Congress
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CongressClinton Stands By Israel, Stands Up To Iran And Its Missiles; She Warns Iran Don’t Launch Nuclear Attack On Israel, Or United States Will Retaliate, Obliterate
Obama Criticizes Clinton For Issuing Warning, Sees ‘Saber Rattling’ Iran must not be so reckless as to launch a nuclear attack on Israel, because the United States would retaliate and […]
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Congress
NASA Might Not Be Able To Complete Space Station Before Critical Space Shuttle Fleet Retires In 2010, GAO Report Warns
Weather, Technical And Logistics Problems, Could Prevent NASA From Finishing International Station By 2010 Deadline NASA faces a daunting challenge in completing the International Space Station (ISS) by the October […]
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Business/FinancialKey Senators See Missile Defense Agency Programs Succeeding, So Lawmakers Likely To Provide MDA Solid Fiscal 2009 Funding
Lawmakers who control the purse strings for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) see the emergent multi-layered U.S. ballistic missile defense (BMD) shield proceeding well, meaning the legislators are likely to […]
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Business/Financial
Pentagon Needs To Take Added Steps On Operationally Responsive Space; GAO Finds, However, That Department of Defense Is Making Progress
The Department of Defense (DOD), while making progress in its operationally responsive space (ORS) programs over the past two years, needs to take additional steps to ensure that ORS requirements of […]
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Congress
Former Pentagon Testing Chief Claims Airborne Laser Can’t Kill Enemy Missiles If They’re Painted White
A Test, However, Shows White Target Missile Body Blasted Wide Open In Airborne Laser Ground Shot This is what the Airborne Laser can do to the body of a missile […]
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Air ForceAllied Nations Interested In Buying THAAD Ballistic Missile Defense Systems
Space Based Radar Needed Because Ground Radars Blind In Some Spots Europeans Would Welcome Mobile Kinetic Energy Interceptor Missile Defense Some nations are interested in buying the Terminal High Altitude […]
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Congress
Small, Primitive Nuclear Weapon Detonated In Washington Would Wreak Destruction Over Wide Area, Two Studies Show
Total Destruction Of Buildings Near Blast Would Be Followed By Widespread Fatalities In Radioactive Fallout Over Many Miles Even a small, primitive nuclear bomb detonated on the National Mall in […]
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Air Force
Missile Defense Makes War Less Likely, Rather Than Precipitating Conflict: General
Another Minuteman Overhaul May Be Needed U.S. moves to form a multi-layered ballistic missile defense (BMD) shield help to avert conflict, much as the vast U.S. arsenal of nuclear weapons […]
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Air Force
Congress Short-Changes Defense; Huge Funding Increases Needed To Support Existing, Future Programs Including Procurement Of Major Weapons Platforms: AIA Report
The federal government needs to step up to the challenge and fully fund myriad defense programs, specifically including procurement of ships, tanks, planes, missiles and more, the Aerospace Industries Association […]
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Congress
Lawmakers Weigh Combining Two Years Worth of War Supplemental Measures
By Emelie Rutherford The Senate will wait and see what the House does on a proposal to merge fiscal year 2008 and 2009 supplemental war-funding measures into one large bill, […]