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Washington (AFP) Dec 2, 2008The United States said Tuesday it will refrain this week from signing a treaty in Norway to ban cluster bombs, because the document is too broad and endangers US soldiers. Some 100 countries will ban the use of such weapons when their delegates sign the Convention on Cluster Munitions on Wednesday in Oslo but major producers like the United States, China and Russia are shunning the pact. ... more Russia, Venezuela wrap up joint naval exercise 
Caracas (AFP) Dec 2, 2008Russian warships on Tuesday wrapped up two days of joint exercises with Venezuelan navy vessels that were widely seen as a pointed challenge by Moscow to traditional US influence in Latin America. The maneuvers took place in Venezuela's territorial waters in the Caribbean and involved a nuclear-powered cruiser, Peter the Great, and three other Russian ships, and three Venezuelan frigates. ... more NATO agrees thaw with Russia, boosts ties with Georgia, Ukraine 
Brussels (AFP) Dec 2, 2008NATO agreed Tuesday to gradually resume high-level talks with Russia, frozen over the August conflict in the Caucasus, and to deepen ties with former Soviet states Georgia and Ukraine. NATO foreign ministers decided on a return to informal meetings of the so-called NATO-Russia Council, despite concern that Moscow is not respecting a ceasefire that ended its brief war with Georgia. ... more America And Russia Tool Up For 21st Century Warfare 
Washington (UPI) Dec 1, 2008 When the top military commanders who run the U.S. and Russian armed forces on a daily basis met for important but very low-profile talks outside Helsinki, Finland, in October, the range of issues they discussed covered the whole world. The immediate main subject of importance for Adm. Michael Mullen, the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs, and four-star Gen. Nikolai Makarov, the chief of ... more 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 |
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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 PolyU Gears Up For Sino-Russian Interplanetary Space Mission 
Hong Kong (SPX) Dec 01, 2008The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) is working closely with the well-established Russian Space Agency in designing a state-of-the-art space tool which will be carried onboard a Russian spacecraft for the Red Planet in the 2009 Sino-Russian Space Mission - the first strategic interplanetary collaboration between China and Russia. This historical mission also marks the first ... more Unmanned Russian resupply spacecraft forced to dock manually 
Moscow (AFP) Nov 30, 2008An unmanned Russian resupply vehicle was forced to dock manually with the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday due to computer problems, a senior Russian official said. Carrying cargo ranging from scientific equipment to birthday presents, the Progress M-01, is the first vehicle in its series with upgraded computer facilities and a new on-board digital transmission system. "During ... more Russia Tests Sea And Land Based Nuke Missiles 
Moscow (AFP) Nov 28, 2008Russia successfully tested Friday a sea-based missile capable of carrying multiple nuclear warheads, the military said, amid continued tension with Washington over missile defence. A Bulava missile fired from the Dmitry Donskoy submarine in the White Sea, along Russia's northern coast, hit its target on the Kamchatka Peninsula near the Pacific Ocean, navy spokesman Igor Dygalo said in a stat ... more |
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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 Outside View: Pirates versus warships 
Moscow (UPI) Nov 28, 2008 The pirates who hijacked the Danish vessel CEC Future in the Gulf of Aden last week were not deterred by a large group of warships from different countries, including Russia's Neustrashimy frigate, sent to the gulf to protect merchant vessels. The general cargo vessel registered in the Bahamas was attacked on Friday as it was crossing the Gulf and was forced to divert toward the Somali ... more Russia and Venezuela sign nuclear energy deal 
Caracas (AFP) Nov 26, 2008Russia and Venezuela on Wednesday signed a joint deal to promote the development of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. Officials signed a series of deals in the presence of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who arrived in Caracas Wednesday, and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. Chavez has said that the cooperation will only concern civilian and peaceful uses of nuclear energy. ... more Russian Navy to show its flag in the Caribbean Sea 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 28, 2008The nuclear-powered battle cruiser Pyotr Veliky (Peter the Great), the anti-submarine warfare (ASW) ship Admiral Chabanenko and their supply ships arrived in La Guaira, Venezuela, after leaving Severomorsk, the main base of the Russian Navy's Northern Fleet in northern Russia, a month ago. The Russian naval squadron conducted exercises in the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean en route ... more
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