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North Korea fires artillery into sea as tensions riseSeoul (AFP) Aug 9, 2010 North Korea fired an artillery barrage Monday into waters near the disputed inter-Korean sea border as tensions rose over a South Korean naval exercise and the seizure of one of Seoul's fishing boats. Seoul military officials said the North's batteries fired about 130 shells into the Yellow Sea soon after the South's navy ended a five-day naval exercise south of the borderline - for which the North had threatened retaliation. "Our navy was placed on high alert, closely watching the movement of ... read more |
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Seoul (AFP) Aug 9, 2010Seoul's government urged North Korea Monday to free a South Korean fishing boat and its crew as soon as possible, after the seizure heightened months of tensions between the two sides. The South accuses the North of sinking one of its warships earlier this year and is staging a major naval exercise as a warning to its neighbour, despite protests and threats of retaliation from Pyongyang. ... more  
Tucson AZ (SPX) Aug 10, 2010The U.S. Air Force selected Raytheon Company's GBU-53/B for the Small Diameter Bomb increment II program. The SDB II is an air-launched, precision-strike standoff weapon that will enable the warfighter to defeat moving and fixed targets in adverse weather conditions. The $450 million contract calls for Raytheon's GBU-53/B to begin engineering manufacturing development. Delivery is expected ... more 
Costa Mesa CA (SPX) Aug 10, 2010Lockheed Martin has signed a nonexclusive licensing agreement with Ceradyne for the development, manufacture and application of the Lockheed Martin-developed TekShield lightweight, opaque ceramic armor. TekShield can protect Soldiers against coupled threat effects common in today's urban tactical environments, such as a bomb blasts followed by a swarm of projectiles or armor-piercing snipe ... more |
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S.Korea conducts anti-missile training amid N.Korean warningSeoul (AFP) Aug 7, 2010 A major South Korean naval exercise went into its third day Saturday, the defence ministry said, as North Korea issued a fresh warning against what it termed "a prelude to a war of aggression". The drill far south of the disputed maritime border in the Yellow Sea, was focused on defence against North Korea's guided missiles and submarines, the ministry said. The exercise is one of a series planned in coming months in a show of force against the North, which the South blames for a deadly torpedo ... read more |
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