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CongressRepublicans Revive Push For Setting DoD Funds At 4 Percent GDP
By Emelie Rutherford Two congressional Republicans have renewed their thus-far-unsuccessful plan to set the base defense budget at 4 percent of U.S. gross domestic product (GDP). The joint resolution offered […]
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Business/FinancialObama Doesn’t Mention Iranian Long-Range Rocket Or Planned European Missile Defense, But He Assails Iranian Move Toward Nukes
President Says United States Should Counter Iranian Threat With ‘All Resources,’ Mentioning Diplomacy President Obama discussed the threat from Iran, but never mentioned missile defense, during his first formal White […]
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Obering: Using Aegis Ships To Block Iranian Missiles Would Require European Defense Radar
United States May Not Have Time, Until 2013-2015, Before Iran Develops Nuclear-Tipped ICBM While some in Congress think the United States could cancel the European Missile Defense (EMD) program and […]
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Gen. Cartwright: Iran Possesses ICBM Technology, But Further Refinements Needed For Missile
Iran proved it now possesses the technology to build intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), though further work would be required to perfect such a weapon, according to Marine Corps Gen. James […]
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United States Offers To Slow, Not Kill, European Missile Defense If Russia Helps Stop Iran From Developing Nuclear Bombs
The Obama administration is willing to delay plans to construct the European Missile Defense (EMD) system as a shield against Iranian missiles, if Russia will help the United States pressure […]
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Tauscher: Delay European Missile Defense, Focus Instead On European Defense Against Short-Medium Range Iranian Missiles
She Condemns Iran For Developing Missile Able To Strike Targets In United States Tauscher Says European System Won’t Be Dropped In Deal With Moscow, But EMD Would Protect America, Not […]
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Lawmakers Submit Legislation To Set Defense Spending Floor Of 4 Percent; Analyst Sees This As Minimal
Every $1 Billion In Defense Outlays Sustains 6,500 Jobs Across Nation Legislation saying that defense spending couldn’t fall to less than 4 percent of U.S. economic output was unveiled by […]
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NASA Gains $1 Billion In Economic Stimulus Bill
NASA will gain $1 billion under the congressional economic stimulus bill that aims to slow the U.S. plunge into the deepest recession in recent years. That $1 billion would include […]
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Business/Financial
New Uses Explored For Airborne Laser Beyond Boost-Phase Missile Defense
The Airborne Laser (ABL), a defensive system that kills enemy missiles shortly after they launch, may have other applications such as air-to-air combat against enemy planes, killing enemy cruise missiles […]
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Sen. Nelson Again To Chair Panel Overseeing NASA
Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) will again chair the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee science and space subcommittee that oversees NASA. Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.), chairman of the […]