March 02, 2009 Military Space News, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense SpaceWar Advertising Kit
Iran has enough material to make nuclear bomb: US admiral
Washington (AFP) March 1, 2009
The United States believes Iran has enough fissile material to build a nuclear bomb, top military officer Admiral Mike Mullen said on Sunday, marking the first time Washington has made such an assessment. "We think they do, quite frankly," Mullen told CNN when asked if Iran had enough nuclear material to manufacture an atomic bomb. "And Iran having a nuclear weapon, I've believed for a l ... read more

Bangladesh deploys troops to hunt mutineers: officials
Dhaka (AFP) March 1, 2009
Bangladesh's government will deploy army troops across the country to hunt border guards behind a deadly mutiny that killed at least 77 people, an official said Sunday. An Armed Forces spokesman told AFP, on condition of anonymity, that a nationwide operation would be launched from Monday to track down those believed to be behind a 33-hour revolt in the capital. A home ministry official, ... more

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Russian bomber intercepted as Obama visited Canada
Ottawa (AFP) Feb 27, 2009
Canadian fighter jets intercepted a Russian heavy bomber skirting Canada's Arctic frontier within 24 hours of US President Barack Obama visit to Ottawa last week, officials said Friday. The Tupolev Bear strategic bomber and missile carrier did not enter Canadian airspace but came close enough for the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) to scramble two CF-18 fighter jets to ward ... more

Obama seeks defense budget increase for 2010
Washington (AFP) Feb 26, 2009
President Barack Obama Thursday unveiled a 663.7-billion-dollar defense budget, up a modest 1.5 percent from 2009, but projected a sharp decline in Iraq and Afghanistan war spending in the coming years. The new administration has signaled it hopes to make savings through a planned withdrawal of US troops from Iraq and from cuts in expensive new weapon programs, although Obama's budget reques ... more

Obama deferred to military's advice on Iraq: Gates
Washington (AFP) Feb 27, 2009
President Barack Obama heeded the US military's advice in deciding to postpone by three months the pullout of most US troops from Iraq beyond a promised 16-month deadline, his defense secretary said Friday. Obama chose to slow the pace of withdrawal after hearing the views of the commander in Iraq, General Ray Odierno, as well as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen ... more

When The War Machine Runs Out Of Cash Part One
Washington (UPI) Feb 27, 2009
There has been an avalanche of news in recent weeks about more and more rescues within the U.S. domestic economy: the banks, the auto sector, homeowners and almost everybody else has required emergency bailouts on a gigantic scale, followed ominously by deeper and deeper Wall Street dives. Almost overlooked in all these tidal waves of woe was the announcement that the Obama administrati ... more

 

  • NKorea assembling rocket ahead of planned launch: report


  • NKorea Warns Against Provocations As Missile Test Looms


  • Iraq a 'success,' withdrawal plan unlikely to change: Gates


  • Iran says no military agenda in nuclear plan
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    ENERGY NEWS
    How hard is it to prevent recurring blackouts in Puerto Rico?
    Boston MA (SPX) Jan 10, 2025
    Researchers at MIT's Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems (LIDS) have shown that using decision-making software and dynamic monitoring of weather and energy use can significantly improve ... more
    US energy firm Constellation to buy Calpine in $27 bn deal
    New York (AFP) Jan 10, 2025
    Constellation Energy, a major US nuclear power plant operator, has agreed to buy another electricity producer, Calpine, for nearly $27 billion, the two firms announced Friday. ... more
    US emissions stagnate in 2024, challenging climate goals: study
    Washington (AFP) Jan 9, 2025
    US greenhouse gas emissions barely decreased in 2024, leaving the world's largest economy off track to achieve its climate goals, according to an analysis released Thursday, as the incoming Trump administration looks set to double down on fossil fuels. ... more

    TECH SPACE
    York Space Systems Achieves First LEO to LEO Laser Link Between Vendors
    Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 10, 2025
    York Space Systems (York), a Denver-based aerospace innovator specializing in the rapid deployment of comprehensive space mission solutions, has successfully executed the first inter-vendor laser co ... more
    Monitoring space traffic
    Boston MA (SPX) Jan 10, 2025
    AeroAstro PhD student Sydney Dolan uses an interdisciplinary approach to develop collision-avoidance algorithms for satellites. If there's a through line in Sydney Dolan's pursuits, it's a fervent ... more
    A Sustainable Development Goal for Earth's Orbit
    London, UK (SPX) Jan 10, 2025
    Scientists are advocating for the United Nations to establish a new Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) focused on protecting Earth's orbit and curbing the accumulation of space debris. Current ... more

    ROBO SPACE
    RoboForce secures $10M to launch AI-powered robotic workforce
    Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 07, 2025
    RoboForce, a pioneering provider of robotic labor solutions, has announced the completion of $10 million in early-stage funding. Supported by prominent investors such as Nobel Laureate Myron Scholes ... more
    Robots set to move beyond factory as AI advances
    Las Vegas (AFP) Jan 10, 2025
    Today's robots perform safety checks at industrial plants, conduct quality control in manufacturing, and are even starting to keep hospital patients company. ... more
    PM vows 'pro-growth' rules to make Britain an 'AI superpower'
    London (AFP) Jan 13, 2025
    Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday laid out his vision to harness the power of artificial intelligence to boost Britain's flagging economy, promising "pro-growth" regulations amid concerns about the technology's unchecked use. ... more

     
    Missiles Hit Pakistan As US Sidesteps Questions
    Peshawar, Pakistan (AFP) March 1, 2009
    At least eight militants were killed Sunday in a suspected US missile strike which destroyed a Taliban hide-out in northwest Pakistan, security officials said. Top US military and defence officials refused to confirm or deny the attack, but said Washington was determined to counter militants operating along Pakistan's border with Afghanistan. "Two missiles fired by a suspected US drone h ... more

    Russia expecting new US missile defence proposals
    Moscow (AFP) March 1, 2009
    Russia is awaiting new proposals from the United States to resolve a dispute on missile defence that has chilled ties between the two Cold War ex-foes, President Dmitry Medvedev was quoted Sunday as saying. Medvedev's comments were among the most upbeat yet by Moscow on the chance of an improvement in ties under new US President Barack Obama after the missile defence row and Georgia war sent ... more

    Chinese Navy Has Global Potential As Economic Interests Expand Part Two
    Hong Kong (UPI) Feb 27, 2009
    In the future, wherever Chinese merchant ships go, that area may be taken as China's national interest frontier and the trace of the "Chinese Aegis" class DDG may appear. Moreover, this theory gives the People's Republic of China a more convincing rationale for building its own aircraft carriers. Clearly, the conventional Western analysis that the People's Liberation Army navy is follo ... more

    China, US agree to resume key military exchanges
    Beijing (AFP) Feb 28, 2009
    China and the United States agreed to resume high-level military exchanges during talks here that a senior US defence official described Saturday as his best ever. The two-day defence contacts that ended Saturday were the first between the world powers in five months after China suspended military exchanges over a proposed US arms package to Taiwan -- a sensitive issue in Sino-US relations. ... more

     

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    AEROSPACE
    South Korea begins lifting Jeju Air wreckage after fatal crash
    Muan, South Korea (AFP) Jan 3, 2025
    South Korean investigators said Friday they expected to find more human remains as they began lifting the wreckage of the Jeju Air jet that crashed on landing last weekend killing all but two of the 181 passengers and crew aboard. ... more
    Black box of Azerbaijan crashed plane sent to Brazil for investigation: authorities
    Astana, Kazakhstan (AFP) Dec 29, 2024
    The black box from the Azerbaijan Airlines aeroplane that crashed in Kazakhstan this week, believed to have been hit by Russian anti-aircraft missiles, is being delivered to Brazil for investigation, Kazakh authorities said on Sunday. ... more
    Several airlines cancel flights to Russia after Azerbaijan Airlines crash
    Moscow (AFP) Dec 28, 2024
    Several airlines have announced the suspension of flights to Russian cities, after Western experts and the US suggested the crash of the Azerbaijan Airlines this week may have been caused by a Russian anti-aircraft missile. ... more

    WATER WORLD
    Kazakhstan says part of Aral Sea has nearly doubled in volume
    Almaty, Kazakhstan (AFP) Jan 13, 2025
    Kazakhstan said on Monday the northern part of the Aral Sea had nearly doubled in volume since 2008, a rare environmental success story in a region plagued by pollution. ... more
    French-led group in major deal for water-short Jordan
    Amman (AFP) Jan 12, 2025
    Jordan, one of the world's driest countries, signed an agreement on Sunday with French-led investors to build one of the world's largest desalination plants. ... more
    Tunisian rehab barge offers hope for vulnerable sea turtles
    Kerkennah, Tunisia (AFP) Jan 12, 2025
    On a barge hundreds of metres off the Kerkennah Islands in southern Tunisia, a group of students watches intently as Besma, a recovering sea turtle, shuffles towards the water and dives in. ... more

    DISASTER MANAGEMENT
    Canadian insurers face record costs from 2024 extreme weather
    Montreal (AFP) Jan 14, 2025
    Damage from extreme weather in Canada last year pushed the bill facing insurers to an unprecedented CAN$8.5 billion ($5.9 billion), the Insurance Bureau of Canada said Monday. ... more
    'Afraid to live here': urban Bolivia's death-defying homes
    La Paz (AFP) Jan 14, 2025
    Bolivian shopkeeper Cristobal Quispe's humble brick home teeters precariously on the slope of an unstable hillside in La Paz, near the edge of a collapsed road. ... more
    Right-wing disinformation targets DEI, 'liberal' policies as LA burns
    Washington (AFP) Jan 10, 2025
    Months of dry weather and recent strong winds created optimal conditions for the deadly wildfires engulfing Los Angeles, but narratives on social media falsely single out "liberal" policies - including those to increase diversity in the city's fire force - as the culprit. ... more
     

  • India slams Pakistan "denial" over Mumbai sea link
  • Georgia, US ink deal to fight nuclear smuggling
  • Dogs of War: Outsourcing peacekeeping
  • Colombian bases could accept more US planes: official
  • China tensions high after Tibet monk sets himself alight
  • Relatives call for punishment of Tiananmen perpetrators
  • Economic, social fears to dominate China parliament
  • China's Wen makes Internet debut

  • From Calgary to Caracas, China snapping up resources
  • China's CNPC buys Canadian oil firm: company
  • China's economy showing signs of recovery: official
  • Analysis: Iran may enter LNG market
  • US lawmakers urge 'greener' Capitol
  • Schwarzenegger, 'green' gadgets at giant high-tech fair
  • Asia's export-reliant economies feel pain of slowdown
  • China, Japan play down islands row, warn NKorea

  • Aus mining takeover target posts huge loss
  • Biden pushes 'green jobs' for the middle class
  • Iraq Navy trains to defend Gulf oil platforms
  • Nine Out Of Ten Americans See Value In American Space Program
  • Analysis: EU to listen in on Skype calls?
  • Trident II D5 Missile Achieves 126 Successful Test Flights
  • Elbit Systems Introduces Cpnet
  • Costly US weapons face budget cuts under Obama



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