International
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Business/FinancialIsrael, United States Must Advance Missile Defense Capabilities Soon, Before Iran Produces Nukes: MDAA
Israel must work with the United States to advance missile defense capabilities, soon, before Iran develops nuclear weapons and missile delivery systems that could annihilate Israel, the U.S.-based Missile Defense […]
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Homeland Security
U.S. Deploys X-Band Radar In Israel In Shield Against Incoming Iranian Missiles Such As Shahabs
The United States has deployed an X-band radar and 120 personnel to operate it in Israel, in the Negev Desert, to detect incoming enemy missiles such as the Iranian Shahab-3, […]
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Business/FinancialCzech Leader Cancels White House Visit To Press Parliament To Back Planned European Missile Defense Radar Unit
Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek begged off a scheduled White House visit with President Bush, because Topolanek has to deal with political problems arising from a regional election, and he […]
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Business/FinancialIsrael Aerospace Barak-1 Interceptors Demolish Four Target Missiles
Barak-1 interceptors shot down four out of four target missiles in live fire tests involving three ships from two navies, Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) announced. The Barak-1s operated on ships […]
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Business/FinancialChinese Long March Rocket Launches Telecommuncations Satellite For Venezuela
China used a Long March 311 rocket to launch a telecommunications satellite for Venezuela, the first time China made and launched a bird for a Latin American nation, Xinhua news […]
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InternationalSpace Shuttle Atlantis Launch Postponed More Than Six Months To Ready Hubble Telescope Part
Hubble Space Telescope Fix Works, As Camera Captures Aftermath Of Two Galaxies Colliding Space Shuttle Atlantis will be delayed 6.5 months, at least, before it can launch on its mission […]
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InternationalNASA, South Korea To Cooperate On Space Programs
NASA and South Korea have forged a deal to cooperate on civil space and aeronautics activities. The agreement doesn’t detail specific space programs they will conduct jointly, but rather is […]
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Business/FinancialGAO Says Shipping-Port Nuclear Weapon Detectors May Not Be As Reliable As DHS Tests Suggest
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has used figures that may suggest a new type of nuclear weapons detectors is more reliable than warranted, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) stated […]
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International27 October 2008 Australia’s New Special Operations Vehicles Delivered
Australia’s Minister for Defence the Hon, Joel Fitzgibbon inspected the first Nary Special Operations Vehicles, procured from the U.K.’s Supacat Limited, to be delivered while visiting the Special Air Services […]
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InternationalSaudi Typhoon Makes First Flight in U.K.
Britain’s BAE Systems recently said a Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft “in the full two-tone grey livery of the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF)” made its initial flight at BAE’s Warton Aerodrome […]