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US military conducts a dozen secret strikes in four years: report Washington (AFP) Nov 9, 2008 
US special forces have conducted about a dozen secret operations against Al-Qaeda and other Islamic militants in Pakistan, Syria and other countries under broad war-waging authority given them by the administration of President George W. Bush, The New York Times reported on its website late Sunday. Citing unnamed senior US officials, the newspaper said the authority was contained in a classi ... read moreUS Wants To Resume Nuke Testing To Retain Bomb Making Skills 
Moscow (UPI) Nov 7, 2008 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is all for a resumption of nuclear tests. In a key speech at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, he said the United States could not maintain deterrence, reduce arms or modernize them without tests. Gates pledged to set up a special group under James Schlesinger, a former U.S. defense and energy secretary, to draft measures for the directi ... more
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Russian strike could collapse Chernobyl shelter: plant director
EU to probe Czech aid for two nuclear units Japan vote moves world's biggest nuclear plant closer to restart Global nuclear arms control under pressure in 2026 Macron, on UAE visit, announces new French aircraft carrier North Korea says Japan's nuclear ambitions must be stopped 'at any cost' India's parliament passes bill to open nuclear power to private firms Russian nuclear-capable missile Oreshnik deployed in Belarus Mossad chief says Israel must 'ensure' Iran won't restart nuclear programme Zelensky says Donetsk among key disagreements in peace talks 
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Vandenberg Officials Launch Minuteman III Missile
Vandenberg AFB CA (SPX) Nov 10, 2008Vandenberg Air Force Base officials launched a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile configured with a National Nuclear Security Administration test assembly at 1 a.m. PST Nov. 5 here. The launch was an operational test to determine the weapon system's reliability and accuracy. The missile's single unarmed re-entry vehicle traveled approximately 4,190 miles to the predetermined ... more US has no say in Kaliningrad missiles: Russia 
Moscow (AFP) Nov 9, 2008Russia's decision to deploy missiles in its western territory of Kaliningrad is an internal affair in which the United States has no say, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was quoted as saying Sunday. "I don't think the United States has any relation whatsoever to deployment of Russian systems on Russian territory," ITAR-TASS news agency quoted Lavrov as saying after talks with US Secretary of ... more US combat troops in Iraq battle to defend savings 
Camp Speicher, Iraq (AFP) Nov 8, 2008US Lieutenant Colonel Mark Grabski has been busy on the computer over the past few weeks -- not to follow the history-making presidential election but to check on his dwindling savings. "I had a list of icons, my favourites, the funds that are working with Thrift savings programme. Every single day, their rates were just collapsing," said the officer posted at Camp Speicher, north of the Ira ... more  |
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Sub accident exposes Russian posturing: analysts
Moscow (AFP) Nov 9, 2008The loss of 20 people in the Russian military's latest submarine accident is a humiliating blow as the country tries to flex its military muscle on the world stage, analysts said on Sunday. The accident aboard the nuclear-powered attack submarine, in which victims were poisoned by a fire-fighting system, undermines the country's macho military stance and its increasingly ambitious defence in ... more Russian expert hints gas mask shortage raised submarine toll: report 
Moscow (AFP) Nov 9, 2008A Russian expert said Sunday that a lack of gas masks among too many untrained civilians may have elevated the death toll in a Sea of Japan nuclear submarine gas poisoning disaster, a news agency reported. Gennady Illaryonov, formerly a high-ranking naval captain and a specialist in maritime technology, told Ria Novosti that an over-reliance on automated procedures aboard the Nerpa potential ... more Russia Offers Missile Crisis As Welcoming Gambit To Next US Admin 
Washington (UPI) Nov 6, 2008 U.S. President-elect Barack Obama has just been handed his own version of the Cuban Missile Crisis - courtesy of incumbent President George W. Bush. Bush's policy of building a ballistic missile defense base in Poland to guard against the threat of Iran firing nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missiles against the United States has put Washington on a collision course with Mosco ... more Rice, Lavrov hold direct talks on US-Russia relations 
Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt (AFP) Nov 8, 2008US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov spent over an hour Saturday in direct talks covering the military superpowers' row over their respective missile defence plans. Rice and Lavrov spent about 80 minutes together at Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, said spokesman Sean McCormack, where they are attending Middle East diplomatic Quartet talks with Israel and ... more |
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