NKorea developing nuke warhead: Seoul official
Seoul (AFP) Oct 8, 2008
North Korea is working to develop a nuclear warhead for a long-range missile, South Korea's top military officer said Wednesday, a day after the communist state tested its short-range weaponry. "I understand that North Korea is working to develop a small nuclear warhead which can be loaded into a missile," Kim Tae-Young, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, was quoted by Yonhap news agency ... read more
US says Russian pullout in Georgia 'positive'
Washington (AFP) Oct 8, 2008
The United States described as "positive" the withdrawal of Russian forces from buffer zones around the breakaway Georgian regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. "You can see that Russia is, in fact, starting to comply with the September 8th agreement with the EU," State Department spokesman Sean McCormack told reporters, pointing to a map of the region. The withdrawal came well ahead of ... more
US advises North Korea against test-firing missiles
Washington (AFP) Oct 8, 2008
The US State Department on Wednesday advised North Korea against test-firing short-range weapons, amid reports, which officials in Washington were unable to confirm, that Pyongyang had launched test missiles into the Yellow Sea. "Can't confirm it," State Department Sean McCormack told reporters when asked whether North Korea had test-fired short-range missiles into the Yellow Sea on Tuesday ... more
Six powers to discuss Iran in a few days: US
Washington (AFP) Oct 8, 2008
The six powers trying to scale back Iran's nuclear ambitions will consult soon via telephone about the "next steps" to take at the United Nations, a State Department official said Wednesday. Top State Department and foreign ministry officials from the United States, Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia will debate further UN Security Council action to halt Iran's sensitive nuclear ... more
Russian warships to visit Libya: navy
Moscow (AFP) Oct 8, 2008
A group of Russian warships will stop in Libya next week before moving on to joint exercises with Venezuela and an anti-piracy mission off Somalia, a navy spokesman said Wednesday. "The ships of the Russian Northern Fleet and the frigate Fearless are going to stop in Tripoli to obtain supplies from October 11 to 13," navy spokesman Igor Dygalo told AFP. The Northern Fleet ships, led by ... more
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Raytheon Reaches Milestone On Critical Communications Capability
Marlborough MA (SPX) Oct 09, 2008
Raytheon has reached a key milestone with the production of its 20,000th Enhanced Position Location Reporting System. EPLRS is the most widely deployed, mobile, ad-hoc networking system on the battlefield, providing simultaneous data, video and situational awareness information. EPLRS has been in production since 1986 and has been fielded by all four branches of the U.S. military as ... more
Military probe finds 30 civilians killed in Afghan air strike: report
Washington (AFP) Oct 8, 2008
A military investigation has found that more than 30 civilians were killed in an August 22 air strike in western Afghanistan -- not five to seven as the US military had long insisted, the New York Times reported Wednesday. A Pentagon spokesman would neither confirm nor deny the report, saying that the investigation by Brigadier General Michael Callan was not yet finished. The incident ... more
All Counterterrorism Programs That Collect Data Need Evaluation
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 09, 2008
All U.S. agencies with programs that collect or "mine" personal data -- such as phone, medical, and travel records or Web sites visited -- should be required to systematically evaluate the programs' effectiveness, lawfulness, and impacts on privacy, says a new report from the National Research Council. Both classified and unclassified programs should be evaluated before they are set in ... more
EU scientists launch new, 'unbreakable' encryption system
Vienna (AFP) Oct 8, 2008
A new encryption system, which its creators say is unbreakable, got its first test run Wednesday in Vienna, scientists from the European Union project SECOQC announced. The successful demonstration, developed by the EU's Development of a Global Network for Secure Communication based on Quantum Cryptography (SECOQC) paves the way for it to be used in ordinary communications networks. ... more
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