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US Navy Test Confirms Missile Firing Capability Of Aegis Open Architecture
White Sands NM (SPX) Jan 31, 2008In a successful first test of its advanced fire control system, Lockheed Martin's [NYSE: LMT] Aegis Open Architecture Weapon System recently performed a successful missile firing from the U.S. Navy's "USS Desert Ship" at White Sands Missile Range (WSMR). This was the first test of upgrades to both the Aegis Fire Control System and the MK 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS) installed on the USS ... more Japan boosts missile defences in Tokyo 
Tokyo (AFP) Jan 30, 2008Japan on Wednesday deployed its third ballistic missile defence system in the Tokyo area as the pacifist nation beefs up its military capability in the face of North Korea and China. Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) surface-to-air interceptors were installed at a Japanese air force base in Yokosuka, also home to a major US naval base, a defence ministry spokesman said. "The system ... more Outside View: Uzbek-U.S. relations warming 
Moscow (UPI) Jan 30, 2008The recent visit by Adm. William Fallon, commander of U.S. Central Command, to Tashkent may signal a warming in U.S.-Uzbek relations. Such a warming would require a change in Uzbek foreign policy by Uzbek President Islam Karimov, fresh from his victory in what critics say were rigged elections in December. Karimov met Fallon for talks on what the official UZA national news agency ... more Lockheed Martin Awarded Contract To Modernize Brazilian Navy Submarine Force 
Manassas VA (SPX) Jan 31, 2008Lockheed Martin was awarded a $35 million contract to deliver advanced, open-architecture combat systems that will modernize four Tupi-class submarines, one Tikuna-class submarine and one shore-based trainer system for the Brazilian Navy. Under a contract administered by the U.S. Navy, as part of a foreign military sale for weapons and combat systems to the Brazilian Navy, Lockheed Martin ... more Reputation managers step in against Internet thugs 
Washington (AFP) Jan 30, 2008A new breed of image-manager is emerging in the United States to take on the masked and hooded cybermobs who, bolstered by anonymity and weak laws, launch damaging attacks on other web users. "We are seeing online mobs emerge and launch attacks... with significant consequences, both to the people online and to their reputation offline," University of Maryland law professor Danielle Citron to ... more |
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Washington (AFP) Jan 30, 2008Insurgency-wracked Afghanistan will become a failed state if urgent steps are not taken to tackle a deteriorating security situation and lackluster reconstruction and governance efforts, experts warned in separate reports Wednesday. "Urgent changes are required now to prevent Afghanistan from becoming a failing or failed state," said one report from the Atlantic Council of the United States ... more Malawi's flood disaster set to get worse: govt official 
Blantyre (AFP) Jan 30, 2008Rising floodwaters devastating the crops, livestock and infrastructure across half the coutry and menacing more than 73,000 Malawians are going to get worse, government officials said Wednesday. "It's getting worse in Malawi because it is raining everyday," said Lilian Ng'oma, a senior official in the disaster management ministry. "We expect more rains and more flooding this year. ... more Migrant workers sleeping rough in China's big freeze 
Guangzhou, China (AFP) Jan 30, 2008With little cash and nowhere to go, thousands of Chinese migrant workers struggling to get home are sleeping rough as China's transport network buckles under the big freeze. The system creaks at the seams at the best of times with millions of people on the go, but this year the worst snows in half a century have combined with the peak travel season to spell disaster. ... more China sends in army to battle snow chaos 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 30, 2008China dispatched the army Wednesday to help millions of people stranded by snowstorms that have caused transport gridlock, crippled power distribution and left many towns and villages short on supplies. At least 460,000 troops from the People's Liberation Army and paramilitary forces fanned out across parts of China where dozens of people have died amid the worst storms in 50 years, the ... more Analysis: Venezuela expands influence 
Miami (UPI) Jan 30, 2008Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez recently announced his country's decision to build a refinery on the Caribbean island of Dominica, part of his effort to further integrate the region's energy supplies. Chavez said Dominica's refinery would be a jumping-off point for distributing Venezuelan oil to other eastern Caribbean countries. The capacity of the proposed refinery was not a ... more |
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Pasadena, Calif. (UPI) Jan 22, 2008This month marks the 50th anniversary of the launch of the United States' first satellite to orbit the Earth. Explorer 1 lifted off Jan. 31, 1958 -- less than three months after the Soviet Union's launch of Sputnik. The White House had asked the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., and the Army Ballistic Missile Agency to launch a satellite as quickly as possible. JPL desig ... more Study: Lithium, beryllium may be bondable 
Ithaca, N.Y. (UPI) Jan 29, 2008U.S. scientists have determined "anti-social" metals such as lithium and beryllium will bond, forming stable alloys at high density and pressure. Lithium and beryllium, the lightest known metals, don't bind under normal atmospheric or ambient pressure. But a team of Cornell University scientists predicted they will bond under higher levels of pressure and form stable alloys that might ... more Outside View: Pakistan tests its IRBM 
Moscow (UPI) Jan 28, 2008The world panics whenever Pakistan conducts a test of missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads. A Muslim state with nuclear weapons and extremists is also testing missiles? But this criticism is hardly justified. What should Pakistan do if it has nuclear warheads? It couldn't possibly carry them by aircraft. Needless to say, there are some risks for the world in the Pakist ... more Northrop Grumman's Global Hawk UAS Surpasses Expectations, Establishes Delivery Record In 2007 
San Diego CA (SPX) Jan 29, 2008Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial system program finished 2007 on a high note, exceeding its previous record by delivering five production aircraft to the U.S. Air Force. "Not only did we exceed our production and delivery goals last year, but we have also performed on cost and on schedule for the past two years," said Jerry Madigan, Northrop Grumman vice president of high-altitu ... more Elbit Systems To Supply Royal Netherlands Army Advanced BMS 
Haifa, Israel (SPX) Jan 29, 2008Elbit Systems announced that it has been awarded a contract from the Netherlands MoD for the supply of advanced Battlefield Management Systems - BMS. Elbit Systems won the contract, scheduled to be completely delivered over five years, following an international tender participated by several of the leading defense companies in the world. Elbit Systems will supply systems to the Royal Neth ... more
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