International
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InternationalPakistan Wants AH-1F Cobra Helicopter Refurbishment
Pakistan could spend as much as $115 million if Congress approves a potential Foreign Military Sale of AH-1F Cobra helicopter refurbishment, associated equipment and services. Pakistan has requested a possible […]
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Homeland Security
U.S. Will Shoot Itself In The Foot By Ceasing ICBM Motor Output, Analyst Asserts In Briefing Paper
The Air Force is about to make a wrong-headed move by halting production of motors for the Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missile, an analyst predicted. "The Air Force has decided to […]
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Homeland Security
Russian Belligerence Over European Missile Defense May Ironically Assist EMD
Russian saber rattling and belligerence against U.S. plans to build a European Missile Defense (EMD) system in the Czech Republic and Poland may, ironically, have so worried the Czechs and […]
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Homeland Security
Bush Administration Seen Blocking Arms Packages For Taiwan, So Next U.S. President To Decide Issue
President Bush is failing to provide action required to facilitate provision of new arms to Taiwan, a military analyst said. Therefore, a White House decision on the issue likely may […]
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CongressObama Says United States Mustn’t Tolerate A Nuclear-Armed Iran, Since That Would Threaten Israel; He Terms Iranian Guard Terrorists
But Obama, McCain Call For Still-More Economic Sanctions On Iran, Without Specifically Calling For European Missile Defense System McCain Vows To Be Tough On Contractors; Boasts He Already Saved Money […]
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InternationalNASA Reaches Age 50 On Wednesday, As China Performs Its First Spacewalk
NASA reaches its 50th anniversary Wednesday, a celebration dampened by the fact that the agency is strapped for funds and facing years of depending on arch-rival Russia to transport American […]
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Business/FinancialMissile Defense Programs Hit With $410 Million In Authorization Cuts
European Missile Defense Receives $465 Million In Defense Authorization, $246 Million Under Budget Request Congress, rushing to wrap up work for the year ahead of the Nov. 4 general election, […]
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InternationalNASA Astronauts Won’t Be Grounded; They Will Ride Russian Spaceships For Half A Decade Until Orion Flies
But Congress Orders NASA Not To Take Action That Could Preclude Flying Space Shuttles After 2010 Congress Gives NASA $1 Billion Leeway To Accelerate Orion-Ares; Overall NASA Authorization Is $20.2 […]
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Homeland Security
Japan Set For Aegis/SM-3 Test In Week Of Nov. 17: Report
Japanese Self-Defense Forces are preparing for a test of their sea-based ballistic missile defense system in the week of Nov. 17, according to Kyodo News. The test at the Pacific […]
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Business/FinancialMissile Defense Needed Even More As Enemy Capabilities, Threats, Actions Pose Daunting Challenge: MDAA
The United States needs to accelerate forming its missile defense shield now, more than ever, as enemy threats, worrisome capabilities and hostile actions mandate swift U.S. protective action, Riki Ellison, […]