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Arms talks deadlock increases nuclear threat: UN chiefGeneva (AFP) Jan 26, 2011 UN chief Ban Ki-moon warned on Tuesday that the deadlock in global nuclear arms control talks in Geneva threatens international security by increasing the risk that weapons might fall into the wrong hands. His comments came day after Pakistan reiterated its lone public opposition to starting talks in the Conference on Disarmament on a ban on the production of new nuclear bomb-making material. "The continued deadlock has ominous implications for international security," the UN Secretary General t ... 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 | .. |
  Long-Range Radar Program Moving Forward The Electronic Systems Center's Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar program is finalizing one step and heading for the next in its development. "3DELRR will be the primary ground- ... more | .. |
  Enzymes That Provide Protection Against Nerve Gas Protection against nerve gas attack is a significant component of the defense system of many countries around the world. Nerve gases are used by armies and terrorist organizations, and constitute a ... more |
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 BAE Systems-Northrop Grumman Team Submit Bid For Affordable, High-Performing Ground Combat Vehicle Solution The BAE Systems-Northrop Grumman team submitted a proposal for a U.S. Army Ground Combat Vehicle (GCV) that emphasises affordability, performance and future scalability. "Our proposal delivers ... more | .. |
  ONR Achieves Milestone In Free Electron Laser Program Scientists at Los Alamos National Lab in Los Alamos, N.M., have achieved a remarkable breakthrough with the Office of Naval Research's (ONR) Free Electron Laser (FEL) program, setting the stage for ... more | .. |
 Navy To Begin Initial Production Of P-8A The U.S. Navy announced the award of a $1.6 billion contract to Boeing for P-8A Poseidon aircraft Low-Rate Initial Production (LRIP) of six aircraft. This first LRIP contract also includes spa ... 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 |
  
One in Four Chance Annually of Rocket Debris Entering High-Traffic Airspace
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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 | .. |
  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 | .. |
 S. Korea seeks military talks with N. Korea South Korea called Wednesday for preliminary military talks with North Korea next month, in what would be their first dialogue since the North's deadly shelling of a border island two months ago. ... more | .. |
 Russia calls for NATO probe into Iran cyber strike Russia called on NATO on Wednesday to launch an investigation into the computer worm that targeted a Russian-built Iranian nuclear power plant, saying the incident could have triggered a new Chernobyl. ... more |
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  NATO, Russia meet at odds over missile shield NATO and Russian military brass went into talks Wednesday, bound in outrage over terrorism after Moscow's airport bombing, but at odds over cooperation on a missile shield for Europe. ... more | .. |
 Germany to take fewer A400M planes Germany will take delivery of only 40 of the 53 Airbus A400M military transport planes it has ordered, the parliamentary budget committee decided Wednesday, in a further blow to the troubled project. ... more | .. |
 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 | .. |
  Sri Lanka military to share war tips at forum Sri Lanka's army Wednesday announced plans to share with other countries its success in crushing ethnic Tamil Tiger rebels and ending the island's 37-year-old separatist war. ... more |
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 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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 |
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 Turkey ups order for troubled F-35 Turkey may buy up to 116 F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jets, a deal that could be undermined by U.S. efforts to cut costs of one of the most expensive military programs ever. ... more | .. |
 Top Israeli general in land-grab probe Maj. Gen. Yoav Galant, recently named the next chief of staff of Israel's armed forces after a bitter backroom battle that scarred the military, is embroiled in a new scandal that could cost him the coveted post. ... more | .. |
 Support for arms trade treaty grows Support for international efforts to secure an effective arms trade treaty has received boost with new European funds going into the work of leading think tank Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. ... 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 |
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 Five dead in attack on Yemen payroll convoy Five people, including four soldiers, were killed on Wednesday in an attack on a convoy carrying a government payroll in southeastern Yemen, a police official said. ... 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 | .. |
PA, Fatah 'can no longer speak' for Palestinians Gaza Islamists said on Wednesday that the Palestinian leadership could no longer speak for its people after leaked reports of its cooperation with Israel. ... more | .. |
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 |
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 Russia ratifies US nuclear disarmament treaty Russia's upper house of parliament ratified the new US nuclear disarmament treaty Wednesday, the final step in approving the first nuclear pact between the two former Cold War rivals in 20 years. ... 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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