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C2-C4ISR Systems Constitutes Around 5 Percent Of National Defence BudgetsLondon, UK (SPX) Mar 18, 2010 The considerable growth in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) applications is driving the development of powerful communications systems, high resolution electro-optic sensor subsystems, signal processing and intelligence analytics software. In the digital battlespace, militaries have come to rely more and more upon digital information gathering and sharing. The use of computers, which have doubled in processing power every 18 months, has enabled ... read more |
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Athens (AFP) March 17, 2010Greece hopes to earn some 350 million euros (480 million dollars) by reselling a German-built submarine whose delivery was dogged by technical concerns, the Greek defence minister said on Wednesday. "The Germans are pricing the Papanikolis submarine at 300 million, let us calculate 350 million without being over-optimistic," Defence Minister Evangelos Venizelos told a news conference. At ... more  
Baghdad (AFP) March 17, 2010Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and main rival Iyad Allawi were locked in a tight election battle on Wednesday, with updated results showing their blocs neck-and-neck in the race for seats in Iraq's parliament. Just 40,000 votes separated Maliki's State of Law Alliance and Allawi's Iraqiya list nationwide, according to updated results based on 83 percent of ballots counted, as the incumbent's ... more  
Washington (AFP) March 17, 2010Alfredo Astiz, a former naval captain who earned the nickname the Blond Angel of Death during Argentina's 1976-1983 military rule, was defiant in his first remarks in his trial Wednesday for crimes against humanity. Astiz, 58, and 16 other naval staff are on trial for the killings of opponents of the government, real and perceived, at the Naval Mechanics School. About 5,000 regime opponents ... more |
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Britain voices 'serious concern' on China's rights recordLondon (AFP) March 17, 2010 China's record on civil liberties is a "serious cause for concern", Britain said Wednesday in its annual report on human rights as Foreign Secretary David Miliband flew in from Beijing. Miliband went straight from Heathrow Airport to the launch of the report in central London. He said the Foreign Office report ensured that "the most oppressive governments who refuse to be held to account by their own people, they are at least held to account by the international community." "I reject the not ... read more |
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