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Kick-Starting Israel's Place In SpaceTel Aviv, Israel (SPX) Sep 07, 2010 With a promised $80 million cash injection every year for the next five years, its lucrative defense and communications industries as a solid base, and a new satellite research accord with NASA, Israel is looking to space as its newest high-tech business frontier. Capitalizing on its defense, communications and IT industry, Israel plans on kick starting a potential $10-billion-a-year business in a $250 billion global civilian space industry. The country already boasts a $5 billion defense industry ... read more |
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Moscow (AFP) Aug 30, 2010Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Monday he wanted to believe in the much-vaunted "reset" in ties between Moscow and Washington but indicated he was somewhat sceptical about the US administration's intentions. He voiced unease about US plans for a missile defence shield in Europe, saying ongoing talks with several European countries on hosting missile interceptors ran counter to ... more  
Tokyo (UPI) Aug 29, 2010 Japan's only working radar satellite has malfunctioned and officials say they may not be able to save it. The intelligence-gathering satellite aimed at North Korea and China started acting up Monday, The Yomiuri Shimbun said Sunday. Officials at Japan's Cabinet Satellite Intelligence Center said the likelihood of the orbiter being saved is "extremely grim." A replacement satellit ... more  
London, UK (SPX) Aug 27, 2010Upgraded Desert Hawks - hand-launched, remote-controlled surveillance aircraft which can record video footage day and night, sending it directly to troops on the ground - have arrived in Afghanistan. The latest version of the Desert Hawk has been bought as part of a GBP3m Urgent Operational Requirement to provide a further boost to the surveillance capability on the front line. The D ... more |
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US grants licenses for radar equipment sales to TaiwanWashington (AFP) Aug 25, 2010 US President Barack Obama administration says it has granted export licenses to US firms selling radar equipment to Taiwan in a move that could irk China. Beijing angrily halted military and security contacts with Washington when the United States announced in January an arms package for Taiwan that included missiles, helicopters and equipment for Taiwan's F-16 fighter jets. "We have notified congress as required under the Arms Export Control Act of proposed direct commercial sales between Taiwa ... read more |
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