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No US troop increase in Afghanistan without deeper cuts in Iraq: Pentagon
Washington (AFP) May 6, 2008The Pentagon said Tuesday that any sizeable increase in much-needed US forces in Afghanistan will depend on deeper troop cuts in Iraq than currently planned. Military commanders, worried about a persistent and growing Taliban challenge, have said they require up to three more brigades, or about 10,000 troops, to fill gaps in a NATO-led force in Afghanistan. But Pentagon press secretary ... more Thompson Files: Delay U.S. defense review 
Arlington, Va. (UPI) May 6, 2008 It is now nearly 20 years since the Berlin Wall was breached, providing a powerful symbol of communism's impending collapse. That event also marked the end of an era in American defense planning, because the military challenge posed by the Soviet Union had taken most of the guesswork out of what kind of defense posture the nation needed. When a hostile country has thousands of nuclear ... more 79 Religious Organizations Oppose Energy Department Plan For New Nuclear Bomb Plant 
Washington DC (SPX) May 06, 2008Seventy-nine Catholic, Jewish, Muslim, and Protestant groups have joined together to reject administration plans to reactivate the U.S. nuclear weapons infrastructure and build new nuclear bomb plant facilities, the Friends Committee on National Legislation (Quakers) have announced. In a formal letter to the Energy Department, religious organizations from across the country called instead ... more US Army, Navy And Air Force Gain New Intelligence And Surveillance Capability 
Marietta GA (SPX) May 07, 2008Two Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptors successfully sent classified sensor data to ground stations in the U.S. Air Force's Joint Expeditionary Force Experiment 2008 (JEFX 08) conducted April 15-25 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. JEFX is an Air Force Chief of Staff-sponsored experiment that combines real-world air and ground forces, simulation, and technology insertions into a warfighting environment. ... more Outside View: Russia's Blackjack power 
Moscow (UPI) May 6, 2008 On April 29 representatives of the Kazan Aircraft Production Association presented the 121st Heavy Bomber Regiment of the Russian Air Force's 37th Army with a brand-new Tupolev Tu-160 Blackjack strategic bomber. The warplane is named after Vitaly Kopylov, who headed the company from 1973 to1993. Russia now has 16 front-line Tu-160 bombers, each of which can carry 12 X-55 ... more |
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Vienna (AFP) May 6, 2008Washington is "optimistic" that it will be able to reach a deal with Poland over US plans to base a missile shield there, a senior US arms control official told reporters here on Tuesday. "I remain optimistic that we're going to successfully conclude our negotiations with the Poles to place a site for missile defence interceptors in that country," US Under Secretary for Arms Control John ... more US envoys head to Asia in new bid for NKorean nuclear declaration 
Washington (AFP) May 6, 2008The United States launched a new diplomatic push Tuesday to obtain a long-sought cornerstone to scrapping North Korea's atomic arms by sending key envoys this week to Pyongyang and nearby capitals. The State Department said its Korea office director Sung Kim was due Thursday in the North Korean capital while Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte will leave Wednesday for Tokyo, Seoul and ... more Russian Military Faces Growing Budget And Constrained Bandwidth 
Newtown CT (SPX) May 07, 2008In 10 years, Russia's national defense spending has risen by more than 965 percent as its military renews strategic air patrols, reasserts its interests throughout the former Soviet space, and actively pushes back against competing security interests from the U.S. and Europe. Last year, Russian national defense spending surpassed $32 billion, compared with less than $3 billion in 1998. ... more Pentagon warns of June pay crunch for troops 
Washington (AFP) May 6, 2008The Pentagon warned Tuesday the US Army will not be able to pay its soldiers beyond June 15 unless Congress acts soon on a stalled request from the administration for war funding. It was the latest salvo in a long-running impasse between the Democratic-controlled Congress and the administration over a 108-billion dollar request to fund US military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan in the 20 ... more Northrop Grumman To Support Roll-Out Of NATO MCCIS 
London, UK (SPX) May 07, 2008Northrop Grumman announced that it has been selected by the NATO C3 Agency (NC3A) to provide hardware and software support services for the roll-out of the Maritime Command and Control Information System (MCCIS) across NATO countries. The MCCIS merges information gathered from satellites, wide area networks, computerized tactical data processors and machine-readable messages to create a common ... more |
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Washington (AFP) May 6, 2008Tsunami-hit Indonesia and earthquake-jolted Pakistan once risked a backlash from their predominantly Muslim populations and allowed in US military forces to help in relief operations. But cyclone-ravaged Myanmar's ruling military junta is suspicious of any US aid. As the cyclone's official death toll soared to 22,000, two US Navy ships are near the waters of military-ruled Myanmar awaiting ... more US leads pressure on Myanmar to admit aid agencies 
Washington (AFP) May 6, 2008The United States and Australia led international calls Tuesday for the military junta in Myanmar to ease entry restrictions to allow disaster relief to reach the cyclone-hit country. With the latest death toll reaching 22,000 dead, 41,000 missing and expected to continue rising from the weekend cyclone, many aid agencies are still awaiting travel visas to enter the reclusive nation. ... more US ships standing by for Myanmar relief: Pentagon 
Washington (AFP) May 6, 2008US Navy ships, including an amphibious assault ship with helicopters and US marines, are standing by off Thailand awaiting permission to join relief efforts in cyclone-hit Myanmar, the Pentagon said Tuesday. The Pentagon and the State Department have begun planning for a humanitarian relief mission even though Myanmar has yet to respond to US offers of aid, Pentagon press secretary Geoff Mor ... more Cartosat 2a Puts The World In High Resolution For Indian Government 
Delhi, India (SPX) May 07, 2008High quality imageries acquired from Cartosat-2A and Indian Mini Satellite-1 (IMS-1) were presented to the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh in Delhi by Dr G Madhavan Nair, Chairman, ISRO along with a team of senior scientists. It may be recalled that Cartosat-2A and IMS-1 were successfully launched by PSLV-C9 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota on April 28, 2008. ... more Ball Aerospace Wins NASA Earth Sensing Contracts 
Boulder CO (SPX) May 07, 2008Ball Aerospace and Technologies has been awarded two NASA contracts that support the agency's Science Mission Directorate 2007 Instrument Incubator Program (IIP) in developing Earth science instrument subsystem technologies. Ball will also participate in a third contract as co-investigators on a study led by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Ball Aerospace technical manager and systems ... more
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