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Pakistan Successfully Tests Shaheen Missile Washington (UPI) May 10, 2006 
Pakistan Saturday announced it had successfully tested its Shaheen II/ Hatf VI Ballistic intermediate-range ballistic missile. The pakistandefense.com Web site of the Pakistani armed forces announced that the nuclear-capable missile had a range of 1,500 miles and was highly accurate. The web site described Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz as "overwhelmed" by the success of the test.
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Canadians Back Beefed-Up NORAD
Washington (UPI) May 10, 2006Canada's House of Commons has approved a government plan to renew the North American Aerospace Defense Command, which will last permanently and expand maritime mutual defense. Japanese Warship Will Join US ABM Test 
Washington (UPI) May 10, 2006A Japanese Aegis-equipped destroyer will participate a U.S. anti-ballistic missile test off Hawaii, possibly as early as June, the Kyodo News Agency reported Tuesday. Kyodo cited sources in Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force for the report. Israel Seen As World's Sixth Nuclear Power 
London (AFP) May 10, 2006Israel, which Tuesday warned Iran against any future attack, is regarded as the sixth country in the world to acquire nuclear weapons -- a title its government has never confirmed or denied. Despite its ambiguous position, the Jewish state is widely regarded as owning at least 200 atomic warheads making it the only nuclear power in the Mid. East. |
Ahmadinejad's Letter Possible 11th Hour Ploy
Washington (UPI) May 10, 2006Middle East analysts will be burning the midnight oil for the next few days, trying to decide if the letter sent by Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to President George W. Bush represents a bold step by the conservative president of the Islamic republic. 'Cyberblackmail' On The Rise 
London (UPI) May 10, 2006As illegal moneymaking schemes go, it's certainly not a new one: Crooks steal something of value from their victims and then demand ransom for its safe return. Clearance Moratorium Hurting US Security 
Washington (UPI) May 10, 2006Thousands of applications for security clearances from the private sector have begun to pile up since the Pentagon stopped processing them, blaming insufficient funds. Some are fretting that the moratorium is threatening the nation's security. |
New Technology Protects GIs Against NBC
Camp Arifjan, Kuwait (SPX) May 10, 2006Service members at Kuwait's crucial seaports can focus more on their missions and less on the worries of chemical or biological attacks with the arrival of new NBC warning technology. Navy Close To Basing First Four Littoral Combat Ships In San Diego 
Washington DC (NNS) May 10, 2006The Navy announced April 27 that the first four Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) will be homeported at Naval Station San Diego. EADS Bids Seven-Billion-Euro Saudi Radar Contract 
Paris (AFP) May 10, 2006The European aerospace giant EADS said Friday that it planned to bid in Saudi Arabia's tender for a border security radar system, a project worth an estimated seven billion euros (8.8 billlion dollars). |
CIA Failures Are Cultural And Internal
Washington (UPI) May 10, 2006As U.S. President George W. Bush announced his choice to head the CIA after Porter Goss' abrupt departure, a paper making its way around the intelligence community suggests that the agency's problems can not be addressed with bureaucratic reshuffling. The problem is inherent to the CIA's approach to analyzing the data and intelligence it collects. German Grand Coalition Has Army/Soccer Issues 
Berlin (UPI) May 10, 2006Time is running out to make constitutional changes for the German military to be deployed domestically for World Cup security, a move that has the grand coalition government in disagreement. ASEAN Defence Ministers Agree To Security Community Creation 
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) May 10, 2006Southeast Asian defence ministers meeting for the first time Tuesday will commit themselves to creating an ASEAN Security Community by 2020, a top official said. |
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