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Ahmadinejad Says Iranian Nuclear Dossier Closed, US Attack Unlikely And Bushehr To Be Completed
Tehran (RIA Novosti) Aug 29, 2007Iran's nuclear dossier is a closed matter, the U.S. is in no position to launch a pre-emptive strike to halt the country's nuclear progress, and the Bushehr nuclear power plant will be completed as promised, the country's president said Tuesday. "I am officially declaring that the Iranian 'nuclear dossier' is, from our point of view, closed," Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said. He added that President ... more Russia Will Use Gabala Radar - Space Forces Representative 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 29, 2007Russia's Space Forces will not give up using the Gabala radar in Azerbaijan, the forces' spokesman said, commenting on media reports that Russia could soon abandon the site. "The activity of the Space Forces is aimed at all radars eventually being on Russian territory. But we do not intend to give up the agreement on the use of the Gabala ahead of time," Alexei Zolotukhin said. ... more Boeing Projects 70 Billion Dollar Market For Russia And The CIS 
Moscow, Russia (SPX) Aug 24, 2007Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) will require 1,060 new airplanes worth about $70 billion over the next 20 years, according to Boeing's updated annual forecast for the commercial airplane market. The complete forecast, known as the Boeing Current Market Outlook, is available on the Boeing web. This year marks the first year that Boeing has published its forecast for ... more Russia US To Sign Nuclear Power Cooperation Deal In Fall 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 29, 2007A senior Russian nuclear official said Tuesday that a deal is likely to be signed with the United States this fall on the civilian use of nuclear power. The document, initialed two months ago, envisages the transfer of fissile materials, and relevant installations and equipment. "We hope the document will be signed during the coming fall," said Nikolai Spassky, deputy head of the Federal Agency ... more Bulava Missile Not Ready For Mass Production 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 28, 2007Four of the first six flight tests of the Bulava-M missile (where "M" stands for morskoi, or naval) were a failure. However, Admiral Vladimir Masorin, commander-in-chief of the Russian Navy, said the Bulava-M (SS-NX-30), a naval derivative of the land-based Topol missile (SS-27), had been approved for mass production. Did he mean that a batch of missiles would be produced for more tests? ... more |
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Zhukovsky, Russia (SPX) Aug 27, 2007S.P.Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia - a world's leader in manned space flight - is actively participating in the 8th International Aerospace Show (MAKS-2007), inaugurated on August 21 of this year. The Corporation exhibit at Booth 11, Pavilion F, which displays mockups and actual hardware of manned and unmanned space systems, launch vehicles and their actual structural elements ... more Russia Starts Serial Production Of New Navigation Systems 
Zhukovsky, Russia (RIA Novosti) Aug 27, 2007Russian manufacturers are starting serial production of new navigation systems on the basis of the Glonass technology for strategic aviation, the first deputy general director of a design bureau said Saturday. "The [Moscow-based] Kompas design bureau announces the end of state tests. We have received approval for serial production of PUIN indication and navigation control panels on the ... more Will Baikal Become Ocean 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 28, 2007On the summer's last Sunday, Russia is celebrating the Day of Lake Baikal. This tradition was started in 1999 by the public organization Baikal Environmental Wave. By that time, it was already a UNESCO World Heritage site as a masterpiece of nature and the global strategic freshwater resource. Baikal is flanked by the Republic of Buryatia, the Irkutsk and Chita regions, where celebrations of its ... more Russian Space Guru Opts For Evolution 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 24, 2007Russia's Federal Space Agency will go slow on its strategy for manned flights. At any rate, this is the implication made by its chief, Anatoly Perminov, at a news conference held at the MAKS-2007 air show on August 22. "Our main goal is to use the reliable old systems for manned flights," he said in a preamble to the subject of new spacecraft and deep space studies. ... more |
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Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Aug 20, 2007"Space exploration is no longer just a proud fetish for Russia and other world powers. Venturing out into near-Earth space and using it nowadays is a valuable resource for national development and improvement in the quality of life," Russian President Vladimir Putin said early this year, defining the role of space research. Space activities are becoming part of the economic, military and politi ... more Russia Builds Highly Effective Pechora Surface-To-Air Missiles 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 21, 2007The final stage of the Combat Fraternity 2007 military exercise will be held at the Ashuluk firing range in the Astrakhan Region (southern Russia) on August 22. Defense ministers from ten CIS states will fly to the range after the opening ceremony of the MAKS 2007 aerospace show, which opens in Zhukovsky near Moscow on August 21. They will see the operation of the S-125 Pechora (NATO repor ... more Russia's New Research Station In Arctic To Open In Late September 
St Petersburg (RIA Novosti) Aug 21, 2007Russia's new drifting research station in the Arctic will begin working in late September, the press spokesman of the Artic and Antarctic Research Institute said Monday. The North Pole 35 station being set up with the help of the Akademik Fedorov research vessel and the nuclear icebreaker Rossiya, which brought mini-submarines to the pole for the first ever dive to the seabed earlier in Au ... more Russia Offers New Deposits For Geological Prospecting 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 21, 2007Russia's Natural Resources Ministry is offering 93 new deposits for prospecting, including fields in East and West Siberia, the ministry's press office said Monday. "The ministry has approved new lists of deposits offered for geological prospecting in 2007 at the expense of natural resources companies," the ministry said in a statement. The ministry will offer 38 hydrocarbon deposits with ... more
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