April 07, 2009 Military Space News, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense SpaceWar Advertising Kit
NKorea missile seen in commercial image: US institute
Washington (AFP) April 7, 2009
North Korea's controversial rocket launch was caught by commercial satellite imagery, according to pictures released by a non-profit US research institute. The DigitalGlobe statellite images released by the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) show a trail of smoke under the rocket and the flame from the burning propellant as it soars above North Korea. "The missile's ... read more

Israel tests Arrow interceptor missile
Jerusalem (AFP) April 7, 2009
Israel on Tuesday carried out a successful new test of its Hetz (Arrow) interceptor missile, a project launched two decades ago, public radio said. The Arrow intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile comparable to Iran's Shahab-3, which can reach the Jewish state, that was fired by an Israeli fighter plane over the Mediterranean, it said. It was the latest successful test of the Arro ... more

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Russia buys unmanned drones from Israel: report
Moscow (AFP) April 7, 2009
Russia has purchased its first unmanned drones from Israel after its own manufacturers turned out to be ineffective at making the high-tech reconnaissance aircraft, a newspaper reported Tuesday. The deal for an initial purchase of 50 million dollars' (37 million euros') worth of drones was concluded in early April with Israel Aerospace Industries, the Kommersant daily said, citing a Russian ... more

Pakistan highlights 'gap' with US over drone attacks
Islamabad (AFP) April 7, 2009
Pakistan's foreign minister said Tuesday US drone attacks are working to the advantage of the extremists, highlighting differences with Washington after talks with top US officials. Shah Mehmood Qureshi said he flagged up "red lines" in Pakistan's cooperation with the United States in fighting Islamist militants when he met US military commander Admiral Mike Mullen and envoy Richard Holbroo ... more

NKorea's Kim 'weeps' as US urges response on rocket
Seoul (AFP) April 7, 2009
North Korea hailed its controversial rocket launch as a famous victory Tuesday but said reclusive leader Kim Jong-Il wept tears of regret that the money could not have been used to help his people. As world powers struggled to agree on a response, with China and Russia both urging restraint, the North's media boasted of the "historic" achievement of putting a satellite into orbit that was no ... more

NKorea to exploit launch to bolster regime: analysts
Seoul (AFP) April 7, 2009
Regardless of whether North Korea's rocket launch was a success or failure, analysts say the regime will spin the news to bolster support amid lingering uncertainty about the health of leader Kim Jong-Il. Sunday's launch was "a great historic event heralding the victorious advent of a great prosperous and powerful nation," the ruling communist party newspaper Rodong Sinmun proclaimed Tuesday ... more

 

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    Shivering in her flat after Russian strikes knocked out the heating, 91-year-old Lidia Teleschuk said she couldn't remember a winter this harsh since World War II. ... more
    Zelensky seeks more air defence as Russia plunges Kyiv into cold
    Vilnius (AFP) Jan 25, 2026
    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky sought more air defence support from allies on Sunday as hundreds of buildings in Kyiv were without heating in freezing temperatures for a second day after Russian strikes. ... more
    US to repeal the basis for its climate rules: What to know
    Washington, United States (AFP) Jan 17, 2026
    President Donald Trump's administration is finalizing its repeal of a foundational scientific determination that underpins the US government's authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, with an announcement expected in the coming weeks. ... more

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    Tech firms are floating the idea of building data centers in space and tapping into the sun's energy to meet out-of-this-world power demands in a fierce artificial intelligence race. ... more
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    Anthropic on Thursday released its latest high-performing artificial intelligence model, escalating its challenge to OpenAI in the intensifying AI race. ... more
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    ROBO SPACE
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    Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 04, 2026
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    Bidding for US tanker deal to open this summer: Gates
    Washington (AFP) April 6, 2009
    US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he plans to reopen bidding this summer for a multi-billion contract to build a new fleet of aerial refueling tankers. The contract has pitted aerospace rivals Boeing against Northrup Grumman and the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS). Gates, unveiling his defense budget recommendations, said the Pentagon wanted "to replace the Air ... more

    Enclosed by NATO, Serbia ponders next move
    Belgrade (AFP) April 6, 2009
    Stuck between its bloody past and hopes of closer Western ties, Serbia has been forced to rethink its military options after its neighbours Albania and Croatia joined NATO last week, analysts say. The admission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization of Albania and Croatia means most of Serbia is now surrounded by the military alliance which bombed it in 1999 over its forces' violent crack ... more

    Pyongyang Wants More Launches, As Seoul Reviews Missile Technology
    Seoul (AFP) April 6, 2009
    North Korea wants to launch more satellites following Sunday's "historic achievement," a pro-Pyongyang newspaper Monday quoted a senior official as saying. North Korea said it put an experimental communications satellite into orbit Sunday, while the United States and its allies called the launch a disguised ballistic missile test in defiance of a United Nations resolution. South Korea an ... more

    NKorea rocket launch rattles Japan
    Tokyo (AFP) April 6, 2009
    For officially pacifist Japan, North Korea's rocket launch over its territory served as a sobering reminder that it is well within firing range of the volatile communist regime. Less than three years after Pyongyang declared it had tested a nuclear bomb, it was able to fire an intercontinental ballistic missile high over Japan, largely keeping to the trajectory that it had announced before t ... more

     

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