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No signs Russia will tear up arms control treaties: US
Washington (AFP) Aug 25, 2008The United States said Monday there were no indications Russia would renege on arms reduction pacts, such as the START I nuclear weapons treaty, following the conflict over Georgia but warned that such a move "will be crossing a new threshold." "We don't have any indication that the Russians plan to move away from agreements like the START treaty or Moscow treaty or the INF agreement," said ... more Russian official warns NATO transit to Afghanistan at risk 
London (AFP) Aug 26, 2008NATO should not be able to use Russian routes to transit supplies and equipment to Afghanistan because Russia has suspended military co-operation with the Western alliance, the country's ambassador to Kabul argued in an interview published Tuesday. Speaking to The Times from the Afghan capital, Zamir Kabulov said increased tensions between Russia and West over the former's recent assault on ... more Analysis: Airborne IED gets attention 
Baghdad (UPI) Aug 25, 2008 Shiite extremists remaining in Baghdad have added a relatively new weapon to their arsenal in the fight against U.S. forces, one with more destructive power than most of the usual improvised explosive devices planted along city thoroughfares -- the improvised rocket-assisted mortar. The IRAM is technologically crude, its aiming is inaccurate, and the number of times it has been used by ... more QinetiQ's Zephyr UAV Unofficial World Record For Longest Unmanned Flight 
Yuma AZ (SPX) Aug 26, 2008Zephyr's reputation as the world's leading solar powered high-altitude long-endurance (HALE) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) has been reinforced with a world-beating three and a half day flight at the US Army's Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona. The solar powered plane flew for 82 hours 37 minutes, exceeding the current official world record for unmanned flight which stands at 30 hours 24 ... more US Army Contract Extends HELLFIRE II Missile Production 
Orlando FL (SPX) Aug 26, 2008Lockheed Martin will produce additional combat-proven HELLFIRE II precision-strike, laser-guided air-to-ground missiles forU.S. and international armed forces under a $357 million contract with the U.S. Army. Delivery of missiles produced under this contract will begin in 2010. The contract also provides options for major additional orders in 2009 and 2010. If exercised, the options will ... more |
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Cherry Hill NJ (SPX) Aug 26, 2008Lockheed Martin's Human Alerting and Interruption Logistics-Surface Ship (HAIL-SS) system has successfully transitioned from laboratory to platform as an integrated component on the newly commissioned USS Sterett DDG 104. HAIL-SS increases a U.S. Navy warfighter's ability to handle high rates of alerts and interruptions without distraction, and it mediates between human users and various ... more Analysis: EU-Russia crisis intensifies 
Berlin (UPI) Aug 25, 2008 After days of cautious warnings, the European Union over the weekend upped the pressure on Russia to withdraw all its troops from Georgian territory. The French government, currently holder of the rotating EU presidency, over the weekend called for an EU summit in Brussels on Sept. 1 to address the conflict in Georgia -- a sign that Europe is growing increasingly frustrated with Russia ... more Analysis: India's air buildup -- Part Two 
Hong Kong (UPI) Aug 25, 2008 In the strategic direction of Bhutan and central Nepal, the Indian air force has built three major military airports, sufficient to provide deterrence over the central part of Tibet. These airports include the Bagdogra -- Avantipur -- Air Base, where at least 16 MiG-21FL fighters and An-32 transport aircraft are based. The airport is equipped with mound-structured hangars, each ... more Israel's Barak stresses military option over Iran during Rice meet 
Jerusalem (AFP) Aug 25, 2008Israel's Defence Minister Ehud Barak said Monday that it will never accept Iran developing a nuclear weapons capability, according to a statement issued after a dinner meeting with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. "Mr. Barak has once again underlined the fact that Israel cannot accept that Iran acquires nuclear (capability). Israel refuses to rule out any options" in its handling of ... more Iraq, US agree no foreign troops after 2011: PM 
Baghdad (AFP) Aug 25, 2008Iraqi Premier Nuri al-Maliki said on Monday Washington and Baghdad have agreed there will be no foreign forces in Iraq after 2011, setting a timeline for a US withdrawal from the war-torn country. Maliki stressed however that despite "significant progress", there are "still points of disagreement crucial to both sides" in the proposed security pact that will decide the future of US forces in ... more |
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Rolla MO (SPX) Aug 26, 2008You probably won't be able to drive down the highway in your own non-polluting vehicle that runs on hydrogen power any time soon. And don't start making plans to power your whole house with expensive hydrogen-based technology in the coming years. But, some day in the not-too-distant future, you might own a cell phone equipped with a hydrogen-powered fuel cell instead of a battery. ... more GWS Tech Partners With Microgeneration Innovator Urban Green Energy 
Scottsdale AZ (SPX) Aug 26, 2008GWS Technologies has announced that it has entered into an agreement with Urban Green Energy, Inc. to distribute its incredibly advanced 2nd generation 4kW vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT), the first in a line which will include several other sizes, including a 1kW VAWT available this fall. The 4kW VAWT uses composite materials to create a wind turbine that is, according to Urban Green ... more China considers 54-billion-dollar stimulus plan: state media 
Shanghai (AFP) Aug 25, 2008China is considering a 54-billion-dollar stimulus plan involving tax cuts and government spending, state media said Monday, in another sign that boosting the economy is becoming a priority. The 370-billion-yuan proposal, which has yet to be finalised, includes 220 billion yuan in fiscal spending and 150 billion yuan in tax cuts, according to the Economic Observer, a weekly newspaper. ... more GOCE To Look At The Earth Surface And Core 
Paris, France (ESA) Aug 25, 2008The European Space Agency is about to launch the most sophisticated mission ever to investigate the Earth's gravitational field and to map the reference shape of our planet - the geoid - with unprecedented resolution and accuracy. The Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) will be placed onto a low altitude near sun-synchronous orbit by a Russian Rockot vehicle ... more Tiny nation of Niue gets laptop for every child 
Niue (AFP) Aug 21, 2008The tiny South Pacific nation of Niue Thursday became the first nation in the world to issue laptop computers to all its children, officials said. Every primary and secondary school student was this week given a rugged "relatively waterproof and breakproof" little green laptop, which has wireless connection to the Internet as part of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) initiative. ... more
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