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Aldrin warns US risks falling behind in space race
London (AFP) June 29, 2008Buzz Aldrin, the second man on the moon, warned in an interview published Sunday that the United States risked falling behind Russia and China in the space race if it did not redouble its efforts. Speaking to the Sunday Telegraph, Aldrin urged US presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama to "retain the vision for space exploration" and said he would lobby both to ensure they ... more Russia, India To Share Experience In Training Mountain Troops 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jun 30, 2008Russia and India have agreed to exchange knowledge in the training of mountain troops as part of an extensive military cooperation program, an aide to Russia's Ground Forces commander said on Tuesday. India's Chief of Army Staff, General Deepak Kapoor, arrived in Moscow on Monday on a five-day visit to Russia. He met Tuesday with Russia's Ground Forces commander, Gen. Alexei Maslov, to ... more Outside View: Fighting pirates -- Part 1 
Moscow (UPI) Jun 27, 2008 The ongoing hijacking of ships off the Somalia coast long ago became a routine part of maritime life in the Arabian Sea. One of the most recent incidents was the seizure of the tanker Amiya Scan, which is owned by Dutch company Reider Shipping. Pirates are still holding the crew, consisting of four Russian officers -- including the captain -- and five Filipino sailors, hostage. But the ... more Putin says central Asia wants to raise gas price for Ukraine 
Moscow (AFP) June 28, 2008Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Saturday told his Ukrainian counterpart that Central Asian countries were urging Moscow to increase gas prices for Ukraine. Putin made the comments at the end of talks in Moscow with Ukranian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko during which he also threatened to restrict military cooperation if the neighbouring country joined the NATO military alliance. ... more Outside View: Russia's new arms -- Part 2 
Moscow (UPI) Jun 26, 2008 While U.S. experts express concern over Russia's nuclear weapons modernization program, their Russian counterparts are voicing alarm that they believe they are falling dangerously behind in the 21st century strategic arms race. Russian three-star Col. Gen. Leonid Ivashov, the president of the Russian Academy of Geopolitical Problems, commenting on Russia's triad of strategic nuclear ... more |
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Moscow (UPI) Jun 25, 2008 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said in his recent address to officers at Langley Air Force Base in Virginia that Russia was focused on strengthening its nuclear capabilities rather than building up its regular armed forces, which makes maintaining the U.S. nuclear arsenal increasingly important. The two nuclear superpowers may be building up their nuclear capabilities, but no reas ... more Russian businessmen book spaceship rides: report 
Moscow (AFP) June 23, 2008A Russian businessman has paid 200,000 dollars to take his parents miles above Earth on a ride in a space ship, the Interfax news agency reported Monday. "When I told my mother we were going to fly in space, she asked me just one question: 'When?'," the man, Igor Kutsenko, was quoted as saying. He bought the tickets (worth 130,000 euros) to take his parents and a friend. "We booked a ... more Options For Space Tourists 
Moscow (RIA) Jun 24, 2008What we have here is a typically Russian paradox: although this country was the first to try out space tourism, it has failed to develop it further, letting other countries reap the fruits of this endeavor. Furthermore, the ways in which Roskosmos (Russian Federal Space Agency) has been trying to branch out into tourism has no benefits for our national space program. So far nine Russians have signed up for space flights ... ... more Outside View: China's weapons -- Part 2 
Moscow (UPI) Jun 24, 2008 China's industry is not developed enough to produce modern aircraft independently. It cannot manufacture a number of important aggregates at the level of the leading aircraft-building powers. Thus, China's engines for combat aircraft are still below their Western and Russian counterparts in economic fuel consumption and overhaul period. In order to close the gap, China will have to ... more |
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Moscow (AFP) June 20, 2008Moscow and Washington have agreed a deal in principle over the supply of Russian weaponry to the Afghan army in its fight against the Taliban insurgency, senior diplomats announced in a statement Friday. The deal was signed in the Russian capital as part of the United States-Russia Working Group on Counterterrorism (CTWG), although no immediate figures were put on any Russian supplies. ... more Russian leader says environment problems a security threat 
Moscow (AFP) June 21, 2008Russia's environmental problems are a threat to national security and could make parts of the country uninhabitable within 30 years, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Saturday. On a televised visit to Saint Petersburg, the Russian leader said that after post-Soviet hardship in the 1990s it was time to turn to environmental questions. "Our country is in a threatened state. If we don't ... more Japan, Kazakhstan agree on energy cooperation 
Tokyo (AFP) June 20, 2008Japan and Kazakhstan on Friday agreed to increase energy cooperation between the world's second largest economy and the resource-rich central Asian nation. Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and visiting Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev inked a joint statement agreeing on further cooperation including investment by Japanese companies in Kazakh energy projects. "The two governments ... more Russian Space Agency Backs US Asteroid Control Plan 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jun 20, 2008Russia's Federal Space Agency has endorsed a proposal by the U.S. House of Representatives that a Russian radar station be used to detect dangerous asteroids, Roscosmos head said on Thursday. "I generally approve and support the U.S. initiative," Anatoly Perminov said in a telephone interview with RIA Novosti. "As for the asteroid danger, it really exists, and needs to be dealt with ... more
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