China Urges Nuclear Talks Re-Start After Missile Test
Beijing (AFP) Mar 10, 2006
China on Thursday urged the resumption of six-party talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear ambitions amid reports that the Stalinist state test-fired two missiles near the Chinese border. "We hope all the relevant parties will show flexibility... and sincerity to create conditions for the resumption," foreign ministry spokesman Qin Gang said.
Electronic Initiative Gets Critical Information To Commanders
Nellis AFB NV (AFPN) Mar 10, 2006
An initiative designed to electronically transmit intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance information to commanders is currently being tested here at Joint Expeditionary Force Experiment 2006.
Iran Digs In For Confrontation With United States
Tehran (AFP) Mar 10, 2006
Iran's hardline regime was Thursday digging in for a confrontation with arch-enemy the United States, with its supreme leader vowing not to halt a disputed nuclear drive despite looming UN Security Council action.
Japan Hails Interceptor Missile Test With US
Tokyo (AFP) Mar 10, 2006
Japan on Thursday hailed the successful testing of an interceptor missile being researched with the United States, saying that development should now go ahead. "It shows how much the technological ability has improved," Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi told reporters. "I want to see both of us go forward in development."
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Next Generation Cruise Missile Meets Warfighter Needs
Eglin AFB FL (AFNS) Mar 10, 2006
Since the late 1970s the Department of Defense has tried and failed numerous times to give the warfighter an affordable standoff cruise missile capable of taking out the enemy's air defenses early on in a conflict.
Russia Presses Algeria On Arms Deal
Moscow (AFP) Mar 10, 2006
Moscow wants Algiers to buy Russian military hardware worth some four billion dollars (3.4 billion euros) in exchange for cancelling the country's debts, Russian newspapers reported Thursday ahead of President Vladimir Putin's visit to Algeria.
Threats To Global Security - Part Three
London (UPI) Mar 10, 2006
In an exclusive three-part interview, United Press International talks to Lord Timothy Garden, a former British assistant chief of defense staff, security and defense fellow at London's Royal Institute of International Affairs and defense spokesperson for the British Liberal Democrat Party.
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USS Scranton Completes Successful UUV Test
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 06, 2006
Norfolk VA (SPX) Mar 10, 2006
The fast-attack submarine USS Scranton (SSN 756) successfully demonstrated homing and docking of an Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (UUV) system during at-sea testing in January 2006. The two UUVs used in the testing are a part of the AN/BLQ-11 Long Term Mine Reconnaissance System (LMRS), which was designed to enable submarines to conduct clandestine undersea surveys to locate mines.
US And Japan Conduct Missile Defense Test
Kauii HI (SPX) Mar 10, 2006
The Aegis-equipped cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG-70) successfully launched a Standard Missile -3 with a cooperatively engineered, experimental nosecone. The experimental nosecone is the result of joint cooperative research by the Missile Defense Agency, Japan Defense Agency (JDA) and U.S. and Japanese industry.
US-Russia Ties Increasingly Fragile As Iran Tests Nuclear Doctrines
Moscow (UPI) Mar 10, 2006
Paradoxically, while Russian President Vladimir Putin and his U.S. counterpart, President George W. Bush are very friendly to each other, Russia-U.S. bilateral relations remain highly fragile.
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US To Seek Strong Statement Against Iran Before Security Council
Washington (AFP) Mar 10, 2006
The United States will seek a "strong" UN Security Council statement against Iran's nuclear programme, the White House said Thursday as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called Iran Washington's biggest challenge.
US Warns Iran On Forces Inside Iraq
Washington (AFP) Mar 10, 2006
US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Thursday the United States has no plans to attack Iran but warned that US forces would take "appropriate" action to stop Iranian forces infiltrating Iraq.
Bering Sea Ecosystem Responding To Changes In Arctic Climate
Knoxville TN (SPX) Mar 10, 2006
Physical changes--including rising air and seawater temperatures and decreasing seasonal ice cover--appear to be the cause of a series of biological changes in the northern Bering Sea ecosystem that could have long-range and irreversible effects on the animals that live there and on the people who depend on them for their livelihoods.
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