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President Medvedev watches second weekend missile test: A show for Russians and the West
Associated Press WriterMOSCOW (AP) _ President Dmitry Medvedev watched a missile soar from Russia's rain-soaked northern forests toward a target thousands of miles away on Sunday, capping a weekend of launches reminding audiences at home and abroad about the country's nuclear...Tags: Dmitry Medvedev, Government, Weaponry, Vladimir Putin, NATO
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North Korea says it's preparing to restart facility that produced its nuclear weapon
Associated Press WriterVIENNA, Austria (AP) _ North Korea moved closer Thursday to relaunching its nuclear arms program, announcing that it wants to reactivate the facility that produced its atomic bomb and banning U.N. inspectors from the site. The U.S. said the moves did not...Tags: Foreign Aid, The White House, United Nations, Nuclear Policy, Defense
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Russia indicates Iran not getting advanced anti-aircraft missile systems
MOSCOW (AP) _ Russia's Foreign Ministry suggested Thursday that Moscow would not sell advanced anti-aircraft missiles to Iran, a possibility that has alarmed Israel. Observers have said sophisticated S-300 missile systems could be used by Iran to...Tags: Sales, Ehud Olmert, Weaponry, Nuclear Power, Defense
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NKorea warns South against provoking war as it tells UN it plans to restart nuclear facility
Associated Press WriterSEOUL, South Korea (AP) _ North Korea warned South Korea against provoking war on Thursday as it reportedly deployed an arsenal of missiles near their sea border and told U.N. inspectors it plans to restart its nuclear facility. The North's naval command...Tags: Treaties, Wars and Interventions, Nuclear Policy, Defense Equipment, Espionage and Intelligence
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South Korea: North Korea may be trying to develop small nuclear warhead to fit on missile
Associated Press WriterSEOUL, South Korea (AP) _ A top South Korean military officer said Wednesday that he believes North Korea is trying to develop a nuclear warhead that is small enough to be carried by its missiles. North Korea is believed to have enough plutonium to...Tags: Weaponry, Defense, Nuclear Weapons
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North Korea reportedly fires short-range missile into Yellow Sea
TOKYO (AP) _ North Korea has fired a short-range missile into the Yellow Sea, media reports said Tuesday. Japanese public broadcaster NHK quoted officials as saying Tokyo was trying to verify a report from a third country that the communist nation...Tags: Kim Jong Il, Defense Equipment, Weaponry, Defense
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Lockheed missile under development strikes target in flight test
Sentinel Staff WriterLockheed Martin Corp.'s advanced stealth cruise missile passed another flight test recently, the latest in a series of positive hits on the firing range, the company said this week. Bethesda, Md.-based Lockheed's Orlando missiles unit is the prime...Tags: Lockheed Martin Corporation, Ocala, Weaponry, Defense
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2 rockets launched, 1 carrying a satellite and the other part of a US military test
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) _ Two rockets blasted off into the sky within the space of a few hours, one carrying a commercial satellite and the other as part of a test of the U.S. missile defense system. The Department of Defense rocket was...Tags: Armed Forces, Satellite Technology, Defense
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Russia: New missile tests successful
The Russian Navy successfully test-fired a new intercontinental ballistic missile on Thursday, news reports said. The Bulava missile was launched Thursday from a Russian nuclear submarine, the Defense Ministry said in a statement. Several previous...Tags: Defense
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Lockheed's $122M missile contract could create 200 jobs in Orlando area
Sentinel Staff WriterThe Army awarded a $122 million deal to Lockheed Martin Corp.'s Orlando missiles unit Thursday, helping create as many as 200 high-tech jobs and breathing new life into a program killed several years ago. Terms of the 27-month deal call for Lockheed to...Tags: Lockheed Martin Corporation, Raytheon Company, Armed Forces, Ocala, Weaponry
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The latest 'great game' involves Indian Ocean
Associated PressThis battered harbor town on Sri Lanka's southern tip, with its scrawny men selling even scrawnier fish, seems an unlikely focus for an emerging international competition over the energy supply routes that fuel much of the global economy. An impoverished...Tags: Bodies of Water, Armed Forces, Natural Disasters, Disasters, Robert Gates
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Rice hardens stance against Moscow
The Swampby Bay Fang Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, answering widespread criticism that she had not stood up to Russia enough in the past month, talked tough to Moscow on Thursday, saying its invasion of Georgia had achieved no strategic objective,......Tags: International Relations, Dmitry Medvedev, Weaponry, Defense, Condoleezza Rice
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