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ISRO Finalises Chandrayaan-2 PayloadBangalore, India (PTI) Sep 02, 2010 The payloads to be carried by India's second unmanned moon mission Chandrayaan-2 targeted for launch in 2013 were announced Monday and there will be seven onboard instruments for a range of lunar experiments. The payloads finalised by a National Committee of Experts were announced by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Three of the seven payloads are new. The country's prestigious maiden lunar mission Chandrayaan-1 came to an abrupt end a little less than a year after it was launched ... read more |
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North Greenland Eemian Ice Drilling Camp, Greenland (SPX) Aug 24, 2010A packed LC-130 Hercules cargo plane lurches forward across the snowy ice sheet here, struggling to gain lift. Its four engines work to overcome the friction building up under the plane's specially designed Teflon-coated skis that weigh a ton apiece. The pilot and crew work in a synchronized effort that pits their decades of polar flying experience against everything opposing them, wind, w ... more  
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 |
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Last US combat brigade leaves IraqBaghdad (AFP) Aug 19, 2010 The last US combat brigade pulled out of Iraq at dawn on Thursday, a key milestone in the withdrawal of American forces more than seven years after the US-led invasion that ousted dictator Saddam Hussein. Under cover of darkness, the 4th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, crossed into neighbouring Kuwait ahead of the planned declaration of an end to US combat operations in Iraq by an August 31 deadline. The pullout came two days after a suicide bomber killed 59 people at a Baghdad army recr ... read more |
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