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Satellite Collision Debris May Hamper Space Launches St. Petersburg, Russia (RIA) Feb 23, 2009 
The debris from a recent collision involving two communications satellites could pose a serious threat for future launches of spacecraft into a geostationary orbit, a Russian scientist said on Friday. One of 66 satellites owned by Iridium, a U.S. telecoms company, and the Russian Cosmos-2251 satellite launched in 1993 and believed to be defunct collided on February 10 about 800 kilometers ... read more
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China slams Russian attitude to sunken ship: report
Beijing (AFP) Feb 20, 2009China's foreign ministry said Friday Russia's attitude to the sinking of a Chinese cargo ship by a Russian warship was "unacceptable", according to Chinese state media. Eight of the 16 crew members on board were killed when shots from a Russian naval vessel sank the Chinese-owned cargo ship the New Star off Russia's east coast on Sunday. Russia has blamed the cargo ship's captain for the ... more BMD Focus: Biden dances in Munich 
Washington (UPI) Feb 20, 2009 Russia has accepted a first crucial olive branch offered by the Obama administration that may lead to the scrapping of America's planned ballistic missile defense bases in Central Europe. U.S. Vice President Joe Biden announced at the annual Munich Security Conference on Feb. 7 that while the Obama administration was still going ahead with plans to build the new bases in Poland and the ... more NATO considers permanent force for eastern Europe 
Krakow, Poland (AFP) Feb 20, 2009NATO is examining whether to set up a permanent military force in eastern Europe to encourage regional allies to send combat troops to Afghanistan, the alliance's top civilian official said Friday. The idea, proposed by Britain to ease concerns in eastern Europe about Russian belligerence since its war with Georgia, would see 3,000 troops drawn from the NATO Response Force, a contingent for ... more Satellite Collision Triggers Calls For Space Traffic Regulations 
Beijing, China (XNA) Feb 19, 2009The U.S.-Russian satellite collision not only caused a disturbance to the outer space, but also helped to arouse concern among space explorers about such accidents. The whole world has been reflecting on the inefficiency of existing space surveillance systems and has been calling for the introduction of new "space traffic regulations." ... more Russian guards fired on stricken ship: prosecutors 
Moscow (AFP) Feb 19, 2009Russian border guards repeatedly fired on a cargo ship that hit trouble off its Far Eastern coast at the weekend with the loss off several crew members, prosecutors were quoted as saying Thursday. Officials said the ship, the Sierra Leone-flagged New Star with 10 Chinese crew and six Indonesians on board, was in Russian waters illegally and repeatedly ignored warnings to stop. "The inves ... more |
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Moscow (AFP) Feb 17, 2009Iran's defence minister on Tuesday met his Russian counterpart with the reported aim of persuading Moscow to deliver sophisticated air-defence missiles at a time of mounting tension with the West. Mostafa Mohammad Najjar met his Russian counterpart, Anatoly Serdyukov, in "constructive" talks which looked at present and future Russian-Iranian defence relations, the Russian defence ministry ... more Russia, China agree multi-bln dlr oil deal: company 
Moscow (AFP) Feb 17, 2009Russia and China on Tuesday agreed a 20-year deal to pump Russian oil to the energy hungry Chinese market in return for financing for Russian oil majors Transneft and Rosneft, Transneft said in a statement. "Russia will deliver to China 15 million tonnes of petrol a year over 20 years under financing conditions which suit both sides," said Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin, according ... more Ireland scrambles over Russian navy oil spill 
Dublin (AFP) Feb 17, 2009Irish aircraft monitoring an oil spill believed to come from a Russian navy refuelling accident off Ireland's south coast have recorded 522 tonnes of fuel spreading across the sea, officials said Tuesday. Following an overfly of the spill, Irish authorities downgraded an earlier estimate of 1,000 tonnes given by the British coastguard, and said the fuel oil was now in three distinct slicks ... more Iranian defence minister on visit to Russia 
Moscow (AFP) Feb 16, 2009Iranian Defence Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar arrived Monday in Moscow for talks on military and technical cooperation, Interfax reported, citing a defence ministry spokesman. Iran's defence chief will meet his Russian counterpart Anatoly Serdyukov on Tuesday, the spokesman said. The visit which runs until Wednesday will also include talks with representatives from Russia's state-owned ... more |
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Beijing, China (XNA) Feb 14, 2009The wreckage of US and Russian satellites that collided over Siberia poses a threat to China's satellites in orbit, but the country's space plan will proceed as scheduled. A privately owned US communications spacecraft collided with a defunct Russian military satellite about 800 km above northern Siberia at 4:55 pm GMT on Tuesday, according to the US Strategic Command, which made it public ... more EU lays out voluntary space code 
Geneva (AFP) Feb 12, 2009The European Union on Thursday presented a proposal for a voluntary international code on the use of outer space to the Conference on Disarmament, just days after a Russian and US satellite collided. The draft code on civilian and military use, which includes pledges on the integrity of orbiting space objects, was already approved by EU ministers on December 8, the Czech Presidency of the bl ... more Russia still haunted by Afghan ghosts, 20 years on 
Moscow (AFP) Feb 15, 2009Russia on Sunday marks the 20th anniversary of the Soviet pullout from Afghanistan, haunted by its catastrophic war against Islamists and convinced the trauma harbours lessons for Western forces today. On February 15, 1989 the last Soviet soldier left Afghanistan, ending a war that Moscow initially saw as a brief incursion to bolster its Afghan supporters but became a protracted and bloody ... more US may adjust missile defense plans: official
Moscow (AFP) Feb 14, 2009The US may adjust controversial missile defence plans if Russia helps in eliminating threats from North Korea and Iran, US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs William Burns was quoted Friday as saying. "We hope also that Russians understand that no US president can afford a situation in which the United States is vulnerable to potential nuclear weapons on missiles from countries ... more
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