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When a swarm of hundreds of small to moderate earthquakes erupted beneath California's Salton Sea in March, sending spasms rumbling across the desert floor, it set off more than just seismometers. It also raised the eyebrows of quite a few concerned scientists. The reason: lurking underground, just a few kilometers to the northeast, lays a sleeping giant: the 160-kilometer-(100-mile) long ... read more 
Washington (AFP) June 16, 2009The United States has made no final decision on deploying a controversial missile defense system in central Europe, a senior defense official said Tuesday, saying it was only "one of the options" under consideration. Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn said the United States is focused on countering threats from Iran's missile program, but indicated it may opt not to deploy missile defense ... more
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Paris (UPI) Jun 16, 2009 U.S. defense firms at the 2009 Paris Air Show are vying to win international contracts to help make up for flatter defense spending after years of strong growth. And while defense program cuts and tighter budgets in the United States are keeping many aircraft in service longer than before, military vendors are counting on reeling in some lucrative contracts for upgraded weapons systems. ... more 
Tel Aviv, Israel (SPX) Jun 17, 2009Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is developing an innovative Arrow 3 Missile, designed to intercept and destroy the future, longer range threats. The interceptor integrates seamlessly into the Arrow Weapon System (AWS), complementing the current and future blocks of the Arrow 2, and enabling multiple engagement opportunities through its large kinematic envelope and short flight time. ... more 
Tel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Jun 17, 2009 The day Osama bin Laden's suicide squads attacked the United States, Maj. Gen. Uzi Dayan, who in 2001 headed Israel's National Security Council, was conducting a "strategic dialogue" in New Delhi with his Indian counterpart, Brajesh Mishra. Dayan's presence in the Indian capital on Sept. 11, 2001, was, of course, pure happenstance. But the events of that fateful day cemented a strategic ... more  
Seoul (AFP) June 17, 2009A special North Korean train that last month took a long-range missile to a west coast launch site has recently made a journey to another launch site on the east coast, a report said Wednesday. South Korea and the United States are wondering whether Pyongyang intends simultaneous launches from both sites or whether the train's latest journey is just a smokescreen to confuse watchers ... more |
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Huntsville AL (SPX) Jun 12, 2009Lockheed Martin employees celebrated the 10th anniversary of the first successful intercept of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) weapon system. On June 10, 1999, a THAAD missile successfully intercepted a ballistic missile target over White Sands Missile Range, NM. "Ten years ago, THAAD hit its first target, which was a significant milestone in the history of this program," ... more 
Moscow (AFP) June 11, 2009Russia said on Thursday that the United States must halt its plans to deploy a missile shield in eastern Europe before the two countries can start a full-fledged dialogue on missile defence. A Russian foreign ministry spokesman, Andrei Nesterenko, also insisted that Moscow would not cooperate in the Pentagon's plans to site an anti-missile radar in the Czech Republic and interceptor missile ... more  
Washington (UPI) Jun 11, 2009 Stung by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's suggestion the Pakistani army was wimping out against Taliban insurgents, the country's strongest institution swung into action a month ago 60 miles from the seat of government in Islamabad. Unfamiliar with counterinsurgency operations, the army laid down withering artillery fire in the Buner district, quickly followed by more shelling in the ... more 
Arlington, Va. (UPI) Jun 11, 2009 A senior U.S. government official working in the logistics arena identified a number of major Performance-Based Logistics programs that produced savings of $100 million or more across the contract period. Randy T. Fowler documented these conclusions in his paper "Misunderstood Superheroes: Batman and Performance-Based Logistics," published in Defense AT&L in its January-February 2009 ... more |
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