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Outside View: Russian cops pack new heat Moscow (UPI) Nov 11, 2008 
On Oct. 28 to 31, Moscow hosted the Interpolitech-2008 international arms exhibition featuring the most advanced Russian and foreign-made military and specialized equipment for police and secret services.
Equipment purchases for national security agencies and secret services were also announced.
UAZ Patriot scout vehicles and unmanned aerial vehicles for the Russian Federal ... read moreWaging War In The Non Existent Battlefield Of Cyberspace 
Washington (UPI) Nov 10, 2008 Prompted by the collapse of the Soviet Union and the Internet revolution, Network Centric Warfare has become one of the latest iterations in attempts by the Department of Defense to formulate a coherent framework to transform our military forces and address future threats. It became the centerpiece of former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld's attempt to transform the U.S. military. ... 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 Iran military expands drills to Fordow, Khondab nuclear sites: state media 
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US says it regrets delay in notifying Japan about nuclear submarine
Washington (AFP) Nov 10, 2008The US Embassy in Tokyo expressed regret over a delay in informing the Japanese government that a US nuclear submarine would call at one of its ports on Monday, the State Department said. "The USS Providence, a nuclear-powered submarine, made a brief visit to Okinawa on November 10," the State Department said in a statement. "The (Japanese) Ministry of Foreign Affairs raised their ... more Survivors recall panic on deadly Russian submarine 
Vladivostok, Russia (AFP) Nov 11, 2008Survivors recalled the terrifying seconds after toxic gas was accidentally pumped into their nuclear submarine in an accident in which 20 people were killed, Russian media reported Tuesday. The submarine was overcrowded, locked cabin doors had to be smashed down and some of the sleeping crew were too dazed to put on gas masks, they said, after the biggest Russian naval disaster since the ... more Russia's defence sector hit by financial crisis: govt official 
Moscow (AFP) Nov 11, 2008Russia's defence industry has been badly hit by the global financial crisis, Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov, a former defence minister, said Tuesday. "Many businesses in the defence industry are experiencing a serious shortage of working capital needed to ensure production and to deliver products to clients," Interfax news agency quoted Ivanov as saying at a meeting with defence ... more  |
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The Iskander Threat To Europe: Bluff Or Real?
Washington (UPI) Nov 11, 2008 Can Russia produce enough Iskander-M missiles to equip five battalions by 2015? Critics say it's a bluff. But don't bet against them. Russia is upping the ante on its threats to target the proposed new U.S. ballistic missile defense base in Poland to protect the Eastern Seaboard and Western Europe against the threat of Iranian intercontinental ballistic missiles with nuclear warheads. ... more Outside View: Obama should back KEI 
Arlington, Va. (UPI) Nov 11, 2008 U.S. Vice President-elect Joe Biden was wrong when he said, "It will not be six months before the world tests Barack Obama like they did John Kennedy." Well, it was more like six hours. The day after the election, as other world leaders were sending the U.S. president-elect congratulatory messages, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev apparently thought that a hostile theme was more ... more Openness, secrecy in Russian submarine accident: experts 
Moscow (AFP) Nov 11, 2008Russian officials' handling of a deadly submarine gas poisoning accident shows marked changes since the hushed-up Kursk disaster in 2000, but a veil of secrecy remains, observers said on Tuesday. "The authorities have been quite open" about Saturday's accident in which 20 people were killed, said Alexei Venediktov, editor-in-chief at Echo of Moscow radio station, one of the few independent ... more Major powers to meet Thursday on Iran nuclear programme: France 
Paris (AFP) Nov 11, 2008The six powers trying to scale back the nuclear ambitions of Iran, which is accused of trying to build an atomic bomb, will meet in Paris on Thursday, French officials said. Political directors from the foreign ministries of Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States will gather to discuss progress in their dealings with Tehran, said a foreign ministry spokesman. ... more |
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