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LockMart Trident II D5 Missile Achieves 124 Successful Test Launches In A Row
Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Aug 28, 2008The U.S. Navy has conducted a successful test launch of two Trident II D5 Fleet Ballistic Missiles (FBMs) built by Lockheed Martin. The Navy launched the unarmed missiles from the submerged submarine USS Louisiana (SSBN 743) in thePacific Ocean. The Trident II D5 missile now has achieved 124 consecutive successful test launches since 1989 - a record unmatched by any other large ballistic ... more Commentary: Disturbed nukes? 
Washington (UPI) Aug 27, 2008 Coalition politics is "always a messy process," said Pakistan's ambassador to the United States, Husain Haqqani, as he explained the helter-skelter confusion that followed the exit of strongman Pervez Musharraf. After nine years of unchallenged power, Musharraf had taken a leaf from France's late President Charles de Gaulle's playbook, which held "the graveyards of the world are full of ... more BMD Focus: Patriots for Poland 
Washington (UPI) Aug 27, 2008 Everyone is focusing on those anti-ICBM GBI interceptors the United States will deploy in Poland, but the 96 Patriot interceptors to be based there to protect Polish installations will play a crucial role in defending Western Europe, too. The Polish government's decision to allow the United States to build a base to house 10 Ground-based Mid-course Interceptors in its territory infuriate ... more NKorea gives up negotiating with Bush administration: analysts 
Seoul (AFP) Aug 27, 2008North Korea's decision to stop disabling its nuclear plants shows it has effectively abandoned negotiations with the Bush administration in hopes of a better deal from the next US leader, analysts say. The North announced Tuesday it had halted work to make the plutonium-producing plants unusable, and would consider rebuilding them, because the United States has failed to remove it from a ... more Outside View: Playing nice with Russia 
College Park, Md. (UPI) Aug 27, 2008 Russia's invasion of Georgia should compel the United States and Europe to alter their policies of economic engagement to promote democracy. After the Cold War, the United States and Europe sought to integrate Russia, China and their satellites into the Western market economy. Policymakers believed this would encourage democracy, human rights and a peaceful demeanor toward their ... more |
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Paris (UPI) Aug 27, 2008 The extraordinary European summit to be convened Monday by French President Nicolas Sarkozy is intended to agree on a common policy toward Russia in the wake of its short, sharp war with Georgia. Given the divisions of interest between those who depend on Russian oil and gas and those more concerned with a resurgence of Russian bullying, only optimists think it is likely to succeed. ... more US forces to transfer control of Anbar to Iraqis 
Washington (AFP) Aug 27, 2008US forces will hand over control of Anbar province to Iraqi troops in the coming days, military officials said Wednesday, touting improved security in the region. "We believe the province could turn over to Iraqi control in just a few days," Marine General James Conway said. "The change in the Al-Anbar province is real and perceptible," Conway said of the majority-Sunni region, which is ... more Russian show of force complicates Georgia's NATO ambitions 
Brussels (AFP) Aug 27, 2008Russia's show of force in the Caucasus has vastly complicated Georgia's efforts to join NATO but the military alliance remains determined not to cave in to Moscow, experts say. NATO allies have rallied behind Tbilisi and called on Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to reverse his decision on Tuesday to recognise two rebel Georgian regions. But they have been cautious about talking up its ... more Russia slams West, looks to China for support 
Dushanbe (AFP) Aug 27, 2008Russia on Wednesday lashed out against Western criticism of its actions in Georgia as President Dmitry Medvedev discussed the situation in the Caucasus with his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao. "The Russian president informed his Chinese colleague about the situation in South Ossetia and Abkhazia," Kremlin spokeswoman Natalya Timakova said after the talks, referring to two Georgian rebel region ... more Outside View: Space spy race speeds up 
Moscow (UPI) Aug 27, 2008 Replacements are expected soon in the "space spy community." Yet another American Navstar Global Positioning System satellite will be launched into low Earth orbit in the fall. It might seem an ordinary event, had it not been for this satellite being equipped with a platform for intelligence equipment. A purely navigational GPS has turned into an advanced intelligence system ... more |
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Washington (UPI) Aug 27, 2008 The five-day military conflict between Russia and Georgia over the disputed enclave of South Ossetia has thrown into the spotlight a nearly forgotten 72-year-old treaty governing the passage of both merchantmen and warships between the Mediterranean and Black seas through the Bosporus and Dardanelles, collectively known as the Turkish Straits. The 1936 Montreux Convention roiled ... more Rabobank Analysts Discuss The Food Versus Fuel Debate 
New York NY (SPX) Aug 28, 2008The search for alternative fuels is often blamed for the high cost of food but, according to a new Rabobank podcast, it is just one of many factors. In the podcast, analysts with Rabobank Food and Agribusiness Research and Advisory (FAR) department discuss the food vs. fuel debate. "First, food versus fuel is a handy sound bite," said FAR Executive Director Karol Aure-Flynn. ... more Oil prices climb above 117 dollars on Hurricane Gustav 
London (AFP) Aug 27, 2008World oil prices rallied Wednesday on the back of concerns that Hurricane Gustav may head for the Gulf of Mexico where many US energy installations are located, analysts said. The market was meanwhile on tenterhooks ahead of the traditional weekly update on US crude inventories. New York's main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in October, gained 1.41 dollars to 117.68 dollars ... more British 'greasers' reach Athens in frying oil-powered cars 
Athens (AFP) Aug 27, 2008A group of Britons on Wednesday completed a 3,750-kilometre (2,330-mile) 'Grease to Greece' expedition to raise fuel-saving awareness aboard cars powered by vegetable oil, organisers said. Some of the nine cars were converted to run on purified vegetable oil while others had standard engines using biodiesel that was brewed overnight in a 'fuel pod' stored in a lorry accompanying the expedition ... more Hydrogen Engine Center Receives Order From Newfoundland And Labrador Hydro 
Algona IA (SPX) Aug 28, 2008Hydrogen Engine Center has announced the receipt of a purchase order from Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro [Hydro] for additional work for grid integration of the 250kW 4+1TM Oxx Power hydrogen generator for Hydro's Wind-Hydrogen-Diesel energy project in the remote community of Ramea, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Ramea is the site of a five-year innovative research and development ... more
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