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Boeing, working with industry teammates and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA), has completed construction of a second interceptor test silo for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system at Vandenberg Air Force Base. The new underground silo provides additional test capability for the United States' only defense against long-range ballistic missile threats. "Having this second ... read more 
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (UPI) Aug 18, 2009 An experimental STOL jet aircraft with possible military use has crashed during a test flight in Malaysia, killing its British pilot and inventor. Malaysian civil aviation authorities are investigating the accident of the twin-engine raised-wing Jetpod built by London-based Avcen in which company director Michael Robert Dacre, 53, died. The accident happened Sunday shortly after ... more
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Iran's Khamenei slams 'bullying' after Trump threats
Attack on Iran nuclear plant would leave Gulf without water, Qatar PM warns North Korea's Kim inspects 'nuclear-powered submarine' project Trump invites Iran leader to nuclear talks -- or else Trump offers nuclear talks with Iran No talks with US under 'maximum pressure' policy, Iran FM tells AFP Trump says he wrote to Iran urging nuclear talks Spain under pressure to abort nuclear energy phase-out Russia calls French nuclear comments a 'threat' Polish PM hails Macron's 'very promising' nuclear comments 
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Washington (AFP) Aug 18, 2009The United States on Tuesday looked for ways to bolster combat troops in Afghanistan as President Barack Obama warned the war would not be "quick" and violence threatened this week's election. With Afghans heading into crucial presidential elections Thursday, US defense officials said the commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, was weighing cutting back ... more  
Tehran (AFP) Aug 18, 2009A top Iranian nuclear official said Tehran is pressing for the UN nuclear watchdog to ban military strikes against atomic facilities around the world, state television reported on Tuesday. But Iran's envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, denied saying Tehran was ready to hold talks with the West on its atomic drive "without preconditions," the television ... more  
Tegucigalpa (AFP) Aug 18, 2009Interim leaders in Honduras who backed the June 28 ouster of President Manuel Zelaya on Tuesday broke off diplomatic ties with Argentina, which has made a strong push to return the deposed leader. The de facto leaders said they were breaking off relations on the basis of "strict reciprocity" after Argentina last week expelled the Honduran ambassador over her support for the military coup. ... more |
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Berlin (AFP) Aug 18, 2009A former Soviet military base in eastern Germany including two bunkers used to store nuclear warheads during the Cold War has been put up for sale, an official said on Tuesday. The 97-hectare (240-acre) Lychen II site in woodland 110 kilometres (70 miles) north of Berlin, also includes a shooting range and around 40 buildings, according to the BBG agency managing the sale for the state of ... more  
London (AFP) Aug 19, 2009Britain should review all arms export licences to Sri Lanka in the wake of the recently-ended war with Tamil Tiger rebels, lawmakers said Wednesday. Ministers should also provide full details of what British arms were used by Sri Lankan forces during the conflict, the Committees on Arms Export Controls said in its annual report. "We recommend that the government ... more 
Seoul (AFP) Aug 18, 2009In a cautious response to North Korea's surprise offer to restart cross-border tours, South Korea is trying to decide whether income from the trips would breach UN sanctions, an official said Tuesday. The communist state, sanctioned for its missile launches and nuclear tests, announced Monday it reached agreement with a visiting Seoul business leader to restart tours which have earned it ... more |
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