International
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Business/FinancialIran Launches Satellite Into Space; It Reaches U.S. Airspace In 30 Minutes; North Korea Poised For ICBM Capability
Iranian Satellite Launch Uses Rocket Technology Similar To Intercontinental Ballistic Missile White House Expresses ‘Acute Concern’ Toward Iranian Missile Feat; Clinton Critical By Dave Ahearn Two rogue nations are moving […]
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Business/Financial
Analysts Say Czech Republic, Poland Betrayed If Obama Abandons European Missile Shield; U.S. Friendship To Be Seen Worthless
If Iran Gets Nuclear Weapons And ICBM, It Will ‘Go Nuts’ With Aggressive Acts, Not Fearing Any U.S. Or Israeli Response If the United States abandons plans to erect a […]
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Business/Financial
Editorials Lash North Korea, Iran, See Time Of Testing For Obama
Editorials in The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal said Iran and North Korea are presenting a test of character and will for President Obama, giving him no time […]
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CongressChina Seen Continuing 12 To 18 Percent Annual Defense Spending Increases: Analyst
China likely will continue its explosive 12 to 18 percent increase in military spending, an analyst said. The Asian giant can well afford such outlays, with a national debt equivalent […]
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Business/Financial
Germany Seeks Secondary MEADS Missile, IRIS-T SL
The German government asked MEADS International (MI) to integrate a European air defense missile into the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS). Scope of work provides for incorporation of IRIS-T […]
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Homeland Security
Russia Forms Air Defense Pact With Belarus
Russia and Belarus will form an air defense system, under an agreement they signed, Itar-Tass reported. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev praised the planned system as increasing security of both countries. […]
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Business/Financial
GeoEye Begins Commercial Operations Of GeoEye-1 Satellite
GeoEye, Inc. [GEOY]is starting commercial operations for its new GeoEye-1 Earth-imaging satellite. The firm also is submitting imagery from the satellite to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) for their certification […]
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Business/Financial
Radar Tracks A Satellite, Heads To Operational Status
The Raytheon Co. [RTN] Upgraded Early Warning Radar (UEWR) at Thule Air Base, Greenland, achieved a significant milestone on its path toward operational status by tracking its first satellite in […]
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Business/Financial
Hispasat Hires Arianespace To Launch Comms Satellite On Ariane 5 Late Next Year
Hispasat selected Arianespace to launch a new communications satellite, Hispasat 1E, Arianespace announced. It was the first contract of 2009 signed by Arianespace. Hispasat 1E will be launched by an […]
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InternationalAgustaWestland Wins EDA Helicopter Tactics Study
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, announced this week it has recently been awarded a contract by the European Defence Agency (EDA) to conduct a six month Helicopter Tactics Programme (HTP) Implementation […]