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Business/FinancialIran Is Moving In Two Out Of Three Critical Areas Toward Developing Nuclear-Tipped Ballistic Missiles
U.S. Intelligence Unsure Whether Iran Already Bought Nuclear Bomb From Another Nation: Witnesses U.S. Intel Experts Say Iran Wields Technological Know-How To Build Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Iran is moving in […]
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Business/FinancialAres I-X Rocket Taking Shape
The final pieces of the Ares I-X flight test rocket left the Alliant Techsystems Inc. [ATK] manufacturing facility in Promontory, Utah, to begin a 2,917-mile journey to its launch site […]
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Business/FinancialIran Hasn’t Yet Decided To Build Bomb, But Obstacles To Going Atomic Disappear
While Iran may not have made a political decision to build nuclear weapons, any obstacles to doing so are quickly disappearing, according to a paper from the Institute for Science […]
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Business/FinancialMissile Defense Critic Lauds Obama Offer To Discuss Missile Defense
A long-time critic of the planned European Missile Defense (EMD) system endorsed President Obama’s offer to discuss the EMD with Russians who vociferously oppose it. Theodore Postol, an MIT professor […]
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Business/FinancialU.S. Has No Way To Know Who Launches Various Types Of Devastating Attacks
How Mutual Assured Destruction That Worked In 20th Century May Fail To Protect Nation In 21st Ballistic Missile Defense Might Be Only Feasible Response To Anonymous Strike The United States […]
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Business/FinancialStory Assails European Missile Defense Plan, Quotes Long-Time Foes Of Missile Shield
A USA Today story this morning asserted that the European Missile Defense (EMD) system would cost $9 billion to $13 billion and might not work, a report likely to be […]
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Business/FinancialChina Goes Hyper-Aggressive, Endangers U.S. Ship, Threatens To Crash U.S. Treasury Securities
When United States Moves To Defend Its Unarmed Ship, China Sends Armed Patrol Boats To International Waters Chinese ships nearly caused a collision with an unarmed U.S. Navy surveillance ship […]
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Business/FinancialAres I Rocket Igniter Tested
NASA test-fired the igniter used to start the Ares I rocket first stage motor, the agency announced. The test paves the way for the initial ground test of the Ares […]
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Business/FinancialSpace Junk Narrowly Misses Space Station As Crew Members Take Shelter In Soyuz; Incident Demonstrates Rising Space Junk Threat
A piece of space junk hurtling through the void narrowly missed hitting and depressurizing the $100 billion International Space Station, forcing station crew members to take brief shelter in a […]
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Business/FinancialRaytheon Sensor Will Study Aerosols Detected From Satellite
Raytheon Co. [RTN] said it shipped a sensor that will study aerosols and their effects on Earth climate, the company announced. The Aerosol Polarimetry Sensor will be integrated with NASA’s […]