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Iranian Suicide Squads Would Target US And UK
London (AFP) Apr 16, 2006Iran has formed battalions of suicide bombers to hit American and British targets if its nuclear installations are attacked, The Sunday Times newspaper said. According to Iranian officials, 40,000 trained suicide bombers were ready to strike, the British weekly broadsheet said.
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US-Iran Facing Clash Dead Ahead
Moscow (UPI) Apr 17, 2006The United States and Iran seem to have firmly set on a path that leads to the hell of war. There are hopes for the best -- and I myself would be happy to be erring on the pessimistic side -- but the way things look here and now, hopes are increasingly overshadowed by grim reality. US Analysts Detail War Plans Against Iran 
Washington (AFP) Apr 16, 2006The United States began planning a full-scale military campaign against Iran that involves missile strikes, a land invasion and a naval operation to establish control over the Strait of Hormuz even before the March 2003 invasion of Iraq, a former US intelligence analyst disclosed Sunday. Top Iranian Commander Warns US Against Military Attack 
Tehran (AFP) Apr 14, 2006The head of Iran's Revolutionary Guards warned the United States on Friday not to attack the Islamic republic, saying American troops in Iraq and the region were "vulnerable". |
Boeing Apache and Unmanned Little Bird Demonstrator Test Expands UAV Control
St. Louis MO (SPX) Apr 17, 2006Boeing has demonstrated for the first time the ability of an AH-64D Apache Longbow helicopter to control an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) weapon payload. Northrop Grumman Delivers Sixth RQ-4 Global Hawk To US Air Force 
San Diego CA (SPX) Apr 17, 2006The U.S. Air Force's intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities have grown as Northrop Grumman Corporation delivered another RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to the service on April 5. L-3 Awarded Contract To Support US Air Force Satellite Control Network 
New York (SPX) Apr 17, 2006L-3 Communications said Friday the U.S. Air Force has selected its Telemetry-West division to provide High Power Amplifiers to Honeywell Technology Solutions in support of the military's Satellite Control Network Contract. The amount of the award was not disclosed. |
Good China Or Bad China
Washington (UPI) Apr 17, 2006The visit to Washington next week of China's President Hu Jintao will test the Bush administration's ability to chew gum and walk at the same time. This is not just a matter of a Bush administration deeply preoccupied with the dismal war in Iraq suddenly focusing attention on China. Taiwan Facing Multiple ABM Vulnerabiities 
Washington (UPI) Apr 17, 2006Over the past year we have tracked in these columns the race between China's ongoing deployment of more than 700 missiles threatening the offshore island of Taiwan, and Taiwan's ambitious efforts develop its own ballistic missile defenses and counter-ballistic missile offensive deterrent. Russia Working To Upgrade ICBM Arsenal 
Moscow (UPI) Apr 17, 2006The chief designer of Russia's intercontinental ballistic missiles has announced coming changes in the country's ICBMs. Russia will announce changes in its strategic nuclear capability by the end of the year, said Yury Solomonov, head and chief designer of the Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology, the designer of ground- and sea-launched nuclear missiles. |
NKorea Vows No Compromise As It Threatens Military Buildup
Tokyo (AFP) Apr 13, 2006North Korea on Thursday vowed no compromise on its nuclear program and said it would keep boosting its military amid the stalemate in six-nation disarmament talks. "There is no room for us to be flexible," North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye-Gwan told reporters in Tokyo at the end of a private conference that brought envoys from the six nations in the stalled talks. Raytheon Awarded Early Warning Radar Upgrade Contract At Thule 
Tewksbury MA (SPX) Apr 17, 2006Raytheon has been awarded a $114 million contract by the Missile Defense Agency(MDA) to implement the Upgraded Early Warning Radar program at Thule, Greenland. ND SatCom And BASE TEN Present First Satcom On The Move Robotic Vehicle 
Friedrichshafen (SPX) Apr 17, 2006ND SatCom and its partner BASE TEN finalized the world's first unmanned 'Satcom on the Move' controlled robotic vehicle system, RoboScout, to the German Armed Forces. |
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