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 Albuquerque NM (SPX) Oct 27, 2009 
Boeing has announced the successful completion of two key reviews for the U.S. Army's High Energy Laser Technology Demonstrator (HEL TD) program. Completion of a critical design review in July allows Boeing to begin building a rugged beam control system on a Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck (HEMTT), a widely used military tactical vehicle. A system functional review in June addressed ... read more 
Moscow (AFP) Oct 26, 2009Russian President Dmitri Medvedev criticised on Monday the pace of military-industrial modernisation, saying it is affecting the quality of Russian weapons and harming national prestige. "Considerable funds have been invested over the past few years to develop the military-industrial complex. So far the results are mediocre," Medvedev said on Russian television. "Unfortunately we carry ... more
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What led to US-Israeli strikes on Iran: protests, nuclear power and proxies
Canada PM backs US strikes on Iran US, Israeli strikes on Iran 'totally irresponsible': ICAN Trump says frustrated with Iran, but mediator sees 'breakthrough' IAEA stresses 'urgency' to verify Iran's nuclear material Trump says frustrated with Iran talks as US personnel leave Israel Sweden's PM rules out hosting French nuclear arms in peacetime Macron to set out how France's nuclear arms could protect Europe IAEA confirms 'technical' discussions on Iran's nuclear programme next week Iran urges US to drop 'excessive demands' to reach deal 
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Orlando FL (SPX) Oct 27, 2009Lockheed Martin's new multi-functional AGM-114R HELLFIRE II missile scored a direct hit during its first proof-of-principle (POP) flight test recently at Eglin Air Force Base, FL. The HELLFIRE II design, now entering the qualification phase, features a new multi-purpose warhead that enables a single missile to cover all of the target sets of the current laser-guided HELLFIRE II variants. ... more  
Tehran (AFP) Oct 26, 2009Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Monday that arch-foe Israel was too weak to carry out any attack on Tehran's nuclear sites. Mottaki's remarks reported by Mehr news agency came as a team of UN inspectors were conducting checks on Tehran's recently-revealed second uranium enrichment plant. Last month's disclosure of the facility which is being built near the Shiite holy ... more  
Moscow (AFP) Oct 22, 2009Russia's military must prepare for the kind of large-scale conflict that seemed improbable immediately after the Cold War ended, a top Russian security official said on Thursday. "In 1993, we said that military conflicts have been ruled out, but life has shown this is not the case," Nikolai Patrushev, the secretary of Russia's National Security Council, was quoted as saying by news agencies. ... more |
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Tokyo (AFP) Oct 26, 2009Japan's centre-left Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama stressed in his first policy address to parliament Monday that he wants a relationship of equals with chief ally the United States. Hatoyama, who took power last month, was speaking ahead of Barack Obama's first visit to Tokyo as US president on November 12-13 and amid a row about where to relocate a major US base on a southern island. ... more  
Jacksonville, Florida (AFP) Oct 26, 2009US President Barack Obama vowed Monday after his latest Afghan war council that he would not rush a decision on whether to send tens of thousands more troops into the eight-year conflict. Obama flew to a naval air station in Florida to address servicemen and women after meeting his top national security advisors, as critics accused him of "dithering" in a vital test of his role as US command ... more  
Tewksbury MA (SPX) Oct 27, 2009Raytheon received a $3 million award from the U.S. Air Force Space Command to develop an enterprise sensing prototype architecture for space situational awareness (ESP-SSA). ESP-SSA will prototype an open, service-oriented architecture to integrate Space Command space surveillance sensors with Missile Defense Agency (MDA) sensors into a single sensor enterprise. This integrated ... more |
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