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Russia building missiles to counter US space defences: military
Moscow (AFP) Dec 1, 2008Russia is developing missiles designed to avoid being hit by space-based missile defence systems that could be deployed by the United States, a top Russian general was quoted as saying Monday. "Development is now under way on the combat outfitting of missiles whose flight falls outside the range of space-based missile defence systems," Nikolai Solovtsov, the commander of Russia's missile for ... more Some 100 countries to sign cluster bomb ban in Oslo 
Oslo (AFP) Dec 1, 2008Some 100 countries will ban the use of cluster bombs with the signing of a treaty Wednesday in Oslo but major producers such as China, Russia and the United States are shunning the pact. The treaty, agreed upon in Dublin in May, outlaws the use, production, transfer and stockpiling of cluster munitions which primarily kill civilians. "It's only one of the very few times in history that a ... more Russia To Conduct 13 Ballistic Missile Launches In 2009 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Dec 02, 2008Russia's Strategic Missile Forces (SMF) are planning to conduct at least 13 launches of ballistic missiles next year, the SMF commander said on Friday. "We are planning to carry out 13 launches in 2009: five test launches of new missiles, three launches to confirm the extension of missiles' service lives, and five launches of converted SS-18 Satan ICBMs under the Dnepr program to orbit ... more Russia, Venezuela launch joint naval operations 
Caracas (AFP) Dec 1, 2008Venezuelan and Russian warships began joint naval operations Monday in the Caribbean Sea, close to US waters, the Venezuelan army indicated. The three-day exercises mark the first time a Russian fleet has been in Latin America, often described as the "backyard" of the United States, since the end of the Cold War. Some 1,600 Russians and 700 Venezuelans on four Russian ships and a dozen ... more New Russian Space Freighter Docks With World Orbital Station 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Dec 01, 2008A cargo spacecraft equipped with a new on-board digital control system has successfully docked with the International Space Station, Mission Control said on Sunday. The new, digitally-controlled Progress M-01M series was launched from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan on November 26. The spacecraft docked with the ISS in the nominal regime in the manual mode, Mission Control ... more |
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Moscow (AFP) Nov 28, 2008Russia will from December 2009 deploy its new RS-24 intercontinental missile, designed to counter defence systems like the controversial US missile shield, the military announced Friday. The announcement of the deployment of the RS-24, a multiple-warhead, nuclear-capable missile, came amid continued disagreement between Moscow and Washington over US missile defence plans. "It is expected ... more Russia, Venezuela leaders vow closer ties ahead of navy exercise 
Caracas (AFP) Nov 26, 2008Russia and Venezuela's leaders on Wednesday vowed closer cooperation to establish what they called a "multi-polar" world, ahead of naval exercises seen as sending a defiant signal to the United States. President Dmitry Medvedev defended Russia's arms sales to Venezuela -- criticized by the United States and Colombia as potentially destabilizing -- and said military cooperation with firebrand ... more Back Channels Keep Nuke Superpowers Talking 
Washington (UPI) Nov 26, 2008 Almost two months before President-elect Barack Obama takes office, U.S. and Russian diplomats already have been meeting quietly in Moscow to explore the possibility of a new negotiating process to defuse tensions between the two thermonuclear superpowers over U.S. plans to deploy ballistic missile defense systems in Central Europe. The Russian government of President Dmitry Medvedev ... more Russia imposes blackout on contested army reform: report 
Moscow (AFP) Nov 29, 2008The Russian military has imposed an information blackout over its controversial army reforms amid increasing discontent within the forces over the changes, the Kommersant daily reported on Saturday. However the defence ministry dismissed the report, saying that there were already sufficient rules in place regulating public speeches by its generals and officers. The sweeping reforms, whic ... more |
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Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 27, 2008Russia launched on Wednesday a Soyuz-U carrier rocket with a cargo spacecraft, equipped with a new on-board digital control system, from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, Mission Control said. "The flight of the first cargo spacecraft in the new, digitally-controlled Progress M-01M series will take four days to check the proper operation of all on-board systems," a spokesman said. ... more Outside View: Drop Bulava, back Sineva 
Moscow (UPI) Nov 26, 2008 The Russian military plans to resume tests of the Bulava missile at the end of this year, a navy headquarters officer said. The new submarine-launched ballistic missile is expected to enter service in 2009 along with the new submarine designed to carry this missile, the Borei-class Project 955 nuclear-powered undersea cruiser Yury Dolgoruky. It is nevertheless clear that the ... more Analysis: Berlin a Russian mafia hub 
Berlin (UPI) Nov 26, 2008 Berlin has become a European hub for the Russian mafia, according to security experts in the German capital. If you own a BMW X5 or a Porsche Cayenne, you shouldn't park it in the streets of Berlin too often, because these fancy SUVs top the list from which the Russian mafia is "shopping" in Germany's capital. The criminals cruise the rich neighborhoods until they find their car of ... more Analysis: Russia jockeying for Cuban oil 
Miami (UPI) Nov 26, 2008 Russian oil companies are expressing an interest in tapping Cuba's offshore oil potential ahead of an official state visit by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. Moscow's top diplomat in Cuba earlier this week said Russian petroleum firms have designs on drilling in waters in the Gulf of Mexico off Cuba's northern shores, an area Cuban energy experts say contains an estimated 20 billion ... more
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