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Outside View: Russian arms plans -- Part 1
Moscow (UPI) Jul 2, 2008 Military-technical cooperation with the West and with other nations: does Russia need it? Although sounding rhetorical, the question highlights one of the current weaknesses of Russia's defense industry. In mid-June, four-star General of the Army Nikolai Makarov, the newly appointed chief of the General Staff of Russia, speaking at the Eurosatory 2008 defense exhibition in Paris, said ... more North Korea Had To Develop Nuclear Arms To Get Into US Graces 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jul 03, 2008With a six months' delay, North Korea presented a list of its nuclear programs to China, which chairs the six-lateral talks aimed at ridding the Korean peninsular of nuclear weapons. Last year, diplomats from Russia, the United States, China, North Korea, and Japan agreed that it is essential to establish trust between all partners in dialogue in order to reach the finals goal of the talks ... more Raytheon Solipsys Releases 3-D Visualization Tool 
Tewksbury MA (SPX) Jul 03, 2008Raytheon Solipsys has released a three dimensional extension for its Tactical Display Framework (TDF 3D), a real-time visualization capability used in command and control, homeland defense, surveillance and air traffic management systems. TDF 3D enhances the Tactical Display Framework software product by displaying tracks, history, sensors, overlays, pairing lines and imagery in three ... more SELEX GALILEO Signs Technology Transfer MOU With King Abdulaziz City 
King Abdulaziz City, Saudi Arabia (SPX) Jul 03, 2008SELEX GALILEO has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST). This MOU will see the company develop a working relationship for research and development with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Radio Frequency, Radar, Communications, Laser, Electro Optics (EO), and Infrared Technologies. SELEX GALILEO is committed to developing high ... more US leaders acknowledge 'tough' going in Afghanistan 
Washington (AFP) July 2, 2008US President George W. Bush on Wednesday acknowledged "a tough month" for NATO and US-led forces in Afghanistan but insisted the war-fighting strategy there is working, despite increasing violence. "It has been a tough month in Afghanistan, but it's also been a tough month for the Taliban," he said, after the coalition in June suffered its deadliest month since the 2001 ouster of the ... more |
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Washington (AFP) July 2, 2008The White House said Wednesday it was skeptical about top Iranian officials' comments welcoming a US-backed reward package aimed at ending the dispute over Tehran's nuclear program. "If they were serious about wanting to take us up on that offer, then that would be welcome. But I think we have every reason to be skeptical since we get mixed messages from them quite often," said spokeswoman ... more US interrogation methods borrowed from Chinese: NY Times 
New York (AFP) July 2, 2008US interrogators questioning detainees at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base employed harsh techniques borrowed directly from the Communist Chinese during the Korean War, the New York Times reported Wednesday. The daily reported that military trainers at Guantanamo in December 2002 based an entire interrogation class on a chart created from a 1957 Air Force study on Communist Chinese methods. ... more Two killed in Pakistan missile attack: security official 
Khar, Pakistan (AFP) July 2, 2008Two people were killed and two wounded Wednesday when a missile fired from Afghanistan landed near a border post in a Pakistani tribal area, a senior security official said. It was not clear if the missile that hit the troubled Bajaur district was launched by Taliban militants in Afghanistan or international forces fighting them, the official said. The missile apparently "fired from the ... more Military Matters: Last train from Baghdad 
Washington (UPI) Jul 2, 2008 Improbably, an opportunity has arisen in Iraq for the United States to attain two of its most important goals, namely obtaining some legitimacy for the "government" of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and getting American troops out of his country at the same time. This could be the last international express leaving Baghdad Central Station, and the United States and its armed forces ... more Lockheed Martin Wins IT Contract With CDC 
Seabrook MD (SPX) Jul 03, 2008Lockheed Martin was selected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to provide Information Technology services to the agency's Coordinating Office for Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response (COTPER) in Atlanta. This task order has one base year and three option years, with an estimated program value of more than $24 million. Awarded within the scope of an ... more |
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Shanghai (AFP) July 2, 2008The death toll from a stabbing rampage by an unemployed man at a Shanghai police station rose to six on Wednesday after another officer died of his injuries, state media reported. The Shanghai Evening Post said a sixth police officer had died from the attack by Yang Jia, 28, who has been reported as seeking revenge after being arrested in October on suspicion of bicycle theft. The paper ... more Revenge blast in China injures 12: state media 
Beijing (AFP) July 2, 2008A man angry over the demolition of an illegal structure he owned in central China blew up two bottles of compressed gas in an attack on Wednesday that hurt 12 people, state media said. The man, identified as Tian Kaiyou, lit the gas cylinders on fire and then drove them to a local government office in Zhangjiajie in Hunan province, the China News Service said. The resulting explosion ... more China pointing new missiles at Taiwan: newspaper 
Taipei (AFP) July 2, 2008A Taiwanese newspaper on Wednesday said China was pointing new ballistic missiles at the island despite improving ties that will see direct charter flights begin this week. The People's Liberation Army (PLA) have built a new ballistic missile base on China's southeastern coast opposite Taiwan and replaced missiles already deployed with improved versions, the China Times said. Taiwan's ... more Analysis: Controlling Tibet -- Part 1 
Hong Kong (UPI) Jul 2, 2008 The eruption of riots in Tibet in March reflected an increasingly complicated political situation there, involving both internal and external factors. Internally, the peaceful and non-violent approach of the Dalai Lama toward China has encountered greater resistance from the young generation of Tibetans, and the Dalai Lama's political relevance has been gradually marginalized as a ... more Weather clouds future of biofuels 
New York (UPI) Jul 1, 2008 U.S. energy experts say recent storms and flooding highlight the risk of the nation's increasing reliance on corn for fuel. The cost of filling U.S. gas tanks could soon be influenced "as much by hail in Iowa as by the bombing of an oil pipeline in Nigeria," The New York Times reported Tuesday. "We are holding ourselves hostage to the weather," ethanol expert John M. Reilly of ... more
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