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How Real Is The Threat Of Laser WeaponsMoscow (RIA NOVOSTI) Feb 24, 2010 On February 12, 2010, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) used the Airborne Laser Test Bed (ALTB) mounted on a Boeing B-747 jumbo jet to shoot down a liquid-propellant and a solid-propellant target missile. The ALTB project is one of the MDA's most ambitious and long-term programs. Washington launched its initial research in this sphere in the 1970s. At that time, an NKC-135-ALL aircraft, a modified version of the KC-135 Stratotanker, was built and used as an airborne laboratory. United Te ... read more |
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Brasilia (AFP) Feb 23, 2010Brazil will likely designate the winner of a multi-billion-dollar tender to supply its air force with modern jet fighters by the end of March, the head of the service, General Juniti Saito, said Tuesday. Saito stressed that it would be a "political and strategic decision" made by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, following the air force's technical evaluation of the three bids. France ... more  
Mosul, Iraq (AFP) Feb 23, 2010Five people were killed, including three Christian men and a policeman, in the restive northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Tuesday, less than two weeks ahead of a nationwide general election. In the deadliest attack, a Christian man and his two sons were gunned down in their home, bringing to eight the total number of Christians murdered in the city, 350 kilometres (220 miles) north of Baghdad, ... more  
Seoul (AFP) Feb 23, 2010North Korea's ailing leader Kim Jong-Il is showing "symptoms of nervousness", South Korea's spy chief said Tuesday, amid international pressure on the communist state to return to nuclear talks. Won Se-Hoon told an intelligence committee in parliament that Kim, 68, was suffering "a lot of anxieties regarding resolving pending issues", Yonhap news agency said. Won, head of the National In ... more |
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India speeds up plane purchasesNew Delhi (UPI) Feb 23, 2009 Indian air force pilots have begun testing two Eurofighter Typhoon combat jets for flight evaluation trials, part of an order for 126 planes in a deal valued at $10 billion. The pilots will examine the Typhoon's flight performance under specific Indian conditions, European Aeronautic Defense and Space Co., manufacturer of the combat aircraft, said in a statement. Additional trials in Jaisalmer and Leh will "demonstrate the aircrafts' excellent desert, as well as high-altitude, capabiliti ... read more |
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