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October 27, 2009
Key Reviews For HEL-TD Laser Program Completed
Albuquerque NM (SPX) Oct 27, 2009
Boeing has announced the successful completion of two key reviews for the U.S. Army's High Energy Laser Technology Demonstrator (HEL TD) program. Completion of a critical design review in July allows Boeing to begin building a rugged beam control system on a Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck (HEMTT), a widely used military tactical vehicle. A system functional review in June addressed ... read more

Medvedev unhappy with quality of Russian weapons
Moscow (AFP) Oct 26, 2009
Russian President Dmitri Medvedev criticised on Monday the pace of military-industrial modernisation, saying it is affecting the quality of Russian weapons and harming national prestige. "Considerable funds have been invested over the past few years to develop the military-industrial complex. So far the results are mediocre," Medvedev said on Russian television. "Unfortunately we carry ... more

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LockMart's New HELLFIRE II Missile Design Up And Away
Orlando FL (SPX) Oct 27, 2009
Lockheed Martin's new multi-functional AGM-114R HELLFIRE II missile scored a direct hit during its first proof-of-principle (POP) flight test recently at Eglin Air Force Base, FL. The HELLFIRE II design, now entering the qualification phase, features a new multi-purpose warhead that enables a single missile to cover all of the target sets of the current laser-guided HELLFIRE II variants. ... more

Israel too 'weak' to attack Iran nuclear sites: Mottaki
Tehran (AFP) Oct 26, 2009
Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Monday that arch-foe Israel was too weak to carry out any attack on Tehran's nuclear sites. Mottaki's remarks reported by Mehr news agency came as a team of UN inspectors were conducting checks on Tehran's recently-revealed second uranium enrichment plant. Last month's disclosure of the facility which is being built near the Shiite holy ... more

Russia must be ready for 'large-scale conflict': security chief
Moscow (AFP) Oct 22, 2009
Russia's military must prepare for the kind of large-scale conflict that seemed improbable immediately after the Cold War ended, a top Russian security official said on Thursday. "In 1993, we said that military conflicts have been ruled out, but life has shown this is not the case," Nikolai Patrushev, the secretary of Russia's National Security Council, was quoted as saying by news agencies. ... more

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  • Boatload of Iranian arms seized off Yemen: reports

  • New German coalition wants removal of US warheads

  • NKorea completes launch site for larger missiles: report

  • Eurocopter cuts costs by $300 million

  • Thailand rejects US pressure in 'Merchant of Death' case

  • Australian military favors Sikorsky
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    Japan PM pushes for 'equal' ties with US
    Tokyo (AFP) Oct 26, 2009
    Japan's centre-left Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama stressed in his first policy address to parliament Monday that he wants a relationship of equals with chief ally the United States. Hatoyama, who took power last month, was speaking ahead of Barack Obama's first visit to Tokyo as US president on November 12-13 and amid a row about where to relocate a major US base on a southern island. ... more

    Obama vows not to rush Afghan troop decision
    Jacksonville, Florida (AFP) Oct 26, 2009
    US President Barack Obama vowed Monday after his latest Afghan war council that he would not rush a decision on whether to send tens of thousands more troops into the eight-year conflict. Obama flew to a naval air station in Florida to address servicemen and women after meeting his top national security advisors, as critics accused him of "dithering" in a vital test of his role as US command ... more

    Raytheon Wins Space Situational Awareness Prototype Award
    Tewksbury MA (SPX) Oct 27, 2009
    Raytheon received a $3 million award from the U.S. Air Force Space Command to develop an enterprise sensing prototype architecture for space situational awareness (ESP-SSA). ESP-SSA will prototype an open, service-oriented architecture to integrate Space Command space surveillance sensors with Missile Defense Agency (MDA) sensors into a single sensor enterprise. This integrated ... more

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  • Pentagon conducts secret war game on Afghan options: report

  • Swiss foreign ministry hit by computer attack

  • Iran says two nuclear fuel options still on table

  • China military growth the 'minimum requirement': general

  • Internet 'a teenager' at 40

  • ASEAN members to focus on more free trade

  • Synthetic Cells Shed Biological Insights While Delivering Battery Power
  • Shanghai luxury hotel market heats up
  • Europe vows to liberate online shopping
  • Australia denies singling out China on investment
  • IPO contender Rusal hit by big loss in 2008: report
  • China, US agree to boost consumer safety
  • A Great Challenge To Head ISRO: New Chairman
  • China to help Bolivia launch satellite by 2013

  • Indian Navy To Get Dedicated Communication Satellite
  • UN experts inspect controversial Iran atomic plant
  • Trident II D5 Missile Achieves Record 129 Successful Test Flights In A Row
  • US's Biden garners more support for new anti-missile system
  • Report: U.S. must do more on bioterrorism
  • Iraq risks more instability if polls delayed: general
  • Iran, Israel traded barbs at nuclear talks: delegate
  • Taliban expand Pakistan war to sabotage offensive

  • Soldiers Test Army's Newest Parachute
  • Russia may go ahead with Iran missile deal
  • Mystery blasts in Lebanon heighten tension
  • Afghans torch Obama effigy over 'Koran abuse' claims
  • Xu visit puts spotlight on China-US military ties
  • Ukraine reassures Russia on missile shield
  • U.S. pledges support for South Korea
  • US drone strike kills 14 in Pakistan: officials



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