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![]() New Delhi (UPI) Feb 11, 2009 India's nuclear delivery capability received a boost with the successful test-firing of an Agni III missile with a range of more than 1,800 miles. The missile was launched in mid-morning this week from the test facility on Wheeler Island, 6 miles off the country's east coast in the Bay of Bengal and about 90 miles from Bhubaneshwar, the capital city of Orissa state. Wheeler Island is just over 1 mile long and covers 390 acres. The launch was widely publicized by all media, including wit ... read more |
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Ahmadinejad's 'nuclear' Iran set for new sanctions![]() President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad boasted Iran was now a nuclear nation on Thursday as he marked the 1979 Islamic revolution, prompting the West to warn his regime would soon be slapped with new sanctions. "One day they said we cannot enrich uranium, but with the resistance of our leader, nation ... and with the help of God, the Iranian nation has become nuclear," Ahmadinejad said. "They (Am ... more Japan, S.Korea say N.Korea can't set terms for nuke dialogue ![]() Japan and South Korea told North Korea Thursday it should return unconditionally to nuclear disarmament talks, a day after Pyongyang reportedly restated its demands for sanctions to be lifted first. International efforts have intensified to revive the talks, which the North quit last April following international criticism of its ballistic missile launch. "The two shared the view that N ... more Plasan Announces Delivery Of 25 SandCats To Bulgaria ![]() Plasan has announced the delivery of 25 SandCat vehicles in cooperation with Oshkosh Defense, for the Bulgarian Ministry of Defense. Plasan was awarded this contract December 2008. During a visit to Israel earlier this month, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and Bulgarian Minister of Defence Nikolay Mladenov examined the SandCat up close, followed by meetings with their Israeli count ... more |
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![]() Tallinn (AFP) Feb 11, 2010 Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet Thursday hammered home Baltic concerns over France's plan to sell an advanced warship to Russia, urging Paris to consider how it could complicate security. Ties between NATO and Russia were marked by "schizophrenia", Paet said on Estonian television, adding that Moscow had labelled the alliance "an enemy". "When military vessels built by NATO member states and sold to Russia appear on the world's seas in a few years, and the security situation gets more compl ... read more |
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