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New US drone spy cameras fail Air Force test: studyWashington (AFP) Jan 25, 2011 A much-touted new camera system for US unmanned aircraft that is supposed to bolster surveillance efforts in Afghanistan has proved ineffective in tests, a US Air Force report concluded. The surveillance system, dubbed Gorgon Stare after the mythical Greek creature whose terrifying gaze turned others to stone, has been described by enthusiastic Air Force officers as a groundbreaking program for robotic planes. With an array of cameras mounted on a Reaper drone, the system is designed to capture ... read more |
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  NATO networks vulnerable to cyber threat: US NATO's military networks are not fully protected against cyber threats and the alliance must make good on a pledge to erect a virtual wall by 2012, a top US defence official said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  Iran not working on bomb: Israel intelligence head Iran is not currently working on producing a nuclear weapon but could make one within "a year or two" of taking such a decision, Israel's military intelligence chief said on Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  Boeing And SAIC Submit Revised Ground Combat Vehicle Proposal To US Army Boeing has teamed with Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) to submit a revised proposal for the technology development phase of the U.S. Army's Ground Combat Vehicle (GCV) program. ... more | .. |
  Moscow airport bombed, 35 dead A bombing at Moscow's busy Domodedovo Airport killed at least 35 people and injured dozens more. ... more |
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  LockMart Receives Contract For Long Range Anti-Ship Missile Demonstrations Lockheed Martin has received two contracts totaling $218 million for the Demonstration Phase of the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency's (DARPA) Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) program. ... more | .. |
 Boeing Begins Flight Testing UK Chinook Mk4 Boeing and its Boeing Defence UK subsidiary have announced that the Boeing UK Rotorcraft Support team has begun flight testing the first Chinook Mk4 helicopter for the Royal Air Force (RAF). The fir ... more | .. |
 Russia to take final steps on US nuclear treaty Russian lawmakers are due this week to take the final steps in approving a nuclear arms reduction treaty with the United States that serves as the centrepiece of the two sides' rapprochement in ties. ... more | .. |
  Jazeera leaks shock, anger Palestinian officials Palestinian officials reacted with astonishment and fury on Monday after the leak of hundreds of secret documents on a decade of peace talks with Israel. ... more |
  
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  Germany rocked by defense scandals Germany's defense minister has launched an investigation into a string of scandals, including reports of a revolt on a naval training vessel and the accidental killing of a German soldier in Afghanistan. ... more | .. |
 Raytheon Opens New Facility At Aberdeen Proving Ground Raytheon has opened a new facility collocated with the U.S. military to enhance collaboration and industrial teaming on warfighter technologies and systems. Located at the Aberdeen Proving Gro ... more | .. |
 Raytheon Signs Paveway Contract With Saudi Arabia Raytheon has signed a contract worth $475 million with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the combat-proven Paveway family of precision-guided munitions. Raytheon's Paveway is a kit that transforms "du ... more | .. |
 2000th Production Viper Laser Will Be Delivered Ahead-of-Schedule Northrop Grumman has announced the ahead-of-schedule delivery to the U.S. Navy of the company's 2,000th Viper laser which provides the jamming energy for the company's battle-proven infrared counter ... more |
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 Kuwait Awards Contract To Raytheon For Patriot GEM-T Missiles Raytheon has received a $145 million Foreign Military Sales production contract for Patriot Guidance Enhanced Missiles - Tactical (GEM-T) to augment Kuwait's air and missile defense. The U.S. ... more | .. |
  France rallies China, Russia for G20 reform drive France's President Nicolas Sarkozy rallied China, Russia and other allies Monday as he launched his G20 plans for world finance reform which he said aimed to defend poor and emerging economies. ... more | .. |
 Secret files expose Palestinian 'offers' to Israel The Palestinians offered Israel major concessions on the thorny issues of annexed east Jerusalem and refugees in 2008 peace talks, in leaked documents angrily dismissed as "distortions" on Monday. ... more | .. |
  Iraq minister denies prisoner abuse The minister in charge of Iraqi prisons on Monday denied that a security force linked to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has been holding detainees for months without access to lawyers or their families. ... more |
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 NATO boss offers 'solidarity' to Russia after terror attack NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen offered the western alliance's "solidarity" to Russia on Monday after a suspected suicide bombing killed at least 31 people at Moscow's busiest airport. ... more | .. |
 Austrian defence minister relieves army chief of staff Austrian Defence Minister Norbert Darabos relieved the army's chief of general staff, General Edmund Entacher, on Monday after Entacher criticized his plans to scrap compulsory military service. ... more | .. |
 IMB wary of military-style rescues The International Maritime Bureau welcomed the recent capture of pirates but cautioned against navies engaging in armed assault of pirated ships. ... more | .. |
 Indonesian soldiers jailed for Papua torture A court martial Monday jailed three Indonesian soldiers for up to 10 months for abuse and insubordination after graphic video footage showed them torturing civilians in restive Papua. ... more |
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  India Republic Day clouded by tensions in Kashmir India celebrated its Republic Day Wednesday under heavy security, with tensions running high in Kashmir over efforts by Hindu nationalists to hold a rally in the troubled region's state capital. ... more | .. |
 Russia ratifies US nuclear disarmament treaty Russia's upper house of parliament Wednesday ratified the new US nuclear disarmament treaty, the final step in approving the first nuclear pact between the two former Cold War foes in 20 years. ... more | .. |
 US engineer jailed 32 years for tech sale to China A former B-2 stealth bomber engineer guilty of selling classified military technology to China that could help cloak missiles has been sentenced to 32 years in prison, the US Justice Department said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
Doubts recur on use of body scanners While the war on terror trundles on in fits and starts, the arrival of body scanners at an airport near you is generating more skepticism than the security industry anticipated and that may affect overall forecasts of global growth in the deployment of the privacy-stripping machines, new research showed. ... more |
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US struggles to link Assange to soldier: report Military authorities are struggling to prove a link between a US Army private suspected of passing on secret government files and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, NBC reported Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Al-Jazeera under fire over 'Palestine Papers' A senior Palestinian on Tuesday accused Al-Jazeera of plotting against the Ramallah government as president Mahmud Abbas tried to play down the channel's damaging revelations. ... more | .. |
  France signs contested Russia warship deal France on Tuesday inked a lucrative agreement to sell four Mistral warships to Moscow, with two to be built in Russia, in a move bitterly opposed by ex-Soviet states in the Baltics. ... more | .. |
 Shiite pilgrims throng Karbala amid tight security More than a million Shiite pilgrims thronged the holy Iraqi city of Karbala on Tuesday for annual mourning rituals, with security forces keeping a tight watch following a spate of deadly attacks. ... more |
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US has Al-Qaeda on the run in global fight: Obama President Barack Obama on Tuesday said the United States had Al-Qaeda on the run and vowed a relentless fight against the militants, from Afghanistan to the Arabian Peninsula. ... more | .. |
Israeli defense merger gets green light Israeli government ministers and labor leaders have recommended a merger between state-owned Israel Military Industries and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems in a major shake-up in Israel's high-tech defense industry. ... more | .. |
India sets deadline for jet contract India's defense minister has suggested that New Delhi may award a $10 billion contract for medium multi-role combat aircraft by the end of the year. ... more | .. |
 US Republicans push UN overhaul US President Barack Obama's Republican foes on Tuesday launched a fresh campaign for reform at the United Nations on everything from peacekeeping to nuclear safeguards. ... more |
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