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US offers Poland military plan for missile shield: ministry
Warsaw (AFP) Feb 27, 2008Washington on Wednesday made Poland a new military cooperation proposal in line with a condition set by Warsaw for hosting a controversial US missile shield, the Polish foreign ministry said. "The American side has given Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski a document related to military cooperation," ministry spokesman Piotr Paszkowski told AFP. Paszkowski said the document was a ... more US, Czech on cusp of missile shield deal 
Washington (AFP) Feb 27, 2008US President George W. Bush and Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek said Wednesday they were on the cusp of reaching agreement on a radar for a planned US missile shield that has angered Russia. "There are only three words remaining to resolve," Topolanek said through an interpreter as they met in the Oval Office. He later explained the hold-up related to environmental guidelines for any US ... more Smiths Detection Selected For IPDS II Evaluation 
Edgewood MD (SPX) Feb 28, 2008Smiths Detection has announced its Military unit has been selected to participate in the first major phase of Increment 2 of the Improved Point Detection System program. The IPDS II is a shipboard detection system that detects chemical warfare agents. It provides system control at a central location and interfaces with ship-based alarms. In addition, IPDS II is capable of providing ... more Pakistan says Indian missile test to trigger arms race: report 
Karachi (AFP) Feb 27, 2008Pakistan's military chief on Wednesday said that a test by India of a sea-based nuclear-capable missile would start a new arms race between the South Asian arch rivals, state media reported. India conducted its first test of a nuclear-capable missile from an undersea platform on Tuesday, completing its goal of having air, land and sea ballistic systems. "This is going to start a new arms ... more DRS To Demonstrate Advanced EO/IR Sensors And Systems 
Parsippany NJ (SPX) Feb 28, 2008As industry leaders in the development of electro-optical infrared sensors and systems for military applications, the Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Target Acquisition business segment of DRS Technologies will present its capabilities at the upcoming Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers Defense and Security Symposium annual convention, March 17-20 in Orlando ... more |
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Tokyo (AFP) Feb 27, 2008Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Wednesday it was possible to prevent Iran developing a nuclear weapons capacity as he praised what he called Japan's "firm" stance towards Tehran. Olmert told reporters accompanying him on a rare trip to Japan that Iran was putting substantial energy into developing a "non-conventional" capacity. "It is still possible to stop them. It's not too ... more India, Israel to jointly develop anti-aircraft missiles 
New Delhi (AFP) Feb 27, 2008India will jointly build a surface-to-air missile with its second biggest weapons supplier Israel and hopes for such collaborations with other countries, the defence minister said Wednesday. "A project has been finalised with (state-run) Israeli Aerospace Industry for the joint development of a futuristic long range surface-to-air missile," Defence Minister A.K. Antony announced in parliament ... more Analysis: Turkey's risky PKK war 
Berlin (UPI) Feb 26, 2008While the European Union has criticized Turkey's ground incursion into northern Iraq, Washington seems to silently approve. That strategy is not without risk, however, especially if the military move would take civilian lives and longer than it should. Last week, after weeks of air raids targeting hideouts of the Kurdish separatist terror group PKK in the mountainous border region to ... more Indonesian city braces for disaster with little more than hope 
Padang, Indonesia (AFP) Feb 27, 2008The striking fact about the beaches along the city of Padang on Indonesia's earthquake-prone Sumatra island is their normality: businesses bustle and carefree children play. But with the city most likely to bear the brunt of Indonesia's next major quake, measures and infrastructure to protect its 900,000 residents from the fall-out, notably a tsunami, are being installed at a snail's pace ... more EU Ambassador Calls for Further Carbon Sequestration Push 
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 28, 2008In connection with his visit to Wyoming, Ambassador John Bruton, Head of the EU Commission Delegation to the United States, issued the following statement: Turning Wyoming's coal into gold. That could be the end result for this coal-producing state if the world turns to carbon sequestration as this technology brings enormous market opportunities and cleaner energy. As I visit the State of ... more |
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San Francisco (AFP) Feb 26, 2008Google's stock price sank Tuesday in the wake of a report hinting that boom times may be over for the Internet darling's money-making online advertising. The number of click ads in January was essentially the same as it was in the same month a year earlier, and dipped seven percent from December, a month known for major holiday shopping, according to industry-tracker comScore. Google's ... more Exxon Valdez: oil company tells top court captain was to blame 
Washington (AFP) Feb 27, 2008Oil giant ExxonMobil Wednesday urged the US Supreme Court to cancel a 2.5-billion-dollar compensation award for the huge 1989 Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska, blaming the ship's captain for the disaster. The US justices appeared to be divided on the case which has dragged through the courts for the past two decades. Among the issues to be weighed by the court is whether Exxon can be punished ... more ILS Proton To Launch S2M Satellite For Mobile TV Service In Middle East And North Africa 
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 27, 2008International Launch Services (ILS) have announced a contract with S2M to use a Proton Breeze M vehicle to launch the first dedicated mobile television satellite for the MENA region. The companies made the announcement during the Satellite 2008 industry conference in Washington, D.C. The Proton Breeze M is Russia's leading heavy-lift vehicle, which launches from facilities at the Baikonur ... more Astronauts collect blood for immune study 
Houston (UPI) Feb 26, 2008International Space Station crew members are collecting blood, saliva and urine samples to study their immune function in microgravity. NASA officials said while previous research conducted after landing showed dramatic changes in crew members' immune systems, the on-going first-of-its-kind study is the only one to comprehensively monitor the human immune ... more Killer Military Robots Pose Latest Threat To Humanity 
Sheffield, UK (SPX) Feb 27, 2008A robotics expert at the University of Sheffield issued stark warnings over the threat posed to humanity by new robot weapons being developed by powers worldwide. In a keynote address to the Royal United Services Institute, Professor Noel Sharkey, from the University's Department of Computer Science, expressed his concerns that we are beginning to see the first steps towards an ... more
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