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Pakistan army vows to clear Swat valley of militants
Mingora, Pakistan (AFP) Feb 25, 2008Pakistan will not halt a military offensive in northwestern Swat valley until all Islamic militants are cleared from the once-popular tourist site, the region's army commander said Monday. "There is no time frame for completion of the operation as there are still 400 hardcore militants hiding in Swat valley," Major General Nasser Janjua, the regional commanding officer, told reporters. ... more New Software Helps To Search For Terrorists 
College Park MD (SPX) Feb 26, 2008Researchers at the University of Maryland's Institute for Advanced Computer Studies (UMIACS) have developed the SOMA Terror Organization Portal (STOP) allowing analysts to query automatically learned rules on terrorist organization behavior, forecast potential behavior based on these rules, and, most importantly, to network with other analysts examining the same subjects. ... more US says satellite shoot-down a success 
Washington (AFP) Feb 25, 2008The shoot-down of a rogue spy satellite by the US Navy last week was a success and reduced the risk of damage to humans from its toxic fuel, the Pentagon said Monday in a statement. "Officials are confident the missile intercept of a non-functioning national reconnaissance satellite achieved the objective of destroying the hydrazine tank and reducing, if not eliminating, the risk to people ... more Lockheed Martin Demonstrates Two-Way Video Datalink For Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod 
Orlando FL (SPX) Feb 25, 2008Lockheed Martin recently demonstrated a prototype two-way video data link (VDL) for the Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod (ATP) during a U.S. Air Force Sniper users' conference at its Missiles and Fire Control facility in Orlando, FL. Sniper ATP provides an unrivaled aerial advantage on the battlefield. Airmen were impressed with the next-generation of VDL capability demonstrated at the event. ... more Poland's Bumar says it will sign 1.2-billion-dollar arms deal with India 
Warsaw (AFP) Feb 25, 2008Polish state-controlled arms company Bumar on Monday announced it was poised to sign a 1.2-billion-dollar (809-million-euro) deal to supply military equipment to India. "We are expecting to sign contracts worth around 1.2 billion dollars," a spokeswoman for Bumar, Kamila Walczak, told AFP. She declined to elaborate. According to the Polish newspaper Dziennik, Bumar has clinched six ... more |
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Vienna (AFP) Feb 25, 2008Documentation presented Monday to the governors of the UN's nuclear watchdog suggests Iran continued nuclear weapons work beyond the 2003 date cited in a recent US intelligence report, diplomats said. The US National Intelligence Estimate on Iran -- released in December -- said Tehran had been working on the development of nuclear weapons, but abandoned the programme in 2003. But Britain ... more Czech, Poland close to deal on US anti-missile shield: officials 
Prague (AFP) Feb 25, 2008The Czech Republic and Poland said Monday they were both on the verge of striking a deal with Washington on hosting elements of an US anti-missile shield, despite Russian anger over the project. Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek is to finalise a deal on siting an anti-missile radar on Czech soil during a two-day visit to the United States starting Tuesday, his government said in a statement ... more CV-22 Osprey Ready For Ground-Fire And Flight Testing 
Johnson City NY (SPX) Feb 25, 2008BAE Systems has installed a remotely operated defensive weapon system aboard a U.S. Air Force CV-22 Osprey in preparation for ground-fire and flight testing. The hardware installation and ensuing fit-check, completed in January, follow the company's recent selection to develop an interim all-quadrant defensive weapon system for the Osprey. The U.S. Special Operations Command, which ... more Boeing Receives Full Government Acceptance Of SBInet Project 28 Border Security Solution 
St. Louis MO (SPX) Feb 25, 2008Boeing received full acceptance of its SBInet Project 28 border security prototype Thursday from U.S. Customs and Border Protection. A demonstration of the SBInet security solution, P28 networks cameras, radars, sensors and communications along 28 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border near Sasabe, Ariz. Developed as a proof-of-concept of Boeing's overall SBInet technology solution ... more Betting On Tanks To Control The Battlefield Part One 
Washington (UPI) Feb 25, 2008Main Battle Tanks remain masters of the battlefield despite IEDs -- and military planners in all the world's great powers still know it. The standing of the tank among American pundits and politicians has taken a pounding in recent years because of the number of them that have fallen victim to improvised explosive devices used by Sunni Muslim guerrillas in central Iraq over the past five ... more |
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Berlin (UPI) Feb 24, 2008Germany may drop plans to double the amount of biofuels in gasoline after warnings that more than a million cars aren't biofuel compatible. The German automobile association ADAC has warned that up to 1.5 million drivers will be unable to use the ethanol-richer gasoline, Deutsche Welle said Friday. The newspaper said the plan to increase biofuels from 5 percent to 10 percent was based ... more Environmentalists climb on Heathrow jet in airport protest: officials 
London (AFP) Feb 25, 2008Four activists from environmental campaigners Greenpeace breached security at London Heathrow to stage a protest on top of a jet against the airport's planned expansion, the group said Monday. The activists climbed on top of a British Airways Boeing 777 plane which had just landed from Manchester at around 0945 GMT and unfurled a huge banner across the tailfin reading: "Climate Emergency ... more Greenshift Strikes Oil At Western New York Energy 
New York NY (SPX) Feb 26, 2008GreenShift has announced that it has begun to produce crude corn oil at its 1.5 million gallon per year corn oil extraction facility co-located at Western New York Energy, LLC's 50 million gallon per year corn ethanol production facility in Medina, New York. Western New York Energy began operations in December 2007 and is the first operating ethanol plant in the Northeastern U.S. "We still ... more Alternative Energy Technology Center Announces Cellulosic Ethanol Breakthrough 
Houston TX (SPX) Feb 26, 2008The Alternative Energy Technology Center announced that it completed the initial design phase of its Cellulosic Ethanol - Esterified Lignin to Gasoline Unit. This vertically integrated biorefining unit will take advantage of proprietary technology using flexible feedstocks such as forestry waste, dedicated feedstock grasses, sawdust, sorghum and corn stover. "AETC's integrated technologies ... more Japan successfully launches high-speed Internet satellite 
Tokyo (AFP) Feb 23, 2008Japan successfully launched Saturday an experimental satellite aimed at providing high-speed Internet access across Asia, even when terrestrial infrastructure goes down, the space agency said. The domestically developed H-2A rocket carrying the Kizuna satellite was launched at 17:55 pm (0855 GMT) with no glitches from the Space Centre on Tanegashima island off the southern tip of Kyushu ... more
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