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Israelis worry about their missile shieldTel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Mar 15, 2009 As Israel braces for possible war with Iran and its proxies, a new kind of conflict in which the civilian population will be a primary target for massive missile barrages, there are growing concerns about the military's ability to shield cities as well as its key bases. In the 34-day 2006 war Israel fought with Hezbollah of Lebanon, Tehran's main surrogate in the Levant, the Shiite movement fired some 4,000 rockets, supplied by Iran and Syria, into Israel as far south as the port city of Haifa, ... read more |
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Washington (AFP) March 15, 2010The Pentagon may review allegations Monday that a defense department official set up a network of private contractors in Afghanistan and Pakistan to track and kill suspected militants. The New York Times reported Monday that the official, named as Michael Furlong, had set up the network under the guise of an information-gathering program. Citing unnamed military officials and businessmen ... more  
St. Louis MO (SPX) Mar 16, 2010Boeing has received a contract modification from the U.S. Air Force for the fiscal year 2010 production of more than 6,000 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) kits. The modification increases the overall value of this phase from $72 million to $229 million. Boeing will deliver the kits from this order in 2011 and 2012. The FY2010 production is the third procurement of a six-year contract B ... more  
Toulouse, France (SPX) Mar 11, 2010This flight is the tenth performed by A400M MSN1 since its first flight on 11th December 2009. In total and until yesterday the aircraft has logged 39 hours of flight test. Very poor weather in Seville prevented the aircraft from performing more flights, as the sensors installed on the turboprop blades for the initial flight test campaigns, are sensitive to humidity. During the initi ... more |
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Lithium-Ion Anode Uses Self-Assembled Nanocomposite Materials To Increase CapacityAtlanta GA (SPX) Mar 16, 2010 A new high-performance anode structure based on silicon-carbon nanocomposite materials could significantly improve the performance of lithium-ion batteries used in a wide range of applications from hybrid vehicles to portable electronics. Produced with a "bottom-up" self-assembly technique, the new structure takes advantage of nanotechnology to fine-tune its materials properties, addressing the shortcomings of earlier silicon-based battery anodes. The simple, low-cost fabrication technique was des ... read more |
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