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![]() Washington DC (SPX) Jul 02, 2010 Even before the dawn of agriculture, people may have caused the planet to warm up, a new study suggests. Mammoths used to roam modern-day Russia and North America, but are now extinct-and there's evidence that around 15,000 years ago, early hunters had a hand in wiping them out. A new study, accepted for publication in Geophysical Research Letters, a journal of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), argues that this die-off had the side effect of heating up the planet. "A lot of people still ... read more |
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France Hands Over Night Vision And Comms Technology To Russia![]() Russia's state arms exporter Rosoboronexport said Tuesday it had signed several contracts with the French defense firm Thales on the transfer of technology and delivery of communications equipment for Russian armored vehicles. "The first contract involves transfer of technologies to Russia, which now will have the right to produce officially licensed thermal imagers at Vologda Optical and ... more German Radar Satellite TanDEM-X Launched Successfully ![]() Germany's second Earth observation satellite, TanDEM-X, was launched successfully on 21 June 2010 at 04:14 Central European Summer Time (CEST, at 08:14 local time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Atop a Russian Dnepr rocket, the satellite, weighing more than 1.3 tons and five metres in length, started its journey into orbit. At 4.45 CEST first signal was received via Troll grou ... more Russia To Adopt Single Military/Civilian Shipbuilding Program ![]() An integrated military and civilian shipbuilding program will soon be adopted in Russia, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday. "Last week...I ordered a single program for the development of military and civilian shipbuilding to be drawn up. It will be approved soon," he said during the floating-out ceremony for a new nuclear-powered multipurpose attack submarine. Medvedev said o ... more |
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![]() Bethesda MD (SPX) Jun 18, 2010 Last week, South Korea attempted a second launch of its new vehicle, the NARO-1. Unfortunately, this too failed to achieve orbit. To make a bad situation worse, the "blame game" has already started. The Russians have apparently stated the explosion occurred in the Korean-made second stage, while the Koreans have indicated that this happened in the Russian-made first stage. The reality of the situation is that no one yet knows what happened or why it happened. Every statement so far appears to be s ... read more |
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