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Business/FinancialMissile Defense Conference: Burgeoning North Korean, Iranian Missile Threats Rise, Even As United States Cuts Missile Defense
North Korea and Iran are developing more advanced missile capabilities, along with nuclear programs, even as the United States is cutting funds for missile defense programs, a missile defense expert […]
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CongressObama Taps Rep. McHugh For Army Secretary
President Obama said he will nominate Rep. John M. McHugh of New York, ranking Republican on the House Armed Services Committee, to be secretary of the Army. It isn’t the […]
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Clinton Says Iranian Nuclear Attack On Israel Would Draw ‘Retaliation,’ But Doesn’t Repeat Comment That U.S. Would Annihilate Iran
Any Iranian nuclear attack on Israel would draw retaliation, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on ABC This Week. "Were Israel to suffer nuclear attack by Iran, there would be […]
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Heritage Foundation Says United States May Need To Use Military Force To Halt Iranian March To Nuclear Weapons
Iran must be coaxed or forced to surrender its nuclear program, according to a special report from The Heritage Foundation, a Washington think tank. Diplomacy or a campaign of deterrence […]
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After NASA Is Grounded As Shuttles Retire, Russian Soyuz Flights To Transport American Astronauts Will Cost U.S. Taxpayers $306 Million
The United States will pay Russia $306 million to transport American astronauts to the International Space Station and back. That taxi service will be needed after NASA loses the ability […]
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Augustine Committee Opens Website
The committee President Obama ordered to review NASA space hardware procurement plans has opened a Web site. NASA is inviting the public to make its voice heard as the panel […]
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Document Setting The Task For Augustine Committee In Its Review Of NASA Hardware
Below is the document setting forth what a committee reviewing NASA space exploration programs must do, including its review of what hardware shall be procured for manned space missions. The […]
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Critics Of Missile Defense Delight In Gates Comments
Long-time foes of missile defense programs have found new friends in an unlikely place: top-tier offices in the Pentagon. Comments that Department of Defense leaders have made to argue for […]
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Air ForceSOCOM: Precision Fire Need Fuels Modified Gunship Plan
By Emelie Rutherford U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) is seeking funding to quickly convert up to a dozen MC-130W Combat Spear support-and-tanker planes to gunships partly because of the need […]
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Navy To Take Littoral Ship Cost-Cap Concerns To Hill
By Emelie Rutherford The Navy will meet with all of the defense-oversight committees about possibly modifying a $460 million-per-vessel cost cap on the next batch of Littoral Combat Ships (LCSs), […]