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 TAIPEI (AFP) Mar 21, 2005 Taiwan badly needs more anti-missile weaponry from the United States to counter the threat from China which has hundreds of missiles targeting the island, the defense ministry said Monday. Japan's troops need to boost response to terrorism, missile attacks: PM TOKYO (AFP) Mar 21, 2005 Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Monday that Japanese troops should enhance their ability to respond to new threats such as terrorism and missile attacks. |
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US suspends military aid to Nicaragua over missiles MANAGUA (AFP) Mar 19, 2005 The United States has decided to suspend military aid to Nicaragua until it destroys all Soviet-made SAM-7 surface-to-air missiles, which Washington worries could fall into the hands of terrorists, a government source said Saturday. Pakistan's Musharraf vows to strengthen nuclear program as missile tested ISLAMABAD (AFP) Mar 19, 2005 President Pervez Musharraf vowed Saturday to further upgrade Pakistan's nuclear capability but with a "strict adherence" to non-proliferation as he watched the test-firing of a long-range missile which can carry a nuclear warhead. Pakistan test fires long-range, nuclear-capable missile ISLAMABAD (AFP) Mar 19, 2005 Pakistan's military said it successfully test fired a long-range missile on Saturday that is capable of carrying nuclear weapons. Pakistan test fires long-range nuclear-capable missile ISLAMABAD (AFP) Mar 19, 2005 Pakistan on Saturday successfully test fired a long-range nuclear-capable missile, the military said. Ukraine admits it sold cruise missiles to Iran, China KIEV (AFP) Mar 19, 2005 Ukraine has sold nuclear-capable cruise missiles to both China and Iran, the prosecutor-general's office said Friday, but stressed that the deals were illegal and under criminal investigation. Ukraine admits to selling cruise missiles to Iran, China LONDON (AFP) Mar 18, 2005 Ukraine admitted Friday that it had exported nuclear-capable cruise missiles to Iran and China, amid tense diplomatic debate over Tehran's alleged quest for nuclear weaponry. |
NATO to protect its troops with anti-missile defense system by 2010 BRUSSELS (AFP) Mar 16, 2005 NATO announced Wednesday that it would protect its deployed troops with a new single theater missile defense system by 2010. Russia offers to allow Israel to check missiles sold to Syria JERUSALEM (AFP) Mar 14, 2005 Russia is prepared to allow Israeli experts to check that the missiles it plans to sell to Syria pose no danger for the Jewish state's security, Russian security commission chief Igor Ivanov said Monday. Missile defense test failed because a support arm in missile silo failed to clear: general WASHINGTON (AFP) Mar 10, 2005 An interceptor missile failed to fire in a missile defense test last month because a support arm in the silo did not clear when it was supposed to, a senior Pentagon official said Wednesday. US planes near Israeli test area were in international airspace: Pentagon WASHINGTON (AFP) Mar 09, 2005 US military aircraft flew near an area in the Mediterranean that Israel had closed for a missile test on March 1, but they were in international airspace and complied fully with airspace requirements, the Pentagon said Wednesday. China to have 800 missiles aimed at Taiwan in 2006: defense minister TAIPEI (AFP) Mar 09, 2005 The number of Chinese ballistic missiles targeting Taiwan is expected to reach at least 800 next year, the island's defense minister Lee Jye said Wednesday. Israeli missile test spooked by US spy planes WASHINGTON (AFP) Mar 08, 2005 The presence of US spy planes prompted Israel to delay a test of its Long Range Artillery missile earlier this month, Defense News reported Tuesday. The missile was test-fired two days later instead, scoring a direct hit. |
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