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Business/FinancialKey Republicans Say Successful Ground-based Midcourse Defense Test Proves It Works As Shield
Test Win Aids Push For Disputed European Missile Defense System, Lawmakers Say Lawmakers Say Test Proves GMD System Can Protect Nation Against Long-Range Missiles; Nation Mustn’t Ignore Rising Threats Key […]
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Missile Industry Sees Growth In 2008, But Slower Sales Growth Seen Next Year
Space Industry Sales Seen Gaining 4.4 Percent This Year, Easing To 2.1 Percent Next Year Obama Urged To Refrain From Cutting Aerospace, Defense Program Funding The U.S. missile industry continued […]
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North Korea Again Breaks Its Word To Surrender Nuclear Weapons And Permit Inspections Near Nuke Areas
North Korea once again has broken its word, refusing to agree to a denuclearization verification system after earlier having promised it would permit such a system, a senior U.S. diplomat, […]
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Russia Selling Iran SA-20 Long-Range Air Defense Missiles, Reports Say
SA-20s Wouldn’t Threaten F-22 Raptors, But Perhaps Would Imperil F-35s, B-2s Russia is selling highly sophisticated SA-20 long-range air defense missiles to Iran, weapons that wouldn’t endanger super-stealthy F-22 Raptor […]
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Griffin Contradicts Report That He Has Blocked Obama Team From Gaining Information About NASA
Report: Griffin Confronts, Lambastes An Obama Transition Team Member, Resists Requests For Information NASA Administrator Mike Griffin flatly denied as untrue a report by the Orlando Sentinel that he blistered […]
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Ariane 5 Set For Launch Dec. 20 To Orbit Two Satellites
An Ariane 5 heavy lifter rocket will rise Saturday, Dec. 20, from the European spaceport in French Guiana, South America, to orbit two satellites, Arianespace announced. That Ariane 5 will […]
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Standard Missile-2s Launched In Ship Trials, Tests
The Navy fired seven Standard Missile-2 Block IIIA anti-air warfare missiles as part of ongoing U.S. Navy shipbuilder trials and operational tests, Raytheon Co. [RTN] announced. Four of the intercepts […]
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Proton Launches Ciel II Satellite
A Proton Breeze M rocket rose from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to orbit a Ciel II satellite, International Launch Services (ILS) announced. The bird was launched for the Ciel Satellite […]
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Paveway IV Goes In Service On U.K. Harriers
The Paveway IV weapon system completed all evaluation activities, clearing it to enter service with the U.K. Royal Navy and Royal Air Force Harrier GR9 aircraft, Raytheon Co. [RTN] reported. […]
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Mars Orbiter, Having Found Signs Water Once Was Plentiful On Red Planet, Wraps Up Mission, Begins New Phase
A satellite orbiting Mars completed its primary two-year mission and, after a pause, will be ready for another, NASA announced. The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter found signs of a complex Martian […]