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To a casual observer, the drumbeat of negative news about U.S. naval shipbuilding must make it sound as though the entire fleet modernization program is in disarray. The Navy secretary of the Bush administration has canceled contracts for a new class of littoral combat ships designed to operate close to shore and wants to change the way the warships are being bought. ... read moreUkraine Budget Missing Over Two Billion Dollars From Arms Sales 
Kiev, Russia (RIA Novosti) Oct 15, 2008Only a small portion of revenues from Ukrainian arms exports in the last four years was passed on to the state budget, the former head of a parliamentary ad-hoc investigation commission said on Friday. "In the past four years, Ukraine exported over $2.5 billion in arms, but only about 1 billion hryvnias ($200 mln) was paid into our state budget. This is 12 times less," Valery Konovalyuk ... more
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IEA forecasts record nuclear electricity production in 2025 Russia PM meets Vietnam president, seeking deeper ties Iran unveils spy ship during major war games: state media Iranian president warns Trump against risking 'war' Iran FM says European powers appear serious about resuming nuclear talks Russia, Vietnam sign nuclear energy deal Iran, European powers hold 'constructive' nuclear talks Iran, European powers hold nuclear talks ahead of Trump return Iran, European powers to hold nuclear talks ahead of Trump return 
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US Army Orders Hydra-70 Rockets And Warheads From GD
Providence RI (SPX) Oct 15, 2008The U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command has awarded General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products two new orders to produce Hydra-70 rockets and warheads. The combined value of the orders is approximately $85 million; deliveries will begin in May 2010. The orders were awarded under a five-year contract signed in 2005 that has a total potential value of more than ... more Three NATO soldiers killed in Afghanistan 
Kabul (AFP) Oct 14, 2008Three soldiers with NATO's International Security Assistance Force were killed in Afghanistan Tuesday when their vehicle struck a bomb, ISAF said. The 40-nation force, in Afghanistan to help the government fight a growing Taliban-led insurgency, did not give the nationalities of its latest casualties, leaving this to their home countries. "Three ISAF soldiers were killed in eastern ... more Russian helicopter plans part two 
Moscow (UPI) Oct 14, 2008 Russian military operations against the former Soviet republic of Georgia in August have shown that communications and reconnaissance are the Russian army's weak spot. Therefore unmanned aerial vehicles should be rushed through the stages of development, pilot production and official approval. In the same vein, efforts will be stepped up to improve Russia's combat might in accordance wi ... more  |
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Russia, North Korea to hold nuclear talks Wednesday
Moscow (AFP) Oct 14, 2008Russia's foreign minister will meet his North Korean counterpart on Wednesday in Moscow to discuss a six-party disarmament pact on Pyongyang's nuclear programme, the ministry said. "Special attention will be paid to the situation in northeastern Asia, in particular to the six-party talks over the nuclear problem of the Korean peninsula," Russian foreign ministry spokesman Andrei Nesterenko ... more Raytheon's Laser Guided Rocket Completes Wind Tunnel Test 
Tucson AZ (SPX) Oct 15, 2008Raytheon completed a Laser Guided Rocket wind tunnel test that produced both high fidelity flight simulations and data for development of the aerodynamic model required for autopilot design. The LGR program is part of a cooperative development agreement with Emirates Advanced Investments of the United Arab Emirates. The agreement is for the development of a semi-active laser guided 70 mm ... more Pakistani president arrives in China to seek financial help 
Beijing (AFP) Oct 14, 2008Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari arrived in China Tuesday for a trip that was expected to see him seek help for his country's embattled economy and the expansion of its nuclear energy industry. Zardari, on his first state trip since taking office in September, landed in Beijing after making clear in an interview with China's official Xinhua news agency that building economic ties would ... more Iraqi PM meets Turkish envoys on rebel crisis 
Baghdad (AFP) Oct 14, 2008Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Maliki held talks on Tuesday with Turkish envoys following a string of air strikes launched by Ankara's forces in northern Iraq after a deadly Kurdish rebel attack. Maliki and Massud Barzani, president of Iraq's northern Kurdish region, met in the Iraqi capital with Turkey's Deputy Foreign Minister Murat Ozcelik, Maliki's office said. The conflict between Turkey ... more |
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