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Russia Makes First Space Launch Of 2009 Moscow (RIA) Feb 02, 2009 
Russia has successfully launched its first carrier rocket of 2009, putting a Coronas-Photon research satellite into orbit, a Mission Control spokesman said Friday. The launch of the Cyclone-3 rocket from the Plesetsk space center in northwest Russia had been scheduled for Thursday, but was delayed by a day for technical reasons. The Coronas-Photon satellite, designed to study solar ... read more
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Obama, Pentagon pull in different directions on no nukes goal
Washington (AFP) Jan 30, 2009President Barack Obama has set a goal of a "world without nuclear weapons" but the Pentagon is leaning in a seemingly contradictory direction: a modernized nuclear arsenal. The new administration has signaled its intent to swiftly engage Russia in negotiations on deeper cuts in their respective arsenals, with the ultimate aim of reducing them to zero. But US Defense Secretary Robert Gates ... more World powers to hold first Iran meeting of Obama presidency 
Berlin (AFP) Jan 30, 2009Senior diplomats from six world powers trying to convince Iran to curb its nuclear ambitions will meet next week in Germany for their first meeting since US President Barack Obama took office, a German official said Friday. Political directors from the UN Security Council permanent members -- Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States -- plus Germany will meet Wednesday near the ... more Ballistic Missile Proliferation Part Four 
Washington (UPI) Jan 30, 2009 The spread of ballistic-missile technology has followed a classic proliferation pattern. Russia shared relevant technologies with the People's Republic of China, which then shared them with North Korea, which in turn shared them with Pakistan and Iran. Russia, China and North Korea remain contributors to the ballistic-missile efforts of more recent acquirers. Because the regional powers ... more Russia missile plans dependent on US missile defence: ministry 
Moscow (AFP) Jan 31, 2009Reports on Russia's suspension of missile deployment in its Kaliningrad enclave were misguided as Moscow planned to deploy missiles only if Washington went ahead with its missile shield defense, Russia's foreign ministry said late Friday. "Many foreign media and even politicians and officials reacted to this 'suspension' of missiles in the Kaliningrad region. But no one is suspending anything ... more Analysis: Russia and Central Asian water 
Washington (UPI) Jan 30, 2009 An integral element of the new Eurasian "great game" between Russia and the United States is a tussle for control of the Caspian's hydrocarbon riches and those of former Soviet republics farther east. But Russia is making a diplomatic play on another key resource -- water. Russian and foreign energy consortia remain largely focused on the region's rich oil and natural gas reserves. ... more |
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Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jan 30, 2009Russia's first carrier rocket launch of 2009, scheduled for Thursday, has been delayed until Friday for technical reasons, a spokesman for the Space Forces said. A Cyclone-3 carrier rocket was scheduled to lift off at 4:30 p.m. Moscow time (13:30 GMT) from the Plesetsk space center in northwest Russia to deliver a Coronas-Photon research satellite into orbit. "The launch has been ... more Wen and Putin lash out at US over economic crisis 
Davos, Switzerland (AFP) Jan 28, 2009Chinese and Russian leaders Wen Jiabao and Vladimir Putin on Wednesday blamed the United States for causing the global economic crisis on a gloomy first day of the Davos forum. Both called for a new attitude by President Barack Obama, while deepening pessimism over the future of the global economy enshrouded the World Economic Forum. Chinese premier Wen said America's voracious appetite ... more Analysis: Nabucco gets little more support 
Washington (UPI) Jan 28, 2009 European leaders at an energy meeting held in the aftermath of the Russian-Ukrainian gas crisis see the proposed Nabucco natural gas pipeline as a way around Moscow-controlled energy supplies. While leaders in Budapest Tuesday pledged financial and political support, the Western-backed project to send Azeri, Caspian and Middle Eastern gas to European consumers will have trouble competing again ... more Czech leader urges support for Ukraine's EU drive 
Wroclaw, Poland (AFP) Jan 28, 2009The European Union must support Ukraine's drive for integration with the bloc despite a recent gas crisis, the prime minister of current EU president the Czech Republic said Wednesday. "The key task is to persuade our colleagues in the European Union that Ukraine's movement towards Europe is of the utmost importance for the EU -- as is its Euro-Atlantic integration," Mirek Topolanek said. ... more |
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Moscow (AFP) Jan 28, 2009Russia will fully finance development programmes for its military despite the economic crisis, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev pledged in a meeting with navy cadets Tuesday. "Today, despite the difficulties facing our state, the funds that had been set aside to develop the navy and the armed forces as a whole will all be invested," Medvedev was quoted as saying by the Interfax news agency. ... more Russia accuses Georgia of 'capturing' soldier 
Tbilisi (AFP) Jan 27, 2009Russia on Tuesday accused Georgia of capturing one of its soldiers in the breakaway region of South Ossetia, in the latest upsurge of tensions between the foes who fought a brief war in August. Georgian officials countered that the soldier had asked for asylum due to "unbearable conditions" in the Russian army and even took him to the central Tbilisi branch of fast food chain McDonalds. ... more Russia Defense Watch: New jet to fly soon 
Washington (UPI) Jan 26, 2009 Russia's former defense minister and First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov, who still spearheads high-tech development programs, said Wednesday the country's ambitious fifth-generation air superiority combat aircraft would take its first test flight before the end of 2009, RIA Novosti reported. "We expect the plane to take to the skies no later than the end of this year ... more Space Program Still Vital 
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 27, 2009In 1961, when President John F. Kennedy told Congress we'd put a man on the moon by the end of the decade, he knew that the journey of discovery would yield more value than simply beating the Russians to the moon. "I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the Earth," were the ... more
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