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DefenseSIX COUNTRIES AGREE ON AIR COMBAT TECHNOLOGIES DEVELOPMENT
BRUSSELS, Six european countries, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden and Britain, yesterday signed a pact named ETAP (European Technology Acquisition Program) to work together to develop technologies... more
DefenseBUSH PROPOSES 60% CUTS IN NUCLEAR WEAPONS ARSENALS
WASHINGTON, USA, U.S. President George W. Bush declared, in a press conference preceding the USA-Russia meeting, that he will propose to Russian President Vladimir Putin to cut the 60% of the nuclear weapons... more
DefenseGERMANY ASKS FOR AN A-400M PRICE DISCOUNT
BERLIN, GERMANY, According British newspaper Financial Times, seems that Germany government would postpone the signature of the agreement for the Airbus military aircraft A-400M, as it is looking to have... more
DefenseNEAR 53,000 U.S RESERVISTS RECALLED IN ACTIVE DUTY
WASHINGTON, USA, An additional 415 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 Reserve... more
DefenseA-400M (2): HERTRICH, EADS: ''IT WILL BE A SORROW IF ITALY WILL NOT PARTICIPATE''
BERLIN, GERMANY, According to Rainer Hertrich, EADS co-president, t will be a sorrow if Italy will not participate in A-400M medium transport aircraft project by Airbus. In a prss conference held in Berlin,... more
DefenseHOLLAND ENTERS EUROFIGHTER PRODUCTION
HAMBURG, GERMANY, Eurofighter consortium, in which are present Italy, Germany, Great Britain and Spain, has acquired also the Holland at which has been awarded production orders for about 6,7 USDbn.... more
DefenseDOD STUDIES MEDICAL IMPACT OF DEPLETED URANIUM IN THE BALKANS
WASHINGTON, "The Department of Defense released today an information paper, "Depleted Uranium Environmental and Medical Surveillance in the Balkans,"which summarizes medical and environmental assessments... more
DefensePENTAGON RECALLS OVER 35,000 RESERVISTS
USA, Pentagon increased the number of reservists recalled to active duty and Total number for the Army National Guard and Army Reserve is 13,416; Naval Reserve, 4,750; Air National Guard and Air Force... more
DefenseJSF: A ''UNCOMMON'' DECISION IN THE U.S. DEFENSE PROCUREMENT SECTOR
WASHINGTON, USA, It seems as "uncommon" the decision of Pentagon to assign to Lockheed Martin the whole procurement of the new JSF combat aircraft, in a winner-take-all bid. The industry forecasts production... more
DefenseOTHER HUNDREDS OF RESERVISTS RECALLED IN SERVICE
WASHINGTON, USA, Pentagon recalled in service until now, more than 33.000 reservists, as part of the partial mobilization authorized by President Bush. These military will go to enforce the protection... more
DefenseITALY: DEFENSE MINISTER ANNOUNCES THAT ITALY QUITS A400M PROGRAMME
ROME, Italian Minister of Defense Martino announced during the political tv program Porta a Porta that the government has decided to quit the A400m programme, aimed at the development and construction... more
DefensePENTAGON BUYS THE CIVILIAN SATELLITE IMAGES OF AFGHANISTAN BOMBED ZONES TO PREVENT THEIR PUBLIC DIFFUSION
WASHINGTON, USA, According the British newspaper Guardian, the Pentagon has spent millions of dollars avoid that the civilian satellite pictures of the effects of bombing, where heavy civilian casualties... more
DefenseALLIES PROVIDE STRENGHTENING OF AFGHAN TERRITORY SURVEILLANCE
WASHINGTON, USA, France and Britain will send their spy planes into action in Afghanistan, perhaps as early as next week, to add to the capability of U.S. combat forces to obtain sharply detailed pictures... more
DefenseA400M PROJECT LOOSE ITALY (2): LEFTIEST PARTIES CRITICISE GOVERNMENT DECISIONS
ROME, ITALY, Italian government decision to leave the A400M military transport aircraft project raised the criticism of opposition, in which DS honourable Giovanni Urbani defines the decision a "heavy... more
DefenseITALY ABANDONS A400 PROGRAMME
ROME, The italian government has decided not to take part in Airbus A400 programme, including Great Britain, France, Germany. The Minister of Defense, Antonio Martino, hasn't alredy explained clearly the... more
DefenseOVER 30,000 RESERVISTS CALLED UP IN SERVICE
WASHINGTON, USA, An additional 700 members of the Naval Reserve are being called to active duty as part of the partial mobilization authorized by President Bush. Total number currently called to active... more
DefensePENTAGON INCREASE RESERVISTS CALLING UP
WASHINGTON, USA, An additional 1,722 Army reservists and Army National Guard members are being called to active duty in order to give support to airport security. This brings the total reserve force... more
DefenseWOLFOWITZ AND BERLUSCONI MEET PRESS AT PENTAGON
WASHINGTON, USA, Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz conducted a media availability with the Prime Minister of Italy, Silvio Berlusconi, at 9:45 a.m. EDT, Monday, Oct. 15, 2001, at the Pentagon... more
DefenseTALIBAN AMBASSADOR: OUR DEFENSES ARE INTACT
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN, Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef, Taliban's ambassador to Pakistan, said that after three days of U.S.-led airstrikes, not only the Afghanistan's air defense capability is intact, but both... more
DefenseRESERVE, NATIONAL GUARD UNITS CALLED UP
WASHINGTON, USA, An additional 495 Army reservists are being called to active duty today as part of the partial mobilization authorized by President Bush. This brings the total Army reserve force soldiers... more
DefenseRUSSIAN AIRSPACE ALLOWED TO HUMANITARIAN FLIGHTS ONLY
MOSCOW, RUSSIA, According Russian defense minister Sergei Ivanov, the Russian airspace is allowed only to humanitarian flights, with exclusion of combat aircrafts. Ivanov underlined the situation of... more
DefenseUSA CONTINUES TO RECALL UP RESERVISTS
WASHINGTON, USA, An additional 100 members of the Naval Reserve are being called to active duty as part of the partial mobilization authorized by President Bush. Total number currently called to active... more
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