June 03, 2009 Military Space News, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense SpaceWar Advertising Kit
US to sell 'bunker-buster' bombs to SKorea: official
Seoul (AFP) June 2, 2009
The United States has agreed to sell "bunker-buster" bombs to South Korea that are capable of destroying underground facilities in North Korea, a military official said Tuesday. Washington recently approved the sale of GBU-28 bombs, which were used during the 1990-91 Gulf War to destroy underground command centres in Iraq, a defence ministry official told AFP on condition of anonymity. ... read more

US military made mistakes in Afghan airstrikes: NYT
Washington (AFP) June 3, 2009
A US military probe has found US staff made significant mistakes in implementing deadly airstrikes in western Afghanistan May 4 that killed dozens of civilians, The New York Times reported Wednesday. "A military investigation has concluded that American personnel made significant errors in carrying out some of the airstrikes in western Afghanistan on May 4 that killed dozens of Afghan civili ... more

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US journalists to go on trial in NKorea amid nuclear tensions
Seoul (AFP) June 3, 2009
Two US women journalists will go on trial in North Korea's highest court Thursday on charges that could send them to a labour camp, amid growing international tensions sparked by Pyongyang's nuclear test. The pair were detained by North Korean border guards on March 17 along the narrow Tumen River which marks the border with China, while researching a story about refugees fleeing the hardlin ... more

US forces to deploy drones to spy on NKorea: general
Seoul (AFP) June 3, 2009
US forces in South Korea will deploy unmanned spy planes to keep closer watch over nuclear-armed North Korea amid mounting tensions on the peninsula, the deputy head of US forces in the South has said Lieutenant General Jeffrey Remington said the US Air Force in the South would retire decades-old U-2 spy planes and replace them with Global Hawk unmanned reconnaissance planes. Remington's ... more

US-Russia nuclear deal possible before Obama visit: Kremlin
Moscow (AFP) June 2, 2009
Russia does not rule out reaching initial agreement with the United States on nuclear arms cuts by the time President Barack Obama visits Moscow in July, a Kremlin spokeswoman said on Tuesday. "A complicated process is under way," said President Dmitry Medvedev's spokeswoman, Natalya Timakova, referring to nuclear arms reduction talks between Russia and the United States. "I wouldn't say ... more

Thompson Files: Pentagon follies
Arlington, Va. (UPI) Jun 2, 2009
Four months into his first -- and possibly only -- term of office, U.S. President Barack Obama is beginning to grasp the severity of the federal government's fiscal crisis. The U.S. government is spending $5 billion per day it does not have; the bond market is signaling that it will demand much higher interest rates to absorb all the debt the U.S. Treasury needs to place; the dollar is ... more

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    NKorea's Kim names third son as successor: reports
    Seoul (AFP) June 2, 2009
    North Korea's ailing leader Kim Jong-Il, believed to be gearing up for another barrage of missile tests, has named his youngest son as the eventual heir to the family dynasty, reports said Tuesday. The hardline communist state has defied global condemnation of its second nuclear test last week by firing a series of short-range missiles, and analysts believe Kim may be trying to bolster his a ... more

    NKorea may fire mid-range missiles: Yonhap
    Seoul (AFP) June 2, 2009
    North Korea seems to be preparing to test-fire several medium-range missiles from its southeast coast, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported Tuesday. At least three missiles are apparently being prepared for launch from a missile base in Anbyon County, about 100 kilometres (60 miles) northeast of Seoul, Yonhap said. It said that several vehicles mounted with mobile launch pads were ... more

    Israel's Barak seeks to heal rift in US trip
    Washington (AFP) June 2, 2009
    Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak met Tuesday with US President Barack Obama and leading senators amid mounting tensions between Israel and Washington over the best path to Middle East peace. Obama, who has pressured Israel to freeze the settlements in the West Bank, joined White House talks between Barak and US national security advisor General James Jones, a White House spokesman said. ... more

    Defense Focus: Future wars -- Part 5
    Washington (UPI) Jun 2, 2009
    Wars are costly, messy things. They are never efficient and only very seldom elegant. Larger wars between major industrial powers, of course, destroy lots of weapons systems as well as lots of people. That is why major powers still need lots of soldiers and lots of relatively cheap, easily manufactured and easily replaced weapons systems. Carl von Clausewitz, the greatest theoret ... more

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