October 27, 2008 Military Space News, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense SpaceWar Advertising Kit
Eight die in US attack inside Syria: official media
Damascus (AFP) Oct 26, 2008
American helicopter-borne troops launched an assault on Sunday on a building in a Syrian border village with Iraq, killing eight civilians, official Syrian media reported. The government has summoned the official US and Iraqi representatives to protest, state television and the official SANA news agency said. "Four American helicopters violated Syrian airspace around 16:45 local time ... read more

US air force to establish new command for nuclear forces
Washington (AFP) Oct 24, 2008
The US Air Force plans to establish a new Global Strike Command responsible for nuclear bomber and intercontinental ballistic missile forces, senior air force officials announced Friday. The move is part of an organizational shake-up prompted by recent nuclear mishaps that were blamed on a decade-long slide in the air force's stewardship of its nuclear forces. "This is a critical ... more

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Terrorist 'tweets'? US Army warns of Twitter dangers
Washington (AFP) Oct 24, 2008
A draft US Army intelligence report has identified the popular micro-blogging service Twitter, Global Positioning System maps and voice-changing software as potential terrorist tools. The report by the 304th Military Intelligence Battalion, posted on the website of the Federation of American Scientists (FAS), examines a number of mobile and web technologies and their potential uses by ... more

Outside View: Asian missile power
Moscow (UPI) Oct 24, 2008
China is going to play a major role in the global space exploration program. Soon a new center for space research may emerge in the Eastern Hemisphere and push the current players aside. China's achievements in science and technology, as well as its consolidation of space programs in the countries of the Asia-Pacific region, which have a tremendous economic potential, will contribute to ... more

NKorea extracted 30.8 kg of plutonium: report
Seoul (AFP) Oct 24, 2008
North Korea has told China, chair of six-party disarmament talks, it had extracted a total of 30.8 kilograms (68 pounds) of plutonium from its Yongbyon nuclear complex, a report said Friday. The Dong-a daily quoted an unidentified diplomatic source as saying that the North made the disclosure when it submitted a report on its nuclear facilities and fissile materials to China in June. ... more


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  • US sanctions firms for alleged sales of arms technology

    stans:
  • Suspected US strike kills 10 in Pakistan: officials

    miltech:
  • Pentagon explores submersible aircraft for commando operations
  • Dogs of War: Yaargh, here be contractors
    Washington (UPI) Oct 24, 2008
    The news that Blackwater Worldwide is offering its services to shippers plagued by pirates -- an issue recently in the headlines, due to the continuing attacks on ships off Somalia -- has set the media twittering about the latest domain to be outsourced to private military contractors. But in reality, this is hardly something new. Though it has not received much attention, private ... more

    Military pact traps Baghdad between US demands and Iranian fears
    Baghdad (AFP) Oct 25, 2008
    As the United States and Iraq approach a deal on the future US military presence in the country, Baghdad is trapped between Washington's demands and Tehran's fears about US influence in the region, politicians and analysts say. Since the 2003 US-led invasion, and especially since Iraq's Shiite majority came to power three years ago, predominantly Shiite Iran has seen Iraq as a natural ally ... more

    Iran arming 'freedom armies': top commander
    Tehran (AFP) Oct 26, 2008
    Iran is arming "freedom armies" in the Middle East, according to a top commander of the country's elite Revolutionary Guards quoted Sunday by a military website. "Today, not only our armed forces are self sufficient but the freedom armies of the region get part of their weaponary from us," said Hossein Hamedani, deputy commander of Iran's volunteer Basij militia. His comments appeared on ... more

    Analysis: Customs searches unreasonable?
    Washington (UPI) Oct 23, 2008
    Vince Peppard was cruising up the highway toward San Diego, wife in the seat next to him and a bunch of tile in tow. The 53-year-old retired social worker was driving north from Tecate, Mexico, on his way to fix up an old house. "I breezed right through the checkpoint," Peppard recalled. "Then a half-hour later, when I got into the U.S., they were opening my trunk and searching ... more

        abm:
  • Aging Tu-95 Nuclear Missile Platform Offers New Strategic Threat

    milplex:
  • A Revolution In American Military Affairs Part Two

    stans:
  • 25 Kurdish rebels kiled in Turkish air strike in Iraq: army

  • Taiwan president assures countrymen he won't sell out to China
  • World Bank, France pledge 910 million dollars in quake funds: report
  • Biggest Mao Zedong statue unveiled in China: report
  • Beijing Promises Better School Construction After Quake
  • China Sits Atop Two Trillion Dollars In Foreign Reserves
  • Analysis: Russia, Europe and OPEC's oil
  • OPEC slashes oil output, triggering Western backlash
  • World leaders pledge financial reform as gloom deepens

  • Future of green is not so black, say some
  • Finance crisis inflicts more pain as recession fears grow
  • Russian minister says plans drawn for China oil pipeline: report
  • Nigeria Oil Wealth Mostly Wasted
  • Iraqi Oil Exports Splutter Along
  • China's exporters foresee bleak future in global slowdown
  • Can Untapped Energy Wealth Save Afghanistan
  • New EU CO2 caps anger airlines

  • Iran's Rafsanjani blames finance 'tsunami' for low oil price
  • Sudan confident Chinese hostages will be released
  • Fundamentals of China's economy have not changed despite crisis: Hu
  • The Sky Isn't Falling And That's A Problem
  • Launch Complex Now Available For Civil, Commercial Launches
  • Sierra Nevada Signs Agreement To Acquire SpaceDev
  • Arianespace To Launch New Pan-African Satellite Rascom-QAF 1R
  • A Revolution In American Military Affairs Part One



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