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Russia Starts Preparations To Launch US Telecoms Satellite
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 03, 2008Russian space technicians have started preparations for the launch of a Zenit carrier rocket with a U.S. Telstar telecom satellite on board, Russia's space agency said on Friday. A Zenith-3SLB carrier rocket equipped with a DM-SLB booster is scheduled to lift off from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan at the end of December. "A preliminary assessment of the launch facilities at ... more Russia Invites Cuba To Join Glonass 
Havana, Cuba (RIA Novosti) Nov 03, 2008Russia has invited Cuba to join its satellite navigation system, Glonass, Russia's communications minister, who is currently on a working visit in Havana, said on Friday. Glonass - the Global Navigation Satellite System - is the Russian equivalent of the U.S. Global Positioning System, or GPS, and is designed for both military and civilian use. Both systems allow users to determine their p ... more Kazakh Satellite Brought Back Into Orbit 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 03, 2008Specialists have brought a malfunctioning Kazakh satellite, KazSat-1, back into geostationary orbit, the satellite's Russian manufacturer said on Friday. The $65 million satellite, Kazakhstan's first, stopped broadcasting to the country's territory on June 8. The Khrunichev space research and production center said it had fixed the problem together with Kazakh specialists earlier in ... more Analysis: Venezuela's huge arms buildup 
Caracas, Venezuela (UPI) Oct 31, 2008 Venezuela is buying from Russia between 10 and 12 Mi-28NEs -- Havoc or Night Hunter -- helicopters. The Mil Mi-28s will replace seven aged OV-10 Broncos currently deployed with Special Operations Air Group 15 at Maracaibo's Gen. Rafael Urdaneta Air Base. Venezuelan defense officials boast that the FNAB will be Russia's first foreign client for this day/night all-weather attack helicopters ... more Russian navy to hold war games in Indian Ocean 
Moscow (AFP) Nov 1, 2008The Russian navy will hold war games in the Indian Ocean in a bid to boost its global presence, a navy spokesman said Saturday, announcing Moscow's latest move to flex its military muscle. "Ships from the Pacific Ocean Fleet and forces from the Northern Fleet will meet and carry out joint military exercises in the Indian Ocean basin," navy spokesman Igor Dygalo said in a statement. ... more |
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Moscow (AFP) Nov 1, 2008Libya and Russia signed a civil nuclear cooperation deal Saturday, Tripoli's foreign minister said, as Moamer Kadhafi visited Moscow for talks he said could help restore "geopolitical equilibrium". The Libyan leader's first visit to Moscow since 1985, the Cold War era, and which included meetings with President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, was also expected to focus on ... more New ASTRA 1M Satellite Ready For Launch On 6 November 
Betzdorf, Luxembourg (SPX) Oct 31, 2008SES ASTRA has announced that its new ASTRA 1M satellite has been fully integrated into the fairing of the launch vehicle, a Proton Breeze M rocket, and is ready for launch on 6 November (local time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The satellite built by EADS ASTRIUM on an Eurostar E3000 platform will be launched by International Launch Services (ILS) into SES ASTRA's prime ... more Russia Retooling For Military Modernization 
Moscow (UPI) Oct 30, 2008 There are many examples of failure to fulfill Russia's annual state defense order: Delivery of Sukhoi Su-34 aircraft and Mil Mi-28N helicopters is well behind schedule, the missile-carrying submarine Yury Dolgoruky is certain not to be launched in 2008, and the second submarine in the series is unlikely to hit the water in 2009, as scheduled, either. At the same time, there is some good ... more Russian navy to hold exercises in Mediterranean: report 
Moscow (AFP) Oct 30, 2008Russian warships from the Arctic Ocean and the Black Sea will take part in exercises in the Mediterranean, the RIA Novosti state news agency reported Thursday, citing a Russian navy source. "In the Mediterranean Sea, an attack group of the Northern Fleet will meet an attack group of the Black Sea Fleet led by the guided missile cruiser Moskva," the source in navy headquarters was quoted as ... more |
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Jerusalem (AFP) Oct 29, 2008Israeli-Russian billionaire Arkady Gaydamak said on Wednesday he planned to testify at the trial of French politicians over the so-called Angola-gate arms deal scandal. "I am going to France after the municipal elections to tell the truth and to prove that this Angolagate affair is a fabrication," said Gaydamak. Top French politicians and officials are accused of violating a ban on selli ... more Gates calls for modernization of US nuclear arsenal 
Washington (AFP) Oct 28, 2008US Defense Secretary Robert Gates called Tuesday for the modernization of the US nuclear arsenal to strengthen deterrence at a time when Russia and China are upgrading their nuclear weapons. "Currently, the United States is the only declared nuclear power that is neither modernizing its nuclear arsenal nor has the capability to produce a new nuclear weapon," he said in a speech to the ... more Russia's Medvedev says US arms sanctions 'short-sighted' 
Moscow (AFP) Oct 28, 2008Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday slammed as "short-sighted" US sanctions on Russia's main arms firm over the alleged sale of sensitive military technologies to Iran. Rosoboronexport was one of 13 firms place on a US State Department's black list last week under the Iran, North Korea and Syria Non-Proliferation Act. "It is unfair competition, simply an attempt to cut off ... more Russia's New Nuclear Attack Submarine Starts Sea Trials 
Vladivostok, Russia (RIA Novosti) Oct 29, 2008The Amur shipyard in Russia's Far East said on Monday it had started sea trials of a newly built nuclear-powered attack submarine, which according to media reports may be leased to India. The construction of the Akula II class Nerpa nuclear attack submarine started in 1991 but has been suspended for over a decade due to lack of funding. Akula II class vessels are considered the quietest ... more
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