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Iran to stage missile wargames from MondayTehran (AFP) June 26, 2011 Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards are to launch military exercises on Monday with the firing of different range ballistic missiles, the state news agency IRNA reported. The exercises, codenamed Great Prophet-6, are to start on Monday, said a Guards commander, General Ami Ali Hadjizadeh, quoted by IRNA, without specifying how long the manoeuvres will last. "Short-, medium- and long-range missiles will be fired, especially the Khalij-Fars, Sejil, Fateh, Ghiam, and Shahab-1 and -2 missiles," he sai ... read more |
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 Raytheon Delivers Patriot GEM-T Test Missiles for UAE Raytheon has completed the first major delivery of materials under the UAE contract. Three test missile assets were delivered to the U.S. Government to conduct United Nations testing that supp ... more | .. |
 NASAMS Live-Fire exercise a success The Royal Norwegian Air Force conducted a successful tactical live-fire exercise of its National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System (NASAMS), a surface-launched Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air ... more | .. |
 Raytheon Offers New Ground-Based Evolved SeaSparrow Missile Raytheon and its international partners will introduce a new ground-based Evolved SeaSparrow Missile at the Paris Air Show. The ground-based ESSM features multi-use capabilities for both naval and l ... more | .. |
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  Raytheon's Combat-Proven AESA Radars Continue to Set the Standard Raytheon's active electronically scanned array radar technology recently achieved more than 250,000 operational flight hours. Used by customers around the world on multiple platforms, more than 300 ... more | .. |
  Israel adopts tougher Iran sanctions The Israeli cabinet on Sunday approved broad economic sanctions against Iran, bringing the Jewish state into line with measures taken by other governments. ... more | .. |
  Azerbaijan warns Armenia with show of military might Azerbaijan paraded thousands of soldiers and hundreds of military vehicles through its capital Sunday in a show of force two days after talks failed to resolve a bitter territorial dispute with Armenia. ... more | .. |
  Suicide bomber in wheelchair kills two in Iraq A suicide bomber in a wheelchair attacked a police station north of Baghdad on Sunday, killing two people and wounding 17, nine of them policemen, officials said. ... more |
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Karzai rules out asking for more US troops Afghan President Hamid Karzai ruled out Sunday asking the United States for more troops if the security situation in Afghanistan deteriorates during or following the US military drawdown. ... more | .. |
 US asks China to press N.Korea The United States on Saturday asked China to use its influence on North Korea to prevent a new "provocation," saying that Pyongyang must mend ties with the South if it wants to move ahead. ... more | .. |
Azerbaijan warns Armenia with show of military might Azerbaijan paraded thousands of soldiers and hundreds of military vehicles through its capital Sunday, in a show of force two days after talks failed to resolve a bitter territorial dispute with Armenia. ... more | .. |
  LulzSec hacker group says Internet rampage over Lulz Security hacker group said Saturday that it has ended an Internet rampage that included cyberattacks on videogame companies, police and even the CIA's website. ... more |
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  Taiwan upgrades fighter jets Taiwan will this week receive its first batch of a fleet of Indigenous Defensive Fighters upgraded as part as part of a $587 million dollar project to beef up air defences, officials said Sunday. ... more | .. |
US envoy bound for Afghanistan ahead of drawdown The US special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan was headed for Kabul on Saturday for regional talks in the wake of President Barack Obama's announcement of a US drawdown from the country. ... more | .. |
  Algerian village protests after shooting blunder An Algerian village was on strike for a second day Saturday after a civilian was shot dead by soldiers in error after a bomb attack, press reports said. ... more | .. |
Iran, Iraq to shut down Camp Ashraf: Talabani Iran and Iraq have formed a joint committee with the Red Cross to shut down Camp Ashraf in Iraq which houses thousands of outlawed Iranian opponents, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said on Saturday. ... more |
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Fresh quake barrage hits Greek island Santorini
Pain, anger as Turkey marks two years since quake disaster
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Hackers school next generation at DEFCON Kids DEFCON hackers will share their skills with the next generation at a first-ever children's version of the infamous gathering of software renegades, lock pickers and social engineers. ... more | .. |
 Sikorsky building CH-53K prototype The first of five prototype CH-53K Super Stallion helicopters is being built by Sikorsky at its Assembly and Flight Operations center in West Palm Beach, Fla. ... more | .. |
  Committee praises Petraeus at CIA hearing Members of the U.S. Senate committee considering the nomination of U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus as director of the CIA Thursday spent much of the hearing questioning him on the Obama administration's newly announced drawdown in Afghanistan. ... more | .. |
IAI, Airbus team up on AWACS lite Israel Aerospace Industries and Airbus Military of Spain have joined forces to develop a small early warning aircraft based on Airbus' C295 medium-size tactical transport aircraft. ... more |
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Sarkozy defends Libya campaign in wake of criticism President Nicolas Sarkozy on Friday shrugged off criticism of the NATO-led campaign in Libya, saying the Western alliance should stay put until Moamer Kadhafi departs. ... more | .. |
French Mideast conference plan sows confusion Europe's leaders Friday backed a French plan for a Palestinian donor conference as President Nicolas Sarkozy insisted it had a wider goal of gathering Palestinians and Israelis together for peace talks. ... more | .. |
US lawmakers rebuke Obama over Libya The war-weary US House of Representatives on Friday delivered a harsh, symbolic rebuke to President Barack Obama over the conflict in Libya but beat back efforts to cut funds for direct US air strikes. ... more |
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Scientists' conference kicks off global AI summit in Paris
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US grounds fleet of F-22 fighter jets, indefinitely The US Air Force has grounded its entire fleet of F-22 fighters, the most sophisticated combat aircraft in the world, after problems emerged with the plane's oxygen supply, officials said Friday. ... more | .. |
Libyan rebels tool up in 'Mad Max' workshop Foreign powers are hesitant to arm Libya's rebels, so the rebels are doing it themselves: throwing bits and bobs together from old Soviet-era weapons and hoping it will be enough to oust Moamer Kadhafi. ... more | .. |
Iran in 'alarming' breaches of UN sanctions, envoys Western nations on Thursday accused Iran of carrying out "alarming" breaches of UN nuclear sanctions, often with Syria's aid. ... more | .. |
 Boeing Begins Final Assembly of India's First P-8I Aircraft Boeing began final assembly of the Indian navy's first P-8I long-range maritime reconnaissance aircraft this month at the company's Renton factory. The P-8I, based on the Boeing Next-Generation 737 ... more |
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  Raytheon to Upgrade Patriot for Saudi Arabia Raytheon has received a $1.7 billion Direct Commercial Sales contract to upgrade Saudi Arabia's Patriot Air and Missile Defense System to the latest Configuration-3. The award includes ground-system ... more | .. |
 Goodrich TERPROM Terrain Referenced Navigation to Equip Airbus A400M Goodrich has been selected by Cassidian (an EADS company) to provide the TERPROM terrain referenced navigation (TRN) system for the Airbus Military A400M versatile airlifter. The system will be prov ... more | .. |
 Raytheon UK to Supply Mode S MSSR Systems to Romania Raytheon has been selected to supply Mode S Monopulse Secondary Surveillance Radar (MSSR) systems to the Romanian Air Traffic Services Administration, ROMATSA. Under the contract, signed in Buchares ... more | .. |
 Top US military officer says Afghan drawdown risky The top US military officer said Thursday that he endorsed President Barack Obama's Afghan withdrawal plan despite initial worries about the risks of "sacrificing fighting power in the middle of a war." ... more |
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