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Outside View: S-400 missile system delays
Moscow (UPI) May 22, 2008 The Russian Topol strategic missile launchers that rolled through Red Square on May 9 were impressive to the eye, though I hope there is no intention to use these weapons. Meanwhile the "density" of armed conflicts across the world keeps growing, and the main role in these conflicts is played by conventional yet precision weapons. The missile defense system being set up by the ... more White House sees Russia 'open' to talks on US missile plan 
Washington (AFP) May 22, 2008The White House said Thursday it recognizes Moscow's concerns over a US missile defense system in Europe but sees new Russian President Dmitry Medvedev as "open" to discussions about the plans. "The United States and Russia are going to continue to work together on this issue," National Security Council spokeswoman Kate Starr told AFP. "We understand they have concerns, but we are please ... more Russian pipeline plan threatens whales: environmental groups 
Moscow (AFP) May 22, 2008A planned oil pipeline off the island of Sakhalin in eastern Russia threatens an entire population of gray whales that feed in the area with extinction, environmental groups said on Thursday. "The pipeline threatens a small population of Asian gray whales since it crosses diagonally across the Piltunsk lagoon which produces organisms that the animals feed on," Alexei Knizhnikov of WWF in Rus ... more Russian leader stresses openness on first tour 
Astana (AFP) May 22, 2008Russia's new president, Dmitry Medvedev, declared a "pragmatic" and "open" foreign policy as he began his first foreign tour since taking office, holding talks in Kazakhstan before heading to China. The 42-year-old struck a less hawkish tone than his predecessor Vladimir Putin in his most specific foreign policy statements since his May 7 inauguration, in an interview with Chinese journalist ... more Russia, China close to pipeline deal: Medvedev 
Moscow (AFP) May 22, 2008Moscow and Beijing are close to reaching agreement on building a pipeline from Siberia's oil fields to energy-hungry China, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Thursday. "We currently have a basic agreement on this and today are at the concluding stage in talks between Rosneft and CNPC," Russia's and China's state oil companies, Medvedev said in an interview posted on the Kremlin website. ... more |
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Moscow (UPI) May 20, 2008 Thirty years ago, on May 15, 1978, a missile defense system was placed on combat duty to protect Moscow as the capital of the Soviet Union. Russia has been developing missile defense systems since the early 1960s. On March 1, 1961, the Soviet Air-Defense Force conducted the first hit-to-kill test when a V-1000 missile interceptor developed by the Fakel (Torch) design bureau under the ... more BMD Focus: Medvedev's missile pledge 
Washington (UPI) May 20, 2008 It's not exactly a surprise, but it's important news anyway. Russia's new President Dmitry Medvedev has pledged to maintain the top-priority modernization of the Russian Strategic Missile Forces designed to be able to swamp America's ballistic missile defense systems. Speaking in the town of Teikovo in the Ivanovo region 150 miles northeast of Moscow Thursday, Medvedev, the hand-picked ... more Outside View: Russia pipeline reach grows 
Moscow (UPI) May 19, 2008 On May 14 Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin ordered the construction of the second stage of the Baltic Pipeline System (BPS-2), an offshoot of the Druzhba pipeline built in Soviet times to pump oil to Europe through Belarus and terminals in the Baltic countries. BPS-2, which will run across Russia to the port of Ust-Luga on the Gulf of Finland, is Putin's way to enhance Europe's ... more Russian Cargo Spacecraft Docks With ISS 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) May 18, 2008The Russian Progress M-64 cargo spacecraft has successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS), a Mission Control spokesman said on Saturday. The spacecraft docked at 1:39 a.m. Moscow time (21.39 GMT Friday) and delivered more than 2.3 tons of fuel, food, water, and other supplies to the ISS. Progress M-64 was launched from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan at 00 ... more |
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Berlin (UPI) May 16, 2008 The German government has accused foreign intelligence services -- blaming mainly Russian agents -- of having spied on German companies. "In the course of the global competition over market share and market dominance, industrial espionage is becoming increasingly important," a new government report on terrorism, political extremism and intelligence found. This industrial espionage hurts ... more Russian scientists announce 'spaceroach' grandchildren: report 
Moscow (AFP) May 15, 2008Russian space scientists announced on Thursday a new breakthrough in a long pedigree of firsts: the birth of 30 grandchildren of a "space cockroach" who spent 12 days in orbit. Interfax news agency reported the birth of 30 healthy descendants of the pioneering cockroach Nadezhda (Hope), who conceived last September in an orbiting laboratory named Foton-M. Unlike Nadezhda's children, who ... more Extensive missile site in China revealed by satellite: analyst 
Washington (AFP) May 15, 2008Commercial satellite imagery has revealed an extensive nuclear missile site in central China with nearly sixty launch pads for medium-range missiles capable of striking Russia or India, a researcher said Thursday. The images from Google Earth show different types of launch pads, command and control facilities, and missile deployment equipment at a large facility in downtown Delingha, said ... more Russia's Medvedev inspects nuclear missiles 
Moscow (AFP) May 15, 2008Russian President Dmitry Medvedev inspected a nuclear missile site outside Moscow on Thursday as his powerful Prime Minister Vladimir Putin moved to streamline his administrative base. Medvedev promised to ensure adequate financing of Russia's missile forces as he made the visit to the nuclear base at Ivanovo, east of Moscow, and inspected a column of Topol-M rockets. The intercontinental ... more
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