International
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CongressU.S. Ballistic Missile Defense Systems Could Thwart Terrorist Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Attack: Analyst
Rep. Bartlett Urges Government To Counter EMP Danger EMP Would Bring Down Planes, Threaten Vehicles, Kill 90 Percent Of U.S. Population Within Year Of Attack U.S. ballistic missile defense (BMD) […]
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Homeland Security
Iran Gaining Greater Capability To Launch Overwhelming Missile Attack That Would Defeat Israeli Defense Systems
U.S. Sea-Based Missile Defense Required: U.S. Navy Officer Iran is gaining increased capability to launch a massive ballistic missile attack that would overwhelm Israel, Vice Adm. James A. "Sandy" Winnefeld […]
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Homeland Security
Silence Signals World Approval Of Israeli Air Strike To Take Out Syrian Nuclear Reactor
Israeli Action Against Iranian Nuclear Facilities Also Would Draw Less Protest Than U.S. Strike The condemnation-free silence following the Israeli air strike on a Syrian nuclear reactor shows that world […]
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InternationalChina Develops Medium-Range Missile That Can Kill U.S. Aircraft Carriers
China has developed and is about to deploy medium-range missiles that can hit U.S. Navy aircraft carriers, according to a report in The Washington Times. The Department of Defense is […]
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Business/FinancialU.S. Leaders Need To Discuss Why U.S. Procurement Is Open To Overseas Wares, While Some Foreign Acquisition Programs Are Closed To U.S. Products: Aide
The United States needs to begin a national dialogue on just how open it should be to procuring military and space wares from abroad, and what the proper role of […]
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InternationalCosmonauts Complete Spacewalk To Trouble-Shoot Soyuz Spacecraft, Removing Suspect Pyro Bolt
Cosmonauts Sergei Volkov, the International Space Station commander, and Oleg Kononenko, flight engineer, ventured outside the space station to remove an explosive bolt from their docked Soyuz space vehicle. The […]
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InternationalCould Adding Rockets Make International Space Station An Interplanetary Spaceship For Voyage To Mars?
Adding a propulsion system and navigation gear to the International Space Station (ISS) could turn the $156 billion orbiting laboratory complex into an interplanetary spaceship, a writer on space issues […]
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InternationalNASA, European Space Agency, Mull Cooperation On Programs, Technologies, For Missions To The Moon
NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) are joining to work on cooperative programs and technologies for a human encampment on the moon. That would involve, on the part of […]
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Business/FinancialLaunches
Ariane 5 Lofts ProtoStar I And BADR-6 Satellites Into Orbit An Ariane 5 heavy lift rocket lifted off from the European Spaceport in French Guiana, South America, and carried two […]
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InternationalBAE Gets $226 Million For MRAP Upgrade Orders
BAE Systems said last week it has received four delivery orders totaling $226 million from the Marine Corps for engineering changes and spare parts to support Mine Resistant Ambush Protected […]