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Russian Army to get new weaponry in 2006 Moscow (RIA Novosti) May 19, 2006 
The Russian Armed Forces will get a large procurement of new weaponry by the end of this year, a deputy defense minister said Thursday. Colonel General Alexander Belousov said the Armed Forces would receive about 30 main battle tanks, 40 infantry fighting vehicles, more than 100 armored personnel carriers, modernized surface-to-air missiles, more than 10 combat helicopters and a regiment of silo-based Topol-M ballistic missiles.
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Iran using Chinese-made feedstock for enriched uranium: diplomats
Vienna (AFP) May 18, 2006 Iran used stocks of high-quality uranium gas from China in order to hasten a breakthrough in enrichment for a programme the West fears could be hiding nuclear weapons work, diplomats told AFP. Russian Army Chief Warns Over Non-Nuclear ICBMs 
Moscow (RIAN) May 18, 2006May 18 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's most senior army officer issued a grim warning Thursday that the use of inter-continental ballistic missiles with conventional warheads could lead to devastating consequences. China denies US spying allegations 
Beijing (AFP) May 18, 2006 China Thursday denied as "groundless" allegations that it was trying to steal military and scientific intelligence from the United States. Harper's Next Move On BMD 
Washington (UPI) May 19, 2006New Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has lost no time following up his overwhelming parliamentary victory on winning renewal and strengthening of the NORAD defense pact with the United States earlier this month. |
Annan warns on 'sleepwalking' into nuclear world
Tokyo (AFP) May 18, 2006 UN Secretary General Kofi Annan appealed Thursday for better diplomacy on Iran and North Korea, warning against "sleepwalking" into a world where all nations feel they need nuclear weapons. Iranian nuclear bomb a flying gas chamber: Peres 
Jerusalem (AFP) May 18, 2006 A nuclear bomb in the hands of Iran would be tantamount to a "flying gas chamber" that could be used to perpetrate another genocide of Jews, Israel's Deputy Prime Minister Shimon Peres said Thursday. US to make peace moves with North Korea if it returns to nuclear talks 
Aboard Air Force One (AFP) May 18, 2006 The United States will consider peace treaty talks with North Korea if the Stalinist state returns to six-nation negotiations aimed at ending its nuclear weapons program, officials said Thursday. |
General Dynamics Awarded Contract For Stryker-Related Contracts
Sterling Heights MI (SPX) May 19, 2006The U.S. Army TACOM Lifecycle Management Command has awarded General Dynamics Land Systems a $19 million in Stryker eight-wheeled combat vehicle-related contracts. Northrop Grumman's New Submarine Gets 'Clean Sweep' During Sea Trials 
Newport News VA (SPX) May 19, 2006The nation's newest nuclear-powered submarine, Texas, returned to Northrop Grumman's Newport News sector with a broom atop its sail to signify a clean sweep of the ship's initial sea trials. Militants Upgrade Rocket Attacks 
Tel Aviv, Israel (UPI) May 19, 2006Among the many rockets Palestinian militants have been firing across the Gaza Strip's northern border, Israeli experts Tuesday pieced together a long gray tube that was different: the remnants of a rocket more powerful than the homemade Qassams Palestinians usually launch. |
Boeing ScanEagle Demonstrates New Maritime Capabilities
St Louis MO (SPX) May 19, 2006The ScanEagle unmanned aerial vehicle, developed by Boeing and The Insitu Group, successfully demonstrated new maritime capabilities for the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence (MoD) while supporting "Trial Vigilant Viper" off the Scotland coast. Iraq's Militia Problem 
Washington (UPI) May 19, 2006During April, the problem of Iraq's ethnic and sectarian militias has gained more and more attention. Some articles have claimed they have become as serious a problem as the insurgency, or an even more serious prelude to civil war. Afghan War Problems 
Washington (UPI) May 19, 2006As rising U.S. and NATO casualty counts attest, the war in Afghanistan is heating up. It is doing so on Afghan time, which is to say slowly. When you have all the time in the world, why hurry? |
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