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The Kinetic Energy Interceptor's mobility on the ground, in the air and at sea enables the system to get as close as possible to enemy launch sites, affording more options for achieving early interception of hostile missiles than any other surface-based missile defense system currently being developed. These and other features make the Kinetic Energy Interceptor a highly versatile defen ... read more 
Washington (UPI) Feb 9, 2009 From their cockpit at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada, the pilot and co-pilot are flying a pilotless Predator on a bombing mission over Afghanistan, 8,000 miles away. Ordnance aboard includes four Hellfire missiles and two 500-pound bombs. A forward air controller using another unmanned drone spots the target, and the Predator bomber takes off under local control from Kandahar in Afghanistan. ... more
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Washington (UPI) Feb 9, 2009 Russia's hard-charging chief of the general staff pledged Monday to complete the long-delayed and fiercely opposed restructuring of the Russian armed forces over the next four years. "We are planning to complete a reform of the military within the next three or four years. The established time frame has not been revised," four-star army Gen. Nikolai Makarov announced, RIA Novosti report ... more 
Bangalore, India (AFP) Feb 9, 2009India's defence minister said Monday he felt "guilty" over what he described as the country's unacceptably heavy dependence on foreign military technology. India imports 70 percent of its defence requirements, a figure that leaves it "far, far behind" fulfilling the dream of its first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, for self-reliance in the defence sector, A.K. Antony told a seminar on aer ... more  
Astana (AFP) Feb 9, 2009Kazakhstan on Monday became the latest nation to offer its territory for the transit of supplies to coalition troops in Afghanistan, following Kyrgyzstan's shock decision to shut a key US airbase. "Kazakhstan has given its consent to the transit of cargo by land for the logistical material for the US contingent in Afghanistan," Kazakh foreign ministry spokesman Yerzhan Ashikbayev told report ... more 
Bangalore, India (AFP) Feb 9, 2009Swedish aeronautics maker Saab said Monday it had tied up with India's Tata group to develop a new variant of its Gripen fighter jet as it pitches for a 12-billion-dollar deal from New Delhi. Saab executive Kjell Moller said the tie-up with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) was not only aimed at jointly developing the Gripen but also at getting a chance at the biggest fighter jet deal in the ... more |
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Washington (AFP) Feb 9, 2009Pakistan has told the United States it will put some curbs around freed scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan to prevent him from becoming a renewed nuclear proliferation threat, a US official said Monday. However, the official said the United States wanted more as well as "solid" assurances from Pakistan that he will not be such a threat after a court released Khan, dubbed the father of Pakistan's at ... more 
Oslo (AFP) Feb 9, 2009The Nordic countries should tighten diplomatic and military ties by pooling resources and issuing a mutually binding security guarantee, a report commissioned by the five governments said Monday. Pointing to new challenges facing the region - including the shrinking Arctic ice cap and soaring prices for modern technology - the report's author, former Norwegian foreign minister Thorvald Sto ... more  
Paris (AFP) Feb 9, 2009President Nicolas Sarkozy's decision to take France back into NATO's command structure despite domestic opposition is a gamble designed to help French ambitions to build a European defence identity. Sarkozy is expected to announce at a summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation in April that France will fully rejoin the alliance, reversing Charles de Gaulle's decision in 1966 to walk ... more 
Seoul (AFP) Feb 9, 2009The US military chief in South Korea told North Korea Monday to stop provocations and "act like a responsible country," amid reports the communist state is preparing a long-range missile test. US and South Korean forces are prepared for any contingency, General Walter Sharp said in reference to reports of a possible launch. "Many, many countries around the world are watching North Korea ... more |
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