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LockMart Begins Critical Test Phase For First Advanced EHF MilComms Satellite
Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Jul 07, 2008Lockheed Martin has announced that the first Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) military communications satellite is now undergoing thermal vacuum testing at the company's Sunnyvale, Calif. facilities. The U.S. Air Force's AEHF system will provide global, highly secure, protected, survivable communications for all warfighters serving under the U.S. Department of Defense. One of ... more Air Force Strives To Enhance Communications Networks 
Arlington VA (SPX) Jul 07, 2008Officials from the Air Force, Army and Navy are now funding a Finnish research program that explores new approaches for improving telecommunications network management. The ultimate goal is to build on this basic research and create a cognitive network that will use rational decision-making methods to improve the speed and quality of information delivered via Defense Department networks. ... more Wake-Up Call To Business: Tighten Up On Information Security 
London, UK (SPX) Jul 07, 2008According to the Department of Trade and Industry there are 4.5 million businesses in the UK of which 99.3% are small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs), employing 0-49 employees. These comprise 58.9% of the total workforce of 24.4 million and account for 51.9% of the 2,600 billion pound UK turnover. Bruce Hallas, a specialist in information security, said "SMEs are particularly prone to ... more US wanted to test sarin on Australian troops: report 
Sydney (AFP) July 6, 2008The United States military wanted to test deadly nerve gases on Australian troops in a remote area of far north Queensland in the 1960s but Canberra refused, a report said Sunday. Washington wanted to bomb a rainforest area lying more than 600 kilometres (400 miles) north of Cairns, Channel Nine's 'Sunday' programme reported, citing newly declassified documents from the Australian Defence ... more Outside View: Navy costs crisis 
Washington (UPI) Jul 2, 2008 Since 2001 the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps have received $174 billion more than was then anticipated for the period 2001-2009. This "plus-up," which does not include the additional $95 billion the Navy and Marine Corps also received to fight the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, has not helped the Navy on its key force structure measure, the number of ships in the active duty combat fleet. ... more |
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Aboard Air Force One (AFP) July 5, 2008The US said Saturday that it would talk with allies before commenting on Tehran's response to a plan from six world powers offering Iran technology and negotiations if it suspends uranium enrichment. "We're going out to consult with our allies about what Iran's response means," White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said aboard Air Force One, carrying President George W. Bush to the G8 Summit ... more US complains about joint-smoking Swiss soldiers: reports 
Geneva (AFP) July 5, 2008The US embassy in Switzerland has complained to the authorities here about Swiss soldiers smoking joints and urinating against its mission's walls during their guard duty, reports said Saturday. "Out of boredom they smoke joints. Then they are too lazy to look for a toilet, so they urinate whereever they see fit," Swiss-German language tabloid Blick reported. Swiss defence ministry spoke ... more US-Russia ties could worsen as US prepares to sign missile deal 
Washington (AFP) July 4, 2008US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is due next week in the Czech Republic to sign a long-sought but controversial missile shield deal amid fears it will further raise tensions with Russia. US officials did not rule out Rice's making a stop in neighboring Poland to sign a similar agreement to deploy 10 missile interceptors in that country to complement a planned anti-missile radar in the ... more Russia slams US nuclear disarmament proposals: report 
Moscow (AFP) July 6, 2008A senior Russian official has criticized the United States for offering only "empty proposals" on replacing the START I nuclear arms treaty, which expires next year, the Interfax news agency reported Sunday. Briefing journalists ahead of Monday's meeting between Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and US counterpart George W. Bush at the G8 summit in Japan, Kremlin foreign policy adviser Serge ... more Researchers Call For Independent Body To Monitor Deaths In Wars And Other Crises 
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 07, 2008The accurate documentation of deaths during wars and other humanitarian emergencies is critical to grading the severity of the crisis and adjusting relief operations accordingly, and yet collection of data on death rates is often incomplete, say two researchers in this week's PLoS Medicine. Accurate data on death rates, they say, can provide a basis for both "humanitarian" ... more |
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Karachi (AFP) July 5, 2008President Pervez Musharraf insisted on Friday that Pakistan's powerful army still supports him, but he said he would step down if he thought it would solve all of the country's problems. Musharraf, who seized power in a 1999 coup, blasted "hypocrites" for saying that the nuclear-armed Islamic republic's 500,000-strong military had turned against him since he stepped down as army chief last ... more Pakistan denies Musharraf, army sent centrifuges to North Korea 
Islamabad (AFP) July 5, 2008Pakistan's top nuclear authority Saturday rejected claims by disgraced atomic scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan that the army and President Pervez Musharraf sent centrifuges to North Korea in 2000. Lieutenant General Khalid Kidwai, head of the Strategic Planning Division (SPD), told a select group of reporters there was "enough evidence" about the proliferation network that Khan had run from 1987. ... more North Korea nuclear process at 'pivotal point': US 
Aboard Air Force One (AFP) July 5, 2008The US said Saturday that the six-party process overseeing North Korea's nuclear disablement is at "a very pivotal point" and that talks would be held in Beijing on verification as early as July 11 or 12. Speaking aboard Air Force One as President George W. Bush flew to Japan for the G8 summit, US National Security Council director for Asia Dennis Wilder said that leaders of the six parties ... more Extended Cyclone Relief Efforts Aided From Space 
Paris, France (ESA) Jul 07, 2008Earth observation satellites have provided vital information to relief workers in Myanmar throughout a particularly long crisis response window following the devastating Cyclone Nargis that hit the country on 2 and 3 May 2008. Immediately after the disaster, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) asked the International Charter on 'Space and Major Disasters' ... more Bacterial Resistance Is Futile Against Wound-Cleaning Laser 
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 07, 2008A laser-activated antimicrobial offers hope for new treatments of bacterial infections, even those that are resistant to current drugs. Research published in the open access journal BMC Microbiology describes the use of a dye, indocyanine green, which produces bacteria-killing chemicals when lit by a specific kind of laser light. Michael Wilson led a team from UCL (University College ... more
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