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Protecting Earth Against Asteroids
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Oct 29, 2007Anatoly Perminov, the Russian Space Agency chief, announced at a recent news conference that there were plans to develop a space system that could protect the Earth from a potential asteroid impact by 2040. Members of the scientific community are unanimous in that the asteroid danger is real and that some measures should be taken to prevent it. The discovery of Apophis three years ago made them ... more Russia Plans To Test Fire 2 Ballistic Missiles 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Oct 29, 2007A missile brigade from the Siberian military district will test fire two SS-21 Scarab short-range ballistic missiles during Nov. 13-17 exercise at a test site in south Russia, a Ground Forces spokesman said Thursday. The SS-21, or Tochka, is a road-mobile single-warhead ballistic missile designed for tactical deployment. It has been in service with missile units of the Russian Ground Forces sinc ... more Russian Bear Bombers Conduct Cruise Missile Practice 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Oct 29, 2007Two Russian Tu-95 Bear strategic bombers will practice on Friday launches of cruise missiles at a testing site in southern Russia, an Air Force spokesman said. Russian strategic bombers began on October 16 a series of long-range training flights over the Arctic region, the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and the Black Sea with simulated bomber raids and missile launches missiles at testing grounds ... more Russia Launches Proton Carrier Rocket After The Ban 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Oct 29, 2007Russia has successfully conducted a delayed launch of a Proton carrier rocket from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, the Federal Space Agency (Roskosmos) said Friday. The Proton K rocket, which has been on the launch pad since Monday, lifted off at 11.35 a.m. Moscow time (7.35 a.m. GMT) and put in orbit three Glonass global navigation satellites, the space agency said. Kazakhstan li ... more China Says US Missile Shield Threatens Global Stability 
Harbin, China (RIA Novosti) Oct 29, 2007The placement of U.S. missile defenses in Europe will not ease global security concerns but will undermine the global strategic balance, the Chinese foreign minister said Wednesday. Washington insists that the deployment of a radar in the Czech Republic and a missile interceptor base in Poland will protect the U.S. and its NATO allies from potential missile attacks coming from Iran or North Kore ... more |
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Neryungi, Russia (RIA Novosti) Oct 29, 2007A large uranium field will be developed in Yakutia in East Siberia, a first deputy prime minister said on Friday. "A large uranium ore deposit will be developed here," Sergei Ivanov told journalists. According to Russia's Federal Agency for Nuclear Power (Rosatom), the country has 870,000 metric tons of natural uranium, the world's third-largest reserves behind Australia and Kazakhstan. Iv ... more Proton Rocket To Launch Glonass Satellites Friday
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Oct 26, 2007The delayed launch of three Glonass satellites on board a Proton rocket is set to go ahead on Friday from the Baikonur space center, a Khrunichev State Research and Development statement said Thursday. The Proton K rocket, which has been on the launch pad in Kazakhstan since Monday, will lift off at 11.35 a.m. Moscow time (7.35 a.m. GMT) October 26. Astana lifted a ban Wednesday on Proton ... more Trina Solar Signs Long-Term Supply Agreement With Nitol Group 
Changzhou, China (SPX) Oct 26, 2007Trina Solar has announced that the company has signed a long-term silicon supply agreement with Nitol Group. Nitol Group, a Russian chemical company based in Moscow, currently produces trichlorosilane and is constructing a polysilicon production facility. Under this five-year agreement, Nitol Group will supply Trina Solar with virgin polysilicon sufficient to produce over 200MW of modules in agg ... more Molnia-M Carrier Rocket To Orbit Military Satellite 
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novsoti) Oct 24, 2007A Molnia-M booster rocket was launched from the Plesetsk space center in north Russia on Tuesday to orbit a Cosmos military satellite, a Space Forces spokesman said. The carrier rocket was launched at 8:39 a.m. Moscow time (4:39 a.m. GMT), and was scheduled to put the military satellite into orbit at 9:35 a.m. Moscow time (5:35 a.m. GMT). The four-stage medium-range Molnia-M, which has a l ... more |
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Moscow (RIA Novosti) Oct 22, 2007Russia has successfully test-fired an RS-12 Topol intercontinental ballistic missile from the Plesetsk space center, a spokesman for the Strategic Missile Forces announced on Thursday. The RS-12 (NATO reporting name SS-25 Sickle) has been in service since 1988. It is a road-mobile single-warhead ICBM, similar in size and shape to the U.S. Minuteman ICBM. "A mock warhead hit a designated ta ... more Is Russian Armor Strong Enough 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Oct 22, 2007Under the current federal rearmament program, the Russian Armed Forces will replace 45% of their operational military equipment before 2015. Although strategic offensive arms are still the main element of national security, the specifications of lightweight armored vehicles must be upgraded. Thankfully, an all-out war seems out of the question. However, dozens of local conflicts, counter-terrori ... more Olmert Wants To Know All About Ahmadinejad 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Oct 22, 2007On Thursday, October 18, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert paid a brief visit to Russia. He was the first high-ranking overseas politician to meet with Vladimir Putin after the Russian president's visit to Iran. The aim was to discuss the Russian-Iranian negotiations, although Middle East settlement and bilateral cooperation were also on the agenda as all these issues are closely interconnected ... more What Mr Putin Did Not Say 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Oct 22, 2007Of the 68 questions answered by President Vladimir Putin at his three-hour question and answer session Thursday, less than a dozen dealt with the Russian government's foreign policies. This does not necessarily mean that international events are of little interest to the general public in Russia or any other post-Soviet country such as Kazakhstan (representatives of that Central Asian nation too ... more
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