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Cutting-Edge Weapons Result Of Prehistoric Experimentation
Columbia MO (SPX) Jun 13, 2008In today's fast-paced, technologically advanced world, people often take the innovation of new technology for granted without giving much thought to the trial-and-error experimentation that makes technology useful in everyday life. When the "cutting-edge" technology of the bow and arrow was introduced to the world, it changed the way humans hunted and fought. University of Missouri ... more US troops take on more peacekeeping role in Iraq: analysts 
Washington (AFP) June 12, 2008The role of US troops in Iraq has shifted in recent months to one of "peacekeeping rather than war fighting" thanks to a series of negotiated ceasefire deals with insurgents, analysts said Thursday. Stephen Biddle, senior fellow for defense policy at the Council on Foreign Relations, said the agreements were largely responsible for a drop in violence and had subsequently sparked a change in ... more Raytheon Delivers 1,000th Tomahawk Block IV Cruise Missile To US Navy 
Tucson AZ (SPX) Jun 13, 2008Raytheon achieved a significant production milestone with the delivery of the 1,000th Tomahawk Block IV cruise missile to the U.S. Navy. "Tomahawk Block IV provides the Navy with an array of enhanced capabilities to support land-based operations in the global war on terror and across the spectrum of warfare," said Capt. Rick McQueen, the U.S. Navy's program manager for the Tomahawk weapon ... more Northrop Grumman And DHS Systems Receive Contract For Mobile Command Posts 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jun 13, 2008The U.S. Army has selected Northrop Grumman and its partner DHS Systems to provide mobile tactical operations centers that can be rapidly deployed for command, control and communications on the battlefield. Under the Army's Standardized Integrated Command Post Systems (SICPS) Family of Trailer Mounted Support System (TMSS) contract, Northrop Grumman and DHS Systems will produce, integrate ... more The Sino-Russia Il-76 Row 
Hong Kong (UPI) Jun 12, 2008 For some time, military cooperation between China and Russia has been stalled over a failed deal involving China's import of Russian Ilyushin Il-76 transport aircraft. China claims that Russia violated the terms of an agreement involving the sale of 38 aircraft. But Russia says this claim is unfair. Negotiations on the aircraft deal began seven years ago. By the time the contract was ... more |
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Washington (UPI) Jun 12, 2008 For more than 90 years, the submarine has been the key strategic weapon of war at sea. Britain was nearly starved into submission by German submarines in both world wars, and Japan was effectively isolated, starved and defeated by U.S. submarines in World War II. So why do 21st century Western navies and their political bosses always devote so little time to anti-submarine warfare? ... more More troops needed to secure Afghanistan's lawless border: military 
Brussels (AFP) June 12, 2008Coalition forces will suffer more casualties and take longer to secure Afghanistan's lawless border with Pakistan without more troops, a senior US military official said here Thursday. Vice Admiral William Sullivan also expressed concern that Pakistan will remove troops from its side of the border as part of peace deals the new government has struck with militants in the tribal areas. ... more Japan-made pumps used at NKorea nuclear plants: reports 
Tokyo (AFP) June 12, 2008UN inspectors have discovered that equipment made in Japan, the arch-enemy of North Korea, has been used for uranium enrichment in the communist state, news reports said Thursday. Police raided two private companies earlier this month after receiving the information from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), public broadcaster NHK and other Japanese media reported. Police ... more Analysis: Students labeled security threat 
Washington (UPI) Jun 12, 2008 The U.S. Transportation Security Administration has labeled a group of the world's top oceanography students "security threats" because they applied for a new ID card required to get access to U.S. ports -- even though the agency acknowledges they are not suspected of any terrorism link. "That really alarmed the students and faculty," James Yonder, vice president for academic affairs at ... more US to press NATO allies on missile defence options 
Brussels (AFP) June 12, 2008US Defense Secretary Robert Gates will press NATO ministers to agree on options for a missile system capable of protecting all allies against Iranian missile strikes, a senior US official said Thursday. Gates arrived in Brussels Thursday for a two-day meeting of defence ministers that also will include discussions on Kosovo, Afghanistan, relations with Pakistan, and other security issues ... more |
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Dujiangyan, China (AFP) June 12, 2008Police on Thursday kicked foreign journalists out of a city where the collapse of several schools in China's earthquake drew charges of corruption from parents of dead children. The action, which came one month after the May 12 quake, followed a promise the day before by China that foreign reporters would be allowed unfettered access to report on the disaster aftermath. The reporters' ... more Chinese brokerage to launch investment fund in quake-hit city 
Shanghai (AFP) June 12, 2008China's CITIC Securities said Thursday it plans to launch a six-billion-yuan (870-million-dollar) industrial investment fund to serve reconstruction in a southwestern quake-hit city. The country's top listed brokerage said it has incorporated a new fund management company with registered capital of 100 million yuan in Mianyang of Sichuan province, according to a statement with Shanghai Stock ... more China's quake homeless endure with stoicism 
Mianzhu, China (AFP) June 12, 2008His home destroyed and future uncertain, 51-year-old welder Jiang Cheng would seem to be at his lowest ebb as he swelters in a camp for those displaced by China's earthquake. But Jiang and thousands like him are taking the ordeal in their stride, in a testament to the legendary stoicism of China's masses. Many, too, are thankful for the help of the nation's ruling Communist Party. ... more China quake lake runoff contaminates towns' water: Xinhua 
Beijing (AFP) June 12, 2008Torrents of muddy water gushing from a "quake lake" in southwest China have contaminated water sources for 600,000 people living downstream, state media reported Thursday. At least two towns along the Fujiang River have had to switch to alternative water supplies since the controlled release of water from Tangjiashan lake began on Saturday, the Xinhua news agency reported. ... more Chemists Get Scoop on Crude Oil From Pig Manure 
Gaithersburg MD (SPX) Jun 13, 2008After a close examination of crude oil made from pig manure, chemists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are certain about a number of things. Most obviously, "This stuff smells worse than manure," says NIST chemist Tom Bruno. But a job's a job, so the NIST team has developed the first detailed chemical analysis revealing what processing is needed to ... more
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