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Unveilling Next-Gen High-Flying Global Hawk UAV Palmdale CA (SPX) Jun 30, 2009
Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Air Force unveiled the next-generation of high-flying unmanned aircraft - the RQ-4 Block 40 Global Hawk - in a ceremony at Northrop Grumman's Palmdale, Calif., manufacturing facility. "This unveiling of the first of 15 Block 40 aircraft is a significant step to fielding Global Hawk to Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota, in 2010 and reaffirms our ... read moreSouth Korea updates defense plan
Seoul (UPI) Jun 29, 2009 South Korea announced an update of its national defense plan, including an increased potential to hit North Korea's military assets. South Korean President Lee Myung-bak announced the refinements to the National Defense Reform 2020 plan that Seoul established in 2005. Since then, however, North Korea has become a nuclear power, and diplomatic moves, many initiated by Lee, have be ... more
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Revolutionary Guard gains power in Iran
Tehran (UPI) Jun 29, 2009 Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the praetorian guard of the Tehran regime, has gained immense power with the re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as president and is likely to gain more in the months ahead by crushing his political opponents. The Guard Corps, or Pasdaran as it is known in Farsi, has established a parallel authority in the Islamic Republic over the last few years ... more Japan denies secret pact allowing nuke-armed US warships
Tokyo (AFP) June 29, 2009Japan's government Monday denied a report that Tokyo had secretly agreed with Washington during the cold war to allow US warships carrying nuclear weapons to make port calls in the country. "Such speculation has gone on for decades, but the government of Japan has said there is no such secret agreement," said a foreign ministry official. The Mainichi Shimbun national daily on Monday ... more Central Asian states to secure potential 'dirty bomb' waste
Geneva (AFP) June 29, 2009Four Central Asian nations agreed on Monday to secure some 800 million tonnes of radioactive and toxic uranium waste sludge that could be used to make a "dirty" radiological bomb, a UN agency said. "It has been explained to us that the kind of material that exists can be used for dirty bombs, that's the kind of risk that exists today," UN Development Programme deputy regional director Jens ... more Baghdad parties ahead of US pullout
Baghdad (AFP) June 29, 2009Tens of thousands of Iraqis partied amid massive security in Baghdad on Monday to mark the imminent pullout of US troops from urban areas and celebrate the restive nation's reclaimed sovereignty. The American pullback, agreed under a security accord signed last year, will be completed on Tuesday, which has been declared a national holiday, but soldiers and police were out in force as ... more |
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US soldiers swap fighting for job creation schemes
Mosul, Iraq (AFP) June 29, 2009Dozens of US troops seen in Mosul after June 30 will not be military advisers or trainers but instead work to ensure that millions of American tax dollars are not frittered away. Combat operations against the Al-Qaeda-linked insurgents that turned Mosul into a hotbed of violence are all but finished for the US army. Its focus is now shifting to the task of improving key services for the ... more Turkish president urges calm after coup plot claims
Ankara (AFP) June 29, 2009Turkish President Abdullah Gul on Monday appealed for calm as tensions rose between the government and army over an alleged plan to topple the ruling party, Anatolia news agency reported. "It is very important to have harmony and coordination between state organs and for everyone to focus on Turkey's priorities," Gul was quoted by the agency as telling reporters on his plane while returning ... more Students Create Portable Device To Detect Suicide Bombers
Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Jun 30, 2009Improvised explosive devices (IEDs), the weapons of suicide bombers, are a major cause of soldier casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan. A group of University of Michigan engineering undergraduate students have developed a new way to detect them. The students invented portable, palm-sized metal detectors that could be hidden in trash cans, under tables or in flower pots, for example. ... more Iran's tensions with West aim to stall nuclear talks: analysts
London (AFP) June 29, 2009Heightened tensions between Iran and the West after the Islamic republic's disputed presidential poll allow Tehran to deflect demands to re-start talks on its nuclear programme, analysts said Monday. But experts agree that Iran has no intention of sliding into international isolation like North Korea over its nuclear ambitions. Iranian authorities arrested nine local staff at the British ... more |
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