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DefenseTHE FIGURES OF RISERVISTS CALLED IN SERVICE
USA, A large number of riservists has been recalled in service by Pentagon, following the mobilitation ordered by President George W. Bush. Total current call-ups for the Army National Guard and Army Reserve... more
DefenseAIR FORCE DIFFUSES RECORD RECRUITING FIGURES
USA, The Air Force announced today that its recruiting service achieved 102 percent of its fiscal 2001 enlisted recruiting goal by bringing a total of 35,381 airmen to Air Force active duty against... more
DefenseRUMSFELD TO VISIT SAUDI ARABIA, OMAN, EGYPT AND UZBEKISTAN
WASHINGTON, Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld left Washington last night to visit Saudi Arabia, Oman, Egypt and Uzbekistan. Rumsfeld plans to return to Washington this weekend. more
DefenseRUSSIAN WILL GIVE SATELLITE GATHERED INFORMATION TO U.S. FORCES
MOSCOW, RUSSIA, According to an Interfax agency news, Russian government decided to give satellite gathered information on Afghanistan to U.S. forces. General Anatoli Perminov, commander of Space Forces... more
DefensePENTAGON INVEST BILLIONS TO IMPROVE ITS RECONNAISSANCE ABILITY
USA, The Pentagon is using almost USD12bn of its emergency budget to improve its aerial intelligence-gathering capacity as part of the hunt for Osama Bin Laden. Most of that will be used to accelerate... more
DefenseNSA PROBABLY WOULD HAVE INTERCEPTED IN ADVANCE WTC TERRORISTS MESSAGES, BUT HAD NO TIME TO READ IT
USA, According to reliable U.S. sources, an overload of information from Echelon, the high level intercepting system, caused the non interpretation of the WTC terrorists messages that the system have probably... more
DefenseOTHER 607 RESERVISTS CALLED UP
USA, Approximately 607 Reservists form Army, Navy and Air Force are being called to active duty by Pentagon as part of the partial mobilization authorized by President Bush. This brings the total Reserve... more
DefenseFURTHER 635 MORE MEMBERS OF THE NAVAL RESERVE RECALLED ON DUTY
USA, Approximately 635 more members of the Naval Reserve, are being called to active duty as part of the partial mobilization authorized by President Bush. This brings the total Naval reservists called... more
DefenseMORE NATIONAL GUARD, RESERVE UNITS CALLED TO ACTIVE DUTY
USA, Over 800 Army National Guard, Army Reserve, Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve members are being called to active duty as part of the partial mobilization authorized by President Bush. Among... more
DefenseAIR FORCE, NAVY MOVE ON STOP-LOSS AFTER RUMSFELD GIVES OK
WASHINGTON, "The Air Force and Navy moved quickly to invoke their "stop-loss" programs following Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's Sept. 19 delegation of authority to the heads of the military departments.... more
DefenseFBI WAS INFORMED SINCE 1995 OF A TERRORIST PLAN TO USE HIJACKED AIRCRAFT AGAINST BUILDINGS
WASHINGTON, USA, According to revelation of some Philippine investigators, the FBI was warned since 1995 of the possibility that terrorists was planning an attack in which they would have to hijack aircrafts... more
DefenseUS ATTACKS (4) AIR FORCE RESPONSE TO TERRORIST ATTACKS
WASHINGTON, USA, The U.S. Air Force is working around the clock to coordinate relief to victims of this morning's terrorist attacks. Secretary of the Air Force James Roche contacted the Federal Emergency Management... more
DefenseRUSSIA AND USA OPEN NEW TALKS OVER THE SPACE SHIELD
MOSCOW, Russia and Usa opened a new round of talks in Moscow about missile defence shield and the future of a landmark 1972 arms treaty. First Deputy Chief of Staff Yuri Baluyevsky headed the Russian side... more
DefenseU.S. GOVERNMENT FORECASTS A MIITARY BASES REDUCTION
WASHINGTON, USA, In order to found funds to finance the Space Shield project, very appreciated by Clinton administration before and by Bush administration now, and strongly supported by U.S. defense industry... more
DefenseISRAEL COULD UNVEAL ITS NUCLEAR POWER
JERUSALEM, According the former Israelian first minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel could reveal the numener of nuclear weapons available to it, if the news that Iran has developed an own nuclear arsenal... more
DefenseGERMAN DEFENSE MINISTER WILL NOT RESIGN FOR MILITARY AICRAFT PRIVATE USE
BERLIN, GERMANY, The German defense Minister, Rudolf Sharping, will not resign, due to the scandal born because he have used a military aircraft to reach his girlfriend in Maiorca, Spain, as declared by... more
DefenseRUSSIA INCREASES ARMS SALE
NOVOSIBIRSK, Deputy Prime Minister Ilya Klebanov told the press in Novosibirsk today that arms sales is increasing in Russia, adding that combat aircraft accounts for 65% to 70% of Russian arms exports,... more
DefenseBUSH TO NAME NEW U.S. MILITARY CHAIRMAN
USA, U.S. president Bush will name the new Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff this afternoon. According to unofficial sources the new chairman is likely to be Gen. Richard Myers, a former head of the... more
DefenseTURKISH F-16 FIGHTERS: OTHER COUNTRIES INTERESTED IN THE BUSINESS BESIDES EASTERN EUROPE NATIONS
ANKARA, TURKEY, The turkish offer to sell a huge part of the F-16s fleet off is reported to be taken into consideration not only by eastern european countries, as Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia,... more
DefenseF-16 ON SALE FOR TURKEY
ANKARA, TURKEY, To reduce the defense expenses, Turkey decided to cut its 250 F-16 fleet, aircrafts built on Lockheed Martin license by Turkish Aerospace Industry. To earn valuable cash, Turkey has planned... more
DefenseCODE RED VIRUS SEEM TO HAVE CREATED NO DAMAGE TO DOD COMPUTERS
WASHINGTON, USA, According to Pentagon spokesman Craig Quigley, DoD efforts to protect military computers against the so-called Code Red 'worm' virus seem successful. Over the past several days, DoD computer... more
DefenseIRAQ HAS GROWN INCREASINGLY AGGRESSIVE IN TRYING TO DOWN A COALITION AIRCRAFT, A PENTAGON SPOKESMAN SAID JULY 31
WASHINGTON, Rear Adm. Craig Quigley said the volume of fire is up" "significantly" from last year. In the area encompassed by Operation Southern Watch, there were 221 Iraqi provocations of coalition... more
DefenseX33, THE NEW SUBORBITAL BOMBER IS STUDIED BY PENTAGON
USA, U.S. Pentagon would be on studying a new suborbital bomber, called X-33, which characteristics are not common with these of the current bombers like B-2. The X-33 is developed to fly at 100.000 meters... more
DefenseSAAB-BAE SYSTEMS SENT A OFFER FOR A CZECH BID FOR AIR FORCE MODERNIZATION
CZECH REPUBLIC, SAAB-BAE SYSTEMS Gripen submitted a fully-compliant response to the Czech Government's tender for the modernisation of the Czech Air Force to meet national, NATO and European defence needs. It... more
DefenseLASER EQUIPPED AIRCRAFTS TO DESTROY ICBM
USA, According to the last Pentagon revelations, the Space Shield project would include the use of a 10-million watt equipped large aircrafts, like Boeing 747, able to destroy at over 150-mile distance,... more
DefenseBUSH PICKS NEW AIR FORCE CHIEF OF STAFF
WASHINGTON, President Bush nominated Gen. John P. Jumper to become the next Air Force chief of staff. Jumper, 56, is currently commander of Air Combat Command at Langley Air Force Base. His nomination... more
DefenseLAURA BUSH MEETS US TROOPS IN AVIANO
AVUìIANO, ITALY, The first lady Laura Bush this morning flew to US air base of Aviano, Italy, with a Dc 9 of the United States' government, to pay a visit to the troops. She was accompanied by her daughter... more
DefenseU.S. PENTAGON: A PROJECT FOR A SPACE LASER
USA, According to a Pentagon spokesman, United States are ready for the launch of a space laser, which will be able, according to engineers, to hit a incoming ballistic missile at about 100 miles of distance.... more
DefenseSEVERAL POINTS IN AGENDA AT GENEVA BUSH-PUTIN MEETING
GENEVA, ITALY, In the meeting that will be held on Sunday,22 at the end of the G8, at Palazzo Doria Spinola, the Prefecture headquarters in Geneva, between U.S. President George W. Bush and Russian President... more
DefenseUSAF EXPECTS TO REDUCE ITS B-52 FLEET
USA, According to declarations of the U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Usaf could reduce soon its strategic bomber B-52 fleet, as Air force need of "only 76 aircraft", on a total of 94 on service.... more
DefenseJAPANESE PROSECUTORS CHARGES US AIRMAN FOR RAPE CHARGE
OKINAWA, Japanese prosecutors in the Okinawa capital of Naha have charged the US airman sergeant Timothy Woodland (24) for raping a japanese woman in Okinawa. The man had always denied raping her, saying... more
DefenseJOINT DECLARATION OF RUSSIAN AND CHINESE PRESIDENTS AGAINS U.S. SPACE SHIELD
MOSCOW, RUSSIA, Following the success of U.S. space shield test and subsequent declarations of Defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld that the project will go ahead, the Russain and Chinese presidents have... more
DefenseSPACE SHIELD: RUMSFELD ANNOUNCES 20 TEST IN THE NEXT 5 YEARS
USA, Following the success of the last space shield test, U.S. Defense Secretary donald Rumsfeld announced in a press conference that USA expect to perform 20 missile intercept test in the next five years.... more
DefenseACCORDING TO JAPAN, TAIWAN HAS A BETTER ARMAMENT THAN CHINA
TOKYO, JAPAN, According to an analysis promoted by Japanese government, Taiwan, the "rebel island" is better equipped than its larger neighbor, China. This is due to an agreement that Taiwan signed with... more
DefenseCOMBAT READY FOR SPECIAL FORCES ARRAYED IN GENEVA FOR G8
GENEVA, ITALY, There are four "combat ready" special forces groups which have been deployed yet in Geneva, to assure security during G8 meeting, which will began in the next week. Also anti arcraft measures... more
DefenseTHE U.S. MILITARY MATERIELS IS BECOMING TOO AGED
USA, According to DoD >officials, all the U.S. military services are facing readiness problems directly tied to allowing aircraft, equipment and infrastructure to age. The average age of aircraft, tanks,... more
DefenseIRAQ TESTS NEW GROUND-TO-AIR MISSILE
IRAQ, Iraq has tested a new ground-to-air missile on the border with Kuwait. The missile was built modifying russian-made Sam warheads. more
DefenseONE MILLION DOLLAR ASKING FORM CHINA FOR EP-3E ''MANAGEMENT''
HAINAN, CHINA, According to Chinese press agency Xinhua, the Peking government asked a 1 million dollars compensation for the "management" of the electronic information gathering aircraft EP-3E landed... more
DefenseRUSSIA CONCERNED FOR U.S. SPACE SHIELD
MOSCOW, RUSSIA, Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed to Austrian President Thomas Klestil his concerns about the U.S. project of space shield, that is very appreciated by Bush administration and... more
DefensePOWELL: NOW THE RELATIONSHIPS WITH CHINA ARE IMPROVING
USA, According to U.S. State Secretary Colin Powell, the relationships with China, after the EP-3E aircraft question, which have damaged it, are returning back to normality. The aircraft, which has been... more
DefenseRUSSIAN SECRETS IN ISRAELI HANDS
LE BOURGET, PARIS, According to reliable fonts at Le Bourget Air Show, seems that one of the seven used Sukhoi 27 sold by former Soviet Union to Ethiopia and used by it in the war against Eritrea... more
DefenseFRANCE AND SWEDEN JOINT GREAT BRITAIN IN BVRAAM DEVELOPMENT
LE BOURGET, PARIS, As announced today at Le Bourget Air Show, France and Sweden have joined Great Britain in committment for the development of the Meteor BVRAAM air-to-air missile. The three nations ministers,... more
DefenseAUSTRIA POSTPONES PURCHASE OF FIGHTER AIRCRAFTS
VIENNA, Austrian Finance Minister Karl-Heinz Grasser yesterday said the government won't buy new jet fighters during the current legislative period, which ends in 2003, owing to budget deficit. "We have... more
DefenseDEFENSE MINISTERS SIGNED MOU ON A-400M AIRCRAFT
LE BOURGET, PARIS, Defense ministers of six countries (Italy's minister is not present as the government is not yet officially established) have met at Le Bourget Paris Air Show to sign a Memorandum of... more
DefenseCHILE F-16 SELL GO AHEAD
LE BOURGET, PARIS, U.S. Air Force sources at Le Bourget Paris Air Show revealed that the deal, worth 714 USDm, of Lockheed Martin to sell 10 F-16 and 2 KC-135 tanker to Chile is going ahead, as notification... more
DefenseGERMANY COULD REDUCE THE A400M ORDER
LE BOURGET, PARIS, The German defense minister, Rudolf Scharping, could breduce the number of the Airbus A400M military transport aircraft to 51, plus 22 options. This is emerging by a German defense ministry... more
DefenseLATVIA, ESTONIA, AND LITHUANIA HOPE TO ENTER IN NATO ALLIANCE
TURKU, FINLAND, In the annual Nordic-Baltic Defense Ministerial of the Nato allied countries held in Turku, Finland, Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld declared that Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania... more
DefenseRUSSIA TO SELL ARMS TO PHILIPPINES
MOSCOW, Russian ambassador in Philippines, Anatoli Khmelnitski, said that Russia is ready to sell MI-18 helicopters, M29 fighter planes, tankers, cannons and other military hardware. "We realise the Philippines... more
DefenseBLOCKII VERSION OF HARPOON MISSILES SUCCESSFULLY TESTED BY US NAVY
USA, The U.S. Navy recently tested the new anti-ship Harpoon Block II missile at the Naval Air Warfare Center-Weapons Division sea range off Pt. Mugu, California. Harpoon Block II is an upgraded version... more
DefenseUS GOVERNMENT PLANS TO REDUCE MILITARY RELATIONSHIPS WITH CHINA
WASHINGTON, USA, US Government is planning to reduce military relationships with China, even though the China foreign Minister defined the talks for the repatriation of the EP-3E aircraft, still on Hainan... more