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Focused On Phobos Moffett Field CA (SPX) May 04, 2009 
Efforts to reach the martian moon Phobos have long been outshined by missions to the Red Planet itself. Now, scientists in Russia, Canada and the U.S. are preparing their own missions to the largest moon of Mars.
Mars actually has two moons: Phobos and Deimos. They might more properly be called satellites, however, because they are extremely small, only a few kilometers in diameter. ... read more
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Russia takes formal control of Georgia rebel borders
Moscow (AFP) May 1, 2009Russia on Thursday took formal control of the borders of Georgia's separatist zones and slammed NATO exercises due in the country, as a spy row created new frictions between Moscow and the alliance. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev inked the border defence treaties with the leaders of the Moscow-backed rebel regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia in a sombre Kremlin ceremony. NATO, the ... more Japan to give 40 mln dlrs to dismantle Russian submarines: report 
Tokyo (AFP) May 1, 2009Japan will give another four billion yen (40 million dollars) towards an international project to dismantle decommissioned Russian nuclear submarines in the Far East, a report said Friday. The decision will be announced when Prime Minister Taro Aso meets his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on May 12 in Tokyo, Kyodo News said, citing unnamed government sources. Japan has already provid ... more Areva seeks to block Siemens-Rosatom nuclear deal 
Paris (AFP) April 30, 2009French nuclear power group Areva said Thursday it had filed a request for arbitration to try to stop Germany's Siemens creating a rival venture with Russian group Rosatom. A spokeswoman for the French state-controlled group confirmed a press report that her company had taken the case to the International Chamber of Commerce, but declined to provide further details. A Siemens spokesman sa ... more Kazakhstan, China sign major nuclear power deal 
Almaty (AFP) April 29, 2009Kazakhstan on Wednesday signed a deal that would see it build nuclear power plants for China, as well as provide its energy-hungry neighbour with more than 24,000 tonnes of uranium. The deal between state nuclear agency Kazatomprom and the China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group (CGNPG) calls for the creation of a joint venture to build power plants for energy-hungry China, the Kazakh firm said ... more Russia Defense Watch: Arctic force denial 
Washington, April 29, 2009 Russia's foreign minister denied Wednesday that the Kremlin wants to boost its armed forces in the arctic or launch any arms race at the top of the world. Russia is "not planning to increase our military presence in the arctic and to deploy armed forces there," Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced after attending a ministerial-level meeting of the Arctic Council in the N ... more |
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El Segundo CA (SPX) Apr 17, 2009Boeing 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. The 601HP (high power) spacecraft will provide high-speed, two-wa ... more 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 |
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Moscow (AFP) April 16, 2009Russia could build a military repair centre in Cuba to help the Communist island modernize Soviet-era military hardware, an official said Thursday, amid a revival in ties between the Cold War allies. "Cuba still uses Soviet and Russian-produced equipment. Of course, we should and are 'fated', in the good sense of the word, to continue our cooperation," said Alexander Fomin, deputy head of th ... more China loans 10 bln dlrs to Kazakhstan: state media 
Shanghai (AFP) April 17, 2009China has extended 10 billion dollars in loans to oil and gas-rich Kazakhstan, the Kazakh state news agency reported Friday, in the latest Chinese deal locking up access to foreign resources. China National Petroleum Corp, or CNPC, said Friday it had signed an agreement to give financial support to the resource-rich central Asian country's national oil and gas company. Under the agreemen ... more Russia To Start Flight-Testing New Cargo Spacecraft In 2016-17 
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 Russia Defense Watch: UAVs from Israel 
Washington (UPI) April 13, 2009 Russia has closed a deal with Israel's largest aerospace company to buy new state-of-the-art unmanned aerial vehicles. Russian Deputy Defense Minister Vladimir Popovkin, who directs all military procurement programs, confirmed the deal in an announcement Friday, RIA Novosti reported. Previously, the Moscow daily business newspaper Kommersant had published what it said were details of th ... more
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