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India invites Western observers to nuclear site war games
New Delhi (AFP) Feb 7, 2008India will invite Western observers and diplomats to a major war games exercise near its border with rival Pakistan next month, officials said on Thursday. The exercise involving land forces, armour and the air force will begin March 19 at Pokhran in the western desert state of Rajasthan where India conducted a series of nuclear weapons tests in 1998 that drew international sanctions, they ... more Skipping The Nuke Dance North Of The 38th Parallel Part One 
Moscow (UPI) Feb 7, 2008U.S. President George W. Bush never missed a chance to lash out at North Korea and its leader Kim Jong Il, but he did not even mention North Korea in his latest State of the Union address. There must be a reason for this. It is doubtful that the United States has suddenly forgotten all about Pyongyang. In his 2002 State of the Union address, Bush included North Korea in the "axis of evil" ... more Analysis: Afghanistan meets U.S. vote 
Berlin (UPI) Feb 7, 2008The German government fears a Democratic U.S. president will increase the pressure on Germany to send more troops into Afghanistan. The U.S. Democrats have in the past announced they would cooperate more closely with the Europeans in the Middle East, but also demand more from them, Karsten Voigt, the German government's coordinator for American relations, said in a radio interview. ... more Analysis: U.S. weighs new SBU info control 
Washington (UPI) Feb 7, 2008The Bush administration is preparing for the huge task of adopting a single new government-wide set of standards for information that is not secret, but which officials still want to control. According to a briefing prepared for congressional staff, and seen by United Press International, the new system will replace dozens of different categories of restricted data with just three new ... more Turkish air raid hits Kurdish rebel bases in Iraq: army 
Ankara (AFP) Feb 7, 2008Turkish fighter planes have successfully hit about 70 Kurdish rebel positions targeted in an air strike in northern Iraq earlier this week, the Turkish army said Thursday. "Our fighter planes fired upon some 70 targets, among them many facilities used only by the terrorist organization," during the air strike on Monday, the general staff said in a statement on its Internet site. ... more |
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Dallas TX (SPX) Feb 08, 2008Lockheed Martin has received $194 million from the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command for production of the combat-proven Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS). Work will be conducted at the company's facilities in Dallas and Horizon City, TX, with completion expected by the second quarter of 2010. The contract includes the ATACMS Quick Reaction Unitary and the Block IA Missiles. ATACM ... more Tropical Soils Impede Landmine Detection 
Madison WI (SPX) Feb 08, 2008Use of a metal detector is the most common technique when searching for landmines, which litter the soil in approximately 90 countries around the world. Many of these countries are located in the tropics where intensively weathered soils are prevalent. These tropical soils have certain properties that can limit the performance of metal detectors due to soil magnetic susceptibility. This problem ... more BAE Systems Launches ECLiPSE Performance Military Gear Product Line 
Phoenix AZ (SPX) Feb 08, 2008BAE Systems announced the market introduction of ECLiPSE Performance Military Gear. Created by experienced military personnel, ECLiPSE combines existing and emerging technologies with evolutionary designs and materials to form lightweight, versatile products for combat use. The ECLiPSE product line includes load carriage, helmets, soft and hard body armor, aircrew survivability systems, and othe ... more Raytheon Delivers First Advanced SUV-Based Radiation Detection System 
Tewksbury MA (SPX) Feb 08, 2008Raytheon's Integrated Defense Systems delivered the first advanced sports utility vehicle-based radiation detection system to the Department of Homeland Security's Domestic Nuclear Detection Office. The successful delivery of this system will allow DNDO to operate in urban environments and will enhance border security and national defense by preventing the smuggling of nuclear materials through ... more Converting land for biofuel worsens global warming: study 
Washington (AFP) Feb 7, 2008Clearing raw land to produce biofuels actually contributes to global warming by emitting large amounts of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, researchers warned Thursday. Carbon dioxide emissions from new croplands carved into rainforests, savannas, wetlands or grasslands would easily surpass the overall amount of CO2 emissions reduced through the use of biofuels, according to an expert report ... more |
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Woods Hole MA (SPX) Feb 08, 2008Taking a page out of a science fiction story, researchers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and Webb Research Corporation (Falmouth, Mass.) have successfully flown the first environmentally powered robotic vehicle through the ocean. The new robotic "glider" harvests heat energy from the ocean to propel itself across thousands of kilometers of water. In December 2007, a r ... more 3D breakthrough with updatable holographic displays 
Tucson (SPX) Feb 6, 2008Scientists in the United States on Wednesday unveiled next-generation 3-D technology that they said provided realistic, updatable holograms in nearly real time. The innovation could one day lead to 3-D holographic movies, enabling cinema-goers to feel they are "inside" a movie yet not have to wear cumbersome, headache-inducing spectacles with polarising or coloured lenses, the inventors hope ... more Nation's Top Divorce Lawyers Note Dramatic Rise In Electronic Evidence 
Chicago IL (SPX) Feb 07, 2008A resounding 88% of the nation's top divorce attorneys say they have seen an increase in the number of cases using electronic data as evidence during the past five years, according to a recent survey of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML). E-mail takes the lead as the most commonly used form of technological evidence, with 82% citing it as the main source. Interestingly, the surve ... more CalAmp Licenses Patents For Vehicle Location Technology To SKYWATCH GPS 
Oxnard CA (SPX) Feb 06, 2008CalAmp announced that it has entered into a patent license agreement with SKYWATCH GPS for use of CalAmp's U.S. Patent Nos. 6,025,774 and 6,249,217 B1. The patents relate to a vehicle location system that enables automobile finance companies to locate and repossess vehicles serving as collateral on loans that go into default. CalAmp acquired these patents as part of its acquisition of the ... more Broadcom Showcases Next Gen Mobile Devices At 2008 Mobile World Congress 
Irvine CA (SPX) Feb 06, 2008Broadcom will demonstrate its innovative and leading portfolio of complete system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions for mobile devices at the 2008 Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona, Spain, from February 11th through February 14th. Broadcom mobile and wireless technologies enable manufacturers to develop leading-edge mobile devices and end-to-end wireless connectivity solutions for the home, ... more
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