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 Washington DC (SPX) Sept 01, 2009 
Boosted by a few strong years of testing successes, much of the United States' missile defense technology that once was questioned is now ready to be fielded. Most of the new technologies fielded will be to bolster missile defense for deployed troops. Right now, O'Reilly said, forward deployed bases are exposed to missile threats and there is a large gap in U.S. capabilities to protect the ... read more 
Blacksburg VA (SPX) Aug 31, 2009Members of Virginia Tech's Space@VT research group are receiving a $2 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to build a chain of space weather instrument stations in Antarctica. Space weather affects a variety of everyday consumer technologies including global positioning systems (GPS), satellites for television reception, and cellular phones. Also, the understanding of space ... more
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Apple blocking Dalai Lama, Kadeer, iPhone apps: report
US telecom company fined for bribing Chinese officials Apple blocking Dalai Lama iPhone applications: report Detroit flight plot may prove boon for security firms AT&T wants out of landline business Apple wins iPod hearing loss lawsuit Nuance buys British voice-to-text company SpinVox Facebook, Twitter to face more sophisticated attacks: McAfee Google plans Android event in January Hacker pleads guilty in huge credit card theft case 
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Washington (AFP) Aug 29, 2009The US government has developed possible alternative plans for a missile defense shield that could drop proposed missile bases in Poland and the Czech Republic, The New York Times reported Saturday. Citing unnamed administration officials, the newspaper said the change would please Russia and Germany but could sour relations with US allies in Eastern Europe. Barack Obama administration ... more  
Bariloche, Argentina (AFP) Aug 28, 2009South American presidents attacked plans for US bases in Colombia at a summit on Friday, and issued a statement warning "foreign military forces" against threatening national sovereignty. The meeting, in the Argentine mountain resort of Bariloche, heard fears from Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez and his leftwing allies that the bases were part of a US strategy to act freely in Latin America ... more  
Washington (UPI) Aug 28, 2009 Heated denials notwithstanding, Scotland's "compassionate release" of convicted Libyan Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi was part of a three-way oil deal between Britain, Libya and Scotland. The two key players were Seif al-Islam Gaddafi, the ebullient Libyan leader's second son and heir apparent, and Sir Mark Allen, former head of MI6's counter-terrorism department. ... more |
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St. Louis MO (SPX) Aug 26, 2009Boeing has modified the Standoff Land Attack Missile Expanded Response (SLAM ER) to engage land-based moving targets (LMT). The U.S. Navy declared the missile system, with its enhanced targeting software, operationally effective against LMTs on July 2 following a successful Operational Evaluation. "Upgrading SLAM ER with the land-based moving target function adds a key capability to the ... more  
Bethpage NY (SPX) Aug 25, 2009A leader in intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), Northrop Grumman successfully demonstrated Joint STARS and E-2 Hawkeye interoperability between manned and unmanned platforms during a recent virtual joint military demonstration involving U.S. and coalition forces. The demonstration, Empire Challenge 09 (EC09), was executed by U.S. Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM) and aimed at ... more 
Tel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Aug 24, 2009 Israel's drive to deploy the Iron Dome anti-missile shield against short-range rockets fired by Hezbollah and Hamas has moved up a gear with the induction of the first battalion to man the batteries that will operate on the borders with Lebanon and the Gaza Strip. Iron Dome intercepted three 122mm Grad rockets, the type used by Hezbollah and the Palestinians, in southern Israel July 15 ... more |
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