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US postpones nuclear pact with Russia amid Georgia tension
Washington (AFP) Sept 8, 2008US President George W. Bush decided Monday to postpone a US-Russia civilian nuclear pact, officials said, amid tensions over Moscow's military actions in neighboring Georgia. The announcement came as both the State Department and White House said Washington was watching Russia's plans to stage unprecedented joint naval maneuvers with Venezuela in Venezuelan waters. With moves toward new ... more Russian Nuke Cruise In Venezuela Manoeuvres As US Watches 
Moscow (AFP) Sept 8, 2008Russia said Monday it was dispatching a nuclear cruiser and other warships and planes to the Caribbean for joint exercises with Venezuela, the first such manoeuvres in the US vicinity since the Cold War. The announcement came amid soaring tensions between Russia and the United States, including over the presence of US naval vessels sent close to Russian shores to deliver aid to Georgia, but ... more US military relief effort in Georgia ends: Pentagon 
Washington (AFP) Sept 8, 2008A mission by the flagship of the US Sixth Fleet, the USS Mount Whitney, marks the end of the US military's role in delivering relief supplies to Georgia, a Pentagon spokesman said Monday. Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said the US military will turn next to assessing Georgia's security needs in the aftermath of a Russian invasion last month, but he said it was too soon to say when the first ... more Iran nuclear reactor launch 'irreversible' by February: report 
Moscow (AFP) Sept 8, 2008The start-up of the first reactor at Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant will be "irreversible" by February next year, a senior Russian nuclear official was quoted by ITAR-TASS news agency as saying Monday. "Between December 2008 and February 2009 various technical measures will be carried out... that will make the physical start-up process of the first Bushehr reactor irreversible," the report ... more Euro-Russo Split Widens Part One 
Moscow (UPI) Sep 8, 2008 Russia's Defense Ministry has officially informed NATO headquarters in Brussels of its decision to suspend all military cooperation with its counterparts in the alliance. The move came after similar notices were received by the defense ministries of Norway, Estonia and Latvia. This means that all joint events between the Russian army and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ... more |
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Moscow (AFP) Sept 6, 2008The United States is rearming Georgia under the guise of humanitarian assistance, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev charged on Saturday, following the arrival in Georgia of US warships laden with aid. "The rearming of the Georgian regime is continuing, including under the guise of humanitarian assistance. They've sent a whole fleet to provide humanitarian assistance," Medvedev told officials ... more The Power Of Armour In The Early 21st Century 
Washington (UPI) Sep 5, 2008 The central role played by Russian tanks in occupying one-third of Georgia in only five days teaches a very sobering lesson: The major wars of the 21st century will be a lot more like World War II than most fashionable pundits and military theorists have dreamed. Therefore the for-so-long out-of-fashion artillery, infantry and armor specialists in the U.S. Army and the handful of ... more US may scrap Russia nuclear cooperation next week: official 
Washington (AFP) Sept 5, 2008The United States will likely scrap a US-Russia civilian nuclear cooperation pact next week in response to Moscow's actions in Georgia, a US official said Friday. "It's probably going to happen next week," the State Department official told reporters when asked about the issue. "The president (George W. Bush) has to withdraw the document from Congress. So he needs to take that step, and ... more Japan defence report warns on Russia 
Tokyo (AFP) Sept 4, 2008An increasingly assertive Russia is staging more frequent military drills near Japan, including with nuclear submarines, the defence ministry here warned in a report Friday. Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's cabinet approved the annual "white paper" on defence policy, which also reiterated Japan's longstanding unease about China's rapid military buildup and the threat of North Korea. ... more |
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Paris, France (ESA) Sep 05, 2008As preparations for the launch of GOCE on 10 September continue on schedule, an important milestone has just been achieved as engineers at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia say farewell to the satellite as it is encapsulated in the two half-shells of the launcher's fairing. Now sealing the slender five-metre long GOCE (Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer) ... more NASA TV to show ISS cargo ship arrival 
Houston (UPI) Sep 4, 2008 An unpiloted Russian resupply spacecraft will arrive at the International Space Station next week and the U.S. space agency plans to televise the event live. The Progress 30 spacecraft is to automatically dock to the aft port of the space station's Zvezda service module at 5:01 EDT on Sept. 12. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration said its TV coverage will begin at 3:30 p.m ... more Defense Focus: Tanks still rock -- Part One 
Washington (UPI) Sep 4, 2008 The striking success of even relatively small forces of Russian Main Battle Tanks in the five-day conflict with Georgia proves once again how crucial tanks remain to the conduct of modern war. Russia used a concentration of its state-of-the-art T-90 Main Battle Tanks, which also have been sold in large numbers -- 657 in all -- to India, backed up by significant numbers of older ... more Outside View: BMD blowback -- Part Two 
London (UPI) Sep 4, 2008 The U.S.-built Ground-based Mid-course Interceptors planned for Poland might be directed against "rogue states" such as North Korea and Iran, but no one pretends that the Patriot PAC-3 anti-ballistic missile interceptors that can shoot down short-range or intermediate-range ballistic missiles or the stationing of American troops in Poland are directed at any country other than Russia. ... more
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