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Britain unveils new super-drone London (UPI) Jul 15, 2010 Looking like an object straight out of a science fiction movie, the unmanned military jet Taranis by BAE Systems sounds in the future of warfare, the British company claims. It resembles a large steel trapezoid, is around 40 feet long and potentially deadly: Named after the Celtic god of thunder, Taranis was unveiled by the British Defense Ministry this week. Nigel Whitehead, a senior official at BAE Systems, the main developer of the new stealth drone, told the Financial Times that the ... read more |
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Washington (UPI) Jul 15, 2010 The U.S. Navy awarded four contracts linked to the development of next generation jammer electronic warfare system pod worth a total of $168 million, The Navy Times reported. It said the contracts were given to ITT, Raytheon, Northrop Grumman and BAE Systems. Under the deals the companies will develop prototypes "of what a jammer capable of defeating 21st-century air defense radars shou ... more  
Baghdad (AFP) July 15, 2010The US army handed control of Camp Cropper prison to Iraqi authorities on Thursday, effectively ending one of the most controversial chapters of the seven-year-long American military occupation. Cropper, west of Baghdad and now holding 1,600 detainees, opened immediately after the US-led invasion in March 2003 and was built to handle senior members of Saddam Hussein's toppled Baathist regime ... more  
Kabul (AFP) July 15, 2010The US-led NATO force said Thursday that two insurgents had been arrested for posing a "direct threat" to a major international conference due to take place in the Afghan capital next week. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and senior officials from over 60 countries and international organisations are scheduled to attend next Tuesday's conference to discuss the rebuilding of the trouble ... more |
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Space arms control treaty unlikely in near-term: USGeneva (AFP) July 13, 2010 The United States said Tuesday that a space arms control treaty was unlikely to emerge in the near future as it still sees flaws in drafts being tabled at the moment. "I don't see any near-term progress on a space arms control treaty, but again I think there is a lot of shared interest between the US, Russia, China and others on providing space stability," said Frank Rose, deputy assistant secretary of state at the Bureau of Verification, Compliance and Implementation. "There are a lot of near-t ... read more |
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