International
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Business/FinancialSupport Sought For Rapid Small Satellite Facility
The Department of Defense Operationally Responsive Space (ORS) office recently released a request for information (RFI) to help accomplish the office develop a rapid response space center, called Chileworks. U.S. […]
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Business/Financial
Special Gates Issue: Defense Secretary Sees New Opportunity To Gain Russian Assent For European Missile Defense
Russia May Agree To Share Missile Defense Radar Data With United States: Gates No Time To Lose, Because Iran Is Just Two To Three Years Away From Missiles Able To […]
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Levin Moving To Cut Missile Defense, Shipbuilding Procurement Programs
By Emelie Rutherford and Dave Ahearn The top Senate defense authorizer said missile defense programs are likely to see budget cuts in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2010. Sen. […]
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U.S. Forces Repositioned To Counter Growing Chinese Military Might, Gates Says
American Moves Underway To Take On Growing Chinese Cyber Threat U.S. forces are being repositioned to counter burgeoning Chinese military power, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates told the Senate Armed […]
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Russia Again Offering A Deal To Obama: Kill U.S.-European Missile Defense Plan, And Russia Won’t Deploy Iskander Missiles
Russians Think Obama Could Kill Planned European Missile Defense Without Seeming To Cave To Moscow Russia, testing the newly-inaugurated U.S. President Obama, has anew offered a deal: if the United […]
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Business/Financial
Chilling Thought: Will Iran Ensure Strong Control Of Nuke Missiles? Or Could Rogue Officer Launch One?
Iran likely will establish some sort of controls on firing the nuclear-tipped missiles it seems bent upon developing, but a worrisome factor is that Iran has been decentralizing once-rigid control […]
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Business/Financial
No End Seen To Hamas Missile Attacks On Israel, Though Obama Picking Mitchell Seen As Good Move; Hamas Rearming
No end is seen to Hamas continuing rocket and missile attacks on Israel, even though Israeli forces bombed some of the tunnels from Egypt to the Gaza Strip through which […]
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Business/Financial
Transcript: Excerpts Of Secretary Of Defense Gates Speaking To Congress On Missile Defense; United States Is Countering Chinese Buildup
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates spoke as a witness before the Senate Armed Services Committee, and then before the House Armed Services Committee, touching on topics including missile defense. The […]
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InternationalRussians Postpone Sun-Scanning Satellite Launch Indefinitely
The launch of the Koronas-Foton sun-scanning satellite atop a Tsiklon-3 rocket has been postponed indefinitely, Russian mission control announced, according to the Itar-Tass news agency. Officials didn’t say why the […]
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Business/Financial
ATACMS Works In British Launchers
The U.S. Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) worked in a British M270B1 launcher, Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] announced. That test launch was conducted at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. Observers […]