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Israel succesfuly tests anti-rocket systemJerusalem (AFP) Jan 6, 2010 Israel has completed tests on its Iron Dome anti-missile system, designed to provide a response to the thousands of rockets fired at Israel by Hamas and Hezbollah, the defence ministry said. The system, which can intercept short-range rockets and artillery shells, underwent its final tests in the past 48 hours, a statement said. "For the first time, Iron Dome faced multiple threats simultaneously. All the threats were intercepted with complete success," the statement said. The next phase in the development of the system was to integrate it into the army, the statement said. ... read more |
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Taipei (AFP) Jan 6, 2010Taiwan has placed a local company on a watch list after the firm sold specialised equipment to Iran, an official said on Wednesday. "The company is on an observation list, which means it must obtain prior export permits, after it imported 108 pressure sensors from Europe and sold them to Iran in March 2008," said an official at the Bureau of Foreign Trade. Pressure sensors can measure al ... more  
Washington (AFP) Jan 6, 2010An increasing number of former detainees from the US prison in Guantanamo have forged links to militant groups after their release, the Pentagon said on Wednesday. The precise number remained classified but was in keeping with a previous Defense Department report in April that said 14 percent of former inmates had engaged in or were suspected of having ties to militants, Pentagon press secre ... more  
Washington (UPI) Jan 6, 2009 To most Americans, with deference to climate change and Iran, the major national security threat to the nation emanates from al-Qaida. Yet strategic incompetence on our part may be a greater danger. This characteristic is not new. During World War II Winston Churchill and his generals frequently complained about the inability of America to think strategically, relying instead on nearly ... more |
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United Nations (AFP) Jan 5, 2010China's UN ambassador Zhang Yesui said Tuesday it is too early to contemplate new sanctions against Iran over its refusal to halt sensitive nuclear fuel work, and called for more diplomacy. His comments came after the United States on Monday said "the door is still open" for Iran to meet world demands on its nuclear aims, but warned it was discussing with its allies the "next steps," which c ... more 
Washington (AFP) Jan 6, 2010US aerospace giant Boeing said Wednesday it has won a contract from the United Arab Emirates for six C-17 military aircraft, making the UAE the second Middle East nation to order the airlifter. UAE will take delivery of four C-17s in 2011 and two in 2012 in the deal, whose "financial terms are not being disclosed," Boeing and the UAE said in a joint statement. The C-17 Globemaster III ad ... more  
Las Vegas, Nevada (AFP) Jan 6, 2010Hovering silently a few feet off the ground it looks like a flying saucer out of a Steven Spielberg film. But it's no alien device. It's a new toy called the AR.drone from French company Parrot -- a small remote-controlled helicopter which is piloted using an Apple iPhone or an iPod Touch through a Wi-Fi connection. A demonstration of the miniature helicopter, or quadricopter for its fou ... more |
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