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North Korea acknowledged Tuesday it is preparing to launch what it claims is a satellite, in its first official response to weeks of intelligence reports that it is gearing up to test-fire a rocket believed to be a long-range ballistic missile.
The communist country did not say when the launch would be made, but Seoul expects it will be ready in a week or two, warning that Pyongyang ... read more 
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (AFP) Feb 24, 2009Orders placed by host nation the United Arab Emirates at the IDEX defence show topped four billion dollars on Tuesday as the arms fair prospered despite the global credit crunch. The oil-rich UAE, determined to maintain its defensive capabilities despite the plunging value of its main source of income, stepped up spending by ordering military air transporters in two mega deals together worth ... more
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McLean VA (SPX) Feb 25, 2009Alion Science and Technology is providing simulation tools to the Army and serving as an integrator between the Generating and Operational Forces under a one-year, $1.1 million contract through the Army's Joint Training Counter Improvised Explosive Device (C-IED) Operations Integration Center (JTCOIC). The focus of Alion's work is to train warfighters in counter IED techniques. ... more  
Washington (UPI) Feb 24, 2009 Islamist hackers took their fight to the target-rich environment of the Internet years ago. Thanks to its low barriers to entry, the cyber environment has proven itself to be one of the most efficient asymmetric tools for Islamist terrorists to incite hatred and violence, and plan and carry out attacks. Also, nation-states are increasingly employing cyber warfare to attack other states ... more  
Vienna (AFP) Feb 24, 2009The role of head of the UN's atomic watchdog will always be political, no matter how neutral and unbiased they aim to be, one of the frontrunners for the position said Tuesday. "Nowadays, the IAEA is essentially a technical organisation. But its activities have some very important political implications," the Japanese ambassor to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Yukiya Amano, told AFP ... more 
Arlington, Va. (UPI) Feb 24, 2009 The Obama administration has begun "rebalancing" the United States' defense posture to focus on emerging threats and free up money for domestic initiatives. As was the case under Democratic Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, the budget ax looks likely to fall first on weapons programs. Fortunately, there are any number of programs begun during the Bush years that the joint force ... more |
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Colombo (AFP) Feb 24, 2009Sri Lanka's elusive Tamil Tiger leader is not expected to surrender despite having lost his de-facto state, but may try to flee by boat, the country's top defence official said on Tuesday. Tiger chief Velupillai Prabhakaran, 54, could use a human smuggling ring to escape by sea, Sri Lanka's Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapakse told AFP in an interview at his tightly-guarded sea-front office ... more 
Washington (AFP) Feb 24, 2009US President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso agreed Tuesday that North Korea should not do anything provocative amid signs it is preparing a missile launch, an official said. Aso, who was the first foreign leader to visit the Obama White House, said the two leaders shared concerns over moves by Pyongyang, although he did not elaborate on their exchange. "Regarding the ... more 
Vienna (AFP) Feb 24, 2009Syria rejected Tuesday a claim by a UN watchdog that traces of graphite, a key element used in the core of nuclear reactors, had been found at a suspect site allegedly housing a covert nuclear facility. "There was no graphite at all," at the remote desert site, the head of Syria's Atomic Energy Commission, Ibrahim Othman, told reporters after a closed-door briefing of the International ... more 
Seoul (AFP) Feb 24, 2009North Korea said Tuesday it was readying to launch a satellite, a move that the United States and its allies believe could actually be a long-range missile test that would deepen global tensions. Just days after new US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned Pyongyang to avoid any provocations, the secretive country said preparations were under way for a rocket launch to put a ... more |
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