| June 23, 2008 |  |
SpaceWar Advertising Kit |
| Previous Issues | Jun 20 | Jun 19 | Jun 18 | Jun 17 | Jun 16 |
Outside View: Soviet Weapons In ME Wars
Moscow (UPI) Jun 23, 2008The shortest Arab-Israeli war, the Six-Day War, broke out on June 5, 1967. It lasted until June 10, when the Arabs were comprehensively defeated. This was when Israel seized the Sinai Peninsula, the Golan Heights, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. The Arabs retrieved part of these lands, notably, the Sinai Peninsula, 15 years later. Others, such as the Golan Heights and Palestinian ... more 3-D Imaging To Help A-10 Integrate Latest Weapons 
Eglin AFB FL (AFNS) Jun 23, 2008The A-10C Thunderbolt II is undergoing state-of-the-art 3-D measurement to help the close-air support aircraft carry the latest in smart weapons technology. The 46th Test Wing's Air Force Seek Eagle Office, Computerized Physical Fit team is collecting approximately 100,000 3-D data points on an A-10C aircraft. The A-10C being measured is on loan from the Maryland National Guard and is bein ... more USAF Aims To Improve Electronic Warfare Capabilities 
Washington DC (AFNS) Jun 23, 2008Controlling the electromagnetic spectrum to deny or attack an adversary -- that is electronic warfare, and the Air Force is in search of ways to maximize that capability. Air Force leaders started the Electronic Warfare Life Cycle Management Group to establish a uniform approach to the research, development and evaluation of electronic warfare hardware, software, techniques and capabilit ... more MSU Researcher Creates System Helping Police To Match Tattoos To Suspects 
East Lansing MI (SPX) Jun 23, 2008A Michigan State University researcher has created an automatic image retrieval system, whereby law enforcement agencies will be able to match scars, marks and tattoos to identify suspects and victims. In a world filled with homeland security concerns, identity fraud and natural disasters, the need to establish the identity of an individual based on something other than a driver's license ... more Heathrow Goes Live With Europe's First Runway Debris Detection System 
London, UK (SPX) Jun 23, 2008Heathrow, the world's busiest international airport, has invested in a state of the art radar system to further improve safety by continuously sweeping its runways for foreign objects and debris (FOD). Supplied by QinetiQ, the Tarsier system is already being used to detect FOD on the southern runway at Heathrow following a successful operational trial. Two radars scan the 3,658 metre runwa ... more |
milplex:
 stans:  nuclear-blackmarket:  |
Berlin (AFP) June 21, 2008Damascus and Pyongyang helped Iran to develop its nuclear programme through the construction of a suspected nuclear site in Syria that Israel destroyed last September, Der Spiegel reported. But the Syrian president Bashar al-Assad is considering withdrawing his support for the Iranian programme, added the German newsweekly in its next edition out Monday, quoting German secret service reports ... more Dogs of War: CACI - Some Publicity Is Bad 
Washington (UPI) Jun 23, 2008The case of CACI, the private military contractor that became notorious after its employees were investigated over allegations of torture at the U.S. military detention center at Abu Ghraib, seems to challenge the proposition that there is no such thing as bad publicity. After the Iron Curtain came down, CACI knew it had to diversify beyond weapons contracts to survive. It began offering ... more Ball Of Fire If Iran Attacked Warns IAEA Chief As Iran Threatens Limitless Response 
Tehran (AFP) June 22, 2008Iran on Sunday dismissed reports that Israel had been practising for air strikes against its nuclear drive as "psychological operations" but warned of a limitless response to any attack. The New York Times on Friday cited US officials as saying that a major Israeli military exercise over Greece earlier this month appeared to be a dry run for a potential strike against Iranian nuclear ... more BMD Base Woes Continue In Former Eastern Bloc Part Two 
Moscow (UPI) Jun 23, 2008Rep. John Spratt, D-S.C., the chairman of the Budget Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, has said the global ballistic missile threat has been decreasing during the last 20 years. Spratt said the world has fewer missiles today than 20 years ago, fewer states are carrying out missile programs, and there are fewer enemy missiles targeted at the United States. He emphasized that ... more 10,000 British soldiers unfit for frontline: report 
London (AFP) June 22, 2008More than 10,000 British soldiers are unfit for frontline duty as the pressure of supplying troops for years of conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan takes its toll on the army, the Sunday Telegraph reported. The newspaper said the Ministry of Defence admits that 8,500 soldiers from the 59,000-strong "Field Army" -- units such as tank, artillery and infantry regiments --- are classified as unfit ... more |
nuclear-blackmarket:
 terrorwars:  stans:  iran:  |
by Staff WritersBedford, MA (SPX) Jun 23, 2008 iRobot has announced the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the U.S. Army Research Office have awarded the company a new multi-year, multi-million dollar R and D project to develop Chemical Robots (ChemBots). The goal of this program is to develop a soft, flexible, mobile robot that can identify and maneuver through openings smaller than i ... more Tibet Tourism Slumps; China Releases 1,157 Rioters 
Lhasa, China (AFP) June 22, 2008The steady flow of tourists to Lhasa has slowed to a trickle three months after anti-Chinese riots in the Tibetan capital, leaving hotels almost empty and shops struggling to make ends meet. As hand-picked spectators cheered the Olympic flame through the city in a seemingly trouble-free and tightly-controlled torch relay on Saturday, local businesses complained of slow trade since the riots ... more Even Texan oilmen think energy supplies have to be diversified 
Midland, Texas (AFP) June 20, 2008The Texan oilmen dining at Midland's Petroleum Club are not very happy with the energy policies coming out of Washington these days. While they're pleased that President George W. Bush is pushing to open up drilling along the coasts and in Alaska, they're frustrated that it's taken so long for politicians to take US energy dependence seriously. And they have little hope that either of ... more Rebels abduct four French nationals in Niger 
Lagos (AFP) June 22, 2008Tuareg rebels abducted four French nationals working for nuclear group Areva in the uranium-rich north of Niger and said Sunday they would be freed quickly "with a message for the Areva management". The four were seized in the northwest African country by an ethnic Tuareg rebel group, the Movement of the People of Niger for Justice (MNJ), said an Areva spokesman. Jacques-Emmanuel Saulnie ... more Oil higher in Asia as analysts mull China fuel price hike 
Singapore (AFP) June 20, 2008Oil prices rose in Asian trade Friday after sliding following China's surprise decision to hike fuel prices, but analysts differed on the move's longer term impact. The benchmark oil futures contract, New York's light sweet crude for July delivery, was 78 cents higher at 132.71 dollars per barrel. It had tumbled 4.75 dollars to close at 131.93 in US trade Thursday following China's announcement ... more
|
gas:
 gas:  gas:  energy-tech:  |
|
| Previous Issues | Jun 20 | Jun 19 | Jun 18 | Jun 17 | Jun 16 |
| The contents herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2007 - SpaceDaily. AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by SpaceDaily on any web page published or hosted by SpaceDaily. Privacy statement |
