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Black Ops For The Global War On Terror Washington (UPI) May 01, 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." Instead of creating wars with half trillion-dollar price tags and endless streams of roadside bombings and mortar attacks, Green Berets and SEALS will slide in, grab the bad guys, and fly off into the night.
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The World's 60 Year Flirtation With Nuclear Arms
Paris (AFP) May 01, 2006Nuclear bombs are the most destructive weapons ever invented, capable of eliminating all life on the planet. Key dates in their development: North Korea's Survival Strategy 
Seoul (UPI) May 01, 2006In the face of the Bush administration's tough stance, North Korea has shifted its survival strategy from seeking a breakthrough in relations with the United States to deepening ties with its ally, China, officials and analysts say. UN Readies Iran Nuke Resolution 
United Nations (UPI) May 01, 2006Key members of the United Nations Security Council are preparing a resolution to make mandatory Iran's cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency, the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog. |
F-22 Raptor Flight Tests Missile Noise, Vibration
Edwards CA (SPX) May 01, 2006The F-22 Combined Test Force here achieved another first when a Raptor flew with an AIM-120D missile in its weapons bay to test the effect of noise and vibration on the missile April 14. Work Begins On First Franco-Spanish Scorpene Submarine For India 
Cherbourg, France (AFP) May 01, 2006France's state shipbuilder DCN began Friday manufacturing parts for the first of six Scorpene submarines ordered by India. New Delhi agreed in October 2005 to buy six of the Franco-Spanish submarines for 2.4 billion euros (three billion dollars). New Israel Spy Satellite Beams First Images 
Jerusalem (AFP) May 01, 2006An Israeli satellite that can reportedly spy closely on Iran's nuclear programme has sent back its first "high quality" pictures since its launch into space, public radio reported Friday. |
West Seeks Unity As Iran Defies Deadline Again
Sofia (AFP) May 01, 2006Western governments sought Friday to present a united front over Iran's defiance of a UN nuclear deadline, with Washington saying the UN Security Council "has to act", but Russia urged diplomatic restraint. US-Iran Crisis Fall-Out 
Moscow (UPI) May 01, 2006Escalation of the U.S. conflict with Iran directly affects the interests of its neighbors. A military solution may generate serious problems for Iraq, where it took the political forces several months to agree on the distribution of government positions. Iran's Nuclear Time Bomb 
Washington (UPI) May 01, 2006In 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. Tehran's efforts to subvert progress next door betray an over-arching scheme to dominate the Middle East. |
Missile Defense Test Conducted At Hawaii
Washington (AFP) May 01, 2006The Pentagon tested the US missile defense system Friday against a long-range target missile using counter-measures to thwart detection, a spokesman said. Pakistan Test Fires Long-Range Nuke Missile 
Islamabad (AFP) May 01, 2006Pakistan on Saturday successfully test fired a nuclear capable missile with a range of 2,000 kilometers (1,250 miles), the military said. It was the second test firing of the surface-to-surface Hatf VI missile, which was earlier tested in March 2005, it said. Chemical Weapon Disarmament Rows 
Moscow (UPI) May 01, 2006A third chemical weapons destruction facility will be commissioned in Russia in Maradykovsky, Kirov Region on the Volga, in the middle of 2006. It has a stock of 6,890 metric tons of aviation bombs with organophosphorus nerve and blister chemical warfare agents or CWA. |
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