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Spacehab To Support Pre-Launch Preparations For Russian Module Houston TX (SPX) Jan 09, 2009 
Spacehab, has reached an agreement in principal with RSC Energia, Russia's largest manufacturer of aerospace and space equipment, to provide facilities and support services for its Mini Research Module (MRM1). The MRM1 will be readied for its journey aboard the U.S. Space Shuttle at the Spacehab Cape Canaveral payload processing location. Manifested to fly on STS-132 during the Space Shu ... read more
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Tank Warfare In The Gaza Battlefield
Washington (UPI) Jan 8, 2009The tactical success of the Israeli military incursion into Gaza over the past week confirms a lesson we noted after the five-day Russian conquest of one-third of Georgia in the Caucasus last August: Main Battle Tanks still rule ground war, whatever the high-tech, guerrilla-war and minimum-army enthusiasts say to the contrary. In the first four days of its ground forces' incursion into ... more Leveraging Airlift For Force Projection 
Washington (UPI) Jan 9, 2009It isn't easy to build reliable heavy military air transport aircraft, or military air lifters. Currently only the United States and Russia have mastered the job, and the European aircraft industry, led by Germany and France, is trying to join them. But other nations have been forced to take different routes. Venezuela is buying Ilyushin Il-76s from Russia. They are reliable, old jet-po ... more US, Iran have shared interest in Afghanistan: Petraeus 
Washington (AFP) Jan 8, 2009Iran could become involved in a regional strategy to the conflict in Afghanistan, as Tehran shares common interests with the United States there, suggested Thursday General David Petraeus, head of US Central Command. A resolution to the ongoing conflict in Afghanistan requires "a regional approach ... that includes Pakistan, India the Central Asian states and even China and Russia, along wit ... more Analysis: Ukraine-Russia gas row escalates 
Berlin (UPI) Jan 6, 2009 Russia's gas price row with Ukraine escalated Tuesday, disrupting deliveries to Europe as the continent is suffering from a bitterly cold winter. Alexander Medvedev knows he needs to soothe his best customer. The No. 2 at the Russian energy giant Gazprom arrived in Berlin Tuesday to meet with German Economy Minister Michael Glos and a representative from the Czech presidency of the Euro ... more Slovakia says it might reopen nuclear plant if gas freeze lasts 
Bratislava (AFP) Jan 7, 2009Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Wednesday that Slovakia might reopen a power generating unit at Jaslovske Bohunice nuclear plant if a freeze of gas supplies from Russia continued. "Should Slovakia continue to be a hostage of this bilateral conflict between Russia and Ukraine, I can imagine reopening of the shut-down unit at Jaslovske Bohunice nuclear plant," Fico told a press confe ... more |
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Korolev, Russia (SPX) Jan 03, 2009On the Eve of New Year 2009, the Mission Control Center near Moscow (MCC-M) held a TV communications session with the crew of Expedition 18 to the International Space Station currently working in orbit. Taking part in it were the heads of the Russian Federal Space Agency, State Commission and Technical Management for flight tests of manned space complexes, representatives of the NASA ... more Russia Tests New S-400 Air Defense System As Billions More Allocates For Arms 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jan 02, 2009The Russian Air Force is testing a new missile for the S-400 Triumf air defense system, the Air Force commander said on Friday. The S-400 (SA-21 Growler) is designed to intercept and destroy airborne targets at a distance of up to 400 kilometers (250 miles), twice the range of the U.S. MIM-104 Patriot, and 2.5 times that of the S-300PMU-2. The system is expected to form the cornersto ... more Global Crisis Will Not Affect Topol-M Schedule 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jan 02, 2009Russia's Topol-M ballistic missiles will be put on combat duty on schedule despite the current global financial crisis, the commander of the Strategic Missile Forces said recently upon returning from a field inspection. Some media reports have indicated that Russia could experience delays in the production of Topol-M (SS-27 Stalin) ICBMs due to a hike in prices for components and materials ... more Greece agrees Russian air and sea manoeuvres in Aegean 
Athens (AFP) Jan 2, 2009Russian aircraft and warships will this month carry out manoeuvres in the southeast Aegean within the Athens flight information zone (FIZ), Greek military sources said Friday. Athens has agreed to a request from the commander of the Russian heavy aircraft carrying cruiser the Admiral Kuznetsov, at present on a mission in the Mediterranean with other ships of Russia's northern fleet. ... more |
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Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jan 02, 2009Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov said Wednesday that he is concerned that global warming is opening up the Northern Sea Route for the uncontrolled movement of foreign ships. Many Arctic specialists agree that global warming is causing ice to retreat around the outer edges of sea ice drifting on the Arctic Ocean which is opening up previously closed maritime routes like Russia's ... more NATO seeking airspace deal with Russia for flights to Afghanistan 
Brussels (AFP) Dec 31, 2008NATO is seeking to seal an agreement with Moscow to allow the military alliance to fly equipment over Russian airspace to Afghanistan, an official said Wednesday. "Both sides are already aware of the fact that an air agreement would be desirable," the NATO official told AFP. The talks "at many levels" are able to take place now following the end of a four-month freeze the alliance impose ... more BMD Watch: New missile for S-400 Triumf
Washington (UPI) Dec 31, 2008 Russia is testing a new missile for its formidable S-400 Triumf air defense system that, if it performs according to its claimed specifications, is the most formidable long-range anti-aircraft and anti-missile defense system in the world. Three-star Col. Gen. Alexander Zelin, the commander of the Russian air force, announced testing plans for the new missile Tuesday, the RIA ... more Russia To Test-Launch At Least 5 Bulava ICBMs In 2009 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Dec 28, 2008The number of test launches for Russia's Bulava ICBM will be increased from three or four to at least five next year, a senior Navy official said on Tuesday. The intercontinental ballistic missile, capable of breaching anti-missile defense systems, failed a test launch from a submarine earlier on Tuesday. "In connection with today's less than successful test launch, the overall numbe ... more
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