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US To Respond If North Korea Tests Missile Seoul (AFP) Jun 15, 2006 
The top US envoy to South Korea warned Wednesday that Washington and its allies would "respond appropriately" if North Korea test-fired a missile capable of reaching the United States. Ambassador Alexander Vershbow said Washington was monitoring preparations for a long-range missile test that have reportedly been under way for more than a month at a remote launch pad in northeastern North Korea.
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World Awaits Positive Iranian Nuclear Response
Vienna (AFP) Jun 15, 2006World powers, seeking to woo Iran with incentives in return for guarantees its nuclear program is peaceful, held off threatening sanctions, diplomats said at a meeting of the UN atomic agency. The International Atomic Energy Agency, which monitors compliance with international nuclear safeguards, is expected to debate Iran's nuclear activities in Vienna on Thursday. Iran President Arrives In China For Nuclear Summit 
Shanghai (AFP) Jun 15, 2006Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Shanghai Wednesday, renewing the focus on the role China may play in resolving the standoff over the Islamic republic's nuclear program. In a suggestion that China was concerned the Iran issue would overshadow everything else at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization meeting, officials seemed eager not to play up expectations. Chronology Of North Korean Missile Development 
Seoul (AFP) Jun 15, 2006South Korea on Wednesday urged North Korea to stop its reported preparations for a long-range missile test. These are key dates in Pyongyang's missile development: |
NAVAIR Selects M-PACT For IR Missile Seeker Cooling
Montville NJ (SPX) Jun 15, 2006Marotta Controls announced today that it has been selected by NAVAIR to build high-pressure pneumatic Pure Air Generating Systems for integration into the LAU-7 and LAU-127 missile rail launchers using its proprietary Pure Air Compression Technology, M-PACT. Northrop Grumman Flight Tests Radar Antenna For B-2 Stealth Bomber 
Palmdale CA (SPX) Jun 15, 2006Northrop Grumman, working closely with Raytheon, has begun flight testing a new radar antenna on the B-2 stealth bomber that, combined with other upgrades, will enhance the aircraft's ability to respond to emerging worldwide threats. High Energy Scans More Efficient At Ports 
Washington (UPI) Jun 15, 2006As questions of border and port security remain in the wake of the failed Dubai Ports World deal, a new imaging system could make cargo screening more accurate and able to catch threats such as radioactive or nuclear material. |
No Relief In Iraq
Washington (UPI) Jun 15, 2006The hunting down and killing of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, al-Qaida's director of operations in Iraq, came during a week that saw no let up in pressure on the hard-pressed U.S. forces in that country. Can Intelligence Oversight Be Fixed 
Washington (UPI) Jun 15, 2006Three former intelligence agency and congressional intelligence staffers say the oversight relationship between Congress and the CIA is in shambles. But can it be fixed? The Center for American Progress Tuesday held a forum in conjunction with a report released assessing the status of the relationship between the legislative and executive branches. Buckeye System Brings New Digital Capability to Warfighters 
Fort Belvoir VA (AFNS) Jun 15, 2006A system initially adopted to help the Army Corps of Engineers detect invasive vegetation growing in coastal waterways is giving warfighters an edge in the global war on terror. |
Team GoldenEye Wins Phase III Of DARPA OAV-II Program
Anassas VA (SPX) Jun 15, 2006Aurora Flight Sciences has announced that Team GoldenEye, an industry team led by Aurora, has won a 23.6 million dollar modification to a previously awarded contract and was selected for Phase III of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) Organic Air Vehicle-II program. Laboratory Tests Fuel Efficient Flying-Wing Aircraft 
Wright-Patterson AFB OH (AFNS) Jun 15, 2006The Air Force Research Laboratory and industry are testing a new type of aircraft with the potential to get up to 30 percent better fuel mileage, due to its unique flying-wing shape. The prototype blended wing body aircraft is a modified triangular-shaped aircraft configuration with 20 control surfaces along its trailing edge. Raytheon Teams Up With Nordics For Estonia Missile Bid 
Tallinn (AFP) Jun 15, 2006The US defence firm Raytheon has formed a team with two Scandinavian companies to lodge a bid for the contract to supply anti-aircraft missiles to the Estonian defence ministry. "Raytheon has joined with Kongsberg Defence and Aerospace, and Ericsson Microwave Systems to compete for the Estonian Very Short Range Air Defence Missile System, Raytheon said on its website. |
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