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 Tel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Sep 21, 2009 
The Israeli and U.S. militaries are expected to launch joint exercises in October to counter the nightmare scenario of coordinated missile and rocket attacks against the Jewish state from Iran, Syria, Lebanon and the Gaza Strip. The maneuvers are part of the biannual Juniper Cobra exercises on missile defense conducted by the two allies since 2000. These are designed to integrate the ... read more
Moscow (AFP) Sept 21, 2009Russia is opposed to any form of missile defence proposed by the United States which excludes Russian involvement, the country's top general said on Monday. General Nikolai Makarov, the chief of the general staff of the Russian military, told reporters on a visit to Switzerland that only the creation of a joint missile defence system would be acceptable to Moscow. "We have a negative ... 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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Beijing (UPI) Sep 18, 2009 "Made in China" is the theme for this year's national day parade celebrating the 60th anniversary of the People's Republic, the national news agency has reported. Weapons on display and in the march-past will include sophisticated radar, unmanned aerial vehicles and satellite communication devices of the People's Liberation Army, Lt. Gen. Fang Fenghui, general director of the parade ... more  
Tel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Sep 18, 2009 Amid growing concern about North Korea's expanding ballistic missile capabilities, South Korea has said it will buy Israel's advanced Green Pine radar system, which is used with the Jewish state's principal missile killer, the Arrow-2. The deal will be worth an estimated $200 million, one of Israel's largest weapons deals with South Korea. Seoul's media reported that South ... more 
Washington (AFP) Sept 20, 2009US President Barack Obama on Sunday denied that "paranoid" objections from Russia influenced his decision to abandon plans by the former Bush administration to site a missile defense system in Eastern Europe. "Russia had always been paranoid about this, but George Bush was right, this wasn't a threat to them," Obama said in an interview on CBS show "Face the Nation" days before he is set to ... more |
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Moscow (AFP) Sept 17, 2009Russia on Thursday applauded the United States for moving to scrap its contested missile shield in Eastern Europe but denied the change could be linked to a secret deal on policy towards Iran. Czech Prime Minister Jan Fischer announced that US President Barack Obama informed him that the United States had given up its plan to build the missile shield, a scheme that inflamed tensions between ... more 
Warsaw, Poland (UPI) Sep 17, 2009 Planned host countries Poland and the Czech Republic are not amused by Washington's U-turn on the missile defense shield. U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday said he would shelve the missile defense system pushed by his predecessor George W. Bush. The system was planned to consist of 10 long-range interceptor missiles in Poland and a radar unit in the Czech Republic. Both countries ... more 
Brussels (AFP) Sept 17, 2009European leaders welcomed Thursday a US decision to drop plans to extend its anti-missile shield into the continent, amid hope that the move could help improve strained ties with Russia. Russia itself welcomed the step, while Poland and the Czech Republic -- where parts of the shield were to be based -- put on a brave face, saying the decision did not signal any deterioration in ties with ... more |
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