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Russia denies planning to base bombers in Cuba: reports
Moscow (AFP) July 24, 2008Russia's defence ministry on Thursday denied a report it was considering basing bomber aircraft in Cuba in retaliation for US missile defence plans in Eastern Europe, a news agency reported. "We regard these sorts of reports from anonymous sources as disinformation," RIA Novosti quoted defence ministry spokesman Ilshat Baichurin as saying. Baichurin was referring to an article published ... more Outside View: Sukhoi soars again -- Part 2 
Moscow (UPI) Jul 24, 2008 The Sukhoi Su-35 Flanker is not quite a fifth-generation combat fighter, but it comes very close to being one. Under current plans, Russia will not be producing a fifth-generation air superiority fighter until 2015. However, the technical characteristics of the Sukhoi Su-35BM are high enough to fulfill this task, outmatching all the modern American, French and European Union generation ... more Whale playground offers glimpse into Russia's melting Arctic 
Solovetsky Islands, Russia (AFP) July 24, 2008A young whale pokes its melon-shaped head into the cool morning air near this remote island, a sign its herd is thriving despite mounting threats in Russia's melting Arctic. Cameras and microphones capture the whale's every move as scientists use the species' only shore-side breeding ground to see how they are coping as fleets of oil tankers replace melting ice in their traditional feeding ... more Russian scientists begin trial exploration of world's deepest lake 
Moscow (AFP) July 24, 2008Russian scientists leading a submarine expedition to probe the world's deepest lake on Thursday carried out test dives ahead of the start of the operation next week, reports said. The trial runs at Lake Baikal lasted two hours with two submarines diving to a depth of around 420 metres (1,386 feet), the Russian media reports quoted the organisers as saying. On Tuesday, the expedition ... more Analysis: Moscow and Riyadh grow closer 
Washington (UPI) Jul 24, 2008 U.S. consumers, battered by a year of record-high fuel prices, at least can take solace in the fact that Saudi Arabia, the world's largest oil producer, is firmly in the American camp. Or maybe not. On July 14, during a meeting in Moscow little reported in the foreign press, Interfax reported that Saudi Arabian Secretary-General Prince Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz and Russia's VTS ... more |
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Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jul 24, 2008The first Soyuz-ST carrier rocket will be launched from French Guiana in the first half of 2009, the Russian Space Agency Roscosmos said on Wednesday, citing the French satellite launch firm Arianespace CEO. A Russian launch pad is currently being built at the Kourou space center in French Guiana as part of a recent contract between Roscosmos and Arianespace. "The Russian team of ... more South Korea's First Rocket Launch Might Be Put Off 
Seoul, Korea (XNA) Jul 24, 2008South Korea's first rocket launch may be put off until 2009 due to delays in the arrival of the main booster rocket and other key parts from Russia, the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology said Wednesday. The ministry said it plans to talk with the Russian authorities next month to determine the exact launch date. The ministry said that the Korea Launch Vehicle System-1 ... more Russia unveils new spacecraft design 
Moscow (UPI) Jul 23, 2008 The next generation of Russian manned spacecraft will use thrusters to provide a soft landing on Earth, the first official images of the design reveal. The new space vehicle, which is to replace the Soyuz spacecraft now in use by Russia, was designed by the Russian company RKK Energia, which has spent two years designing it, the BBC reported Tuesday. The British network reports ... more Russia Puts Fifth German Spy Satellite Into Orbit 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jul 24, 2008A Russian carrier rocket has successfully put into orbit a fifth German SAR-Lupe reconnaissance satellite, a Russian Space Forces spokesman said on Tuesday. "A Cosmos 3M carrier rocket, launched at 06:40 Moscow time (02:40 GMT) from the Plesetsk space center in northern Russia has successfully orbited a German SAR-Lupe satellite," Lt. Col. Alexei Zolotukhin said. The German SAR-Lupe ... more |
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Washington (AFP) July 22, 2008Russia would cross "a red line for the United States of America" if it were to base nuclear capable bombers in Cuba, a top US air force officer warned on Tuesday. "If they did I think we should stand strong and indicate that is something that crosses a threshold, crosses a red line for the United States of America," said General Norton Schwartz, nominated to be the air force's chief of staff ... more Ukraine drafts law for Russian fleet to leave: report 
Kiev (AFP) July 22, 2008NATO membership candidate Ukraine has drafted a controversial law for the departure of the Russia Black Sea fleet from its port of Sevastopol, its foreign minister announced Tuesday, Interfax reported. Ukraine wants the fleet to quit the Ukrainian port when a 20-year post-Soviet Union lease expires in 2017, but it remains a contentious issue between the two neighbours. Foreign Minister ... more The Sukhoi Soars Again Part One 
Moscow (UPI) Jul 22, 2008 The first demonstration flight of the Sukhoi Su-35 combat aircraft on July 7, 2008, attracted much attention to this aircraft, which has been undergoing tests since February. The latest addition to the large T-10 -- Sukhoi Su-27 -- family is to become the interim fighter for the Russian air force before fifth-generation aircraft are launched into mass production. The Sukhoi Su-35, more ... more Outside View: Russia's carrier weakness 
Moscow (UPI) Jul 22, 2008 Soviet military policies never called for building full-fledged aircraft carriers operating multirole warplanes, nor did Russia draft any clear carrier construction program at the turn of the century. On July 4, Adm. Viktor Kravchenko, former chief of the Russian navy's main headquarters, said the country had to build a carrier fleet in the near future. This call is a reaction to ... more
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