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European Mars500 Participants Announced
Paris, France (ESA) Dec 12, 2008The final four Europeans who are set to take part in a 105-day simulated Mars mission were presented to the media in Paris today. From March next year, two of the group will join four Russian participants inside an isolation facility in Moscow. A selection process which started with 5600 applicants has now been finalised with the presentation today of the final four participants at ESA's ... more US, Russia to discuss missile shield in Moscow next week 
Moscow (AFP) Dec 11, 2008The United States and Russia will hold next talks in Moscow next week on a planned US missile defence shield in Eastern Europe, Itar-Tass agency reported Thursday quoting a junior Russian foreign minister. "It is too early to forecast the results of this meeting... Everything depends on the new US administration's assessment of the subject," said Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov. ... more Reforming The Russian Military Machine Means A Smaller Army 
Washington (UPI) Dec 11, 2008 Implementing military reform is a challenging task for Russian generals. Understanding what's going on is daunting for outside observers. Moscow's military leaders seem to think that the best way to proceed is to keep their dirty laundry out of public view. The Russian General Staff has classified reform discussions in order to hide broad discontent among the top generals. It's also a ... more Russian warship leaves Panama after historic visit 
Panama City (AFP) Dec 11, 2008A Russian warship left Panama Thursday after a historic five-day visit during which it crossed the Panama Canal for the first time since World War II and docked at a former US naval base, a Russian diplomat said. The missile destroyer Admiral Chabanenko set sail from the Panama Canal into the Atlantic ocean after spending five days at the Rodman former US base in Panama's capital. ... more Lessons From The Russian Bulava Missile Submarine Program Part Two 
Washington (UPI) Dec 11, 2008 It took an army of engineers, repeated tests, a decade of patience and an unwavering political will to rescue Russia's troubled Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile. Although the RSM-56 Bulava SLBM still has many critics, Sergei Ivanov, Russia's first deputy prime minister and former defense minister, a longtime supporter of the project, has announced the Bulava has now been approved ... more |
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Moscow (RIA Novosti) Dec 11, 2008A Proton-M carrier rocket with a Ciel 2 Canadian telecommunications satellite on board was launched on Wednesday from the Baikonur space center Russia leases from Kazakhstan. "The estimated time for the Ciel 2 going into orbit is 01:55 Moscow time Thursday," a spokesman for the Khrunichev space center, which develops and produces Proton and Angara carrier rockets, said. The Ciel 2 ... more Analysis: Ukraine aids China carrier plan 
Hong Kong (UPI) Dec 10, 2008 The People's Republic of China has been sending military personnel to the former Soviet republic of Ukraine to learn how the country trains its aircraft carrier pilots, in preparation for the aircraft carrier battle group it eventually plans to build. According to a source in the Ukrainian military industry, China first sent a large naval delegation, headed by the deputy chief of the ... more Will Russia Get Rid Of Its Chemical Weapons In Time 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Dec 11, 2008The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) ended its 13th session (December 2-5) in The Hague, the Netherlands. The Russian delegation took an active part in discussing problems associated with the destruction of chemical weapons. It was headed by the chairman of the government chemical disarmament commission, Presidential Envoy to the Volga Federal District Grigory ... more Lessons The Russian Bulava Missile submarine Program Part One 
Washington (UPI) Dec 10, 2008 The troubled history of the Russian Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile program is a textbook example of the problems that can plague an ambitious weapons program -- and how they can be overcome. As respected Russian military analyst Nikita Petrov wrote for RIA Novosti two months ago, "Russia's navy pins great hopes on the Bulava, which has been plagued by problems for 15 years ... more |
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Moscow (RIA Novosti) Dec 10, 2008The Russian government has drafted a rescue package of 150 billion rubles ($5.4 billion) for the country's defense and industrial complex amid the ongoing global financial crisis. According to Vedomosti, state-run hi-tech corporation Rostekhnologii and the United Aircraft Corporation are the main candidates for the government aid, with state companies receiving the funds through a rescue ... more OECD says Israel is first Middle Eastern state to sign anti-bribery pact 
Paris (AFP) Dec 9, 2008The OECD said Tuesday that Israel had become the first Middle Eastern state to join its anti-bribery convention, a move it described as "an important step in (Israel's) accession to OECD membership." Israel is one of five countries, along with Chile, Estonia, Russia and Slovenia, that in December 2007 were invited to join the OECD, a 30-member body that seeks to coordinate economic policies ... more Defense Focus: Panama mission Part One 
Washington (UPI) Dec 8, 2008 The Russian navy tweaked the American Eagle's tail feathers Friday: For the first time since World War II, a Russian warship sailed through the Panama Canal. The extent of the event should not be exaggerated. The anti-submarine warfare Udaloy-class destroyer Admiral Chabanenko is certainly not a capital ship. But its transit of the canal, which the United States built and has effectively ... more Ciel Satellite Group Spacecraft Ready For Launch 
Ottawa, Canada (SPX) Dec 09, 2008The Ciel Satellite Group has announced that the launch of Ciel II is on schedule for Wednesday, Dec. 10 at 13:43 (GMT) aboard the International Launch Services' Proton M and Breeze M rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Built by Thales Alenia Space, the Canadian BSS geosynchronous satellite will be operated by Ciel at 129 degrees West and deliver services throughout North America. ... more
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