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Planning to protect new NATO members divides allies: official
Washington (AFP) Oct 6, 2008NATO's top commander wants to begin military planning to protect newer members of the alliance but allies are divided amid concerns over Russia's reaction, US defense officials said Monday. NATO lacks contingency plans to defend all its newer members from attack, a fact that suddenly became an burning issue for the Baltics and eastern European members after Russia's military intervention in ... more Outside View: Russia's sub fleet plans 
Moscow (UPI) Oct 6, 2008 Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's remarks that Russia is resuming production of nuclear submarines for its navy have been widely commented on. Russia's submarine fleet is in critical condition and calls for renewal. The president's words raise expectations for an early change. Submarines play a special role in Russia's navy. In the late 1950s, following the death of Josef ... more Russia to sell 420 armoured vehicles to Greece 
Moscow (AFP) Oct 6, 2008Moscow and Athens are drafting a contract for the delivery of 420 Russian light-armoured infantry vehicles to Greece, Russia's state-run weapons exporter announced Monday. Rosoboronexport said the deal would involve "brand new" BMP-3M infantry vehicles. No other details were provided. "At the beginning of 2008, the Greek ministry of national defence submitted a formal request for the ... more International Space Station changes orbit awaiting tourist: report 
Moscow (AFP) Oct 4, 2008The orbital path of the International Space Station (ISS) was successfully adjusted Saturday to accommodate the landing of the world's sixth space tourist in eight days time, Interfax reported citing Russian space programme officials. "The maneouvre was conducted automatically," said an official from the Russian space control centre (TSOUP). The ISS had to change its distance from Earth ... more Latest Bulava Tests Part Two 
Moscow (UPI) Oct 3, 2008 In 1998, Russia's Security Council and the country's president decided that the Moscow Institute of Heat Engineering and its general designer, Yury Solomonov, should develop the missile system for a series of Borei-class submarines, with assistance from Makeyev Rocket Design Bureau experts, a fact never mentioned by Institute critics. But the development specifications remained the sam ... more |
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Washington (UPI) Oct 3, 2008 The August military confrontation between Georgia and Russia had a crippling collateral effect on Azerbaijan. In the wake of the conflict, which effectively shut in the majority of Azeri oil exports, Baku has broadened its export strategy to include renewing ties with Russia and, in an event certain to irk Washington, expanding oil swaps with Iran. The truth is, however, the Russian-Ge ... more GOCE Team Gearing Up For New Launch Date 
Paris, France (ESA) Oct 03, 2008ESA and European industries have updated the planning of the preparatory activities for a new tentative launch date of 27 October 2008 for the GOCE satellite. On 7 September, preparatory activities for the launch of GOCE from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia were stopped by Eurockot due to an anomaly identified in one of the units of the guidance and navigation subsystem of the ... more Ukrainian arms deliveries to Georgia a 'crime': Putin 
Moscow (AFP) Oct 2, 2008Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Thursday called Ukrainian arms deliveries to Georgia a "crime" in comments after meeting his Ukrainian counterpart. "A more serious crime than arms deliveries in a conflict zone cannot be imagined," Putin said. "Several years ago, we could not have imagined Russians and Ukrainians making war against each other, but that has happened and it's a ... more Russia Defense Watch: Biggest bomber test 
Washington (UPI) Oct 2, 2008 Russia is moving back to hair-trigger alert testing for its strategic nuclear bombers and cruise missiles for the first time since the closing years of the Cold War. The Russian air force announced Thursday that its Tupolev Tu-160 White Swan -- NATO designation Blackjack -- and venerable Tupolev Tu-95MS Bear-H nuclear bombers would carry out what it described as "training ... more |
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Kiev (AFP) Oct 2, 2008The pirate hijacking of a Ukrainian cargo ship loaded with tanks off Somalia has refocused attention on arms-trafficking by the former Soviet republic, one of the world's 10 biggest arms exporters. Experts say Ukraine has greatly improved arms-export controls after a string of scandals but remains a potential source of weapons for pariah states and rebel groups worldwide, in an embarrassment ... more Kurchatov Institute Signs Deal With Thorium Power 
Mclean VA (SPX) Oct 03, 2008Thorium Power has announced a significant milestone as the company has signed a Post-Irradiation Examination (PIE) agreement with the Kurchatov Institute, one of Russia's premier nuclear research facilities. Following several years of ampoule irradiation testing in Kurchatov Institute's IR-8 research reactor, irradiated uranium-zirconium metal seed fuel samples of Thorium Power's ... more Analysis: Gazprom moves in on Kyrgyzstan 
Washington (UPI) Oct 2, 2008 If there's one easy target for American consumers to revile, it's energy cartels, with OPEC having been the media's favorite whipping boy for years as the dark force perceived to be behind high oil prices. For Europeans, the focus is somewhat different, as Russia's state monopoly Gazprom increasingly consolidates its position as Europe's major supplier of natural gas, leaving Washington ... more Magnetic Hunger Could Drive Space Travelers Insane 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Oct 02, 2008The absence of Earth's magnetic field could lead to astronauts developing mental disorders during interplanetary flights, particularly expeditions to Mars, Russian scientists said. Researchers from the Biology and Biophysics Research Institute at Tomsk State University and the Russian Academy of Sciences' Institute for Biomedical Problems have conducted a number of experiments to study ... more
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