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Russian Arms Exports Exceed 8 Billion Dollars In 2008 Moscow (RIA Novosti) Dec 18, 2008 
Russian arms exports in 2008 have been worth over $8 billion, a deputy prime minister said on Tuesday. Sergei Ivanov also said Russia had secured $33 billion worth of firm orders for arms deliveries. "Russia is among the [world's] three leading arms exporters," he said. He added that despite the global financial crisis none of Russia's foreign clients had reneged on their contracts. ... read more
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Russia wants to test Obama on missile defense: Rood
Washington (AFP) Dec 17, 2008Russia has hardened its stance toward US plans for a missile shield in an apparent bid to "test the mettle" of incoming President Barack Obama, US arms negotiator John Rood said Wednesday. "My assessment is the Russians intend to test the mettle of the new administration and the new president," said Rood, acting under secretary of state for arms control and international security. ... more Restoring The Tradition: Russian Navy On Long-Distance Tours Of Duty 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Dec 18, 2008A battle group from the Russian Pacific Fleet set out on a tour of duty. The Admiral Vinogradov large ASW ship, the Pechenga and Boris Butoma tankers, as well as the Foty Krylov tugboat will participate in the joint Russian-Indian INDRA-2009 naval exercise. Following the exercise, the Russian warships will head for the Gulf of Aden, where the Admiral Vinogradov is to replace the Baltic ... more Russia to deploy new missiles by 2020: military 
Moscow (AFP) Dec 17, 2008Russia will by 2020 replace its Soviet-era arsenal with new nuclear-capable intercontinental missiles that can overcome defence systems like the US missile shield, the military said Wednesday. "By 2015-2020 the Russian strategic rocket forces will have new complete missile systems with improved combat characteristics," General Nikolai Solovtsov told reporters at a briefing in the Moscow ... more Russia 'to give' Lebanon 10 MiG fighter jets 
Moscow (AFP) Dec 17, 2008Russia is to deliver 10 MiG-29 fighter jets as a gift for the Lebanese military, the head of the Russian defence cooperation body said Wednesday. "Russia's defence ministry has decided to deliver to Lebanon, as part of defence cooperation, 10 MiG-29 fighter jets from our existing contingent," the Interfax news agency quoted Mikhail Dmitriyev as saying. The fighter jets would be modernize ... more Lugar urges quick action in 2009 on Russia-US nukes 
Moscow (AFP) Dec 17, 2008Senator Richard Lugar, a veteran of US-Russian arms control efforts, on Wednesday urged Russia and the United States to get to work replacing a key arms treaty that expires next December. It was vital to make a "running start" in talks to replace the START 1 treaty, which was brokered between the United States and Soviet Union and brought about big reductions in nuclear arsenals, Lugar said. ... more |
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Moscow (AFP) Dec 16, 2008Russia is holding talks with Israel over buying Israeli unmanned reconnaissance drones, a top general said on Tuesday, in what would be Moscow's first purchase of military hardware from the Jewish state. The Russian interest in purchasing the drones comes after its military was taken by surprise by Georgia's use of Israeli-supplied drones in its war against Russia in August. "We're ... more UN ministerial meeting on Iranian nuclear program 
United Nations (AFP) Dec 15, 2008Ministers from the six nations involved in talks on Iran's nuclear program prepared to meet Tuesday to assure several Arab countries they will maintain pressure on Iran to abandon its nuclear ambitions. The so-called P5-plus-1 -- Germany and permanent UN Security Council members Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States -- will join Jordan, Egypt, Iraq and Gulf Cooperation Council ... more Russia Defense Watch: Tank cuts claimed 
Washington (UPI) Dec 16, 2008 Russia has sent an olive leaf to the incoming Obama administration about mutually reducing conventional weapons levels in Europe. The chief of Russia's General Staff said last Wednesday he was going ahead with withdrawing virtually all of Russia's 880 tanks from the Kaliningrad exclave located between Poland and Lithuania -- both NATO member states -- on the Baltic Sea. ... more Key Challenges And Issues Facing The US Nuclear Energy Outlook 
New York NY (SPX) Dec 17, 2008Nuclear power plays a major role in the US energy industry as the country, after coal and natural gas, produces its maximum amount of electricity from nuclear power plants. Oil and hydropower are the next biggest sources of energy. But the US heavily depends on imported uranium for its nuclear power industry. And with China, India and Russia planning for massive deployments in nuclear ... more |
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New York (AFP) Dec 15, 2008Ministers from the six nations involved in talks over Iran's nuclear program will meet Tuesday at the United Nations with representatives of several Arab countries, diplomatic sources said Monday. The so-called P5-plus-1 -- Germany and permanent UN Security Council members Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States -- will join Jordan, Egypt, Iraq and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) ... more Russia plans nuclear sub leases to India: report 
Moscow (AFP) Dec 15, 2008Russia plans to lease to India several nuclear-powered submarines of the type on which 20 people were killed last month in a gas leak, ITAR-TASS quoted a top official as saying on Monday. "There is a real possibility we will transfer to India, on a 10-year lease, several nuclear-powered submarines of the same class as the Nerpa," said the head of the state arms cooperation service, Mikhail ... more SKorea says energy aid to NKorea to continue 
Seoul (AFP) Dec 15, 2008Nations negotiating nuclear disarmament with North Korea will continue providing energy aid in coming weeks despite the failure of the latest round of multilateral talks, South Korea said Monday. Russia is pushing to provide 50,000 tons of fuel oil and China plans to deliver 99,000 tons by the end of January to complete their shares of the assistance, said foreign ministry spokesman Moon ... more Russia says US missile talks fail to solve 'serious differences' 
Moscow (AFP) Dec 15, 2008Russian and US officials negotiating on missile defence and the future of a key arms treaty still have "serious differences," a Russian negotiator said Monday after talks in Moscow. "We focused on those themes that divide us. They are not few. On both problems, serious differences remain but nonetheless we have no doubt about the usefulness of the consultations," Deputy Foreign Minister ... more
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