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Kirkuk Airmen Use Small Aircraft With Huge CapabilitiesKirkuk Regional Air Base, Iraq (SPX) Apr 01, 2010 Airmen here use the RQ-11B Raven, a small unmanned aircraft equipped with cameras, sensors and communications tools, to give coalition warfighters an advantage of eyes in the sky. There are many different types of unmanned aircraft, ranging in size and capability, but Kirkuk Regional Air Base Airmen operate the Raven-B that weighs only 4.2 pounds, has a 55 inch wingspan and measures 3 feet in length. Its operators said they believe its unimpressive dimensions feed a common misconception. ... read more |
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Washington (AFP) March 30, 2010Reclaiming Afghanistan's key Kandahar province is the next major challenge facing NATO forces tasked with rooting out both Taliban militants and local corruption that extends to the brother of the country's president. The international military operation that took back Helmand province last month was seen by defense officials as a dress rehearsal for an even more decisive clash with the Tali ... more  
Washington (UPI) Mar 31, 2009 U.S. Vice President Joe Biden's crass congratulatory whisper to President Barack Obama after the House of Representative's March 21 passage of the healthcare bill was one bookend for an extraordinary presidential week by any account. The other bookend was the president's surprise visit to Afghanistan ostensibly to deliver some tough love to President Hamid Karzai and the Afghan governme ... more  
Madrid, Spain (SPX) Apr 01, 2010Indra, with the support of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism along with the Ministry of Defence, started up an R and D project to develop an Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) of rotary wings and with dual character, either for civil or defence fields. The system will be launched in 2012 and will be one of the first worldwide to meet mission needs of any navy force. The system can ... more |
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Protests greet new round of Taiwan-China trade talksTaoyuan, Taiwan (AFP) March 31, 2010 Taiwan and China held a new round of talks on a contentious trade pact Wednesday as protesters wary of the island's closer ties with the mainland scuffled with police and rival demonstrators. A group of about 100 anti-China demonstrators gathered as representatives of the two sides met in a hotel in Taoyuan near the island's capital, but were kept back by a cordon of uniformed police. "We should protect Taiwan's sovereignty and Taiwan's own future," said Chang Jaw-liang, one of the protest organ ... read more |
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