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LockMart JAGM Undertakes Limited Dirty Battlefield Countermeasure TestsLockMart JAGM Undertakes Limited Dirty Battlefield Countermeasure Tests Orlando FL (SPX) Apr 15, 2010 Lockheed Martin's Joint Air-To-Ground Missile (JAGM) team has successfully completed an extensive series of static, tower-based and captive-carry flight tests of its tri-mode seeker in a limited dirty battlefield/countermeasure rich environment at Redstone Arsenal, AL. The tests successfully validated the capability and technological maturity of the Lockheed Martin tri-mode seeker, a critical element to a low-risk, on time, on-budget fielding of the JAGM system. ... read more |
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Kuwait City (UPI) Apr 12, 2010 Stoking additional controversy, a bloc of Islamist lawmakers warned that they would question Kuwait's prime minister or defense minister if the country went ahead with plans to purchase French-made Rafale warplanes. Islamist lawmakers lobbed the threat during a news conference at which they revealed what they called significant documents showing leading Kuwait military officials spurnin ... more  
Miranshah, Pakistan (AFP) April 12, 2010A US drone fired two missiles into a Taliban compound in Pakistan's tribal area near the Afghan border late Monday, killing at least five militants, security officials said. The compound, located in mountainous Boya village about 20 kilometres (12 miles) west of North Waziristan region's main town of Miranshah, belonged to a militant commander. "The compounds was owned by local Taliban ... more  
Washington (AFP) April 12, 2010The United States delivered a chilling warning Monday that Al-Qaeda's interest in nuclear weapons was still "strong" and said the risk of nuclear terrorism was "real," "serious" and "growing." American officials said ahead of a 47-nation nuclear security summit here that there was intelligence that Osama bin Laden's group was continuing to pursue its "murderous agenda" by trying to obtain we ... more |
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Iran says its drones can gather intelligence, strike targetsTehran (AFP) April 12, 2010 A top Iranian general said on Monday that the military's newly produced aerial drones, which have aroused US concern, are capable of gathering intelligence and striking at targets. "We have made good advances and production is going on at suitable rate," ground forces commander Brigadier General Ahmad Reza Pourdastan told reporters ahead of the annual Iran Army Day on April 18. "These planes would be used for operations as well as surveillance which means they can send us online footage from far ... read more |
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