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Russia Can Play Topol-M Trump Card Moscow (UPI) Dec 20, 2006 
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov recently visited the Teikovo strategic missile division, which placed the first regiment of unique mobile ground-based Topol-M intercontinental ballistic missiles on combat duty. The Russian Strategic Missile Force has received over 40 Topol silo-based ICBMs since 1997. However, unlike these earlier missiles, the mobile, hard-to-detect and interchangeable Topol-M ballistic missiles, which are immune to electromagnetic impulses, can be launched from a wide area.
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Isolation Of Russian Far East Threat To National Security
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Dec 21, 2006Russia's president said Wednesday the socio-economic isolation of the Far East region near China and its failure to effectively exploit its natural resources are a threat to national security. North Korean Nuclear Talks Extended, But No Progress 
Beijing (AFP) Dec 21, 2006Six-nation talks aimed at convincing North Korea to give up its nuclear arms were extended on Wednesday but delegates reported no major progress and signalled a breakthrough was highly unlikely. The main round of six-party talks was slated to wrap up on Thursday, but the delegates agreed to stay for at least one extra day to try and find some common ground, South Korean envoy Chun Yung-Woo said, revealing a previously undisclosed time frame. South Korea Eyes Independent Missile Defense System 
Seoul (AFP) Dec 20, 2006South Korea will seek to build an independent missile defense system amid growing security jitters sparked by North Korea's missile and nuclear tests, officials said Wednesday. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCC) called for development of the program in his command book following the North's nuclear test on October 9, a JCC official said. |
Warfare Center To Host Autonomous Unmanned Vehicle Fest 2007
Panama City FL (AFNS) Dec 21, 2006Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City (NSWC PC) is busy preparing to host the Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Performance Demonstration, called AUV Fest, June 4-16, 2007. The AUV Fest will expose developing capabilities of unmanned vehicles (UVs) to the operational Navy, UV research community, and industry. Hydrogen Fuel Cell Outperforms Diesel Counterpart 
Robins AFB GA (AFNS) Dec 21, 2006Air Force Materiel Command officials here are tied to a project that could provide warfighters at remote bases with a cleaner, quieter way to power runway lights and other electrically powered devices. Air Force Advanced Power Technology Office, or APTO, officials here held a December demonstration of a hydrogen fuel cell for providing power at remote locations. Korea Truce Village At Peace 
Panmunjom, South Korea (UPI) Dec 20, 2006 Just an hour's drive north of Seoul takes you to the world's most heavily fortified Cold War frontier, where South Korean soldiers face off against North Korean troops. Standing only several paces apart, guards from both sides stare each other down across the military demarcation line that runs through this border village of Panmunjom, where a three-inch-high white stone divider separates the rival Koreas. |
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A Tipping Point In Afghanistan
Berlin (UPI) Dec 20, 2006 Messages coming out of Afghanistan increasingly resemble those that have come out of Iraq: NATO claims it is winning the war against the Taliban while critics say the military missions must be accompanied by fast-tracked reconstruction efforts to prevent the country from falling apart. New Antenna Begins Testing 
New Boston AFB NH (AFNS) Dec 21, 2006The 23rd Space Operations Squadron here began operations confidence testing of its newest Air Force Satellite Control Network antenna Dec. 14. Operational testing will verify the antenna is fully prepared to conduct satellite supports as part of the squadron's 24-hour mission, said station manager Bill Rayfield. Northrop Grumman Lifts US Navy To New Era For Unmanned Flight 
San Diego CA (SPX) Dec 21, 2006Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Navy have successfully completed the first series of flights of the enhanced, more capable version of the Fire Scout vertical takeoff and landing tactical unmanned air vehicle (VTUAV), the MQ-8B. "This is a very significant milestone in the execution of the system development and demonstration program, which is under contract for nine unmanned helicopters," said Captain Paul Morgan, the Navy's UAS program manager. |
Officials Weigh Need For Africa Command
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 21, 2006Defense Department officials continue to examine the idea of establishing a U.S. Africa Command, a top DoD official said here this week. A team of DoD officials is looking at all options in examining the need for a new combatant command, said Theresa Whelan. Changing Course In Iraq 
Washington (UPI) Dec 20, 2006 The Bush campaign in Iraq was defeated on Nov. 7. At the end of the day 17 percent of Americans stand with the president in pursuit of an imaginary "victory in Iraq" (see whitehouse.gov). On Nov. 7 Republicans garnered not one Senate, House or gubernatorial seat from Democrats. Not even one, suffering massive, nationwide losses despite the fact that Republicans broke all of their fund raising and voter contact records this year. Analyses of these election results range in imagination and defensiveness, but the obvious problem Republicans faced was being registered in the same political party as Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice, Wolfowitz, and William Kristol. The Many Faces Of Robert Gates 
Moscow (UPI) Dec 20, 2006 Robert Gates has been through fire and water. He took part in the first Gulf war, helped deal with the hostage crises in Iran when the US suffered a shameful fiasco, and celebrated the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan at the CIA headquarters in Langley. |
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