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 Haifa, Israel (UPI) Oct 30, 2009 
Amid the uncertainty about whether a deal with Iran over its nuclear program is possible, the United States and Israel are conducting their largest-ever missile-defense exercises designed to counter an Iranian missile bombardment. The Tehran regime has conducted a string of missile test-firings in recent months that has kept tension simmering. There is no indication that the Ira ... read more
Washington (AFP) Oct 28, 2009Japanese naval forces successfully shot down a medium-range missile off Hawaii in a test of Tokyo's missile defense weaponry, the US military said on Wednesday. A Japanese destroyer detected, tracked and knocked out the missile in mid-flight with an SM-3 interceptor rocket, the US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) said in a statement. The missile was launched on Tuesday at 6:00 pm Hawaii time ... 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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Boulder CO (SPX) Oct 28, 2009The first images taken by the WorldView-2 remote-sensing satellite designed and built by Ball Aerospace and Technologies for DigitalGlobe were released on October 20 - just 11 days after the satellite's successful launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. DigitalGlobe released images of Love Field Airport near Dallas and the AT and T Center in San Antonio, Texas. More refinements to ... more 
Moorestown NJ (SPX) Oct 28, 2009The U.S. Department of Defense's Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded Lockheed Martin a $1 billion contract for continued development and evolution of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Weapon System. Under the contract, Lockheed Martin's Surface-Sea Based Missile Defense line of business, in Moorestown, N.J., will design, develop, integrate, test, deliver and install further Aegis ... more 
Bucharest (AFP) Oct 22, 2009US Vice President Joe Biden, on a three-day trip to Eastern Europe, said Thursday that Romania had added its support to that of Poland for a new anti-missile system the United States is planning for the region. A day after Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk had described Washington's projected new SM-3 anti-missile system as "very interesting, and needed," Biden said that Romania, too ... more |
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Warsaw (AFP) Oct 21, 2009Poland is ready to join a new US anti-missile system replacing a plan fiercely opposed by Moscow, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Wednesday during a visit by US Vice President Joe Biden. "Poland feels this so-called SM-3 concept, a reconfigured anti-missile system, is very interesting, and needed," Tusk told reporters during a joint press conference with Biden. "We are prepared to ... more 
Tel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Oct 21, 2009 Israel and the United States kicked off Wednesday a major air defense exercise that will simulate a missile attack on Israel. Code-named Juniper Cobra, the two-week exercise is the largest drill ever between the two countries. It is the fifth in a series of biennial exercises and will include about 1,000 American personnel and an equal number of personnel from Israel's military. ... more  
Palmdale CA (SPX) Oct 22, 2009The nation's fleet of B-2 stealth bombers will all receive a new Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC)-developed radar system following the U.S. Air Force's decision to authorize full-rate production of the units by the company's Radar Modernization Program (RMP). The decision, made Oct. 16 by the assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition (acting), allows Northrop Grumman to ... more |
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