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DefenseRUSSIA TO DEVELOP NEW COMBAT AIRCRAFT
MOSCOW, The commander of the russian air force, Anatoly Kornukov, told the press that Russia is developing a multi-purpose combat aircraft of the fifth generation. Two prototypes are currently being developed... more
DefenseU.N. URGES MORE RADIATION TESTS
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, Senior United Nations officials have called for soil and water samples to be taken from Bosnia in areas where depleted uranium ammunition was used. The U.N. Environment Programme... more
DefenseCZECH REPUBLIC TO PURCHASE FIGHTERS
PRAGUE, Czech government has asked five military aviation firms to submit tenders to upgrade the air force. Defense Minister Vladimir Vetchy said told reporters that the 24 to 36 fighters are meant to... more
DefenseRUSSIA, GERMANY TO UPGRADE MIG-29 COMBAT AIRCRAFTS
MOSCOW, The two countries will jointly upgrade MiG-29 planes for third countries. The agreement lays out the creation of a single system for the use, repair and upgrade of MiG-29 planes in Europe. It will... more
DefenseDEPLEDED URANIUM (4): 1999 U.S. DOCUMENT WARNED OF DEPLETED URANIUM IN KOSOVO
USA, After the NATO bombing campaign of 1999, the United States urged allied armies to take special precautions on entering Kosovo because American ammunition littering the landscape contained depleted... more
DefenseDEPLETED URANIUM (3): CANCER OR LEUKAEMIA CASES' LIST
USA, CNN reported the cancer or leukaemia cases of NATO European countries: • Italy: 30 cases, six deaths. • Belgium: nine cases, five deaths. • Spain: eight cases, two deaths. • The Netherl... more
DefenseDEPLETED URANIUM (2): NATO CO-OPERATES
USA, Nato spokesman Mark Laity told "Sky News" today: "Nato is already co-operating fully with any nation that wants informations. We're repeating what medical experts are saying that there's no link between... more
DefenseDEPLETED URANIUM: ATTEMPT TO SHELVE? IN UK WILL NOT MAKE EXAMINATIONS ON SOLDIERS
UK, The British Defense Ministry not thinks necessary to subject its soldiers returned from the Kosovo to clinicians examinations to verify eventual depleted uranium's high levels in the blood. The... more
DefenseRUMSFELD PANEL TO PROPOSE COUNCILS TO SAFEGUARD SATELLITES
WASHINGTON, A commission chaired by Donald H. Rumsfeld, President-elect Bush's nominee for secretary of defense, will recommend the creation of top-level posts to cope with foreign threats against... more
DefenseDEPLETED URANIUM: GERMAN MINISTER DENIES EVERY DANGER
BERLIN, The Defense's German minister, Rudolf Scharping, denied the existence of a cancer-danger linked to the use of depleted uranium bombs for the German soldiers having taken part to the conflict... more
DefenseABOUT URANIUM
ROMA, Uranium is a very heavy (dense) metal which can be used as an abundant source of concentrated energy. It occurs in most rocks in concentrations of 2 to 4 parts per million and is as common in the... more
DefenseROME: US EMBASSY REOPENED TODAY
ROME, The offices of US embassy were reopened this morning after they were closed on friday abruptly at midday without warning due to "unspecified security concerns" related to possible islamic terrorist... more
DefenseDEPLETED URANIUM (2): NO CASE IN SERBIA AND KOSOVO
BALKANS, The tumors caused by depleted uranium after the Nato's air-raids would not be increased, some Serbian newspapers reported in a relationship of the Belgrade's authorities confirmed from the... more
DefenseDEPLATED URANIUM: MEETING EU ABOUT ''BALKAN WAR SYNDROME''
ROME, The first 2001 meeting of EU executive, Wednesday, will be dedicated to the "Balkan war syndrome". "The question is not formally inserted in the jobs' program, but will be dealt from the commissioners"... more
DefenseCONGO: EIGHT KILLED IN AIR BOMBING
BRAZZAVILLE, A plane of Kinshasa's government dropped bombs on the harbour of Boyelé, at the borderline between Congo Brazzaville and Democratic Republic of Congo, where rebel forces took refuge.... more
DefenseFIRST INDIAN COMBAT AIRCRAFT FLIGHTS FOR TESTS
INDIA, The first completely Indian producted Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) made its first test flight. Its development, costed up to date 543 USDm, started in 1983, and according with Hindustan Aeronautics... more
DefenseFRANCE TO HELP HUNGARY TO UPGRADE ITS MILITARY AVIATION
BUDAPEST, The cooperation was announced by french Defense minister Alain Richard during a visit in Hungary. Hungarian military aviation currently includes 27 russian-built Mig-29 and Mi-24 helicopters.... more
DefenseU.S. NAVY TO ORDER NEW BOEING 737-700C
SEATTLE, The jetliner will be used as a cargo and passenger plane. It is the sixth Boeing 737-700C ordered by Navy. The first plane will be delivered next April. Boeing's list price for a 737-700 is $43.5... more
DefenseDEPLETED URANIUM (3): BALKANS' SYNDROME IN FRANCE TOO
PARIS, Four French soldiers returned from Balkans have been admitted to hospital for leukaemia, a Defense Ministry of Paris' spokesman said. This is the first case of presumed "Balkans' syndrome"... more
DefenseDEPLETED URANIUM(2): IN PORTUGAL IT IS A POLITICAL CASE
LISBON, In Portugal the Balkans' syndrome vicissitude is becoming a political case. Some candidates of left for the next elections asked the resignations for the Chief of Armed Forces' Staff, general Antonio... more
DefenseTHALES WINS CONTRACT TO DEVELOP AND SUPPLY MARTHA STAGE 2 SYSTEM
FRANCE, The French defence procurement agency (Délégation Générale pour l’Armement) has awarded Thales the development and production contract for stage two of the MARTHA battlefield global control syste... more
DefenseDEPLETED URANIUM (1): PROBABLY SRTIKEN A CZECH PILOT TOO
CZECH REPUBLIC, The "Balkans' syndrome" hits the other Armed Forces present in the ex-Yugoslavia for humanitarian missions too: an inquiry has been opened in the Czech Republic for a helicopter... more
DefenseNATO: ''URANIUM IS NO DANGEROUS''
USA, The death for several tumor's types of some Italian soldiers returned from Kosovo's humanitarian missions and due too different forms of cancer desease is actually known to everybody: the tumors are... more
DefenseU. S. GOVT DELAYS PURCHASE OF F-22 FIGHTER PLANES
USA, According to Washington Post the american government has delayed the decision to buy the stealth planes from Lockheed Martin because of incomplete testing. A Lockheed Martin spokesman said bad weather... more
DefenseIRAQUI SOURCES DENOUNCE AN US AND UK'S BOMBING
IRAQ, An iraqui Defence's spokesman said that yesterday aerial English soldiers and Americans would have bombed objective soldiers and civilians in the southern part of the Iraq fortunately without... more
DefenseRUSSIA, OPPOSES THE SPACE SHIELD
MOSCOW, Like already previously published from Wapa, in the main plans of the new director of the Pentagon, Donald Rumsfeld, space shield is one in order to defend the satellites Americans of greater strategic... more
DefenseUSA: DONALD RUMSFELD NEW DEFENSE SECRETARY
WASHINGTON, President-elect George W. Bush has named Donald H. Rumsfeld, secretary of defense. Rumsfeld was already defense secretary under president Ford administration, from 1975 to 1977. Bush said Rumsfeld... more
DefenseF-16, CHILE BUYS THEM FACTORY-NEW, ITALY RECEIVES U.S. OFFERS TO LEASE THEM USED
CHILE, As reported by WAPA agency yesterday, Chile government decided to buy 10 to 12 factory-new Lockheed Martin F-16 C/D Fighting Falcon aircraft, Block 50/52, in a competition last four years. The... more
DefenseBUSH ADMINISTRATION AND DEFENCE
U.S.A., There is a growing sense in the defense industry that the new Bush administration will shake up some of the Pentagon's biggest weapons programs, especially the biggest program of all: the Joint... more
DefenseNATO ANALYSIS ON RUSSIAN-IRANIAN MILITARY AGREEMENT
BRUXELLES, BELGIUM, Russian defense minister Igor Sergeyev and Iranian defense minister admiral Ali Shamkhani, announced in a press conference held in Teheran, a new agreement between the two countries,... more
DefenseCHILE TO PURCHASE LOCKHEED MARTIN F-16 FIGHTERS
FORTH WORTH, USA, The government of Chile announced its decision to purchase 10 to 12 new production Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft. Chile will become the 21st country to operate the F-16... more
DefenseSAAB AEROSPACE TO PRESENT FIGHTER JET PACKAGE TO POLISH GOVERNMENT
STOCKHOLM, Saab Aerospace will present tomorrow its fresh proposals to supply polish Air Force with 60 JAS 39 Gripen fighter aircraft, which is built by Saab's joint venture with BAe Systems. The new package... more
DefenseRUSSIA AND INDIA TO SIGN FIGHTER JET CONTRACT
MOSCOW, The $3 billion contract calls for Russia's Irkutsk Aviation enterprise to help India's Hindustan Aeronautics produce 140 Su-30MKI jets over the next 17 years. India has already purchased Su-30... more
DefenseRUSSIA PROPOSES RETAINING USE OF GEORGIAN MILITARY AIRPORT
RUSSIA, During the fourth session of the Georgian-Russian Intergovernmental Council in Tbilisi on 21 December, Russian Deputy Premier Ilya Klebanov again proposed that Georgia and Russia jointly utilize... more
DefenseJSF BREAKS SOUND BARRIER
EDWARDS, CALIFORNIA, The new Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) aircraft, the Boeing X-32A, breaked sound barrier performing its first supersonic flight. This is the 49th flight of the new plane, in which it has... more
DefenseGERMAN SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY ACCUSED OF USE MILITARY AIRCRAFTS FOR PRIVATE REASON
BERLIN, Yesterday the newspaper "Welt" accused the German Secretary of Treasury, Eichel, to have used military aircrafts for familiar reasons in trasgressing to the rule that foresees that a member... more
DefenseRUSSIAN AIR FORCE TO REDUCE STAFF
MOSCOW, The reduction, to be carried on in the next five years, will dismiss over 30.000 staff members and it was scheduled to comform to army reform plan. Russian Air Force Chief Commander, Gen. Anatoly... more
DefenseSADDAM HUSSEIN TO REWARD PEOPLE WHO SHOOTS DOWN RAF FIGHTERS
LONDON, Saddam Hussein would reward people who shoots down british fighters flying over the no fly zone by 16.000 euro, the newspaper "The Sun" said. Iraqi anti aircraft artillery tried several times to... more
DefenseBOEING TO SIGN NMD CONTRACT WITH PENTAGON
WASHINGTON, Pentagon awarded Boeing to continue development and testing for National Missile Defense system through September 2007. The work worth as much as $& billion. President Clinton decided to... more
DefenseJAPAN'S DEFENSE AGENCY FILES LAWSUIT AGAINST MITSUBISHI
JAPAN, The agency demamded the company to pay $10,66 million as compensation for the accident occurred to a SH60J helicopter during a military exercise at a U.S. base in Hawaii in 1996. A rotor suddenly... more
DefenseCIVIL CERTIFICATION OF C-27J EXPECTED FOR JUNE,2001
ROME, ITALY, Military trnasport C-27J aircraft, producted in joint venture bewtween Alenia Aerospazio and Lockheed Martin, would receive civil certification for june 2001,according with Alenia's officials.... more
DefenseBOEING COMPLETED FIRST JSF X-32A AERIAL REFUELING
EDWARDS AFB, CALIFORNIA, The concept demonstrator aircraft yesterday successfully completed its first aerial refueling in California. U.S. Navy Cmdr. Philip "Rowdy" Yates, the U.S. government's lead test... more
DefenseAIR FORCE AND BOEING PROPOSE COMMERCIAL VERSION OF MILITARY'S C-17 TRANSPORT
WASHINGTON, The Air Force proposed Tuesday that Boeing Co. build a version of the new C-17 cargo plane for the commercial market, with the stipulation that the planes could be commandeered by the Air Force... more
DefensePARIS: TOMORROW DEFENCE COMMISSIONS' EU SUMMIT
ROME, The summit of Defence commission's EU Parliament presidents will start tomorrow at 14,30 in Paris. The summit will go on 2 days. Two themes in program: "The national members of Parliament and the... more
DefenseINDIA TO BUY 66 HAWKS
NEW DELHI, INDIA, Following talks between India and Great Britain goverments, a contract has been signed for acquisition of 66 Hawk 115-Y Advanced Trainer jet, as reported by WAPA agency, in a deal valued... more
Defense4 EUROPEAN NATIONS AGREE TO PRODUCE INFORMATION TERMINALS
U.S.A., The U.S. Department of Defense annonced yesterday that it has completed an international agreement for cooperative production of Multifunctional Information Distribution System (MIDS) terminals... more
DefenseOSPREY CRASHED IN NORTH CAROLINA: NEW CHECKS
USA, U.S. Defense secretary William Cohen said it will appoint a panel of technical experts to review the entire Osprey program. The review will focus on safety, performance and cost issues. The Marine... more
DefenseINDIA WILL BUY JET TRAINERS FROM GREAT BRITAIN
NEW DELHI, INDIA, A military supply agreement, worth many million pound, has been signed by Great Britain and India. GB will supply an undisclosed number of Advanced Jet Trainer Hawks 115-Y produced by... more
DefenseIRAQ SUPPOSED TO HAVE LAUNCHED GROUND-TO-AIR MISSILES AGAINST ANGLO-AMERICAN FIGHTERS
IRAQ, Iraqi government said it launched ground-to-air missiles against U.S. and british fighters which were bombing Dohuk, Erbil et Ninive provinces in the north side of the country. The missiles forced... more
DefenseCALIFORNIA: F-14 WEAPONS TRAFFIC FOILED
WASHINGTON, A long investigation foiled a F-14 weapons traffic between US and Iran. Two persons, non-US citizens, living in California have been arrested. The weapons, wich commerce is regulated with... more