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Russian Forces Form The Core Of The CIS Air Defense SystemMoscow,(RIA Novosti) Feb 12, 2010 On February 10 fifteen years ago, the leaders of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) met in Almaty, then capital of Kazakhstan (Central Asia), to sign an agreement to create a joint air defense system. In February 2010, they held a jubilee meeting of the Committee on Air Defense at the CIS Council of Defense Ministers. The CIS leaders established the joint air defense system to preserve the remaining elements of the once powerful Soviet air defense. It comprised the air defense systems of ... read more |
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Pasadena CA (SPX) Feb 08, 2010In response to the disaster in Haiti on Jan. 12, NASA has added a series of science overflights of earthquake faults in Haiti and the Dominican Republic on the island of Hispaniola to a previously scheduled three-week airborne radar campaign to Central America. NASA's Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar, or UAVSAR, left NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in Edwards, Calif ... more  
Bucharest, Romania (UPI) Feb 4, 2009 In an unexpected announcement, the president of Romania said Thursday his country would host missile interceptors as part of a new U.S. defense shield. President Traian Basescu said the Supreme Defense Council, Romania's top military and security body, had agreed to such a plan after a request by Washington. "Terrestrial interceptors will be placed on Romania's territory as part ... more  
Tel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Feb 2, 2009 As tension mounts between Iran and Israel, both countries are planning to launch new space satellites to peer into each other's military domains as they prepare for possible conflict. Israel, which has the most advanced defense industry in the region, is technologically years ahead of the Islamic Republic, but the Iranians are racing to narrow the gap. And putting satellites into ... more |
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NATO seeks 2,000 more police trainers for AfghanistanBrussels (AFP) Feb 1, 2010 NATO requires at least 2,000 more trainers to help bring the Afghan police force up to scratch for this year alone, alliance Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Monday. "Concerning police, there is really a big shortfall," he told reporters at NATO headquarters in Brussels. "We are still short of more than 100 training teams." The teams usually comprise 20-30 trainers, and a NATO official said between 2,000 and 2,400 more personnel were required. Rasmussen warned: "That's at the ... read more |
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