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Mystery missile vapor trail stumps PentagonWashington (AFP) Nov 9, 2010 The US military said Tuesday it has detected no launch of a foreign military missile off the coast of California and offered assurances that whatever happened there posed no threat to the United States. KCBS television caught on camera what appeared to be a missile vapor trail as it arced into the evening sky west of Los Angeles, sparking reports of a possible missile launch. "At this time, we can confirm that there is no threat to our nation and from all indications this was not a launch by a f ... read more |
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  US, Australia sign space surveillance deal Australia and the United States on Monday signed an agreement to cooperate in surveillance of space, possibly expanding the reach of a US military network tracking satellites and space junk. ... more | .. |
  Israel halts missile shield deployment Israel's military says it will put its much-touted Iron Dome air-defense system in storage and deploy it only if Hezbollah or Hamas unleash major rocket bombardments. ... more | .. |
  Japan may put troops near disputed isles: report Tokyo is considering placing troops on a remote Japanese island in the East China Sea to monitor China's expanded naval activities that have worried its neighbours, a newspaper reported Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  China Plans Weather Modification Techniques For Asia Games Meteorological authorities in south China's Guangzhou City may use weather modification techniques this month to guarantee a rainless 2010 Asian Games. Five planes will be used to dispel rain ... more |
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  US, Australia to discuss rare earths in security talks US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Saturday that US-Australian security talks will explore alternatives to China for supplies of key rare earth minerals used in high-tech weaponry. ... more | .. |
  Boeing Launches Fourth Earth-Observation Satellite For Italy Boeing on Nov. 5 successfully launched the last in a series of four SkyMed spacecraft for the Italian Constellation of Small Satellites for Mediterranean basin Observation (COSMO). A Delta II ... more | .. |
 Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne Engine Helps Boost 350th Launch Of A Delta Vehicle In conjunction with the 50th year of powering the Delta-family of rockets, Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne celebrated the 350th launch of a Delta rocket by successfully helping to boost the fourth COSM ... more | .. |
  Last Tango In Space Adding to their unique information from previous tandem missions, ESA's ERS-2 and Envisat satellites have been paired up again - for the last time. Data from this final duet are generating 3D models ... more |
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 TerraSAR-X Image Of The Month: The Eye Of Typhoon Megi The German Aerospace Center radar satellite TerraSAR-X looked right into the eye of Typhoon Megi while it was in the middle of the South China Sea. The image, acquired on 21 October 2010, shows the ... more | .. |
  Military Radar Systems Stay On Priority Lists The latest market research on military radar systems shows that the market is a growing and important sector in the defence industry. Even as countries move to reduce defence spending in the face of ... more | .. |
  LM TRACER Begins Test Flights Aboard Predator B MQ-9 UAS A milestone has been achieved, the first flight of Lockheed Martin's Tactical Reconnaissance and Counter-Concealment-Enabled Radar (TRACER) aboard an MQ-9 Unmanned Aerial System. The milestone ... more | .. |
  IAI Awarded Contract For ELM-2105 Radar Based Border Protection Systems Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has been awarded a contract worth $9 million (USD) to provide a foreign customer with its ELM-2105 radar-based border protection system. The radar, which is p ... more |
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  SMOS Water Mission Celebrates First Year In Orbit One year ago, ESA's SMOS satellite was launched to improve our knowledge of the water cycle. We are now not only closer to understanding more about Earth, but the novel technology employed by SMOS i ... more | .. |
  Haiti Quake Caused By Unknown Fault Researchers found a previously unmapped fault was responsible for the devastating Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti and that the originally blamed fault remains ready to produce a large earthquake. ... more | .. |
 China To Launch New Weather Satellite In Coming Days China will launch a new meteorological satellite at an appropriate time in coming days, the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center said in a statement Wednesday. A Long March-4C carrier rocket will c ... more | .. |
 Israel to boost Tel Aviv's missile shield Israel's military has begun constructing a third battery of long-range, high-altitude Arrow anti-missile interceptors near Tel Aviv to boost defenses against Iranian ballistic missiles. ... more |
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  Space Fence Program Completes Critical Milestone Raytheon Company has completed a successful system design review (SDR) for the Space Fence program. Space Fence will provide the U.S. Air Force enhanced space surveillance capability to track and de ... more | .. |
 Lockheed reassures India over F-16 fighter Lockheed Martin said it improved its version of the F16IN Super Viper on offer to India under the country's largest ever combat aircraft tender. ... more | .. |
  Airliners fly in face of cyber attack scares Around the world, around the clock, circles of flickering screens keep aircraft apart in the air, ease them gently down to the ground and guide their precious human cargoes off the runway. ... more | .. |
 China considering rare earths strategic reserves: report China is considering setting up strategic reserves of 10 minor metals including rare earths, state media said Wednesday, as Beijing moves to tighten control of its supply of the vital minerals. ... more |
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 Where Is the New Horizons Centaur Stage When New Horizons launched at 2 p.m. Eastern time on January 19, 2006, its first Atlas V stage and solid rocket boosters fell back to Earth within minutes of launch, never entering orbit. New ... more | .. |
 Taiwan missile to target Chinese air bases, ports: report Taiwan is developing a potent missile system that can strike airfields and harbours on the mainland, in a bid to nip a Chinese invasion in the bud, local media said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  Are public service announcements effective By now, you've probably heard that taking illicit drugs might have the unfortunate effect of frying your brain - especially if you're familiar with the now-cliche 1980s anti-drug ad that elegantly compares drug use to egg frying with the pithy message: ... more | .. |
 South Korea favors short-range missiles South Korea said it favors a joint U.S-Korean missile defense system rather than the United States-led plan involving the purchase of longer range missiles. ... more |
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