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Pakistan Gets Approval For New Nuclear Plant Islamabad (AFP) Nov 25, 2006 
The global atomic watchdog has approved an agreement with Pakistan for its second nuclear power plant, being built with Chinese assistance, the foreign ministry said Saturday. The 35-member Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Thursday unanimously approved the safeguards agreement for Pakistan's Chashma Nuclear Power Plant Unit-2, the ministry said in a statement. "The approval of the agreement is a success for Pakistan and recognition of its non-proliferation commitments," it said and added that a similar safeguards agreement was also in place for Chashma-1 in the central Punjab province.
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Britain's FM Launches Nuclear Threat Warning
London (AFP) Nov 25, 2006Finance minister Gordon Brown warned Saturday against unilateral British nuclear disarmament in a world where rogue states could acquire nuclear weapons. The chancellor of the exchequer, widely expected to take over as prime minister from Tony Blair next year, waded into the debate over replacing Britain's submarine-based Trident nuclear weapons system. The government is due to reveal its preferred option in December. US And North Korea Set For Beijing Nuclear Talks 
Tokyo (AFP) Nov 26, 2006The United States and North Korea will hold talks in Beijing this week to discuss resuming six-party negotiations on Pyongyang's nuclear program, a Japanese report said on Sunday. US envoy Christopher Hill and North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan, the North's chief delegate in the talks, will meet as early as Tuesday, the Asahi Shimbun said quoting US and North Korean sources. Iran Makes Concession To UN Nuclear Investigation 
Vienna (AFP) Nov 24, 2006Iran has agreed to hand over records of its uranium enrichment work in a boost to UN efforts to determine whether Tehran seeks nuclear weapons, but diplomats and analysts said more cooperation is needed. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Mohamed ElBaradei told the IAEA's 35-nation board of governors on Thursday that Iran would finally provide the sought-after records. |
US Could Bomb Iran Nuclear Sites In 2007
Washington (AFP) Nov 22, 2006President George W. Bush could choose military action over diplomacy and bomb Iran's nuclear facilities next year, political analysts in Washington agree. "I think he is going to do it," John Pike, director of Globalsecurity.org, a military issues think tank, told AFP. The Geopolitics Of Japan's BMD 
Washington (UPI) Nov 24, 2006It came as no surprise. The leaders of Japan and the United States announced in Hanoi over the weekend that they were going to accelerate their already strong cooperation on ballistic missile defense development. New Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President George W. Bush pledged their commitment to further accelerating the speed of the program after holding bilateral talks last Saturday while attending the annual APEC summit in Hanoi, the Kyodo news agency reported. Israel Seeks New Technology To Shoot Down Rockets From Gaza 
Jerusalem (AFP) Nov 23, 2006Israel is seeking new ways to intercept Palestinian rockets fired from the Gaza Strip in mid-flight as its military proves unable to stop daily rocket fire from the territory, a senior official told AFP Thursday. Palestinian militants in Gaza have fired thousands of the homemade Qassam rockets at neighbouring Israeli communities in the past six years in attacks that have killed 10 people. |
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NG To Develop Shipboard Warning System
Apopka FL (SPX) Nov 27, 2006Northrop Grumman has received a contract from the U.S. Coast Guard Research and Development Center and their sponsor, the Office of Naval Research, to develop an electro-optic based system intended to warn surface vessels and aircraft in violation of ship protection zones of U.S. Navy and Coast Guard vessels at anchor or in port. Ecosphere Robots Complete USNS Rainier At BAE 
Stuart FL (SPX) Nov 27, 2006Ecosphere Technologieshas announced that it has completed another environmentally friendly coating removal project for BAE Systems at its San Francisco Ship Repair facility. Ecosphere through its wholly owned subsidiary, UltraStrip Envirobotic Solutions, removed the hull coatings on the USNS Rainier T-AOE7, a naval support ship. The agreement with BAE Systems is a five-year contract agreement for coating removal services using UltraStrip's high speed magnetically attached patented waterjetting robots. Sagem Defense Securite To Conduct Study For DGA On Future Joint Tactical UAVs 
Paris, France (SPX) Nov 27, 2006The French defense procurement agency (DGA) has awarded Sagem Defense Securite (SAFRAN Group) a contract to conduct a joint Vertical Take Off and Landing (VTOL) UAV (DVI) study. It covers the definition study of a VTOL UAV that meets joint Army and Navy needs. |
Vietnam And Iraq - Two Different Views
Moscow (UPI) Nov 21, 2006On Nov. 18-19, U.S. President George W. Bush attended the summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Vietnam, the country where his predecessors were defeated in a war more than 30 years ago. The U.S. president made the trip soon after his party's failure to maintain control of the U.S. Congress because of the country's unsuccessful strategy in Iraq. Taiwan Official Warns Of Chinese Naval Supremacy 
Taipei (AFP) Nov 26, 2006A Taiwan defense ministry official warned Taiwan badly needs submarines to defend itself against rival China's rapid naval expansion, including plans for two aircraft carriers by 2020, a report said Sunday. The call, made during a symposium at the weekend organized by the Institute for Taiwan Defense and Strategic Studies, comes as the Taiwanese navy's bid to acquire eight conventional submarines remains in limbo, unable to gain parliamentary approval. Russian Rocket Deliveries To Iran Started 
Moscow (AFP) Nov 24, 2006Russia has begun deliveries of the Tor-M1 air defence rocket system to Iran, Russian news agencies quoted military industry sources as saying Friday, in the latest sign of a Russian-US rift over Iran. "Deliveries of the Tor-M1 have begun. The first systems have already been delivered to Tehran," ITAR-TASS quoted an unnamed, high-ranking source as saying. The U.S. has pressed Russia to halt military sales to Iran... |
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