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U.K. contracts bolster faith in carriersLondon (UPI) Jan 18, 2009 Britain's Aircraft Carrier Alliance has awarded a rash of contracts worth $543 million to companies across the United Kingdom to build the country's next-generation aircraft carriers. The decision signaled the Ministry of Defense's commitment to the troubled project. The new Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers are described as the largest and most powerful warships ever to be designed in Britain. But designs to build them have been dogged by delays and a revised cost schedule still awaits approval of the country's Treasury. ... read more |
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India, Russia ink $1.2B deal on jetsNew Delhi (UPI) Jan 19, 2009 India and Russia are poised to sign a $1.2 billion deal for 29 MiG-29 jet fighters for the Indian navy. The so-called mega deal will reassert Russia's leading status in the Indian defense market, becoming New Delhi's principal arms supplier. A Russian team of military officials is due to arrive in New Delhi this week to fine tune the MiGs contract following approval of the sale ... read more |
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New Delhi (AFP) Jan 20, 2010Defence Secretary Robert Gates promised Indian leaders in New Delhi that Washington will not abandon Afghanistan despite a timeline for the withdrawal of US troops, officials said. In separate meetings with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna on Tuesday, Gates discussed "regional security" and offered reassurances over the target date of July 2011 for starting a ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Jan 19, 2010China on Tuesday rejected reports that Indian government computers had been attacked by Chinese hackers as "groundless", one week after US Internet giant Google made a similar accusation. A source in the office of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh confirmed an attempted hacking to AFP last Friday, but said nothing had been compromised. The origin of the cyber attack was unknown at thi ... more  
Seoul (AFP) Jan 19, 2010A South Korean team held talks in North Korea Tuesday about a joint business project despite last week's threats from Pyongyang to cut contacts and launch a possible attack on its neighbour. The two sides began two days of talks to discuss ways to revitalise their jointly-run industrial estate at Kaesong just north of the border, Seoul's unification ministry said. The two sides agreed ... more |
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