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Russia And India Discuss Military Element For GLONASS
New Delhi, India (SPX) Apr 13, 2006 India and Russia are discussing whether to add a military element to the Global Navigation Satellite System, which currently is limited to civil cooperation, a Russian official told the Indian newspaper The Hindu reported Monday.
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Air Force Tests Airborne Networking Waveform
Eglin AFB FL (SPX) Apr 13, 2006The US Air Force, in conjunction with BAE Systems and SRA International, has successfully flown the Flexible Access Secure Transfer (FAST) Internet Protocol waveform. The successful concept demonstration flights took place March 29 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. AAI Wins Contracts From Boeing For F-22 Raptor 
Hunt Valley MD (SPX) Apr 13, 2006United Industrial has announced that its AAI Services subsidiary has been awarded two contracts by Boeing totaling $48.5 million to provide Maintenance Trainers in support of U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor combat aircraft. BAE Systems' APKWS II Offering Completes Environmental Tests 
Nashua NH (SPX) Apr 13, 2006BAE Systems' entry in the Army's Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System II competition has successfully completed environmental tests that validate the weapon's ability to withstand battlefield conditions. |
Iran One Step Closer To Nukes
Washington (UPI) Apr 13, 2006Just days after strong rumors of a possible preemptive U.S. and/or Israeli strike on Iran's nuclear facilities circulated like wildfire around the Washington Beltway, Iran announced it has taken its nuclear program forward. Iran's Military Believes Its Nuclear Programme Unstoppable 
Tehran (AFP) Apr 13, 2006Iran's advanced nuclear programme cannot be stopped by the West, one of the Islamic republic's top military commanders declared Wednesday. Pakistan's Top Nuclear Command Concerned Over India-US Deal 
Islamabad (AFP) Apr 13, 2006Pakistan's political and military leaders Wednesday expressed concern over the recent nuclear deal between arch rival India and the United States, the military said. President Pervez Musharraf chaired a meeting of his National Command Authority (NCA) to discuss implications of the US-India nuclear agreement, the NCA said in a statement. |
Cruel April In Iraq
Washington (UPI) Apr 13, 2006April is turning out to be a cruel month for U.S. soldiers in Iraq. But the bad news should have come as no surprise. As the New York Times reported Wednesday, the rates at which Sunni insurgents are killing U.S. troops soared over the past month. As of Wednesday, April 12, 33 U.S. service members have been killed in Iraq since the beginning of the month. Iraq Study Group Kicks Off 
Washington (UPI) Apr 13, 2006A new bipartisan group of top foreign policy experts, established at the urging of Congress to assess the next phase of U.S. efforts in Iraq, held what former secretary of state James A. Baker III called a "productive" first meeting Tuesday. Poland Was To Occupy West Germany Under Warsaw Pact Plan 
Warsaw (AFP) Apr 13, 2006Polish troops were to have occupied West Germany in the event of a nuclear attack by the Warsaw Pact on western Europe, according to previously secret files made public in Poland Wednesday. |
Stormy Forecast For A Geopolitical World
Washington (UPI) Apr 13, 2006Afghanistan is "on life support" with woefully inadequate funding to make a dent on the world's largest crop of opium poppies, insufficient troops to counter a resurgent Taliban, and a potential for disaster. So spoke the Council on Foreign Relations. The Disquieting Management Style Of Rumsfeld 
Washington (UPI) Apr 13, 2006Reporters in the Pentagon are no strangers to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's in-your-face style, and they got a full dose Tuesday at a press briefing when asking about fresh criticism of him from several respected retired generals. US Navy Awards LockMart Contract For Mk 41 Aegis Destroyers VLS 
Baltimore MD (SPX) Apr 13, 2006Lockheed Martin has received a $50.6 million contract modification from the U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command for MK 41 Vertical Launch Systems for three new Arleigh Burke-class Aegis destroyers. |
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