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Iron Dome delayed again amid war fearsTel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Jan 6, 2011 Israel has postponed final tests on its Iron Dome missile defense system, further delaying its deployment, as the outgoing chief of staff warns that Hezbollah could fire 400-600 missiles a day into the Jewish state if war erupts anew. Iron Dome, built by state-owned Rafael Advanced Defense Systems to shoot down short-range rockets and missiles, had been slated for deployment with considerable fanfare in the summer. But that was put back until November, supposedly to give more time for th ... read more |
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  Germany, Italy want U.S. support for MEADS Germany and Italy have asked U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates to continue supporting the Medium Extended Air Defense System, endangered because of budget pressures. ... more | .. |
  US missiles kill five in Pakistan: officials A barrage of US missiles killed up to five militants in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal district on Friday, destroying a vehicle used by Islamist fighters, security officials said. ... more | .. |
  US cannot accept China military power: state media China will eventually have a military powerful enough to compete with the United States, state media said Friday ahead of the visit of US Defence Secretary Robert Gates. ... more | .. |
  Korea, US troops lower alert status: report North Korea has lowered its military alert status, prompting similar moves by Seoul and US forces as tensions on the Korean peninsula showed signs of easing, a report said Friday. ... more |
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 China rejects report of nuclear policy shift China on Thursday strongly denied reports that it would consider a pre-emptive nuclear strike if it had no other way to defend itself against a nuclear-armed state - a move that would be a shift in policy. ... more | .. |
China backs N.Korea call for 'unconditional' talks North Korea's ally China Thursday threw its diplomatic weight behind Pyongyang's call for unconditional talks with the South, while Washington and Seoul remained more circumspect about the offer. ... more | .. |
  Citing deficit, Gates backs reducing US force Citing "dire" fiscal pressures, Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday proposed deeper cuts than planned in US military programs, scaling back ground forces for the first time since the 1990s. ... more | .. |
  Sadr tells Iraqi followers to curb enthusiasm Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, back in Iraq after four years of Iran-based exile, urged his followers on Thursday to remain calm after they gave him a rowdy welcome in his home city of Najaf. ... more |
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  LockMart Awarded Contract To Upgrade Military Helicopter Sensor System The U.S. Army awarded Lockheed Martin a $15 million contract for production of a low-light-level TV capability, called VNsight, for the Apache's combat-proven Modernized Target Acquisition Designati ... more | .. |
  Russian Missile Maker To Build Two Plants, Expand Exports Russia's Almaz-Antei conglomerate will receive a government loan to build two new production facilities to expand the export of missile defense systems, Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov said on W ... more | .. |
 Russian Air Force To Receive Up To 100 Sukhoi Fighter Jets By 2015 The Russian Air Force will receive up to 100 Sukhoi fighter jets by 2015, the Defense Ministry spokesman said on Sunday. Three state contracts with the Sukhoi design bureau on the supply of th ... more | .. |
  Newly Developed Cloak Hides Underwater Objects From Sonar In one University of Illinois lab, invisibility is a matter of now you hear it, now you don't. Led by mechanical science and engineering professor Nicholas Fang, Illinois researchers have demonstrat ... more |
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 Pakistan-Afghanistan to hold peace jirga Pakistan and a visiting delegation of Afghan officials charged with trying to broker peace with the Taliban have agreed to hold a peace "jirga" between the two countries, Islamabad said Thursday. ... more | .. |
  Mubarak warns Israel PM against new Gaza war Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak on Thursday warned Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu against launching a new war on Gaza, as they met in a bid to break the impasse in Middle East peace negotiations. ... more | .. |
 Iraq marks army's 90th anniversary Iraq's army on Thursday marked the 90th anniversary of its 1921 founding with a huge military parade that included tanks and artillery weapons in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone. ... more | .. |
 US sends 1,400 more Marines to Afghanistan The United States has ordered an additional 1,400 Marines to southern Afghanistan to preempt a Taliban spring offensive, despite a planned troop drawdown starting in July, the Pentagon said Thursday. ... more |
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China plans massive investment in N. Korea China has proposed a huge investment deal to revive North Korea's faltering economy, a report said Friday, amid an international drive to coax Pyongyang back to nuclear disarmament talks. ... more | .. |
 S.Korea, US lukewarm on North's call for talks The United States and South Korea responded cautiously Thursday to North Korea's call for unconditional talks, saying Pyongyang must be judged on actions rather than words. ... more | .. |
 China reveals stealth jet China has revealed pictures of its first stealth fighter jet on a Chinese non-governmental Web site of a prototype of the Chengdu J-20 fighter being built for the Chinese air force. ... more | .. |
 Iran invites Russia, China to atom sites but not US Iran said on Tuesday it will open its atomic sites to some world powers, in a rare move swiftly dismissed as "antics' by the United States, which along with Britain, France and Germany, is not invited. ... more |
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 Accomplishments Of The Contractor-Operated Counter-Rocket, Artillery And MortarTask Order Northrop Grumman has trained, certified and deployed more than 120 civilian contractors to operate and support the Counter-Rocket, Artillery and Mortar (C-RAM) sense-and-warn system at forward opera ... more | .. |
 U.S. orders more devices to counter IEDs The United States has placed urgent orders for more units of a high-technology device that has proved effective in countering radio-controlled improvised explosive devices in Afghanistan and Iraq. ... more | .. |
 Iran says ready to export defense systems A senior Iranian military commander has expressed Tehran's readiness to export domestic made air-defense systems to foreign states. ... more | .. |
 EU says up to IAEA to visit Iran's nuclear sites The European Union on Wednesday said in reply to Tehran's invitation to several nations to tour its nuclear sites that it was up to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to carry out the visits. ... more |
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