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Coalition Cell Develops Actionable Intelligence To Fight The Terror Of Piracy
Manama, Bahrain (AFPS) Apr 28, 2006
Since Sept. 11, 2001, Americans have grown more familiar with the term "actionable intelligence," the type used to track, kill or capture terrorists The Coalition Intelligence Fusion Cell here seeks to give ships of combined task forces the intelligence they can act upon to keep the sea lanes safe for merchants, travelers and fishermen.


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The Allies America Needs For Missile Defense
Washington (UPI) Apr 28, 2006
America's ballistic missile defense alliances with other industrialized democracies around the world are far from being a one-way street: BMD is such an expensive, experimental, cutting-edge technology, and such a difficult one to master, that the United States is finding great benefit from sharing the financial, research and manufacturing burdens of developing it with its allies.

US Wants To Transform War From Massed Armies To Guerilla Warfare
Washington (UPI) Apr 28, 2006
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld has approved plans that designate the elite Special Operations Command, or SOCOM, as the Department of Defense's lead element for the "war on terror."

Russia Showcases Latest Weaponry At Arms Fair
Moscow (RIA) Apr 28, 2006
Russia will exhibit a wide range of new and modernized weapons at an international arms show in Malaysia, Russian arms exporter Rosoboronexport said Monday. The DSA-2006 exhibition will ran April 24 until April 27 in the capital of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur.

Iranian Nuclear Time Bomb Ticking Virtually Away
Washington (UPI) Apr 28, 2006
In the 1980s it was Saddam Hussein's Baathist regime vying to fill a power vacuum left by the demise of the Pahlavi dynasty in Iran. Today the roles have reversed, as we witness the Islamic Republic of Iran trying to exert its influence in post-Saddam Iraq and beyond.

The Double Peril From Iran
Washington (UPI) Apr 28, 2006
Iran's maverick President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad admitted a few weeks ago that the Islamic Republic was enriching uranium. And the world took notice. Yet far more dangerous, says a member of the Iranian opposition, Iran is also "enriching Islamic fundamentalism." And yet few are doing anything about it.

UN Body Urged To Act Over Defiant Iran
Sofia (AFP) Apr 27, 2006
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday the UN Security Council "has to act" over Iran's failure to allay global concerns about its nuclear plans. Speaking as Tehran ruled out suspending internationally condemned nuclear activities on the eve of a crunch UN deadline, Rice said the standoff called into question the global body's credibility.

Leading Physicist And Uncle Of Israeli Nuclear Bomb Dies
Tel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Apr 28, 2006
In the early 1950s one of Israel's reserve infantry brigades was holding a major exercise when its commander, Yuval Ne'eman, suddenly disappeared.

ThalesRaytheonSystems Fields First Improved Sentinel Radar
Fullerton CA (SPX) Apr 28, 2006
ThalesRaytheonSystems fielded the first Improved Sentinel radar to the U.S. Army Air Defense Artillery School at Fort Bliss, Texas, today. The fielding signifies a major step forward in the Army's plans to implement its P3I (pre-planned product improvement) program for the Sentinel radar.

The Changing Face Of Asia
Almaty, Kazakhstan (UPI) Apr 28, 2006
When we think about the rapidly changing face of Asia, we tend to look towards the Far East; the Japanese and South Korean post-World War II economic miracles.

Raytheon And ATK Demonstrate SM-3 Block IA Third Stage Rocket Motor
Tucson AZ (SPX) Apr 28, 2006
Raytheon Company and Alliant Techsystems (ATK) successfully demonstrated the new Block IA version of a Standard Missile-3 Block IA third stage rocket motor (TSRM).

Raytheon to Develop Hard-Kill Active Protection System for FCS Vehicles
McKinney TX (SPX) Apr 26, 2006
Raytheon Company has been awarded a contract worth up to $70 million from BAE Systems to develop the hard-kill Active Protection System for Future Combat System vehicles under a three-phase agreement. The initial phase is pegged at $10 million.

Missile Defense Boost Vehicle To Get Orbus 1a Motors
Courtland AL (SPX) Apr 28, 2006
Lockheed Martin's Alabama production facility has received the first two Orbus 1A motor assemblies from Alliant Techsystems for the Boost Vehicle-Plus program.

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