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Boeing ships IndoStar II ProtoStar To Baikonur El Segundo CA (SPX) Apr 17, 2009 
Boeing has shipped the IndoStar II/ProtoStar II satellite from the company's satellite manufacturing facility in El Segundo to the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch facility in Kazakhstan. Upon arrival, the spacecraft will undergo final preparations for launch this May aboard an International Launch Services Proton/Breeze M rocket.
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Russia still wary of US missile shield: Lavrov
Moscow (AFP) April 16, 2009US proposals to ease Moscow's concerns over its plans to site a missile shield in Europe are merely "symbolic," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in comments published Thursday. "Overall, the measures of 'transparency and trust' offered to us were mostly symbolic and could not contribute to mitigating Russian concerns," Lavrov said, answering reader's questions in the government ... more BMD Watch: S-400s For Belarus Part Two 
Washington (UPI) April 16, 2009 The announcement of Russia's latest agreement to provide Belarus with S-400 air-defense systems is of much more than routine significance. Russian military analysts say the S-400 Triumf - NATO designation SA-21 Growler - is the most long-range, high-altitude and effective air-defense system in the world, arguing that it combines the best characteristics of the U.S. Patriot PAC-3 and t ... more Medvedev slams 'dangerous' NATO Georgia exercises 
Barvikha, Russia (AFP) April 17, 2009Russian President Dmitry Medvedev Friday slammed NATO's planned exercises in Georgia as "dangerous", warning the war games would further strain Moscow's tense relations with the alliance. Analysts said Medvedev's comments - some of his sharpest to date - reflected Moscow's bitter disappointment with NATO's decision just weeks after he and US President Barack Obama hailed a new era in US-Ru ... more Analysis: Ending Iranian nuclear conflict 
Berlin, April 17, 2009 Kazakhstan, a former Soviet republic that has stormed to riches thanks to its abundant natural resources, may now become instrumental in solving the West's nuclear conflict with Iran. U.S. President Barack Obama is "seriously considering" an offer from Kazakhstan to host an international nuclear fuel bank, according to The Wall Street Journal. Such a bank would provide states wi ... more Israel's Barak urges Russia against Iran missile deal 
Jerusalem (AFP) April 16, 2009Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak on Thursday warned Russia's visiting deputy foreign minister against any sale of advanced surface-to-air missiles to Iran, a senior official said. "I would like to express great appreciation to Russia's important role in regional processes - both diplomatic and in the efforts to prevent the destabilisation of the Middle East," Barak's office quoted him a ... more |
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Moscow (RIA Novosti) Apr 16, 2009Flight tests of Russia's new cargo spacecraft will start in 2016-17, the general designer of the RSC Energia rocket manufacturer said on Monday. "We will make the new cargo ship more economical, less expensive than those used today," Vitaly Lopota said. He said the cargo spacecraft would be part of a new transport system also including a new manned spaceship and a new launch vehicle. ... more Kazakhstan Indefinitely Postpones Space Program Indefinitely 
Almaty (XNA) Apr 16, 2009Kazakhstan has indefinitely postponed a plan of sending its own cosmonaut to the International Space Station (ISS) for lack of funding, Talgat Musabayev, head of the National Space Agency, said on Thursday. Musabayev told reporters that the sole reason for putting off the plan was lack of funding. He did not disclose the exact amount of fund specified in contract signed with Russia for the ... more BMD Focus: Russia boosts ICBM arsenal 
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 14, 2009Russia's leaders appear interested in a new strategic arms-reduction agreement with the United States. But until one is finally negotiated, they are pushing ahead with an ambitious and expanded program of nuclear-missile development. Three-star Col. Gen Nikolai Solovtsov, the commander of the Strategic Missile Forces, last week unveiled plans to test at least 14 intercontinental ballist ... more BMD Watch: S-400s For Belarus Part One 
Washington (UPI) April 15, 2009 It comes as no real surprise, but Russia's decision to supply neighboring Belarus with its most advanced anti-missile defense system has profound geopolitical implications and adds significantly to the growing divisions and tensions that are once again tearing Europe in half. A senior Russian air force general announced on April 9 that the Kremlin would be supplying Belarus with the new ... more |
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Washington DC (UPI) Apr 14, 2009When the Soviet Union imploded in 1991, an economic tsunami devastated Central Asia, and no former republic was more affected than Tajikistan. Dependent on aluminum and cotton exports and with its traditional Russian markets gone, the year after its independence, Tajikistan slid into a vicious five-year civil war between the former Communist leadership and Islamic militants as the country was ... more Analysis: Turkmenistan and Gazprom 
Washington (UPI) April 13, 2009 In the intense international competition for Caspian hydrocarbons that developed after the 1991 collapse of communism, Western interest focused initially on Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan. Turkmenistan was regarded largely as a closed market because of the mercurial policies of its president for life, "Turkmenbashi" or "father of the Turkmen," Saparmurat Niyazov. Since Niyazov's unexpected ... more Russia must build 26 nuclear plants: Putin 
Paris (AFP) April 15, 2009Russia must press on with a programme to build 26 new nuclear power stations despite the severe economic crisis affecting the country, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday. "We must build 26 power stations," Putin told a government meeting on developing Russia's nuclear energy potential, Interfax news agency reported. "Between now and 2030, the share of nuclear power ... more Happy US-Russian crew deny 'divorce in space' 
Moscow (AFP) April 10, 2009A Russian and US space crew denied on Friday that new rules forbid them from sharing toilets and food in orbit, hailing their work as the "best partnership" in human history. "We are still working our partnership together, but please don't make a mistake," US astronaut Michael Fincke said at the crew's first news conference since returning from the International Space Station. ... more
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