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Russian Defense Industry Falls Behind RivalsMoscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Apr 29, 2010 Russian weapons are falling behind rival products, experts told the Rossiiskaya Gazeta government daily on Wednesday. Russian Academy of Science members Vladimir Fortov and Igor Kalyaev said that a reduction in research funds was making it hard for Russian weapons to stay competitive and for the defense industry to produce breakthroughs. However, last month Russian President Dmitry Medvedev approved a long-term policy for the development of the national defense industry. He stressed that dev ... read more |
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Plesetsk, Russia (RIA Novosti) Apr 20, 2010Russia on Friday launched a military satellite, the Defense Ministry said. Spokesman Alexei Zolotukhin said a Soyuz-U carrier rocket with the satellite lifted off at 7:00 p.m. Moscow time (15:00 GMT) from the Plesetsk space center in northwest Russia. He added that it was the first military satellite launch so far this year. Russia reportedly operates a constellation of 60-70 militar ... more  
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Apr 19, 2010On April 15, U.S. President Barack Obama delivered an address on space policy at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. After successfully overhauling the U.S. healthcare system, Obama now wants to overhaul the U.S. space program, directing it away from more moon missions toward a mission to Mars. Obama's vision for the future of the U.S. space program has created a deep rift in the space co ... more  
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Apr 15, 2010America's space program is clearly in a state of flux. After so much debate and announcements in recent months, we are still not entirely sure of what will happen in the next ten years. This is troubling to America's space community, but the repercussions are also being felt internationally. There is a large degree of interdependence among the world's space programs, and this is particular ... more |
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Russia Not Involved With Indian Cryogenic Engine ProgramBangalore (PTI) Apr 12, 2010 Official from the Indian Space Research Organisation say there was no Russian involvement in the design and production of cryogenic engine that is developed by New Delhi indigenously and declared that it's a befitting reply to the technology denial regimes. India is set to test the home-grown cryogenic stage and technology - developed after 18 years of research - in its rocket, GSLV, on April 15 from the Sriharikota spaceport. Asked at a press conference here if Russians were involved in the ... read more |
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