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 Barrow-in-Furness, UK (SPX) Sep 11, 2009 
The largest, most powerful and stealthiest nuclear attack submarine ever built for the Royal Navy is preparing to leave the BAE Systems shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness for sea trials. BAE Systems is responsible for the design, build and initial in-service support for the Astute submarine class currently under construction at the company's shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness. The first of class HMS ... read more 
Washington (AFP) Sept 10, 2009Iran is proposing to set up an international system to scrap and prohibit nuclear weapons worldwide, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's senior adviser said in an interview published Thursday. Mojtaba Samareh Hashemi told The Washington Post that the Iranian package of proposals submitted Wednesday to the United States and other powers calls for the elimination of existing weapons and measures ... more
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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 North Korea held 'strategic cruise missile' launch drill this week: state media 
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Washington (AFP) Sept 10, 2009The United States on September 24 will host a summit of UN Security Council member states on nuclear non-proliferation, the White House confirmed on Thursday. President Barack Obama is to chair the meeting, which will be held alongside the UN General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York. It will be the first time a US president leads such a summit and just the fifth in UN history that ... more  
Tucson AZ (SPX) Sep 11, 2009Raytheon won the first of several planned low rate initial production (LRIP) contracts to build Standard Missile-6 systems for the U.S. Navy. The $93 million contract includes the production of missiles and delivery of spare parts and missile containers. Delivery will begin in early 2011. "Standard Missile-6 has been on budget and on schedule since the program started in 2004," said ... more  
London (UPI) Sep 10, 2009 Last Friday, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown delivered a major address on Afghanistan here in London. The speech was to mark a major change in British policy meant to refocus British efforts in this war and bring more resources across government to bear. The media did not favorably review the speech in part because it lacked passion and offered no new or persuasive arguments to convince ... more |
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Washington (AFP) Sept 10, 2009Top US lawmakers vowed tough action on Iran Thursday as tensions mounted ahead of a late September deadline for negotiations and amid speculation Israel may launch a preemptive strike. "The clock is ticking and in fact, it has almost run out," Democratic Representative Howard Berman told Jewish leaders in comments intended to allay concerns that President Barack Obama's administration is not ... more  
Moscow (AFP) Sept 10, 2009Russia will not sell Iran any "offensive weapons," Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday, amid reports that Russia has been supplying sophisticated weaponry to the Islamic republic. "We are not selling any offensive weapons to Iran," Lavrov told a gathering in Moscow. "With Iran, we have not done anything that contradicts our international undertakings." Lavrov on Tuesday ... more  
Washington (AFP) Sept 10, 2009Al-Qaeda has staged the majority of violent attacks in Iraq since the end of June, when US troops withdrew from the country's cities, a top US officer said on Thursday. "In the period that we're looking at right now, post-30 June, I consider most of the attacks, the high-profile attacks that you are seeing and that are getting the publicity, are Al-Qaeda attacks," General Charles Jacoby, the ... more |
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