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Brazil expands defense manufacturingRio De Janeiro (UPI) Dec 21, 2009 Brazil is expanding its defense manufacturing program and has set a target to make its own armored vehicles -- more than 2,000 in the first phase -- with Italian help. Last year President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva announced a government-led revival of the armaments industry, which peaked during dictatorship years in the 1970s and 1980s but slumped at the end of the Iran-Iraq war in 1988 ... read more |
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Tel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Dec 18, 2009 Israel's new long-range unmanned aerial vehicle, unveiled by Elbit Industries this week, adds a new dimension to the military's capabilities against Iran -- not just boosting its surveillance reach but perhaps even attacking air defenses with remote-controlled Hellfire missiles. Elbit announced on Tuesday that its Hermes 900 had successfully completed its maiden flight and would enter production following additional flight tests. The UAV is based on the Hermes 450, which is the main UAV used by the Israel, with 20 deployed during the 34-day war with Lebanon's Hezbollah in July-August 2006. ... more  
London, UK (SPX) Dec 18, 2009When an 84kg lump of metal was shot into space in 1957, few predicted how satellites would revolutionise our world. Since Sputnik entered orbit and its first crackly signal beeps were picked up back on earth, we have come to rely on satellites for what we see and how we communicate - and even for what the weather will be like. Their ability to warn of impending disasters has saved countles ... more  
Huntsville AL (SPX) Dec 18, 2009A network of cameras deployed around the Arctic in support of NASA's THEMIS mission has made a startling discovery about the Northern Lights. Sometimes, vast curtains of aurora borealis collide, producing spectacular outbursts of light. Movies of the phenomenon were unveiled at the Fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco. "Our jaws dropped when we saw the movies for ... more |
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Tehran (AFP) Dec 16, 2009A defiant Iran on Wednesday test-fired an improved version of its Sejil 2 medium-range missile which it says can reach targets inside Israel, prompting a sharp rebuke from Britain. "It hit the defined target," state television reported, without giving further details. The two-stage Sejil, powered by solid fuel, is capable according to Iran of travelling 2,000 kilometres (1,240 miles) ... more  
Frankfurt (AFP) Dec 14, 2009The new head of the Eurofighter consortium has pressed member countries to do more to sell the combat jet abroad, in an German interview published on Monday. "We need more contracts with support from the governments and a more coordinated support strategy," Enzo Casolini told the Financial Times Deutschland newspaper. "Look at what Sarkozy has done for France," Casolini added in ... more  
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (UPI) Dec 11, 2009 BAE Systems has had talks with the government over resuming Malaysia's light frigate program, which has been on hold for more than a year. The global defense, security and aerospace company received a letter of intent from the Malaysian government in July 2006 to procure two new frigates based on the Lekiu design of which Malaysia already operates two. However, Prime Minister Dat ... more |
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