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Arming India In The Early 21st Century Part Two
New Delhi (UPI) Feb 20, 2008For the time being, private companies in India are kept at a certain distance -- they have no chance of receiving a defense order if the share of foreign capital exceeds 26 percent. Moreover, unlike state-owned companies, they have to pay 30 percent import duties for foreign spare parts. However, this investment situation may soon change. First, analysts expect an increase in the 26 per ... more Analysis: Terrorism 2.0 
Brussels (UPI) Feb 20, 2008Terrorism and wars of the future won't be fought outdoors but from the comfort of our own homes, behind our computer screens. With cyberattacks on the rise and gaining in destructive capability, the threat to the international community is beyond current regulations and defense mechanisms, a panel of experts said last week. "Cyber-warfare is not becoming the threat of the future, it alr ... more Walker's World: Putin's heir and rival 
Washington (UPI) Feb 20, 2008Russia's presidential election is just two weeks away, and the Kremlin's own candidate Dmitry Medvedev has been campaigning almost like a liberal. "Freedom is better than the absence of freedom. This is the quintessence of the whole experience of humanity. I mean freedom in all its manifestations: individual freedom, economic freedom and, finally, the freedom of self-expression," he told ... more Thompson Files: Obama is tough 
Arlington, Va. (UPI) Feb 20, 2008Today's Democratic Party is so stridently opposed to the war in Iraq that it's hard to believe the same party presided over most of the big military buildups of the last century. Sometimes it seems more like the Democratic Party of Civil War years, which impeded Lincoln's efforts to win the war at every turn. But precisely because Democrats are so virulently anti-war, as they have been since ... more Counter-IED Effort Helps Drive 23 Billion Dollar EW Systems Market 
Newtown CT (SPX) Feb 21, 2008Over the next 10 years, an estimated $23 billion will be spent on the development and production of major EW programs, according to Forecast International's "The Market for Electronic Warfare Systems." Some 35,814 units of leading electronic countermeasures, radar warning receivers, electronic support measures, and other EW systems that make up this analysis are expected to be ... more |
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Fort Worth TX (SPX) Feb 21, 2008BAE Systems has completed critical fuel testing on the first F-35 Lightning II short take off and vertical landing variant five days ahead of its schedule proving the maturity of both the aircraft and programme. The important fuel checks of the design and build of the aircraft was led by BAE Systems and involved constant testing, 24 hours a day for 13 days, which checked the ... more Kadhafi son accuses Germany of double standards on arms 
Tripoli (AFP) Feb 20, 2008The eldest son of Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi on Wednesday accused Germany of double standards, saying it was building submarines for Israel but refusing to sell weapons to Arab countries. Seif al-Islam, who is increasingly seen as the successor to his father, made the remarks in a letter addressed to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, posted on the website of his Kadhafi Foundation charity. ... more Iran Says UN Nuclear Watchdog Has Enough As IAEA Declines Comment 
London (AFP) Feb 20, 2008Iran's former top nuclear negotiator insisted in an interview published Wednesday that the UN's nuclear watchdog had enough information from the Islamic Republic about its nuclear programme. Ali Larijani, speaking to the Financial Times, criticised the five permanent members of the Security Council and Germany for pressing for more sanctions before a key IAEA report due out later this month. ... more Favorable Confusion Might Keep Pakistan Out Of Civil War 
Washington (UPI) Feb 20, 2008Free elections in Pakistan Feb. 18 were to be the first step in bringing a dysfunctional nuclear power back to democratic stability. The preliminary first step was a deal with the pro-al-Qaida Taliban chief in the tribal areas. The new Pakistani army chief of staff, Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kiyani, and the "amir" of Tehrik-e-Taliban-Pakistan, Baitullah Mehsud, agreed to a cease-fire, as well as the ... more Analysts doubt NKorea nuclear breakthrough on Rice trip to Asia 
Washington (AFP) Feb 20, 2008US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is due to tour Asia next week in a high-level push to clear the logjam on North Korean nuclear disarmament, but analysts see little chance of a breakthrough. Rice is due to visit South Korea -- where she will attend the inauguration of South Korean President-elect Lee Myung-Bak on Monday -- as well as China and Japan in the context of six-party negotiations ... more |
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Monaco (AFP) Feb 20, 2008A global "green economy" is now emerging but governments must move fast to scrap the many barriers and fossil-fuel subsidies that hamper it, the UN Environment Programme said on Wednesday. Presenting an annual report, Year Book 2008, the Nairobi-based agency said investment in environmentally-friendly projects was rising fast and more and more corporations were driving to save energy ... more NASA opens a rotary wing research project 
Washington (UPI) Feb 20, 2008The U.S. space agency announced it is seeking research projects associated with its subsonic rotary wing project.The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate amended its original research announcement to solicit additional proposals to advance the state-of-the-art in engine compressor technology, transmission noise modeling, low-frequency ... more Languedoc wines to be shipped under sail to save carbon 
Montpellier, France (AFP) Feb 20, 2008The first cargo of wine shipped from France by sail since the late 1800's will arrive in Ireland from the southern Languedoc region next month, saving an estimated 140 grams (4.9 ounces) of carbon per bottle, compared to a regular shipment "My idea at the beginning was to do something for the planet and something for the wines of Languedoc," said Frederic Albert, founder of the shipping ... more Global Biopact On Biofuels Can Bring Benefits To Both Rich And Poor Nations 
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 21, 2008A GLOBAL Biofuels Biopact between rich and poor countries can help alleviate poverty in the developing world while helping to solve the problems of global warming and energy security in the developed world, says a new paper in the journal Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining published by SCI and John Wiley and Sons. According to the paper's author, John Mathews, professor of Strategic ... more Drilling For Science And Exploration 
Liepzig, Germany (SPX) Feb 21, 2008On 19th February 2008 the GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam officially commenced the operation of the new drill rig InnovaRig at the geothermal drill site at Durrnhaar (Bavaria). With this event, one of the most modern drill rigs worldwide, with a drilling capacity to a depth of 5000 metres becomes available. "Drilling is an essential tool in Geosciences", says Professor Reinhard Huttl ... more
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