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Thursday, April 22, 2010

US top military official says strike against Iran would halt nuclear programme

US top military official says strike against Iran would halt nuclear programme


"..."There should be no confusion by our allies and adversaries that the United States is properly and energetically focused on this question and prepared to act across a broad range of contingencies in support of our interests." ..."


Reference: www.telegraph.co.uk

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Israel Weighs Merits of Solo Attack on Iran

Israel Weighs Merits of Solo Attack on Iran


"...Many Israeli military experts say Israel can easily cope with any military retaliation by Iran in response to a strike. Iran's medium-range rockets would cause damage and casualties in Israel, but they aren't very accurate, and Israel's sophisticated missile-defense system would likely knock many out midflight. Israel has similarly proved it can handle attacks against Israel..."


Reference: online.wsj.com

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Iran Begins Major Military Exercise


"...its ballistic missile capability, and that it claims to have a new missile with a range of 2,000 kilometers. The report also said Iran has improved the accuracy and payload capacity of its missiles, and estimates the country could have a missile capable of reaching the U.S. by 2015 if it gets foreign help...."


Reference: www1.voanews.com

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Monday, April 19, 2010

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Thursday, April 15, 2010

Massive fireball reported across Midwestern sky (Video)

Massive fireball reported across Midwestern sky (Video)


"..."Several reports of a prolonged sonic boom were received from areas north of Highway 20, along with shaking of homes, trees and various other objects including wind chimes," it said...."


Reference: www.cnn.com

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Hizbullah admits receiving Syrian scuds

Hizbullah admits receiving Syrian scuds


"...Hizbullah sources confirmed Thursday that the terror group received a shipment of Scud missiles from Syria, the Kuwaiti paper Al-Rai reported. ..."


Reference: www.jpost.com

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US military testing high-tech dirigibles in Utah

US military testing high-tech dirigibles in Utah


"...are designed to detect cruise missiles and other near-ground threats. Two 233-foot-long balloons..."


Reference: www.pddnet.com

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Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Syria supplies Lebanon's Hizballah with ballistic missiles

Syria supplies Lebanon's Hizballah with ballistic missiles


"...Senior US officials familiar with the incident told The Wall Street Journal that the SCUD missiles given to Hizballah were built using either North Korean or Russian technology...."


Reference: www.israeltoday.co.il

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Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Nuclear heartland anxious about missile cuts

Nuclear heartland anxious about missile cuts


"...Tuesday, Obama officially announced a stricter policy to constrain the use of the nation's nuclear arsenal. It would lessen the role nuclear weapons play in America's defense planning. Under the plan, the U.S. vows not to use nuclear weapons against countries that don't have them..."


Reference: www.statesman.com

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Chinese hackers may have leaked out India's defence secrets

Chinese hackers may have leaked out India's defence secrets


"...India's new mobile missile defence system called Iron Dome may also have been compromised, the report titled Shadow In The Clouds and compiled by Canadian..."


Reference: www.dnaindia.com

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Monday, April 5, 2010

Obama nuclear weapons manifesto is detailed

Obama nuclear weapons manifesto is detailed


"... His review is expected to omit some of the more hawkish statements made in 2001 in President George W. Bush's review. The Bush document said the United States might in some circumstances use nuclear weapons against countries that didn't have them. It said the United States should consider preemptive strikes against countries developing chemical, biological or nuclear weapons...."


Reference: www.latimes.com

Taliban ‘Coordinated’ Strike Hits U.S. in Pakistan

Taliban ‘Coordinated’ Strike Hits U.S. in Pakistan


"...The Obama administration has stepped up U.S. missile strikes from Predator drone aircraft against Taliban and al- Qaeda militants along the Afghan border as Pakistan’s army has launched ground offensives against some Taliban groups since last year...."


Reference: www.businessweek.com

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Joint Saudi / U.S. Missile Test?

Pentagon denies military test-fires Trident ballistic missile in Saudi drill


"...A Western military official in Saudi Arabia, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue, said a Trident missile was launched Wednesday out in the kingdom. ..."


Reference: www.latimes.com

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Tuesday, March 30, 2010

China Testing Ballistic Missile ‘Carrier-Killer’

China Testing Ballistic Missile ‘Carrier-Killer’


"...If they can be deployed successfully, Chinese anti-ship ballistic missiles would be the first capable of targeting a moving aircraft-carrier..."


Reference: www.wired.com

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Nuclear weapons: The modernization myth

Nuclear weapons: The modernization myth

"...the two types of submarine-launched warheads deployed today (the W76 and W88) can destroy a hardened missile silo 90 percent and 98 percent of the time respectively, according to one estimate. Washington also has plans to develop a new class of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (SSBM) and a new long-range nuclear bomber. ..."


Reference: www.thebulletin.org

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Monday, March 29, 2010

IAF simulates integrated missile defense

IAF simulates integrated missile defense

"...exercise was conducted in a computer laboratory and did not include actual firing of missiles. The IAF also checked how the Israeli systems integrate with long-range American systems – such as the THAAD and the Aegis – which could be deployed here in the event of a large-scale conflict...."


Reference: www.jpost.com

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Missile Defense Agency Presents Ronald W. Reagan and Technology Achievement Awards

Missile Defense Agency Presents Ronald W. Reagan and Technology Achievement Awards

"...The 2010 Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) Ronald W. Reagan Missile Defense Award and the Technology Achievement Awards were presented by MDA director Lt. General Patrick O'Reilly during the eighth annual U.S. Missile Defense Conference in Washington, D.C. on March 24, 2010. ..."


Reference: www.mda.mil

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Friday, March 26, 2010

Missile defence controversy remains after START accord

Missile defence controversy remains after START accord


"...After US president Barack Obama announced the agreement at the White House on March 26 2010, US defence secretary Robert Gates made this simple declaration. "Missile defense is not constrained by this treaty," he said...."


Reference: sofiaecho.com

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US and Russia agree new nuclear arms treaty

US and Russia agree new nuclear arms treaty

"...will limit missile forces to 800 deployed and non-deployed intercontinental ballistic missile launchers, submarine launched ballistic missile launchers, and..."


Reference: news.smh.com.au

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White House says new nuclear treaty places no limits on missile defenses


White House says new nuclear treaty places no limits on missile defenses
"...critical of U.S. missile defense plans,..."
Reference: www.latimes.com

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Thursday, March 25, 2010

U.S. looks to export drone technology to allies


U.S. looks to export drone technology to allies
"...Washington announced plans to give Pakistan surveillance drones but Islamabad also wants shoot-and-kill drones, like the Predator, which may be armed with Hellfire missiles...."
Reference: www.reuters.com

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E-Bomb Awareness Day: Grab Your Tinfoil Hat


E-Bomb Awareness Day: Grab Your Tinfoil Hat
"...funding missile-defense systems that can strike ballistic missiles in the boost or ascent phase. The Obama administration has gutted boost-phase programs, but overall it is pouring more money into what Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has termed “our most capable theater missile defense systems”..."
Reference: www.wired.com

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Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Cold War Finale Made Missile Defense Possible


Cold War Finale Made Missile Defense Possible
"...The need for missile defense was illustrated during the Gulf War, when Iraq launched SCUD missiles at allied forces massing in Saudi Arabia and at Israel. U.S. Patriot missile batteries ..."
Reference: www.defense.gov

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In Case of Nuclear Missile Armageddon...

Waiting for the end of the world: Georgia's 30-year stone mystery
"...Billed as "America's Stonehenge," it's an astronomically complex, 120-ton relic of Cold War fears, built to instruct survivors of an Armageddon that the mystery man feared was all too near...."
Reference: www.cnn.com

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Monday, March 22, 2010

China's satellite killer


China's satellite killer
"...Is China continuing to develop the ability to destroy the satellites upon which the United States and other space-faring nations depend for both military and civilian missions? Is China seeking the ability to shoot down intercontinental ballistic missiles, even as it decries America..."
Reference: foreignpolicy.com

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