|
 
Boeing, EADS face off in heated tanker bidWashington (UPI) Jul 12, 2010 Facing off in the final stretch of one of the largest and most controversial tenders, Boeing Co. said that it officially submitted its bid to replace part of the aging U.S. fleet of aerial-refueling tankers. The move came within a day of a similar submission by its European rival European Aeronautic Defense and Space Co. The U.S. Air Force is expected to render its final decision in November. Still, military and industry officials anticipate the U.S. aerospace giant to clinch the ... read more |
. |
 |
|
Free Space, Earth, Energy And Military Newsletters - Delivered Daily |
| . |
|
. |
 |
| .. |
 
Mae Sot, Thailand (AFP) July 12, 2010The spiky-haired teenager said he clearly recalls the day when Myanmar state troops whisked him from the streets of Mandalay, accused him of stealing and forced him to become a child soldier. "They said if you don't want to go to jail, you must join the army. I said I didn't want to join but whenever I said it they beat me again and again. When I agreed to join they stopped beating me," Win ... more  
Vienna (AFP) July 11, 2010World powers have not formally agreed that Brazil and Turkey can sit in on talks over a nuclear fuel supply deal with Iran, but neither have they explicitly ruled out such an arrangement, diplomats said Monday. An Iranian news report on Sunday quoted Tehran's foreign minister Manouchehr Mottaki as saying that the so-called Vienna group "has accepted" the presence of Brazil and Turkey in talk ... more  
Dhaka (AFP) July 12, 2010Bangladesh on Monday charged 824 people for the massacre of scores of senior army officers during a mutiny in February last year after the country's biggest criminal investigation, a prosecutor said. Seventy-four people, including 57 senior army officers, were killed in a 33-hour siege at a military base in the capital Dhaka in an uprising that briefly threatened the new government of Prime ... more |
.. |
  LM Delivers 100,000th Paveway II ELGTR To US Navy   MALE Surveillance Drone Completes Fourth Series Of Tests   Instant online solar energy quotes Solar Energy Solutions from ABC Solar |
.. |
|
|
Free Space, Earth, Energy And Military Newsletters - Delivered Daily |
|
|
. |
 
Apocalypse now? In US and abroad many are preparedWashington (AFP) July 10, 2010 From the outside, Jerry Erwin's home in the northwestern US state of Oregon is a nondescript house with a manicured front lawn and little to differentiate it from those of his neighbors. But tucked away out of sight in his backyard are the signs of his preparations for doomsday, a catastrophic societal collapse that Erwin, 45, now believes is likely within his lifetime. "I've got, under an awning, stacks of firewood, rain catching in barrels, I've got a shed with barbed concertina wire, like the ... read more |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| The contents herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2010 - SpaceDaily. AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by SpaceDaily on any web page published or hosted by SpaceDaily. Privacy statement |
| Previous Issues | Jul 12 | Jul 09 | Jul 08 | Jul 07 | Jul 06 |
