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The Historic Beginnings Of The Space Arms Race
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 03, 2008On November 1, 1963, the Polyot-1 spacecraft, the first satellite capable of maneuvering in orbit, was launched from the Tyura-Tam firing range, now called the Baikonur Space Center, in Kazakhstan. Polyot-1, which was also capable of changing its altitude and orbital inclination, was, in fact, a prototype anti-satellite weapon (ASAT) system called Istrebitel Sputnikov (interceptor of satellites) ... more A New Summit In Helsinki Part Two 
Moscow (UPI) Nov 3, 2008 The "military summit" talks held in Helsinki, Finland, in October between the chiefs of staff of the Russian and U.S. armed forces had far-reaching implications. Four-star Army Gen. Nikolai Makarov, the chief of the Russian General Staff, and four-star Adm. Michael Mullen, the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs, discussed the possibility of mutual consultation on elements of the U.S. Nat ... more Ukrainian arms investigation team arrives in South Ossetia 
Kiev (AFP) Nov 3, 2008A Ukrainian parliamentary team arrived in South Ossetia Monday to investigate reports that Kiev sold weapons to neighbouring Georgia before its summer conflict with Russia. "We have questions about who organised the delivery" of arms to Georgia ahead of its military offensive on August 7, Interfax agency quoted Valery Konovalyuk, the head of a parliamentary investigation commission, as sayin ... more Bratislava, Prague back nuclear to fight green-house gases 
Bratislava (AFP) Nov 3, 2008Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico and his Czech counterpart Mirek Topolanek on Monday called on the EU to back nuclear energy as a means of cutting carbon dioxide emissions and increasing energy independence. "We won't be able to do without nuclear energy in the upcoming decades (...) we have to cut our dependence on Russia and there is also the EU energy-climate package," Topolanek said at ... more 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 |
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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 Analysis: Georgia leaves the CIS 
Washington (UPI) Oct 31, 2008 The geostrategic consequences and potential economic and military costs of Georgia's five-day August military misadventure with Russia over South Ossetia and Abkhazia are slowly becoming evident. The West, which uncritically largely lined up behind Georgia's version of events, has committed billions of dollars to Georgia's reconstruction, but two intertwined issues thus far have been ignored. ... more Libya offers to host Russian military base: report 
Moscow (AFP) Oct 31, 2008Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi, who visits Moscow Friday for the first time since 1985, will offer to host a Russian naval base in his north African country, a Russian newspaper reported. "Libya is ready to host a Russian naval military base," the Kommersant reported, citing a source close to the preparations for Kadhafi's first visit here since the days of the Soviet Union. The base could ... more A New Summit In Helsinki Part One 
Moscow (UPI) Oct 31, 2008 On Oct. 21, Adm. Michael Mullen, the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, met with his Russian counterpart, Army Gen. Nikolai Makarov, at a mansion outside Helsinki, Finland. Military analysts continue to discuss the meeting, because they have not yet clarified numerous issues considered by the two military leaders. They would like to know why the talks were held on the ... more |
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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 Russia Conducts CIS Wide Integrated Air Defense Exercise 
Washington (UPI) Oct 30, 2008 Russia continues to step up the alertness and combat readiness of its prime domestic anti-aircraft and ballistic missile defense systems in cooperation with its close allies. The Russian-dominated Commonwealth of Independent States last week announced the successful completion of a joint command-and-staff air defense exercise as part of the integrated air defense network ... more Outside View: Russia-China oil for loans 
Moscow (UPI) Oct 30, 2008 China's Premier Wen Jiabao, visiting Moscow Tuesday, signed an agreement calling for the construction of an oil pipeline to China as part of the prospective Eastern Siberia-Pacific Ocean pipeline. The agreement is expected to be followed by a contract for oil supplies to China for many years to come, against which Russian oil companies will be loaned between $20 billion and $25 billion. ... more Analysis: Turkey and Iran's energy ties 
Washington (UPI) Oct 30, 2008 The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 opened rich new vistas for Western oil companies, which suddenly saw the possibilities of participating in the development of Caspian energy reserves in the three new former Soviet republics there -- Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan. Western efforts have been mixed, but amid the flood of articles on the new energy frontier, relatively little has ... more
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