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The ultra-precision of high-energy lasers soon may be the pinpoint, measured response that will keep threats a safe distance from U.S. Navy ships. Under a new Navy initiative called the Maritime Laser Demonstration, Northrop Grumman will apply its solid-state laser systems expertise and successes to demonstrate a laser weapon system to defeat a wide range of current threats. "Naval ... read more 
Jerusalem (AFP) July 23, 2009Israel said on Thursday it has called off tests of its Arrow anti-missile system in the United States after the launch attempt was hit by last-minute technical problems. A target missile was already in the air when the Israeli operators of the Arrow, which is designed to shoot down ballistic missiles, decided to scrap the test on Wednesday, the defence ministry said in a statement. ... more
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Moscow (AFP) July 22, 2009The head of the institute developing a sea-based version of Russia's newest strategic missile has quit following repeated failures of the weapon in testing, officials said Wednesday. Yury Solomonov, head of the Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology, was the most senior official to date to take responsibility for the string of failures of the Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile ... more  
Ulan Bator (AFP) July 23, 2009Mongolia will send at least 150 soldiers to Afghanistan in its biggest contribution to the international coalition fighting Taliban militants there, the defense ministry said Thursday. The troops should be on the ground by September to engage mainly in site security operations but also some training, said ministry spokesman Bayasgalan Misheel. "This is important for regional stability ... more  
San Francisco (AFP) July 22, 2009Bureaucracy and a shortage of employees with technology prowess have left the US government without the talent it needs to defend against cyber attacks, a study warned Wednesday. "The results of this research are troubling and, in many ways, familiar," said the authors of the report, which is intended to check the status of the federal cybersecurity workforce. "The overriding finding of ... more  
Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Jul 22, 2009The first of a new generation of military communications satellites built by Lockheed Martin for the U.S. Air Force has successfully completed final thermal vacuum testing at the company's Sunnyvale, Calif. facilities. Known as the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) program, the system will provide global, highly secure, protected, survivable communications for all warfighters ... more |
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Washington (AFP) July 23, 2009The United States does not exclude possibly rearming Georgia following its humiliating defeat to Russia a year ago, even at the cost of angering Moscow, a State Department spokesman said Thursday. "Georgia is on a path that the United States supports toward NATO membership," reminded Philip Crowley when asked about Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili's calls for US military aid. ... more  
Washington (AFP) July 23, 2009Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki hinted Thursday that US troops may remain in Iraq beyond the end of 2011, the deadline set under a bilateral agreement reached last year. "Pursuant to the agreement, in 2011, the military presence of the Americans will take end in Iraq," Maliki told a US think-tank. "Nevertheless, if the Iraqi forces required further training and further support, we sh ... more 
Bishkek (AFP) July 24, 2009Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev swept into office Friday for a second term with a landslide victory, sparking outrage from the opposition and fuelling tensions in the Central Asian country. Bakiyev, who was widely tipped for re-election in the strategically important ex-Soviet republic, won 86.3 percent of the 64 percent of ballots counted so far, the election comission said. But th ... more 
Seoul (AFP) July 23, 2009There is no hard evidence that two of the world's pariah states are sharing nuclear technology, but one US expert says some of Myanmar's activities raise suspicions of such links with North Korea. After years of rumours, the issue hit the headlines this week when US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton raised fears of possible nuclear and other military cooperation between Stalinist North ... more |
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