International
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Homeland Security
Think Missile Defense Is Expensive? Try Having No Defense From Missiles
North Korea, Iran Might Use Nuclear ICBMs To Intimidate United States Book Says Possibility of Attack Makes National Missile Defense ‘Attractive’ Even a small nuclear weapon from the North Korean […]
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Air ForceExperts See Deep Cuts Coming In Defense Procurement, Myriad Programs At Risk
Defense procurement programs face huge budget cuts, not only in fiscal 2010 but even more in 2011 and the out years, with an immense array of programs in each of […]
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InternationalPlanck Spacecraft Shipped To South America For April 16 Launch
The European Space Agency shipped the Planck spacecraft to Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, South America, for a launch on an Ariane 5 heavy lifter rocket April 16. That […]
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Business/FinancialMobile Gantry Moves At South American Spaceport
A mobile gantry performed its initial rollout test at the Spaceport in French Guiana, South America, Arianespace announced. The launch site and mobile gantry for the Arianespace Vega lightweight vehicle […]
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Homeland Security
Cobra Dane Radar Transferred To Air Force For Missile Defense
The Cobra Dane radar at Shemya, Alaska, was transferred from the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to the Air Force. The upgraded radar became available for ballistic missile defense operations in […]
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ArmyRevisit Force Structure Plans, U.S. Army Europe General Requests
By Ann Roosevelt To meet its operational requirements and build partnership capacities, the commander of U.S. Army Europe (USAREUR) has asked that current plans to move two brigades back to […]
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Business/FinancialRussia Hasn’t Really Softened Threat To Demolish European Missile Defense: Strobe Talbott
Analyst Says Obama Should Impose Years-Long Delay In Deploying European Missile Defense The recent softer tone from Russia hasn’t provided any genuine lessening or reversal of the threat from Moscow […]
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Homeland Security
Uzi Rubin Says Iranian Technology, Advanced Expertise More Worrisome Than Rocket That Launched A Satellite
White House Cautions Iran, Assails Threats Against Israel Iran poses an enormous threat with its development of advanced missile technology, Uzi Rubin, former head of the Israeli Missile Defense Organization, […]
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InternationalCAE and Rotorsim to Train Norwegian NH90 Crews
The Rotorsim consortium between CAE [CGT] and Finmeccanica’s AgustaWestland has signed a three-year contract to provide NH90 flight simulation training to the Norwegian armed forces, CAE said this week in […]
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InternationalBAE Systems Receives Additional VIKING Order From British MoD
BAE Systems Monday said it has received an additional order for the armored all-terrain vehicle BvS10 VIKING from the British Ministry of Defence (MoD). “This contract recognizes the performance the […]