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Walker's World: Indian nukes and the G8
Paris (UPI) Jul 9, 2008 Forget about that hollow claim from the Group of Eight summit that the main industrialized nations have agreed to halve carbon emissions by 2050. They promised that 16 years ago at the United Nations' 1992 Earth Summit in Rio. The most important event at the G8 meeting in Hokkaido, Japan, was a meeting on the sidelines between U.S. President George Bush and Indian Prime Minister Manmoha ... more USAF E-8C Joint STARS Airframes Operationally Viable Through 2070 
Melbourne FL (SPX) Jul 10, 2008A recently updated U.S. Air Force study on the E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) airframe indicates that the fleet could stay in service beyond 2070. The E-8C is a Northrop Grumman modified commercial aircraft that detects, locates, classifies, tracks and targets hostile ground movements, communicating real-time information through secure data links. ... more Raytheon Delivers 3,000th AIM-9X To Warfighter 
Tucson AZ (SPX) Jul 10, 2008Raytheon has achieved a significant production milestone with the delivery of the 3,000th AIM-9X short-range air-to-air missile. "The 3,000th delivery is yet another measure that the AIM-9X is a mature system warfighters know they can rely on," said Capt. Jeffrey Penfield, the U.S. Navy's air-to-air missile program manager. "Achieving this milestone means American and allied aviators ... more Raytheon Awarded Phase Two Contract For Stand-Off Radiation Detection 
Tewksbury MA (SPX) Jul 10, 2008The Department of Homeland Security has awarded Raytheon a phase 2 contract to continue its development of a Stand-Off Radiation Detection System (SORDS). "The purpose of the SORDS is to develop advanced nuclear detectors that can determine the type and location of radiation sources at much greater distances than current technologies," said Mark Russell, Raytheon's vice president of ... more LockMart HAAWC Demonstrates Compatibility With Multiple Launch Platforms In Wind Tunnel Tests 
Orlando FL (SPX) Jul 10, 2008Lockheed Martin's enhanced High Altitude Anti-Submarine Warfare Weapons Capability (HAAWC) system recently completed a series of successful high speed wind tunnel tests at a commercial facility in Buffalo, NY. The HAAWC employs a modified Lockheed Martin LongShot Wing Adapter Kit on the MK-54 to allow the launch of torpedoes from high altitudes and long standoff ranges. This technology ... more |
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Toyako, Japan (AFP) July 9, 2008Russia and the United States escalated a feud over a planned US missile defence shield Wednesday, with President Dmitry Medvedev threatening countermeasures if Washington builds the disputed system. With the ink barely dry on a deal for the Czech Republic to host part of the controversial US system, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev expressed Moscow's dismay. "We are most distressed by ... more SKorea arrests Chinese for ship technology theft 
Seoul (AFP) July 9, 2008A Chinese inspector sent by a US ship classification society to a South Korean shipyard has been arrested for allegedly stealing key technology, prosecutors said Wednesday. The 35-year-old unidentified man was arrested on June 27 and indicted for stealing technology to manufacture oil drilling ships and platforms, said the prosecutors' office in the southern port city of Busan. ... more McCain rejects Obama's call for upped Iran diplomacy 
Washington (AFP) July 9, 2008Republican White House hopeful John McCain demanded action on tougher sanctions against Iran Wednesday, rejecting Democrat Barack Obama's call for aggressive diplomacy following Tehran's missile tests. The presidential rivals sketched sharply different approaches after Iran's Revolutionary Guard test-fired a missile capable of reaching Israel, provoking global condemnation and jolting the US ... more Mass resignation of local politicians to protest French base closure 
Metz, France (AFP) July 9, 2008Mayors and councillors from 128 towns in eastern France plan to resign en masse to protest against the closure of an army base, one of dozens shutting under President Nicolas Sarkozy's military reforms, a mayor said Wednesday. Municipal politicians in the Moselle region decided to step down on July 16 and stage a strike in the administrative offices of the 128 towns, said Fernand Lormant ... more Czech deputies may tie US radar vote to EU treaty: PM 
Prague (AFP) July 9, 2008Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek suggested Wednesday that his party might reject ratification of the EU's reforming Lisbon Treaty if parliament failed to approve a US anti-missile base in the country. The scenario was "possibly one of the cards in play," Topolanek told Czech public radio. "It is very difficult to imagine that if ratification of the agreement with the US does not go ... more |
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Washington (UPI) Jul 9, 2008 The United States should embrace a global expansion of civil nuclear power generation, in order to ensure that it and other supplier nations can build safeguards into the growing market, says a report from a State Department advisory panel. The report highlights a vigorous debate about the extent to which regulatory regimes -- even of the tough kind it advocates -- can actually provide ... more Disaster deaths worse so far in 2008 than tsunami year: Munich Re 
Frankfurt (AFP) July 9, 2008Natural disasters killed at least 150,000 people in the first half of this year, more than in the whole of 2004 when south-east Asia was struck by a tsunami, a top insurer said on Wednesday. The figures came from German re-insurance group Munich Re which warned that the pattern this year fitted a trend of worsening weather-driven catastrophes, and the company called for increased efforts to ... more Medical supply firm sues Canada's nuclear agency 
Ottawa (AFP) July 9, 2008A Canadian company that supplies radioactive materials for medical tests worldwide on Wednesday sued the government and its nuclear agency for shelving two reactors crucial for its supply of isotopes. In a statement, MDS Inc. said the two canceled Maple reactors would have produced 40 years of medical isotopes for patients worldwide. By nixing the project, the company claims the Atomic ... more China, India rise while US slips in Fortune company rankings 
Washington (AFP) July 9, 2008The number of US firms among the Fortune 500 list of top global companies slipped to the lowest level in over a decade while Chinese, Indian and Mexican firms gained, the magazine reported Wednesday. The business publication said that US-based Wal-Mart Stores remained at the top of the list of the world's biggest companies by revenue at some 378 billion dollars. But the number of US firm ... more Oil prices calm as markets mull Iran missile test 
New York (AFP) July 9, 2008Oil prices held steady Wednesday after two days of sharp declines, as news that Iran tested a long-range missile capable of hitting Israel pushed up prices temporarily. The market shook off news of another slump in US oil inventories and also digested a pledge by the Group of Eight leaders to make the oil market more transparent to help stabilize supplies and investment. New York's main ... more
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