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Maritime Laser System Shows Higher Lethality At Longer RangesDahlgren VA (SPX) Oct 01, 2010 Tests of the U.S. Navy's Maritime Laser Demonstration (MLD) system conducted recently at the Potomac River Test Range confirmed the laser weapon system's readiness to proceed with at-sea testing later this year, according to Northrop Grumman Corporation. Operating from a fixed site on land, the MLD weapon system fired a laser beam at a number of stationary targets, including representative small boat sections, across the Potomac River, company executives said. The laser burned through small boat s ... read more |
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Baghdad (UPI) Sep 30, 2010 The return of Iranian-backed Shiite "Special Groups" who were behind much of the killing in Iraq in 2005-08 has thrust one of Tehran's most notorious warlords, Abu Mustafa al-Sheibani, back into the limelight. His outfit, known as the Sheibani Network, and another called Asaib al-Haq, or League of the Righteous, was responsible for some of the worst sectarian bloodshed in Iraq. U ... more  
New Delhi (UPI) Sep 30, 2010 Indian defense scientists are investigating the failure of the surface-to-surface Prithvi-II ballistic missile, which remained on the launch pad during a trial in Chandipur, Orissa. Observers said the short-range Indian-developed, 4.6-ton nuclear-capable missile became enveloped in orange smoke and the launch was aborted, officials from the Defense Research and Development Organization ... more  
San Diego CA (SPX) Oct 01, 2010Northrop Grumman and Bell Helicopter have moved a significant step closer to being able to offer military users a vertical unmanned system that can ferry cargo - either internally or externally - over extended distances. On Sept. 17, the team applied external power for the first time to the main computers and associated subsystems for its new Fire-X medium-range vertical unmanned aerial sy ... more |
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US and Europe toil to save Israel-Palestinian peace talksRamallah, Palestinian Territories (AFP) Sept 30, 2010 US envoy George Mitchell held crucial talks with Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas on Thursday and pledged to maintain intensive efforts to salvage peace talks with Israel. Keeping up the pressure, EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton was also in the region and met Abbas ahead of meetings on Friday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Speaking to reporters after two hours of talks with Abbas at his West Bank headquarters, Mitchell did not disclose details of their conversation, but ... read more |
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