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Poland to host U.S. missiles in AprilWarsaw, Poland (UPI) Mar 5, 2009 Confirming a move speculated for months, Poland announced plans to host controversial U.S. Patriot missiles and a contingent of U.S. troops that will operate them, by April. "The Defense Ministry expects the first stage of the stationing of a Patriot battery and a 100-man service team to get under way in the (northern) town of Morag at the turn of April," Poland's PAP news agency reported. The move comes after a decision by U.S. President Barack Obama last September to scrap a plan by th ... read more |
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Palo Alto CA (SPX) Mar 02, 2010The Solar X-ray Imager (SXI) instrument, designed and built by Lockheed Martin at its Space Systems Advanced Technology Center (ATC) is ready for flight. Built for the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in Greenbelt, Md., SXI is awaiting launch - scheduled for March 2 - on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) GOES-P spacecraft from Cape Canaveral Air Force Statio ... more  
Paris, France (ESA) Mar 02, 2010ESA's Mars Express will skim the surface of Mars' largest moon Phobos on Wednesday evening. Passing by at an altitude of 67 km, precise radio tracking will allow researchers to peer inside the mysterious moon. Mars Express is currently engaged in a series of 12 flybys of Phobos. At each close pass, different instruments are trained towards the mysterious space rock, gaining new information ... more  
Washington (AFP) March 1, 2010A US radar that launched into space aboard an Indian spacecraft has detected craters filled with ice on the moon's north pole, NASA scientists said Monday. The US space agency's Mini-SAR radar found more than 40 small craters ranging in size from one to nine miles (1.6 to 15 kilometers), each full of water ice. "Although the total amount of ice depends on its thickness in each crater, it ... more |
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Outside View: Military principles, politicsHelsinki, Finland (UPI) Feb 25, 2009 In my 29-year U.S. Army career I have met my share of lap-dog generals and Defense Department officials. I recently noticed that one prominent example was just promoted. Well done. The system worked. With some notable exceptions one does not rise to that level in the military without political acumen, risk awareness - if not risk aversion - and a "get-along-by-going-along" attitude. I often wonder why there are so few general officer resignations on principle. It is certainly true that the U. ... read more |
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