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South Korea has given the production go-ahead for the first 70 Hongsangeo anti-submarine torpedoes for deployment between 2010 and 2012, the government has said. Up to 70 of the long-range ship-to-submarine light torpedoes, called Red Shark in English, will be operational aboard some of South Korea's newest country's destroyers, the KDX-I/II, according to the procurement agency Defense ... read more 
Tokyo (AFP) Aug 23, 2009Japan's opposition leader said Sunday he was determined to make President Barack Obama promise not to let US forces bring nuclear arms onto Japanese territory, one week ahead of general elections. "I wouldn't let them in," said Yukio Hatoyama, seen as the likely new prime minister, as he appeared in a television debate before elections that are widely expected to see the end of the ruling ... more
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Russia calls French nuclear comments a 'threat'
Polish PM hails Macron's 'very promising' nuclear comments Russia calls Macron nuclear comments a 'threat' Russia says Macron address 'detached from reality' Acquittal of Fukushima operator ex-bosses finalised Iran appoints new envoy to UN nuclear watchdog Macron proposes French nuclear extension, Ukraine troop deployment Nuclear monitor defends Ukraine plant visit via Russia-controlled territory Iran's former top diplomat Zarif resigns from VP post Italy breaks 'taboo' with push to revive nuclear 
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Washington (UPI) Aug 21, 2009 Afghanistan is not only President Obama's war, but it's also what he now calls "a war of necessity." But for Richard Haass, the head of the Council on Foreign Relations who was head of policy planning at the State Department in the run-up to the Iraq War and who voted for Obama, Afghanistan is a "war of choice, not of necessity," which he fears we shall learn to regret. This also reflects ... more  
Brasilia (AFP) Aug 21, 2009Brazil has asked the United States to meet with South American nations to discuss regional unease over a new deal giving the US military access to bases in Colombia, Foreign Minister Celso Amorim said Friday. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva made the request to US President Barack Obama in a half-hour telephone conversation early Friday, he said. Lula reiterated Brazil's ... more  
Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. (UPI) Aug 21, 2009 Boeing and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency have moved closer to developing an airborne high-energy laser weapon that will shoot down an upcoming offensive missile. The Boeing Co. said the successful first test involved firing the high-energy laser from a modified 747-400F into a calorimeter, also on board, to measure the power of the beam. The test took the aircraft from Edwards ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Aug 22, 2009Barack Obama will make his first presidential visit to China in November to bring fresh impetus to relations between the United States and the Asian giant, Washington's new ambassador said Saturday. John Huntsman told reporters Obama "is going to be visiting in the middle of November". "By the end of the year, after the president has been able to sit down with many of the good leaders ... more 
Seoul (AFP) Aug 22, 2009A North Korean delegation paying a rare visit to South Korea to mourn former president Kim Dae-Jung will hold breakthrough talks with a government minister on Saturday, Seoul's Yonhap news agency reported. Such a meeting would be the first since a conservative government came to power in Seoul in February last year and took a tougher line with the North, sparking bitter hostility from the ... more 
Washington (AFP) Aug 20, 2009North Korea has been easing sky-high tensions over its nuclear program, but experts warn it will be a tough road ahead before there is any diplomatic breakthrough with the United States. With leader Kim Jong-Il in uncertain health, many analysts believe his ultimate goal is winning US recognition of impoverished Pyongyang as a nuclear power -- an idea adamantly rejected by US policymakers ... more |
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