International
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ArmyNew Army Contract Extends EADS N.A. LUH Production Through 2010
EADS North America has received a $207.7 million contract from the Army for 39 additional UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopters, extending production under contract of the twin-engine rotary-wing aircraft through […]
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Business/FinancialGround-based Missile Defense System Scores Major Success, Killing Target By Using Multiple Radars For Accuracy
Glitch Occurs In Target Missile, But GMD Interceptor Works Flawlessly; Win Bolsters European Missile Defense Plan Test Success Comes As Obama, Congress, Poised To Consider Funding For Missile Defense In […]
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Business/Financial
United States Has Lost Attempt To Block Iran From Developing Nuclear Weapons; ‘We Have Lost This Race:’ Bolton
Only Possibility Of Blocking Iranian Nukes Is That Israel Might Launch Military Strike European Missile Defense System Would Become Final Bulwark Against Nuclear Iran The United States has failed to […]
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CongressWeapons Of Mass Destruction Pose Increasing Terrorist Risk To Nation
There is more than a 50 percent chance that an attack with a weapon of mass destruction (WMD) will be perpetrated by the end of 2013, a threat emanating from […]
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Congress
NASA Begins Buying Russian Soyuz Transport Services To Replace American Space Shuttles, During Years When NASA Can’t Reach Space
Much Larger, Further Contracts Will Be Required To Buy Russian Flights Until Orion Flies In 2015 NASA took a first step into a world even its administrator doesn’t embrace, inking […]
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Homeland Security
Obama Clear In Moves To Guard Nuclear Weapons, Warning Of Rogue/Terrorist Attempts To Obtain Nukes, But Less Clear On Need For Missile Defense Systems
President-elect Obama is clear that the United States faces a threat from nuclear proliferation and rogue states and terrorists acquiring nuclear weapons. But thus far, his detailed plans to respond […]
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Homeland Security
Washington Post Urges Obama Not To Be Bullied Into Dropping European Missile Defense System
President-elect Obama shouldn’t allow Russia to bully him into abandoning U.S. plans to build the European Missile Defense EMD system, The Washington Post advised in an editorial. The night election […]
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Air ForceUnited States Must Replace Nuclear Warheads Or Risk Losing Deterrent Capabilities: Chilton
The United States must replace and upgrade its nuclear warheads or risk seeing the U.S. nuclear deterrent deteriorate and fail, according to Gen. Kevin Chilton, commander of the strategic command. […]
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InternationalSpace Shuttle Atlantis To Launch May 12 On Hubble Space Telescope Rescue Mission
Mission Delayed Seven Months By Glitch Space Shuttle Atlantis will lunch May 12 on the STS-125 Mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope, NASA announced. The final servicing mission to […]
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Business/Financial
MKV Aces Test At Hover Facility
The Multiple Kill Vehicle-L (MKV-L) ballistic missile interceptor system that can take out multiple enemy warheads passed a test recently, the Missile Defense Agency announced. Multiple warheads are a major […]