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US Weapon Plans Threaten Missile Proliferation Moscow (AFP) Jun 09, 2006 
US plans to develop low-yield nuclear weapons and to use ballistic missiles for carrying conventional warheads are threatening the world's nuclear non-proliferation regime, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov charged Wednesday. "American plans for deploying low-power nuclear weapons (and) plans to equip ballistic missiles on Trident submarines and inter-continental missiles in general with conventional warheads raise concern," Lavrov told the lower house of parliament, the State Duma.
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Raytheon To Develop Standard Missile-3 for Sea-Based Missile Defense
Tucson AZ (SPX) Jun 09, 2006Raytheon announced Thursday it has been awarded a $424 million U.S. Navy contract - including options - to develop Standard Missile-3 Block IA and continue Block IB development, leading to sea-based missile defense deployment. Pentagon Approves Missile Sales To Japan 
Washington (AFP) Jun 09, 2006The US Department of Defense said it had approved the sale of nine interceptor missiles to Japan in a potential 458 million dollar deal. The sale of the SM-3 Block 1A Standard missiles has to be approved by US Congress. RTI Selected By LM Team For The Aegis Open Architecture Weapon System 
Santa Clara CA (SPX) Jun 09, 2006Real-Time Innovations has announced that the middleware provided by RTI was selected by a U.S. Navy's LM team to provide the real-time data-distribution infrastructure for Aegis Open Architecture. |
Predators Provide Eyes In The Sky Over Afghanistan
Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan (AFNS) Jun 09, 2006What has a 50-foot wingspan, buzzes like a giant insect and can put an AGM-114 Hellfire missile through a window from 8,000 miles away? It is the Air Force's MQ-1 Predator unmanned aerial vehicle, and it's arguably one of the most requested assets in Operation Enduring Freedom. BAE Converts 20 F-4 Phantoms Into Target Drones 
Mojave CA (SPX) Jun 09, 2006BAE Systems has received a $25.1 million U.S. Air Force contract to provide 20 QF-4 full-scale aerial targets and associated technical support. The QF-4 is a remote-control modified F-4 Phantom aircraft. Why Maliki Is Failing 
Washington (UPI) Jun 09, 2006Iraq's new so-called unity government has produced not unity, but increased chaos and civil war. In central Iraq, Sunni insurgents are escalating the sectarian conflict with ever more blatant mass killings of Shiites. In southern Iraq, Shiite militias escalate their confrontation and boldness towards British security forces. |
China, US Hold Military Talks After Heated Exchange
Beijing (AFP) Jun 09, 2006China and the United States held high-level talks here Thursday aimed at improving military ties, officials said, following recent heated exchanges between the two world powers over defense issues. UN Says Iran Accelerated Uranium Enrichment 
Vienna (AFP) Jun 09, 2006Iran accelerated uranium enrichment on the same day this week that world powers asked it to halt the work and open talks to guarantee it will not make nuclear weapons, the UN atomic agency said Thursday. UN Finds Highly Enriched Uranium Traces In Iran 
Vienna (AFP) Jun 09, 2006United Nations inspectors have found new traces of highly enriched uranium in Iran, in equipment at a technical university in Tehran, the UN nuclear watchdog said Thursday in a confidential report. |
The Terror Of Iraq Dies
Vancouver, Canada (UPI) Jun 09, 2006The man who made Iraq tremble died Thursday, killed in a U.S. air strike, along with several of his followers. A Jordanian by birth, his real name was Ahmed Fadel Nazzal al-Khalayila. Iraq Al-Qaeda Chief Zarqawi Killed In Air Strike 
Baghdad (AFP) Jun 09, 2006Al-Qaeda's chief in Iraq Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who orchestrated a bloody campaign of attacks and beheadings, has been killed in an air strike, US and Iraqi officials said Thursday, hailing a major blow against the network. SKorean FM 'Deeply Concerned' Over NKorean Missile Activity 
Seoul (AFP) Jun 09, 2006South Korea's foreign minister on Wednesday expressed deep concern over recent reports that North Korea may be preparing to test-fire a long-range missile. |
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