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South Korea Buys Raytheon Patriot Air And Missile Defense Capability Upgrade
Tewksbury MA (SPX) Mar 10, 2008Raytheon has received an initial contract to provide engineering services related to a U.S. government Foreign Military Sale of the Patriot air and missile defense system to South Korea. Raytheon expects significant follow-on awards to complete the system integration and to provide command and control, communications and maintenance support equipment, as well as the training of Korean ... more US admits no silver bullet in US-led drive against Iran 
Washington (AFP) March 8, 2008A US-led coalition has just fired off a third volley in a 15-month diplomatic drive against Iran, but even Washington admits it has no silver bullet and it will unlikely be the last shot. Nonetheless the latest volley appears targetted at elections in Iran next week. With more international supporters than firepower, the Bush administration hopes gradually to squeeze Iran into halting it ... more US military overtaxed by wars: poll of officers 
Washington (AFP) March 8, 2008US military officers are concerned that the country's armed forces have been dangerously overtaxed by the Afghan and Iraq conflicts, according to a new survey by Foreign Policy magazine. Some 60 percent of more than 3,400 active and retired high-level command officers polled said they believe the US military is weaker than five years ago, compared with only a quarter who said it was stronger ... more Analysis: Iraq a target for U.S. spending 
Washington DC (UPI) Mar 07, 2008The head of the Senate Armed Services Committee wants U.S. auditors to investigate the Iraqi government's spending on reconstruction as both U.S. and Iraqi funds in the rebuilding effort came under fire on Capitol Hill this week. "How much has Iraq and the United States, respectively, spent annually during that time period on training, equipping and supporting Iraqi security forces, and ... more Analysis: China's crisis-handling problem 
Hong Kong (UPI) Mar 07, 2008China is not prepared to handle a large-scale external crisis -- particularly in the Taiwan Strait -- it can be concluded after assessing the nation's hardware, including ammunition supplies and fuel reserves, as well as the quality of its military personnel. In terms of its "soft" infrastructure, including the national political system, the Chinese government is unlikely to be able to ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) March 7, 2008Chinese military officials have urged combat readiness in efforts to reunify Taiwan, just days after the government announced a 17.6 percent rise in defence spending, state press said Friday. "Preparations for military struggle shall be continued, which is now the most important, practical and imperative task", Xinhua news agency quoted Jing Zhiyuan, a People's Liberation Army (PLA) artillery ... more Raytheon Awarded Major Patriot Engineering Support 
Tewksbury MA (SPX) Mar 10, 2008Raytheon has been awarded a U.S. Army contract modification worth $115 million to provide engineering services in support of the Patriot Air and Missile Defense program, the premier air and missile defense system for the U.S. and its allies. "This award is just another indication of the resurgence of Patriot as the reliable and flexible cornerstone of the U.S. Army's integrated air defense ... more Nuclear Missile Train At Its Final Destination 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Mar 10, 2008In February 1983, a rail-based missile system entered trial service in the Soviet Union. Equipped with the RT-23 solid-fuel missile, the trains were able to stealthily travel more than 1,000 km (622 miles) a day, and launch missiles from any stop en route. One regiment comprised a train consisting of three diesel locomotives and 17 cars, including nine flat cars with three missile launcher ... more Iran Tells West To Stop Threats Then We Talk 
Tehran (AFP) March 9, 2008Iran on Sunday told the West it would only hold talks over its disputed nuclear programme if world powers stopped threatening further punitive measures against Tehran. "The time of using the policy of the carrot and the stick has ended," Javad Vaeedi, a top national security official, said on the sidelines of a security conference in Tehran. "If they (the West) want to have serious ... more NATO, Russia bid to wrap up Afghan transit deals: diplomats 
Brussels (AFP) March 7, 2008NATO and Russia have stepped up efforts to conclude by next month two accords allowing alliance-led troops in Afghanistan to transit Russian territory, NATO diplomats said Friday. "For years NATO and Russia have been bogged down on a framework accord on air transport and an exchange of letters on ground rail transport," one diplomat said, on condition of anonymity. "This time, we've ... more |
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Washington DC (UPI) Mar 07, 2008Back in early 1990s, in the immediate aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Union, when Western companies for the first time had the possibility of exploiting Caspian energy, sharp-eyed observers inside the Beltway could spot a bumper sticker proclaiming, "Happiness is multiple pipelines." The slogan referred to Washington's preference for Caspian energy exports to flow westward via a skein ... more Uzbeks And South Korea Eye Natural Gas Deals 
Washington DC (UPI) Mar 07, 2008While Russia's Gazprom dominates Central Asian natural gas exports through its pipeline monopoly, the leaders of the "stans" are unhappy about the arrangement, as Gazprom buys cheap and sells dear to European consumers. Seeking to break the deadlock, Uzbekistan has been investigating alternatives, and on Feb. 25 state-owned Uzbekneftegaz signed an agreement with a South Korean energy consortiu ... more China set for 30 years more years of fast growth: World Bank's Lin 
Beijing (AFP) March 7, 2008China's economy will keep growing fast for up to 30 more years thanks to its vast domestic market and foreign investment, incoming World Bank chief economist Justin Lin Yifu said Friday. "For the prospect of China's development, as you know I'm an optimist and I believe China is absolutely likely to see high-speed growth for 10, 20, or 30 years," Lin, a Chinese professor, told reporters at a ... more Second Galileo Spacecraft Prepares For Launch 
Paris, France (SPX) Mar 07, 2008Yesterday, members of the media visited ESA-ESTEC, the agency's European Research and Technology Centre, to see and learn about GIOVE-B, the second Galileo in-orbit validation satellite, before it is packed for shipping to the launch site. GIOVE-B has successfully completed its test campaign and will depart from ESTEC on 11 March. The spacecraft will be flown to Baikonur, in Kazakhstan ... more China Kicks Off New Space Launch Center Project 
Beijing (XNA) Mar 07, 2008The State Council of China has greenlighted the construction of a new space launch center in the southern island province of Hainan and the project has been kicked off, said a top provincial official on Thursday. The launch center, the fourth in China, is expected to complete in five years, Wei Liucheng, Secretary of Hainan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, told ... more
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