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NATO urges Russia to tone down anti-alliance rhetoric
Moscow (AFP) March 12, 2008NATO urged Russia on Wednesday to tone down its "fiery rhetoric" after repeated Moscow attacks on the growing influence of the military alliance and US plans to base parts of a missile shield in Europe. "We have seen too much rhetoric at too high a level... we would like to see it dialled down," NATO spokesman James Appathurai told the Russian press in a video-conference, speaking from Bruss ... more BMD Focus: BrahMos for Israel? 
Washington, March 12, 2007 India's success in co-producing the Mach 2.8 BrahMos supersonic cruise missile with Russia raises the question as to whether New Delhi would be willing or able to sell that technology to Israel -- which urgently needs it. And it also raises the question of whether Russia would allow India to sell such technology well in advance of current U.S. cruise missile systems to a close U.S. all ... more Woman to be first S. Korean in space 
Seoul, March 11, 2007 A woman has been chosen to be the first South Korean in space after a male astronaut was dismissed for security violations. Ko San was replaced by Russian space authorities for taking sensitive training materials outside the Russian space center, The Korea Times reported Monday. Ko was replaced by Yi So-yeon, a 29-year-old mechanical engineer. She will fly on a Russian Soyuz space ... more Russian Presidential Pooch To Get Satellite Tracking Device 
Antarctic (RIA Novosti) Mar 12, 2008A Russian first deputy premier, in Antarctica on Tuesday to test the Glonass satellite system, has said that President Vladimir Putin's dog will get the satellite navigation collar it was earlier promised. Glonass (Global Navigation Satellite System), Russia's equivalent of the U.S. Global Positioning System (GPS), is designed for both military and civilian use and allows users to identify their ... more Russian FM calls for talks with Iran on nuclear issue 
Paris (AFP) March 11, 2008Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday urged the international community to do "everything possible" to engage Iran in negotiations over its contested nuclear programme. "We must seek an innovative approach. This means first and foremost doing everything possible -- and even impossible -- to begin discussions with Iran," said Lavrov in Paris. The Russian foreign minister was ... more |
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Seoul (AFP) March 10, 2008South Korea on Monday chose a woman to be its first astronaut in a late change after Russia's space authorities said the man initially selected for next month's mission had breached training rules. Yi So-Yeon, 29, a biosystems engineering student, will now blast off on April 8 in a Russian-made Soyuz rocket, replacing 30-year-old male computer engineer Ko San on the 27-million-dollar space fare ... more Russia Key To BrahMos Supersonic Cruise Missile Part Three 
Washington (UPI) Mar 10, 2008The Russians are freely sharing with India the full secrets of one of their proudest, most cherished and crucial military technologies with India -- supersonic cruise missiles that fly at Mach 2.8 -- apparently confident it will not leak to the United States. And they have flatly refused to contemplate any similar co-production of these BrahMos series of cruise missiles with China. ... more India awards Russia billion dollar MiG-29 upgrade 
New Delhi (AFP) March 10, 2008India has awarded Russia a 965-million-dollar contract to upgrade its multi-role MiG-29 warplanes, officials said on Monday. The two post-Cold War allies Saturday signed the deal to extend the life of India's fleet of 70 MiG-29 jets another 15 years from their current 25 years, an air force official said. "The project entails two to three years and only six of them would be re-fitted in ... more Merkel against NATO membership for Georgia, Ukraine 
Berlin (AFP) March 10, 2008German Chancellor Angela Merkel signalled on Monday that she opposes granting NATO membership to former Soviet republics Ukraine and Georgia. "A country should become a NATO member not only when its temporary political leadership is in favour but when a significant percentage of the population supports membership," Merkel said in Berlin in reference to Ukraine and Georgia. ... more |
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Brussels (AFP) March 7, 2008NATO and Russia have stepped up efforts to conclude by next month two accords allowing alliance-led troops in Afghanistan to transit Russian territory, NATO diplomats said Friday. "For years NATO and Russia have been bogged down on a framework accord on air transport and an exchange of letters on ground rail transport," one diplomat said, on condition of anonymity. "This time, we've ... more Uzbeks And South Korea Eye Natural Gas Deals 
Washington DC (UPI) Mar 07, 2007 While Russia's Gazprom dominates Central Asian natural gas exports through its pipeline monopoly, the leaders of the "stans" are unhappy about the arrangement, as Gazprom buys cheap and sells dear to European consumers. Seeking to break the deadlock, Uzbekistan has been investigating alternatives, and on Feb. 25 state-owned Uzbekneftegaz signed an agreement with a South Korean energy consortiu ... more Second Galileo Spacecraft Prepares For Launch 
Paris, France (SPX) Mar 07, 2008Yesterday, members of the media visited ESA-ESTEC, the agency's European Research and Technology Centre, to see and learn about GIOVE-B, the second Galileo in-orbit validation satellite, before it is packed for shipping to the launch site. GIOVE-B has successfully completed its test campaign and will depart from ESTEC on 11 March. The spacecraft will be flown to Baikonur, in Kazakhstan ... more Russia To Launch US Communications Satellite On March 15 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Mar 07, 2008A Russian Proton-M rocket will launch a U.S. communication satellite on March 15, the Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) said on Thursday. The launch will be carried out under a contract between the Russian-American joint venture International Launch Services and the Khrunichev State Research and Production Center. ILS, owned by the Khrunichev Center, RSC Energia, and U.S. firm Space ... more
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