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Iran frees British sailors after 13-day crisis
Tehran (AFP) April 4, 2007Iran released 15 British sailors on Wednesday as a "gift" to the people of Britain in a dramatic end to a two-week ordeal that had triggered a new diplomatic crisis between Tehran and the West. As relatives and friends popped champagne corks in Britain, the naval personnel were seen on state television chatting with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad after his surprise announcement of their release. "Although Iran has the right to prosecute them by following the model of the prophet the 15 people were pardoned and their freedom given as a gift to the British people," Ahmadinejad said at a Tehran press conference ... more Israel Cautious Over Arab Offer 
Herzliya (UPI) Israel, March 29, 2007A cartoon the Palestinian Ma'an news agency published Thursday encapsulated its view of the renewed Arab peace initiative -- and Israel's reaction to it. A mustached Arab in a white kefiyah headdress is all ready for peace. Doves are perched on his head, shoulders and back. An olive branch is in his mouth, another in a pigeon's beak, and a bunch of similar branches are under his arm. ... more Northrop Grumman Wins Deal For Ground-Air Task Oriented Radar 
Baltimore MD (SPX) Apr 05, 2007The U.S. Marine Corps has awarded Northrop Grumman a contract valued at $256.6 million to develop its new Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR), which consolidates the missions of five Marine Corps radars into a single multi-role radar system. The contract scope of work during this first program phase includes system development, fabrication and test of the Increment I system, low rate i ... more MORE HEADLINES |
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US To Pursue Missile Shield With Or Without Moscow's Nod
Washington (AFP) April 03, 2007Washington hopes to find common ground with Russia on a controversial US missile defense shield in eastern Europe but will go ahead with its plans anyway if no deal can be reached, a senior defense official said Tuesday "We want to cooperate with Russia," said Eric Edelman, undersecretary of defense for policy ... read more Old Windshields Offer New Protection 
Kirkuk Air Base, Iraq (AFNS) Apr 04, 2007The 506th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron structures department team put their heads together to come up with a better way to protect the airmen who guard the base. By placing 3-inch thick, 260-pound safety glass with a titanium frame in the windows of the newly designed guard towers, the structures team is trying to ensure that those who are protecting the base are protected in retu ... more Boeing Submits Bid To Design AMF JTRS Radio System 
St. Louis MO (SPX) Apr 02, 2007An industry team led by Boeing submitted its bid this week to design and develop the Airborne and Maritime/Fixed Station Joint Tactical Radio System (AMF JTRS) for the U.S. Department of Defense. Boeing's best-of-industry team offers a low-cost, low-risk solution based on successful demonstrations that showcased interoperability between JTRS radios and radios currently used by joint forces ... more Pakistan's Talibanization 
Washington (UPI) April 03, 2007Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 classic, "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," was a vivid portrayal of a split personality. Paired, the two names have come to signify bipolar behavior. As president of Pakistan, to rule a Muslim country of 160 million that is 65 percent illiterate and overwhelmingly anti-American, firmly held contradictory views are the key to survival. For President Pervez Musharraf, ... more MORE HEADLINES
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Space Wargame Focused On Improving Wartime Capabilities
Peterson AFB CO (AFNS) Apr 03, 2007The Schriever IV Space Wargame is underway at Nellis AFB, Nev., where a 400-member team of space professionals battle in a global environment scenario set in the year 2025. The simulation is designed to verify space capabilities, tactics and techniques used by the 21st century joint warfighter ... read more Investing In North Korea 
Barcelona (UPI) Spain, April 2, 2007The most effective way to influence the future of North Korea is through economic development and incentives. The 500 million euro North Korea Investment Fund exists to economically engage the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. While the six-party talks continue -- which they should and must -- Global Panel and the Prague Society will continue to grow this fund. At the 4th Session of t ... more The Future Of al-Qaida 
Washington (UPI) April 02, 2007One of the pillars of al-Qaida's operational objectives in its war against the West is striking at targets of high economic value, the so-called bleed-until-bankruptcy plan first made public by Osama bin Laden in December 2004. "One of the main causes for our enemies gaining hegemony over our country," bin Laden reasoned, "is their stealing of our oil; therefore (Islamic fighters) should m ... more GBIs Unaffected By June Rains 
Washington (UPI) April 02, 2007The U.S. Missile Defense Agency has confirmed the damage to seven missile silos and silo electronics rooms under construction from rain at Fort Greely, Alaska, last June. But it has made clear that the incident, caused by exceptionally heavy rain, did not damage or affect any of the 18 completed missile silos there, or any of the operational Ground-Based Midcourse-Interceptors that had been depl ... more MORE HEADLINES
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KC-X Players Set For Opening Day
Los Angeles (UPI) March 30, 2007One of the most important pitches of the year in Washington will be made in April, and it won't have anything to do with the hometown Nationals or the opening of another baseball season. On April 12, two all-star teams of industrial heavyweights will make their formal bids to the U.S. Air Force for the KC-X contract, a project that will replace the entire U.S. air-tanker fleet, keep thousa ... more US Military Chief Given Unprecedented Access In China 
Washington (AFP) March 30, 2007The chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Peter Pace, said in an interview published Friday that he was given unprecedented access to military facilities during his trip to China. The Chinese "treated me better, I think, than they've treated any other US officer," he told the Washington Times of his four-day visit last week in a bid to expand contacts between Chinese and US military ... more US Carrier Deploys In Gulf As Iran Complains Of Incursions 
Washington (AFP) March 30, 2007Nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz will sail Monday to support US operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, the US Navy said, amid a spike in tensions over Iran's seizure of 15 British marines and sailors. The Nimitz, and its battle group of destroyers and guided missile cruisers, will relieve the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, which this week took part in war games exercises in the Gulf wit ... more MORE HEADLINES
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