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Indian Navy Commissions First Indigenous Stealth FrigateMoscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) May 06, 2010 The Indian Navy on Thursday commissioned the INS Shivalik, the first of three new indigenous stealth frigates, the Defense Ministry said. The 6,200-ton, 142.5 by 16.9 meter frigate has low radar visibility. Special aerodynamics, as well as the equipment and materials used in building the warship makes it very difficult to monitor its movements. It has a range of 5,000 nautical miles at cruising speed of 18 knots and a crew of 257, including 35 officers. Speaking at an official ceremony ... read more |
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Paris (UPI) May 5, 2010 Negotiations between France and the United Arab Emirates on Dassault Aviation's Rafale fighter jet are taking longer than expected but Paris hopes to strike an agreement by the end of this year. A French official familiar with the negotiations told Defensenews.com that an agreement struck this year would mean that next-generation Rafale jets could be delivered by 2014. This so-ca ... more  
Dallas, Texas (AFP) May 5, 2010Government and business leaders wrapped up a cybersecurity conference here Wednesday agreeing that only global cooperation can protect a vulnerable Internet and interconnected world. "When it comes to our readiness to protect ourselves from cyberattacks we are not prepared, we are not even close to ready," said Tom Ridge, who headed the Department of Homeland Security under former US preside ... more  
Shanghai (AFP) May 5, 2010The restive regions of Tibet and Xinjiang have for years been thorns in the side of China's ruling Communist Party, but visitors to the World Expo in Shanghai would never know it. The two regions - rocked in recent years by deadly unrest - are presented in the giant China pavilion at the just-opened Expo as culturally rich and forward-looking areas steeped in tradition, where ethnic harmon ... more |
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BP 'dome' carries hopes of averting oil catastrophePort Fourchon, Louisiana (AFP) May 5, 2010 BP dispatched Wednesday a giant "dome" on a high-stakes mission to contain the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, knowing failure would leave crude spewing into the sea for months and magnify the risk of an environmental catastrophe. A crane lowered the 100-ton dome onto the "Joe Griffin" before the barge embarked on the 12-hour journey from Port Fourchon on the Louisiana coast to the epicenter of the disaster some 50 miles (80 kilometers) offshore. The structure - a white silo with a dome-shaped top th ... read more |
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