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Business/FinancialUnited States Has Lost Attempt To Block Iran From Developing Nuclear Weapons; ‘We Have Lost This Race:’ Bolton
Only Possibility Of Blocking Iranian Nukes Is That Israel Might Launch Military Strike European Missile Defense System Would Become Final Bulwark Against Nuclear Iran The United States has failed to […]
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CongressTauscher Sees ‘Increasing Danger’ From A Nuclear Iran, Recommends Talks, Inspections, Nuclear Fuel Controls, But Makes No Mention Of Ballistic Missile Defense
A key member of Congress said that an imminent move by Iran to possess nuclear weapons poses "increasing danger" to the United States, but didn’t mention deploying missile defense systems […]
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Weapons Of Mass Destruction Pose Increasing Terrorist Risk To Nation
There is more than a 50 percent chance that an attack with a weapon of mass destruction (WMD) will be perpetrated by the end of 2013, a threat emanating from […]
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NASA Begins Buying Russian Soyuz Transport Services To Replace American Space Shuttles, During Years When NASA Can’t Reach Space
Much Larger, Further Contracts Will Be Required To Buy Russian Flights Until Orion Flies In 2015 NASA took a first step into a world even its administrator doesn’t embrace, inking […]
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Business/Financial
Will Aerospace Be Next Industry That Washington Lets Slide Into Oblivion?
With the federal government sitting back idly while the Detroit Big Three auto industry runs out of money, will Washington next permit the U.S. aerospace industry to dwindle and decay? […]
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Lawmakers From Texas Fight Feared Obama Cuts To NASA Funding
Members of Congress from Texas are rallying to fight potential devastating cuts in the NASA budget, according to a Houston Chronicle report. Fears have risen since Barack Obama won election […]
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Gates Not Seen As Primed To Clash With Obama On Missile Defense
By Emelie Rutherford As President-elect Barack Obama and Democratic lawmakers scrutinize Bush administration missile-defense plans, observers predict holdover Defense Secretary Robert Gates will not clash with Obama over keeping systems […]
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Air ForceChambliss Senate Win Seen As Boost To F-22 Fight For Survival
By Emelie Rutherford Georgia Republican and Senate Armed Services Committee member Sen. Saxby Chambliss’ Tuesday reelection victory ensures the F-22 stealth fighter maintains a diehard backer in Congress as the […]
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AIA Touting Aerospace And Defense Sector To New Administration, Congress
By Calvin Biesecker The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) yesterday began an outreach campaign targeted at the incoming Obama administration and Congress touting the importance of the aerospace and defense industry […]
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ArmyPentagon Eyeing $1.5 Billion Request To Hill For New All-Terrain MRAP Effort
By Emelie Rutherford The new mine-resistant-vehicle competition the Pentagon is preparing to launch next week could cost $3 billion, a price tag that would be supported by an expected $1.5 […]