Russo Daily
May 17, 2012
RAY GUNS
Russia develops air defence lasers
Moscow (Voice of Russia) May 16, 2012
According to CEO of Russia's Almaz-Antei advanced arms makers Dr Vladislav Menshikov, his company continues work, started decades ago in the Soviet Union, to develop powerful airborne lasers capable of shooting down hostile aircraft and incoming missiles. Sources say a weapon of this kind can destroy targets travelling at altitudes of up to 40 kilometers. Chief Editor of the Natsionalnaya Oborona (National Defence) journal Dr Igor Korothcenko is 'moderately skeptical': "Laser weapons will ca ... read more

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SPACEMART

Astronaut Launches into Texas Tech Doctorate Program
The College of Education at Texas Tech announced a NASA astronaut has been accepted to its doctoral program in education. Joseph Acaba launched May 14 for a four-month tour of duty aboard the Russia ... more
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STATION NEWS

ISS Cosmonauts to Make 3D Photo Report
Russian news agency RIA Novosti has sent a stereo photo camera to the International Space Station (ISS) and asked its members to make a report about life onboard the orbital complex, chief of the ag ... more
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STATION NEWS

New Space Station Crew in Orbit
Two Russian cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut launched aboard the Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft from the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan on Tuesday have begun a two-day flight to the International Spac ... more
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MISSILE DEFENSE

Russia Does Not Rule Out Preemptive Missile Defense Strike
Russia does not exclude preemptive use of weapons against [NATO] missile defense systems in Europe but only as a last resort, the Russian General Staff said on Thursday at a missile defense conferen ... more
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MISSILE NEWS

American Hypersonic Weapons Are Threat To Russia Says Rogozin
American research into hypersonic weapons, which the U.S. aims to complete by 2015, represents an especially serious threat to Russia, acting Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said on Friday. ... more
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GPS NEWS

Transneft to use GLONAS for monitoring
The "Transneft" company and the Navigational Information Systems company have begun to create a system of transport monitoring with the help of GLONAS. The Russian GLONAS and the American GPS ... more
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NUKEWARS

Russia Repeats Iskander Deployment Threat
Moscow reiterated on Tuesday it may deploy Iskander theater ballistic missiles in the Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad that will be capable of effectively engaging elements of the U.S. missile defense ... more
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MILPLEX

Russia Needs New System of Defense Procurement - Medvedev
Effective system of placement and implementation of state defense orders will be established when new Russian government is forged, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Tuesday. He was confirme ... more
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NUKEWARS

Russian Charged with Passing Bulava Missile Secrets
An employee at a Russian defense firm in the Urals region has been accused of passing secrets on the Bulava intercontinental missile to a foreign intelligence service, the Kommersant daily reported ... more
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AEROSPACE

Russian Air Force roundtable: status quo, revamps, perspectives
An roundtable of experts on Russia's Air Force and ABM systems is slated for May 16, 2012, at the Voice of Russia radio station. It will tackle the implementation of the State Arms Program and ... more
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MILPLEX

Viktor Bout appeals the verdict
Russian businessman Victor Bout was sentenced back on April, 5th for 25 years in prison. That day his attorney Mr. Dayan set a plan to appeal the verdict. A.D.: I want to let you know that for ... more
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AEROSPACE

Russia to buy 90 brand-new Su-35S fighters
By 2020, the Russian Air Force is to procure some 90 cutting-edge super-maneuverable Su-35S fighter jets, Air force spokesman Vladimir Drik told Ria-Novosti today. The Su-35S is a highly moder ... more
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MISSILE NEWS

Russia Pulls Out of Indonesian Rocket System Tender
Russia's arms trading company Rosoboronexport has pulled out of an Indonesian tender for the supply of multiple launch rocket systems, the company told Military Industrial Courier magazine. Th ... more
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ICE WORLD

Russia's Antarctic probes to be tested in Ladoga Lake
Scientists with the St. Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI) and the Mining Institute have created several prototype probes and samplers that will ... more
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FARM NEWS

Russia Questions Dutch Vegetable Safety
Russia's food safety chief Gennady Onishchenko raised doubts on Monday over the safety of vegetables imported from the Netherlands, which he said had been experimenting with mutations of the avian f ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Moscow court upholds ban against satellite image distributor
A Moscow court upheld a ban on Friday prohibiting the Russian research and development company ScanEx from distributing satellite images of Earth at a resolution higher than two meters. Scanex ... more
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FARM NEWS

Russia 'a growing grain power'
Russia has exported 20 million tons of wheat since last July, making it the world's second biggest wheat exporter. Acting First Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov gave the figure to farming e ... more
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ENERGY TECH

Russia's Kuril Islands to become investment heaven
In 2010, the then Russian President Dmitry Medvedev toured Russia's Kuril Islands and approved an ambitious development programme for the ar ... more
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ENERGY TECH

Nord Stream to become more powerful
The capacity of the Nord Stream gas pipeline can be increased. According to the operator company Nord Stream AG, opportunities for buildi ... more
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EXO WORLDS

In search of new 'Earths' beyond our Solar System
Light coming from an exoplanet only eight times larger than the Earth was observed with the help of NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. With the advent of new space and Earth-based devices, the st ... more
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RUSSIAN SPACE

Popovkin replaces Perminov at Russian space agency
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin appointed former First Deputy Defense Minister Vladimir Popovkin as head of the Russian space agency Roscosmos on Friday, replacing Anatoly Perminov. Popo ... more
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TRADE WARS

Obama to Skip APEC Summit in Vladivostok - Spokesman
U.S. President Barack Obama will not be attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit (APEC-2012) in Russia's Vladivostok, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said on Monday. "I'm ... more
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ENERGY TECH

Gazprom considers gas deliveries to Japan via pipeline
Gazprom announced that it was considering gas deliveries to Japan via pipeline. Russia's gas giant said in a statement on Thursday, "The sides touched upon a possibility of working on a project for ... more
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China speeds up renewables building spree: report
French giant EDF will take 12.5 pecent stake in new UK nuclear plant
Major US teachers union teams up with AI giants
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ENERGY TECH

Putin expects a lot from Rosneft, Statoil deal
Russia's President- elect Vladimir Putin hopes that Rosneft-Statoil joint venture will ensure the development of a number of resource exploration-related spheres, including shipbuilding. He st ... more
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ENERGY TECH

Rosneft strikes Arctic deal with Statoil
Russia's state oil champion Rosneft struck a $2.5 billion Arctic exploration deal Saturday with Norway's Statoil - its third global tie-up in a month and a sign of its growing global ambitions. ... more
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ENERGY TECH

Rosneft selects new partner to develop the Russian shelf
Russia's state run Rosneft oil company has selected a new partner for the development of the Russian shelf. It is Norway's Statoil. On Saturday, Rosneft president Eduard Khudainatov and Statoil pres ... more
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ENERGY TECH

Russia and Japan to build gas pipeline
The former Foreign Minister of Japan, Seiji Maehara now the Chairman of the Council for political studies of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan says that Russia and Japan are studying the possibil ... more
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SPACEWAR

Shared space the safest way
The US space shuttle is no longer in service, and it will likely be several years before the United States can resume independent human spaceflight. As a result, China's upcoming Shenzhou IX mission ... more
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LAUNCH PAD

A Soyuz takes shape in French Guiana for the next dual Galileo satellite launch
The launcher for Arianespace's next Soyuz mission from the Spaceport in French Guiana is completing its initial checkout for a flight in the second half of 2012, which will carry another two spacecr ... more
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MISSILE NEWS

China interested in Russian missile system
China wants to purchase Russia's S-400 anti-aircraft missile system to replace the S-300 system, a military and technical cooperation official told reporters on May 6. China has placed an orde ... more
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NUKEWARS

Russian Navy to launch one Bulava missile in 2012
The first Borei class nuclear sub, the Alexander Nevsky, is to conduct a test launch of the Bulava ballistic missile in 2012, a representative of Russia's Naval Staff Chief said. According to ... more
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