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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his US counterpart Barack Obama will make a joint declaration on their weapons arsenals next week, in a step towards renewing a key Cold War disarmament pact, a Kremlin advisor said Saturday. Amid hopes of warming relations that have seen their worst cooling since the fall of communism, the two leaders are to hold their first meeting on the sidelines of ... read more 
Tokyo (AFP) March 27, 2009Japan gave its military the green light on Friday to shoot down any incoming North Korean rocket, with tensions high ahead of a planned launch that the US and allies say will be an illegal missile test. Japanese and US warships have already deployed ahead of the April 4-8 window, when the secretive North has said it will launch a communications satellite - warning that shooting it down woul ... more
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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 Press Release from Business Wire: Helical Fusion Co., Ltd. 
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Washington (AFP) March 27, 2009President Barack Obama's new Afghan strategy will make the war an American fight more than ever, with US troops and civilians far outnumbering their counterparts from NATO. Obama's plan unveiled Friday calls for thousands of additional US troops as well as hundreds of civilians to deploy across Afghanistan in a bid to stem a spreading insurgency that NATO-led forces have struggled to contain ... more 
Islamabad (AFP) March 27, 2009Pakistan asked the United States Friday to reconsider missile strikes on its territory, hours before US President Barack Obama was to unveil a new strategy to defeat Al-Qaeda in south Asia. "It is important that the US administration factors this in (regarding) its operational policy," foreign ministry spokesman Abdul Basit said in a statement. "Pakistan's concerns in this regard have be ... more 
Jamrud, Pakistan (AFP) March 27, 2009A suicide bomber blew himself up in a packed mosque in northwest Pakistan at Friday prayers, killing 48 people and wounding dozens in one of the deadliest attacks in the nuclear-armed nation. The bombing took place on the weekly Muslim day of rest in the town of Jamrud in the restive Khyber tribal region, which is located on a key road used to ferry supplies to Western troops across the bord ... more 
Moscow (AFP) March 27, 2009Russia plans to turn the Arctic into its "leading strategic resource base" by 2020 and station troops there, documents showed Friday, as nations race to stake a claim to the oil-rich region. The country's strategy for the Arctic through 2020 - adopted last year and now published on the national security council website - says one of Russia's main goals for the region is to put troops in it ... more |
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Arlington, Va. (UPI) Mar 27, 2009 The developments most likely to interrupt the ability of the United States to carry out missions up to and including conventional airstrikes and thus imperil deterrence come from a range of technologies. Developments in these areas can be seen as pacesetters. - Fighters. After a long lull, the world fighter market has seen new procurement plans and research on advanced types. First up ... more 
Berlin (UPI) Mar 27, 2009 U.S. President Barack Obama's new strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan was met with almost universal approval in Europe, but nations there will have to contribute a lot more to actually make it work. Obama on Friday announced his new Afghanistan-Pakistan strategy, with its key goal to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat" al-Qaida by destroying its safe haven in the region. The strate ... more  
Washington (UPI) Mar 27, 2009 For more than six years, Iraq has served as a test case of the strengths and weaknesses of private military and security contractors. They most often operate well. At times, they are primarily bad. But most of the time, they have elements of both -- meaning that even if a contractor does exactly what it is supposed to do, the end result may still be negative. In that regard, it is worth ... more 
Beijing (AFP) March 27, 2009China's largest aircraft maker has spun off a 7.3 billion dollar independent defence manufacturing branch that will seek to produce top military hardware for global markets, state media said Friday. The Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) established the aviation defence branch office Thursday in Beijing to separate the plane manufacturer's civilian and defence operations, Xinhua n ... more |
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