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NASA Signs Modification To Contract With Russian Space Agency
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Dec 04, 2008NASA has signed a $141 million modification to the current International Space Station (ISS) contract with the Russian space agency for crew transportation services planned through the spring of 2012. In a statement posted on its official website, NASA said that "the firm-fixed price extension covers comprehensive Soyuz support, including all necessary training and preparation for launch, ... more Some 100 countries sign ban on cluster bombs 
Oslo (AFP) Dec 3, 2008Some 100 nations put their names Wednesday to a landmark treaty banning cluster bombs, amid calls for major arms producers such as China, Russia and the United States to join them. Norway -- which played a key role in hammering out the worldwide ban on using, producing, transferring and stockpiling cluster munitions -- was the first of 92 countries to sign the Convention on Cluster Munitions ... more China Set To Buy Up Big Before The Cash Runs Out 
Hong Kong (UPI) Dec 2, 2008 Ukraine and China have been engaged in negotiations on the joint design of a large military transport aircraft, according to sources in Ukraine's Antonov Aircraft Co. The agreement was expected to be signed this month, with the aircraft project to begin soon afterward. According to a source in the Ukrainian military industry, the basic design concept of the aircraft already has been fin ... more NATO, Russia agree return to top level talks 
Brussels (AFP) Dec 3, 2008NATO and Russia agreed Wednesday to gradually resume high-level talks, frozen over Moscow's war against Georgia in August, even though a litany of differences remain to be settled. "NATO has taken a step towards Russia and it would be irresponsible of us not to sit down at the table," Ambassador Dmitry Rogozin told reporters at NATO headquarters in Brussels. "The resumption of NATO ... more Kazakhstan Admits Losing Satellite 
Astana, Russia (RIA Novosti) Dec 03, 2008Kazakhstan has lost its first Kazsat-1 satellite, the head of the national space agency said on Tuesday. "The KazSat-1 satellite went completely out of control on November 26 and has not responded to any commands. That's it. It's gone," Talgat Musabayev said. The $65 million satellite, Kazakhstan's first, stopped broadcasting to the country's territory on June 8. Its Russian manufacturer ... more |
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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 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 |
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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 Russia to deploy new missile from 2009: military
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
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