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Business/FinancialObama Will Kill European Missile Defense In Deal With Russia That Can’t Work: Analyst
Airborne Laser To Die As Well President Obama will enter a deal with the Russians where the United States will agree to drop or defer indefinitely plans for a European […]
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Business/Financial
Study Says Using Aegis Ships Instead Of European Missile Defense Would Cost Twice As Much As EMD
Using sea-based Aegis weapon control systems and Standard Missiles to protect Europe from Iranian missile attacks would cost almost twice as much as the European Missile Defense (EMD) system proposed […]
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Clinton, Lavrov Don’t Reach Agreement On European Missile Defense, But Talks To Continue Between Moscow, Washington
The United States and Russia failed to agree on a plan to resolve a long-running dispute over U.S. plans to build the European Missile Defense (EMD) system against missiles launched […]
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Iran Fires New Air-To-Surface Missile Targeting Ships, Threatens To Close Hormuz Strait In Any Attack
A belligerent Iran successfully test-fired a new air-to-surface anti-ship missile, according to a report by the official Iranian Fars News Agency. Iran succeeded in fitting the missiles to jet fighter […]
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Business/Financial
Franks, Republicans, Assail Obama Move To Drop European Missile Defense In Iranian Pressure Deal With Russians
Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) firmly criticized President Obama for reportedly offering a deal to the Russians, where the United States would back down from its plans to build the European […]
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Business/Financial
Group To Obama: Don’t Agree To Kill European Missile Defense Until Iran Nukes, Missile Programs Verifiably Dismantled
President Obama must not capitulate to Russian demands that the United States abandon plans to build the European Missile Defense (EMD) against Iranian missiles, at least not until Iran verifiably […]
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Air ForceRussia Developing Anti-Satellite Weapon
Russia is developing an anti-satellite capability, The International Herald Tribune reported, quoting a Russian official. Deputy Defense Minister Gen. Valentin Popovkin said Russia can’t remain idle while China and the […]
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Business/Financial
Iridium Calls For Several Actions To Counter Space Debris Threat
Irdium Satellite LLC, which lost one of its satellites in a collision with an old Russian intel satellite, proposed multiple actions to lessen the threat space debris poses to spacecraft […]
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Business/Financial
Raytheon Gains $11.4 Million Patriot Facilities Contract
The Army gave Raytheon Co. [RTN] an $11.4 million contract to support Patriot missile defense facilities this year. The Army Aviation and Missile Command at Redstone Arsenal, Ala., issued the […]
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InternationalUAE to Modernize Cargo Fleet With New Lockheed Martin, Boeing Planes
The United Arab Emirates will buy 12 Lockheed Martin [LMT] C-130J Super Hercules and four Boeing [BA] C-17 Globemaster III cargo planes to modernize the country’s tactical airlift fleet, contractors […]