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The Face Of The EarthBonn, Germany (SPX) Aug 30, 2010 For a month now, we have been acquiring altitude models with the TanDEM-X and TerraSAR-X satellite pair. Already, over 1000 products have come out of our operational processing chain. Alongside many test images, some of the data also give an insight into how humankind has shaped the surface of the Earth - and how the highs and lows around them have determined the course of their lives. Many of the interferometric images created over the last few weeks have used test data acquired over flat areas t ... read more |
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Moscow, Russia (RA Novosti) Aug 24, 2010The Russian Defense Ministry will hold a competition in September to select a new corvette for the Navy to replace the Project 20380 model, a business daily has said, citing sources from the shipbuilding market. The competition should produce a mobile, fast-moving ship with a helicopter hangar and a distinct modular layout for weapons, Kommersant said. The Project 20380 corvette is d ... more  
Seoul (AFP) Aug 23, 2010North Korea has developed camouflage materials such as stealth paint to hide its warships, tanks or fighter jets from foreign reconnaissance satellites and aircraft, reports said Monday. A confidential field manual used by the communist North's military showed the isolated regime has also built a network of foxholes and caves, the Chosun Ilbo newspaper reported. The newspaper said the ma ... more  
Hampton VA (SPX) Aug 20, 2010NASA is developing technologies that will allow landing vehicles to automatically identify and navigate to the location of a safe landing site while detecting landing hazards during the final descent to the surface. This is important because future missions - whether to the Moon, an asteroid, Mars or other location - will need this capability to land safely near specific resources that are ... more |
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Iraqis in doubt as US troops departBaghdad (AFP) Aug 19, 2010 Many Iraqis openly admitted doubts on Thursday about whether their own forces could protect them after the last US army combat brigade left the country overnight following more than seven years of war. The concerns echo those of Iraq's top military officer, who said last week that the conflict-wracked nation's army would need until 2020 to be completely ready to handle security, and called for US forces to stay until then. On the streets of Baghdad a lack of trust and confidence was obvious. ... read more |
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