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The announcement of Russia's latest agreement to provide Belarus with S-400 air-defense systems is of much more than routine significance.
Russian military analysts say the S-400 Triumf - NATO designation SA-21 Growler - is the most long-range, high-altitude and effective air-defense system in the world, arguing that it combines the best characteristics of the U.S. Patriot PAC-3 and t ... read more 
Washington (UPI) April 16, 2009 The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was and is supposedly based on common values and a shared worldview, which would include a shared understanding of what constitutes a threat. But that shared view is sadly lacking today across the many states of the sprawling 28-member NATO alliance. The need to share common values and a shared worldview is does not entail unanimity, nor should it ... more
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Iran military expands drills to Fordow, Khondab nuclear sites: state media
US energy firm Constellation to buy Calpine in $27 bn deal Yakuza leader pleads guilty in US court to conspiring to sell nuclear material Iran begins military drills near Natanz nuclear site: state media Iran to hold nuclear talks with 3 European powers January 13: local media Second Fukushima nuclear sample removal eyed for spring Bangladesh launches $5bn graft probe into Hasina's family France's most powerful nuclear reactor finally comes on stream Milei vows to promote nuclear energy in Argentina Swiss govt wants to lift ban on more nuclear power plants 
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Baghdad (AFP) April 16, 2009A recent upturn in deadly bombings in Iraq has exposed the risk that a planned withdrawal of US forces will be seized on by insurgents as an opportunity to wreak new carnage, analysts told AFP. The decision to speed up the drawdown of American troops from Iraq, which it invaded six years ago, and focus on Afghanistan has also raised the perception that the United States has lost interest, wh ... more 
Jerusalem (AFP) April 16, 2009Israeli President Shimon Peres said on Thursday that there was no military solution to arch-foe Iran's controversial nuclear programme. "The solution in Iran is not a military one," Peres was quoted by his office as telling visiting US Middle East envoy George Mitchell. Over the past several years Israeli officials have repeatedly warned that all options were possible in resolving the st ... more 
Habbaniyah, Iraq (AFP) April 16, 2009A suicide bomber wounded 38 Iraqi army recruits in a base west of Baghdad on Thursday, according to a defence ministry spokesman who denied earlier reports that 16 soldiers were killed. Mohammed al-Askari told AFP the "last and official toll" of the attack on the military base in Habbaniya, 60 kilometres (35 miles) west of Baghdad, was 38 soldiers wounded, adding that 11 had already left the ... more  
Beijing (AFP) April 16, 2009The United States and China have agreed to work together on bringing peace to Afghanistan and Pakistan, officials said Thursday following a visit to Beijing by a top US envoy. Richard Holbrooke, US envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, left China after holding talks with Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and leading cabinet official Dai Bingguo during a two-day trip. "We came here to share view ... more |
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Seoul (AFP) April 17, 2009North Korea will need a few months to carry out its defiant threat to restart its nuclear weapons programme, analysts say, giving diplomats time to try to persuade it to change course. Using spent fuel rods now in storage, the communist state could process enough plutonium for one extra nuclear weapon within three to six months, they believe. But it would take six months to one year to ... more 
Aboard A Us Military Flight (AFP) April 16, 2009US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates on Thursday was cool to an Iranian proposal to train Afghan police, suggesting that Tehran should first stop arming the Taliban. Iran's police chief on Monday said his force was ready to train its counterparts in Afghanistan but also said there were no talks with NATO on cooperating with foreign forces in the war-ravaged country. "I think if the Irani ... more  
Moscow (AFP) April 16, 2009US proposals to ease Moscow's concerns over its plans to site a missile shield in Europe are merely "symbolic," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in comments published Thursday. "Overall, the measures of 'transparency and trust' offered to us were mostly symbolic and could not contribute to mitigating Russian concerns," Lavrov said, answering reader's questions in the government ... more 
Melbourne (AFP) April 16, 2009Australia must boost defence spending to give its military the hardware to deal with strategic challenges presented by China's rise as a global superpower, an influential think tank has warned. China's growth meant the US, Australia's main military ally, would lose its dominant position in Asia in coming decades, creating uncertainty and a higher risk of conflict, the Lowy Institute for Inte ... more |
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