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Washington (UPI) Oct 13, 2008 Russia this weekend carried out another successful submarine-launched ballistic missile test that heralded its growing global strategic power. The test showed the "defense in depth" options that the long-troubled Soviet undersea nuclear navy is developing. Russian Prime Minister and former President Vladimir Putin bet big on developing the long-troubled Bulava SBLM. The Bulava ... more AAAS Satellite Image Analysis Reveals South Ossetian Damage 
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 14, 2008Satellite images captured before and after the 7-8 August clash between Georgia, South Ossetian separatists and Russia reveal that 424 civilian structures near Tskhinvali were damaged by 19 August - although they appeared intact in images taken on 10 August and earlier, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has reported. Georgia has claimed that Russia fully ... more Outside View: Russia helo plans -- Part 1 
Moscow (UPI) Oct 13, 2008 A hundred years ago, the two Breguet brothers from France, taking a leaf out of the book of the two Wright brothers from across the Channel, lifted off in their flying apparatus for the first time. This marked the birth of a vertical ascent plane. In Russia, it was Nikolai Kamov and Alexander Mil who designed helicopters. Kamov's company marks its 60 anniversary today. Mil's is a year ... more What Will Flight To Mars Reveal 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Oct 13, 2008Deep space exploration is becoming an ever bigger part of national space programs. Currently, missions to the Moon and Mars are considered feasible. The U.S. has announced preparation for another space probe launch to collect data from the Martian atmosphere, scheduled for 2013. In Russia, Martian exploration is confined to ground tests so far. The project Mars-500, aimed at determining ... more First Second Generation Astronaut Pays Own Fare To Station 
Baikonur, Kazakhstan (AFP) Oct 12, 2008American millionaire video game guru Richard Garriott followed in his astronaut father's footsteps Sunday, blasting off aboard a Russian rocket to become the world's sixth space tourist. Sealed inside the Soyuz TMA-13 capsule together with a Russian cosmonaut and US astronaut, Garriott was catapulted towards the International Space Station (ISS) from the Baikonur base in the dusty steppes of ... more |
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Washington (UPI) Oct 10, 2008 The good news for Israel is that its outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has won assurances from Russia that it isn't going to sell advanced anti-aircraft and anti-missile systems to Iran. The bad news is that Russia already has sold a lot of other dangerous things to Iran, and its position on the S-300 could change too. Also the assurance in question didn't actually mention the S-300 ... more Quake kills at least 13 in Chechnya 
Moscow (AFP) Oct 11, 2008A strong earthquake centred in the restive Russian region of Chechnya killed at least 13 people, injured more than 100 others and caused widespread havoc on Saturday, officials said. The quake, which struck at around noon (0800 GMT), reverberated through the Caucasus mountains, causing severe damage to infrastructure including roads, power supplies and communications, Russian news agencies ... more Swords and Shields: Ships to beat pirates 
Washington (UPI) Oct 10, 2008 The doctrine for any joint U.S.-Russian-European operation against the pirates operating from the Somali coast against international shipping should reach beyond interception and destruction of the pirate vessels. It also should employ its technological advantages over the pirates, including night vision capabilities for ships and aircraft; unmanned aerial vehicles -- UAVs -- for ... more Analysis: Caspian division possible 
Washington (UPI) Oct 10, 2008 The two-day first Intergovernmental Economic Conference of Caspian littoral states, held Oct. 3 to 5 in the southern Russian city of Astrakhan on the Volga delta, drew surprisingly little coverage in the Western press, despite its potential importance. Russian delegates floated a proposal that the Caspian coastal nations of Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkmenistan establish a ... more |
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Sofia (AFP) Oct 9, 2008Bulgaria and Russia could soon sign an agreement over former Soviet arms licensing fees which Moscow has been claiming since the fall of Communism in 1989, government officals said Thursday. "We agreed to proceed to a new intergovernmental agreement to be hopefully signed by end-2008," Bulgaria's Economy and Energy Minister Petar Dimitrov said after intergovernmental talks in Sofia. ... more New ASTRA 1M Satellite To Be Launched On 31 October 
Betzdorf, Luxembourg (SPX) Oct 09, 2008SES ASTRA has announced the launch of its new satellite ASTRA 1M from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan is scheduled for 31 October 2008. ASTRA 1M will be launched on a Proton Breeze M launch vehicle provided by International Launch Services (ILS) and is the 7th ASTRA satellite to be launched on a Proton rocket. The spacecraft built by EADS ASTRIUM, and based on the Eurostar 3000 ... more US says Russian pullout in Georgia 'positive' 
Washington (AFP) Oct 8, 2008The United States described as "positive" the withdrawal of Russian forces from buffer zones around the breakaway Georgian regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. "You can see that Russia is, in fact, starting to comply with the September 8th agreement with the EU," State Department spokesman Sean McCormack told reporters, pointing to a map of the region. The withdrawal came well ahead of ... more Six powers to discuss Iran in a few days: US 
Washington (AFP) Oct 8, 2008The six powers trying to scale back Iran's nuclear ambitions will consult soon via telephone about the "next steps" to take at the United Nations, a State Department official said Wednesday. Top State Department and foreign ministry officials from the United States, Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia will debate further UN Security Council action to halt Iran's sensitive nuclear ... more
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