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April 04, 2012
NUKEWARS
Report shifts Israel-Iran battle lines
Beirut, Lebanon (UPI) Apr 3, 2012
Reports that Israel has access to airbases in Azerbaijan, Iran's uneasy northern neighbor, could point to a strategic shift in the battle lines between the Jewish state and the Islamic Republic - and could affect the smoldering U.S.-Iranian standoff. Having the use of air bases right on Iran's doorstep would completely change the military situation for Israel by eliminating one of its major headaches: the distance its strike jets would have to fly to reach their targets in Iran and return to t ... read more

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In candid study, Chinese scholar sees US decline
Convinced that the United States is in decline, China's distrust is growing of the longtime superpower which it sees as bent on holding back the Asian power's rise, an influential scholar says. ... more
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NUKEWARS

US, Japan warn N.Korea on missile
The United States and Japan on Tuesday made a fresh warning to North Korea to drop plans for a missile launch, with barely a week to go before the communist state's threatened plans. ... more
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MILTECH

Boeing Completes On-cost, On-schedule Delivery of F-15K Slam Eagles to Korea
Boeing has delivered the final two F-15K Slam Eagles to the Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) on April 2 at Daegu Air Base. All ROKAF F-15Ks were delivered on cost and on schedule. "Boeing i ... more
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MILTECH

Boeing, Mitacs Sponsor Advanced Technology Research with Brazil and Canada
Boeing in conjunction with Brazilian university researchers and Mitacs of Canada, expect ideas that were generated during a two-day Visual Analytics workshop in Sao Paulo to lead to high-tech projec ... more
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MILTECH

Northrop Grumman Awarded US Army III Corps Training Command Contract
The U.S. Army has awarded Northrop Grumman a five-year, $100 million contract to continue support of the III Corps Mission Command Training Center (MCTC). The program, which was awarded under ... more
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MILTECH

Raytheon Awarded UK MOD Paveway IV Replenishment Contract
The UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) has awarded Raytheon UK a replenishment contract for Paveway IV, the latest generation GPS precision-guided munition, as part of a 60 million pound contract. R ... more
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MISSILE DEFENSE

Lockheed Martin Receives Contract To Maintain Shared Early Warning System for US Space and Missile Command
The system that provides U.S. Theater Combatant Commanders and partner nations with U.S. missile event information will continue to be supported by Lockheed Martin. The U.S. Air Force Electron ... more
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THE STANS

Outside View: Alarm bell from Pakistan
The still-deteriorating Pakistan-U.S. relationship is setting off new alarm bells. ... more
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THE STANS

India seeks to end Kashmir terrorist funds
India's Union Ministry of Home Affairs is seeking to end cash flows funding militants in Kashmir. ... more
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WAR REPORT

Israeli, Palestinian negotiators 'to meet in coming days'
Israeli and Palestinian negotiators are to hold renewed talks, in what would be their first public meeting in more than two months, a senior official said on Tuesday. ... more
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WAR REPORT

Argentina's Falklands surrender message auctioned
A copy of the original telex informing the British government of the Argentine military surrender in the Falklands war sold Thursday for Pounds 7,500 ($12,000, 9,000 euros), Bonhams auction house said. ... more
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IRAQ WARS

Saudi, Qatar media attacks Iraq PM
Saudi and Qatari newspapers on Tuesday lashed out at Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki over his implicit criticism of Saudi Arabia and Qatar for their calls to arm Syrian rebels. ... more
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CYBER WARS

Al-Qaeda sites go silent in possible cyber attack
Al-Qaeda's main Internet sites have gone silent for more than a week in an unprecedented blackout that is most likely the result of a cyber attack, analysts said Tuesday. ... more
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MILTECH

Canada auditor general blasts F35 program
Canada's auditor general on Tuesday accused the defense department of misleading lawmakers on the US-led F35 fighter jet program's soaring costs, in a scathing report. ... more
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IRAQ WARS

Bomb kills TV presenter in central Iraq: spokesman
A "sticky bomb" killed an television presenter working for a local station in Salaheddin province of central Iraq, a provincial spokesman said on Tuesday. ... more
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GHGSAT Selected as Copernicus Contributing Mission by ESA and EU
Launch of the most comprehensive European wetland map
How atmospheric winds influence ocean weather patterns
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MILTECH

'Smart' uniforms ahead for U.K. soldiers
Electricity-conducting yarn could soon be woven directly into the clothing of British soldiers, replacing cumbersome batteries and cabling, researches said. ... more
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SUPERPOWERS

Myanmar, N. Korea in focus as ASEAN summit starts
Southeast Asian leaders met Tuesday for an annual summit dominated by Myanmar's historic reforms, North Korea's planned rocket launch and strategic maritime disputes with China. ... more
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WAR REPORT

Jovan Divjak, Serb general fighting for multi-ethnic Bosnia
Former general Jovan Divjak became a symbol of Sarajevo's spirit of survival when he joined the Bosnian Muslim army to defend his city from an infamous Serb siege that left thousands dead. ... more
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NUKEWARS

Japan rejects N. Korean rocket launch invitation
Japan has rejected an invitation from North Korea to send observers to a rocket launch that Tokyo and its allies say is a disguised missile test, officials said Tuesday. ... more
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MILTECH

New Raytheon Guided Bomb Completes Initial Flight Test
Raytheon's Small Tactical Munition Phase II scored a direct hit on a target during the weapon's first guided flight test. "STM Phase II is ideally suited to weaponize Shadow-class unmanned air ... more
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MISSILE DEFENSE

USAF and Lockheed Martin Complete Final System Tests For Critical Missile Warning Satellite
Lockheed Martin has completed a major milestone for the U.S. Air Force's second Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous satellite (GEO-2). The milestone, known as the Final Integrated Sys ... more
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MILTECH

Northrop Grumman Delivers First F-35 Center Fuselage Produced by Integrated Assembly Line
Northrop Grumman's first F-35 center fuselage produced by its Integrated Assembly Line (IAL) was delivered to Lockheed Martin on March 16, 2012. While the company has delivered 69 center fuselages s ... more
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RAY GUNS

Northrop Grumman's New Laser Defense System Achieves Key Technology Readiness Standard
Northrop Grumman's Laser Systems business unit announced that its All Semiconductor Airborne Laser Threat Terminator (ASALTT) infrared countermeasure (IRCM) laser system has advanced to Technology R ... more
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UAV NEWS

AeroVironment Unveils Modular Gimbaled Sensor Payload on RQ-11B Raven Small UAV
AeroVironment, Inc. has unveiled a new miniature gimbaled sensor payload on the battle-proven RQ-11B Raven small unmanned aircraft system at the Army Aviation Association of America Annual Professio ... more
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MILTECH

Lockheed Martin's Production-Optimized JLTV is Lighter and Costs Less
Lockheed Martin has submitted a proposal for a substantially lighter and more affordable Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) for the next phase of the U.S. Army and Marine Corps competition. T ... more
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MILPLEX

Brazil expands role in African arms market
Brazilian manufacturer Embraer is having more success in Africa than in the United States with its winning light aircraft Super Tucano, which is challenging rivals' market share in the category. ... more
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NUKEWARS

No date, place yet for Iran nuclear talks: Russia
Russia said Monday that the date and place for talks with Iran on its controversial nuclear programme have not been set, despite a US announcement over the first such meeting in more than a year. ... more
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MILPLEX

'U.S. aid to Israel no longer sacred'
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has warned Israelis his government needs higher taxes to help pay for anti-missile defense, though he's no doubt counting on U.S. military aid to help him out. ... more
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THE STANS

US envoy heads to Pakistan amid relations review
A top US diplomat will head this week to Pakistan to promote cooperation between the war partners as the parliament in Islamabad reviews the troubled relationship, the State Department said Monday. ... more
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NUKEWARS

US, Japan prepare for N.Korea launch
The United States and Japan on Monday studied counter-measures to take if North Korea goes ahead with a threatened rocket launch as they renewed calls for the communist state to halt its plan. ... more
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CYBER WARS

Cyber-defence slow due to generation gap: US official
Sluggish moves to counter the rising threat of cyber-attacks can be blamed on a generation of policymakers out of touch with rapid technological change, a senior US official said Monday. ... more
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