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 Jerusalem (AFP) July 15, 2009 
Israel has successfully tested a system that intercepts and destroys rockets such as those fired by militants from the Gaza Strip or from south Lebanon, the defence ministry said on Wednesday. The "Iron Dome" system developed by public armaments firm Rafael was tested successfully in recent days and destroyed an unspecified number of incoming rockets, the ministry said in a statement. ... read more 
Arlington VA (SPX) Jul 16, 2009Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) are expected to power Air Force unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the future because they are an optimum energy harvesting source that may lead to longer flight times without refueling. The University of Washington's Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) project team, with lead researcher Dr. Minoru Taya is working on airborne solar cel ... more
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Garmsir, Afghanistan (AFP) July 15, 2009The bomb killed two US Marines instantly, shredded their armour and flung body parts into a canal. A mission to open a supply line in Taliban country faced a hidden enemy at every turn. A foot patrol was advancing painstakingly with metal detectors and bare hands to defuse bombs planted on a rough track when an explosion shot a cloud of dust and rocks into the sky in southern Afghanistan's H ... more  
Batumi, Georgia (AFP) July 15, 2009A US warship began joint exercises with Georgian vessels in the Black Sea on Wednesday in the first such manoeuvres since the former Soviet republic's war with Russia. The exercises with the USS Stout were due to be held in the coastal waters between the Georgian ports of Poti and Batumi, where the US ship docked amid much fanfare on Tuesday. While the exercises are with the coastguard ... more  
Washington (AFP) July 15, 2009US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday renewed a limited US offer to talk with Iran despite its post-election crackdown and defended the principle of engaging anti-American regimes. In a policy speech marking nearly six months on the job, Clinton rejected critics who say engagement is a sign of weakness and warned Washington would not hesitate to use military force to defend itse ... more 
Washington (AFP) July 15, 2009The United States hoped Wednesday that India will soon announce the location of two sites for US firms to build multi-billion dollar nuclear power plants, in line with a landmark deal struck last year. The announcement could be made when US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visits Mumbai and New Delhi from Friday through Monday, according to Robert Blake, her pointman for relations with Ind ... more |
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Seoul (UPI) Jul 15, 2009 North Korea's No. 2 man might seize power after the expected death of Kim Jong Il, who is believed to have pancreatic cancer, Korean intelligence sources said. Jang Song Taek, 63, head of the National Defense Commission, could be on a collision course with the ailing leader's anointed successor, his 26-year-old son. South Korean television station YTN has been reporting that the ... more  
Moorestown NJ (SPX) Jul 16, 2009The U.S. Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin a $10 million firm-fixed-price contract to perform concept studies for the Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR), a scalable solid-state radar suite for future surface combatants. Comprised of an S-Band radar, an X-Band radar and a Radar Suite Controller (RSC), AMDR is intended to significantly enhance a ship's defensive capability against advanced ... more 
Tel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Jul 15, 2009 Israel's recent deployment of one submarine and two missile corvettes in the Red Sea has been widely seen as a display of Israel's growing strategic reach in its standoff against Iran. The deployment underlined Israel's growing interest in the Red Sea region, a key shipping route, amid a sharp increase in Iranian support for Hamas in the Gaza Strip, including arms shipments through the ... more 
Rome (AFP) July 15, 2009Group of Eight foreign ministers will meet in New York to review the Iranian nuclear issue on September 24, Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini announced in Rome Wednesday. The meeting would take place on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, Frattini told reporters. At last week's summit of the world's richest nations in L'Aquila in Italy, President Barack Obama war ... more |
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