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A senior Russian diplomat Thursday denied the claim by a prominent Iranian lawmaker that Moscow had started delivering components of its S0-300 anti-aircraft and anti-ballistic missile defense system to Tehran.
"I am very surprised by the fuss this story has caused recently. I think this is due to a lack of interesting international news in the run-up to the holidays that many of our We ... read more 
Herat, Afghanistan (AFP) Dec 26, 2008A suicide car bomber attacked a convoy of international soldiers in Afghanistan's western city of Herat on Friday, wounding some of the troops, police and the NATO-led force said. Regional police spokesman Abdul Rauf Ahmadi said the attacker blew up his explosives-laden car near vehicles transporting US soldiers here to train the fledgling Afghan police force. Ahmadi said the attack had ... more
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Moscow (AFP) Dec 26, 2008Russia has delivered two Sukhoi fighter jets to Indonesia, the first planes to be supplied to the country out of a total order of six, Russian defence officials said on Friday. "The first two jets out of the six bought by Indonesia have been delivered to the customer," the Interfax news agency quoted a Sukhoi spokesman as saying. The two jets delivered were of the Su-30MK2 class and anot ... more 
Washington (UPI) Dec 26, 2008 Lockheed Martin announced Monday that its work on the U.S. Air Force's Space-Based Infrared System has reached "major milestones," having finished work on remaining major spacecraft subsystems of the second geosynchronous orbit spacecraft. The company said in a statement that GEO-2 spacecraft's core structure and propulsion subsystem was finished and its high-performance communications ... more 
Washington (UPI) Dec 26, 2008 In his century-old Wonderland classic, Lewis Carroll has Alice saying, "I wonder if I've been changed in the night? Let me think. Was I the same when I got up this morning? I almost think I can remember feeling a little different. But if I'm not the same, the next question is, 'Who in the world am I?' Ah, that's the great puzzle." Substitute Alice for Pakistan and one begins to understand Paki ... more  
Arlington, Va. (UPI) Dec 24, 2008 Digital networks are the nervous system of our modern technological civilization, essential to commerce and culture. The entire global economy, from banking to utilities to manufacturing to healthcare, relies on Internet-style communications. Even the U.S. military has reorganized for what it calls "network-centric warfare." But the Internet empowers everybody, including criminals ... more |
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Rio De Janeiro (AFP) Dec 23, 2008Brazil on Tuesday signed contracts worth 12 billion dollars to buy 50 EC-725 military transport helicopters and five submarines from France. The submarine deal involves the purchase of four conventionally powered Scorpene attack submarines, and the construction of a nuclear-powered submarine to be built with French cooperation. The signing ceremony took place in the presence of Brazilian ... more 
Washington (UPI) Dec 23, 2008 Unless America pumps up foreign language education, both the nation's global competitiveness and national security could be at risk. That's the opinion of a cross-section of experts concerned that a weakened economy and heightened international tensions leave the nation in need of clearer communication with friend and foe alike. Deficiencies in Middle Eastern and Asian languages pose th ... more  
Moscow (AFP) Dec 23, 2008A test-firing of a new Russian sea-based missile capable of carrying multiple nuclear warheads ended in failure Tuesday when the weapon disintegrated after launch, the Interfax news agency reported. "After its firing from the submarine Dmitry Donskoy, the Bulava missile self-liquidated and exploded in the air," a military source told the agency. Interfax said this was the eighth test lau ... more 
Moscow (AFP) Dec 23, 2008The Russian military will commission more than 70 strategic nuclear missiles in the next three years, Interfax news agency quoted the deputy head of the military-industrial committee as saying Monday. "More than 70 strategic missiles will be bought and delivered to troops in the next three years, more than 30 short-range Iskander missiles and a large number of booster rockets and aircraft," ... more |
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