International
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CongressSecurity Officials Quick To React To Lessons From Mumbai Attack
By Calvin Biesecker In the wake of last fall’s commando-style terrorist attack in Mumbai, India, officials with the federal government and New York City Police Department said yesterday they quickly […]
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Business/FinancialBoeing Promoting F/A-18E/F For Greek Air Force Strike Fighter Competition
Boeing [BA] will offer its F/A-18E/F Super Hornet as the next-generation fighter for the Greek Air Force, the company said. The Super Hornet is currently competing for strike fighter contracts […]
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ArmyGeneral Dynamics Canada Wins Potential $682 Million Supporting Canadian Army
General Dynamics [GD] Canada yesterday said it has been awarded a potential $682 million Long Term Support Contract (LTSC) for the Canadian Army’s Land Command Support System (LCSS), ensuring troops […]
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Business/Financial
Space Shuttle Discovery Poised For Liftoff At 9:20 P.M. Wednesday; NASA Solves Problem With Fuel System Flow Control Valves Breaking
Discovery Launch A Day Earlier Than Expected; NASA Likely Can Execute Its Five Planned Space Shuttle Missions This Year, On Schedule Satellites Colliding Raise Risk Of Catastrophic Damage To Space […]
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Business/Financial
Obama 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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Business/Financial
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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Business/Financial
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 […]