left Friday on a trip to France and Russia to meet top officials in a position to supply Brazil with new military weapons and equipment. The South American nation is embarking on a program to re-equip its outdated military to keep pace with defense spending by neighboring countries, notably Venezuela. Jobim's first stop, a five-day stay in France, ... more Dogs of War: Here to stay 
Washington (UPI) Jan 25, 2008Perhaps the birds and bees don't do it, but through human history just about every nation that went to war has. The Hittites did it, the Egyptians did it, as did the Carthaginians, Persians, Romans, Syrians, Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, Germans, French, British, and yes, us Americans, to name just a few. The "it" being the hiring by a nation of someone other than their own countrymen to ... more Analysis: Taiwan faces better PLA ability 
Hong Kong (UPI) Jan 25, 2008The appearance of Chinese editions of expeditionary fighting vehicles (CEFV/CAAAV amphibious assault vehicles) has fundamentally changed the mode of cross-sea combat operations in the Taiwan Strait, making beyond-vision landing assaults possible. The practical significance is that these vehicles can greatly suppress and weaken the artillery projection capability of the Taiwanese ground forces, ... more Mass false limb find to help quake victims 
London (AFP) Jan 25, 2008A massive stash of false limbs found in the cellar of a retired British taxi driver's home are to be sent to Pakistan to help victims of the 2005 earthquake, a charity said Friday. More than 100 artificial limbs and about 100 crutches and walking frames were found by a plumber fitting central heating at Mike Sutton's home in Bridport, south-west England, soon after he and his wife Teresa mov ... more
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