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DefensePEACE TALKS BETWEEN THE TWO KOREAN COUNTRIES GOES AHEAD
SEUL, The defense ministry of the two korean countries are continuing the peace talk started yesterday on Cheju Island, on the South Korea. This is a good way to maintain the detente process inaugurated... more
DefenseJORDAN PLANE LANDS AT BAGHDAD, FIRST ARAB FLIGHT AGAINST EMBARGO
AMMAN, A jordan delegation of about 80 people, including three ministers (Social Development, Health, Rural Affairs), deputies, senators, medical staff, arrived to Baghdad from Amman on a Royal Jordanian... more
DefenseEVEN JORDAN WILL MAKE SOLIDARITY FLIGHTS TO IRAQ
AMMAN, After Rissia and France, Jordan announced it will land politicans and officials to Iraq. Jordan will be the first arab country to break air embargo. The new was reported yesterday morning by government... more
DefenseBRITISH WARSHIPS IN ADRIATIC FOR AIR MANOEUVRE: "NOTHING TO DO WITH MILOSEVIC"
LONDON, A fleet of 15 british warships are involved in a defense air manoeuvre with other Nato members. The scheduled exercise involves aircraft-carrier, support ships, amphibious. About 5000 soldiers... more
DefenseA SECOND FRENCH PLANE WILL LAND IN BAGHDAD NEXT FRIDAY DESPITE OF EMBARGO
PARIS, A second plane, carrying politicians and intellectuals and leaving from Paris, will land in Baghdad next friday. They all will protest against embargo and anglo-american sanctions. The french ex-minister... more
DefenseAN ECHELON FOR GERMANY
BERLIN, According to what reported by records of Investigating Commission in Strasbourg, the German intelligence Service, named BUD, ha developed and is utilizing an electronic eavesdropping system to... more
DefenseAIRCRAFTS FLEW FROM PARIS TO BAGHDAD
BAGHDAD, Did Saddam Hussein health condition got worse? Or as iraqi vicepremier Tarek Aziz said the new is just an opportunism of western countries? One thing is sure: the aircrafts landed in Baghdad coming... more
DefenseU.S. AIRCRAFT SHOT BY IRAQI ANTI-AIRCRAFT DEFENSE
BAGHDAD, "Our brave anti-aircraft defense shot an enemy fighter" said a military spokesman. But Pentagon officials denied saying all aircrafts involved in the air raids in the north of the country... more
DefenseIS FRANCE SPYING US?
ROME, According to what reported by records of Temporary Investigating Commission which is investigating on Echelon and, in the same time, on other events as the unauthorized electronic eavesdropping,... more
DefenseITALY AND FRANCE SIGN AN AGREEMENT TO BUILD FOUR ANTI-AIRCRAFT FRIGATES
ROME, Italian and french ministers of Defense signed an agreement to build four "Horizon" anti-aircraft frigades. They will be manufactured by a joint-venture composed of italian Fincantieri and Finmeccanica... more
DefenseTHEL ANTI-ROCKET LASER RAY SYSTEM SUCCESFULLY TESTED IN ISRAEL
JERUSALEM, The second test of an anti-rocket tactical system based on high energy laser ray use and named Thel was succesfull. In the firing house of White Sands, Usa, an high energy laser ray intercepted... more
DefenseISRAEL REQUESTS TO U.S. A POSSIBLE PURCHASE OF FUEL AND AIRCRAFTS
WASHINTON, The government of Israel has requested to USA a possible purchase of JP-8 aviation jet fuel and 14 Beech King Air B200CT/T fixed wings aircraft with engines, spare engines, spares and repair... more
DefenseNORTH KOREA SOLD MISSILES TO GHEDDAFI
LONDON, According to the british newspaper Sunday Telegraph North Korea sold Lybia long range missiles able to reach Israel and southern countries belonging to Nato. The first missile stock, valued $300... more
DefenseKOREAN MINISTERS OF DEFENSE OPEN PEACE TALKS
SEOUL, North and South Korea decided to open peace talk to reduce tension around the 38th parallel. To pursue this goal, the two countries' ministers of Defense started talks today aiming at strategic... more
DefenseTHIRD RUSSIAN AIRCRAFT LANDS IN BAGHDAD TO DELIVER HUMANITARIAN AIDS
BAGHDAD, Russia continues keeping in touch with Baghdad neglecting embargo and no fly zones established by Uno. The third flight in two months was made by a Tupolev-154 of Vnukovskie Aviolinii'. The aircraft... more
DefenseU.S. A-10 USED URANIUM BULLETS: DEFENSE DEPT. DENIES LEUKEMIA RISK
ROME, A-10, the U.S. ground attack aircraft shot 31.000 uranium bullets in the 100 missions accomplished in Kosovo. The highway Pec-Djacovica-Prizren would be the most striken zone, not far from were italian... more
DefenseIRAQ, EIGHTY AIR RAID FOR U.S. AND BRITISH FIGHTERS
BAGHDAD, New air combats in the sky of Baghdad between U.S. and brithsh fighter protecting no-fly zones and anti-aircraft iraqi bases. Yesterday there were 56 air raids in the south of Iraq and 24 in the... more
DefenseITALIAN AIR FORCE PURCHASED 22 HERCULES C-130J FOR 46TH BRIGADE
PISA, Italian Air Force decided to replace the old Hercules C-130 of 46th brigade with the new hercules C-130J which will be officially unveiled in Pisa. The 22 aircrafts, ten in stretched version,... more
DefenseRUSSIAN PLANE LANDS AT BAGHDAD TO BRING MEDICINES AND A DELEGATION OF OIL EXPERTS
BAGHDAD, No fly zones seems not to block Iraq allied forces. A russian Yak-42 plane, carrying medicines and a group of oil experts, landed on sunday in Baghdad. Moscow government had in writing warned... more
DefenseWILL THE U.S. NATIONAL MISSILE DEFENSE ACCELERATE?
WASHINGTON, A senior US defence official said on Friday that testing for a proposed national missile defence (NMD) system must be accelerated if even a limited capability was to be deployed before... more
DefenseEADS WILL DELIVER IRAQ 20 NEW PLANES
BAGHDAD, An EADS delegation will arrive to Baghdad at the end of September to negotiate a contract to supply Iraq 20 new planes. Iraqi government ordered last month the reopening of Saddam Hussein international... more
DefenseJSF TAKES OFF
PALMDALE, The next-generation fighter aircraft, Boeing X-32, manufactured for JSF project, Joint Strike Fighter, took off on Monday for the first time from Palmdale, California from Edwards Air Force base.... more
DefenseINDIA IS READY TO MANUFACTURE INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC.MISSILES
NEW DELHI, After several experiments India seems to be ready to manufacture intercontinental ballistic missiles. The father of indian atomic bomb, Abdul Kalam, reported this new. India experimented in... more
DefenseMOSCOW READY TO REDUCE MISSILES IF U.S. GIVES UP SPACE UMBRELLA
WASHINGTON, The russian minister of Foreign Affairs Igor Ivanov, talking at United Nations assembly, said that disarmament negotiations with Usa may carry on only if these one will wholly give up space... more
DefenseNEW TENSIONS IN THE GULF: IRAQI FIGHTERS THREATENING NO-FLY-ZONES
BAGHDAD, New tensions are raising in the Gulf after Saddam Hussein threatened Kuwait for stealing oil in some areas of south Iraq. Provoking missions against Nato have been accomplished by iraqi Air Force... more
DefenseRUSSIAN PLANE BREAKS EMBARGO LANDING IN BAGHDAD
BAGHDAD, Iraq accused Kuwait of stealing oil. This fact rised tensions in the Gulf again. Kuwait was forced to ask for western countries' help to prevent new invasions. This position is supported by U.S.... more
DefenseATHENS DENOUNCING AIR SPACE VIOLATION
ATHENS, Eight unarmed turkish F-16 aircraft flew over the greek air space. They were intercepted by greek fighters. Greece and Turkey are in conflict about Aegean Sea continental shelf and air space... more
DefenseSPACE MILITARIZATION: CHINA OPPOSES CLINTON'S SPACE UMBRELLA
GENEVA, Space militarization? China puts out its claws again space umbrella, asking for international talks to clear limits and principles of the project. Hu Xiaodi, Peking ambassador, critized U.S. project... more
DefenseARROW ANTI-MISSILE MISSILE EXPERIMENTED IN ISRAELY SKY
JERUSALEM, The first simulated launch of israeli Arrow anti-missile missile, a project mostly financed by U.S. and operative in 2001, was succesfull. The defense system detected and launched Arrow towards... more
DefenseKURSK SINKING AND SPACE SHIELD: SECRET AGREEMENT BETWEEN CLINTON AND PUTIN?
MOSCOW, A real secret agreement between Clinton and Putin to hide the truth about Kursk disaster in exchange with the delay of pace shield project: A U.S submarine spying russian military manoeuvres in... more
DefenseU.S. FIGHTER OVER IRAQ: WASHINGTON SPENT $150 BILLION
BAGHDAD, One hundred billion dollars to finance the 190.000 missions of american fighters over Iraq since May 1991, shortly after the end of Gulf War, to protect the embargo against Saddam Hussein's country.... more
DefenseEQUAL RIGHTS PROTEST ON U.S. AIRCARRIERS
WASHINGTON D.C., Equal rights always take troubles, as, for example, the ones reported by Pentagon about crew's protests on the 11 U.S. aircarriers. The increase of women in the staff, about 10%, convinced... more
DefenseRUSSIAN AIR FORCE. FORTY THOUSANDS SOLDIERS DISMISSED
MOSCOW, russian army is planning to reduce its corps. Igor Sergheyev, russian minister of Defense, intends to reduce the Air Force Corp of one third. His plan is aimed at dismissING 180.000 infantry soldiers,... more
DefenseIRAQ DEPLORING JORDAN COURT JUDGEMENT ABOUT TRIFONI-SGARBI CASE
BAGHDAD, Iraqui embargo and the denied access of its air space still represents a tight bond. So the iraqui Parliament harshly deplored jordan Court's judgement convicting italian pilot Nicola Trifoni... more
DefenseSECRETS REVEALED ABOUT ATOMIC WEAPONS, FBI RELEASES DOCTOR LEE
LOS ANGELES, The release of the chinese scientist Wen Ho Lee, imprisoned since 9 months for reporting military secrets to China, closes one of the most sensational spy-story of recent years, confirming... more
DefenseSECRETS REVEALED ABOUT ATOMIC WEAPONS, SCIENTIST LEE TO HELP THE INQUIRY
LOS ALAMOS, The inquiry about the revelation of atomic secrets from New Mexico lab is coming to an end. Los Alamos scientist Wen Ho Lee pleaded guilty for a minor offence among the 59 counts of indictement.... more
DefenseIRAQ IS READY TO HIRE AIRCRAFTS FOR COMMERCIAL FLIGHTS
BAGHDAD, Iraq is planning to modernise its air fleet, but it is also considering the opportunity of hiring jetliners to take back commercial flights suspended 10 years ago after Kuwait's invasion and Gulf... more
DefenseMARINES CORP GROUND 22 HARRIERS
USA, The U.S. Marine Corps has grounded 22 vertical landing AV-8B Harrier aircraft on a total of 45 used. The problem in localized in a engine bearing that is found to be defective, during a repair effectuated... more
DefenseIRAQUI ANTI-AIRCRAFT DEFENSE SHOTS DOWN ANGLOAMERICAN FIGHTER
BAGHDAD, There are still high tensions in the territories of gulf war. The batteries of iraqui anti-aircraft defense, placed in south of Iraq, shot an angloamerican fighter flying in formation over the... more
DefenseRUSSIA LOST 23 HELICOPTERS IN CHECHNYA
MOSCOW, Russian agencies reported 23 helicopters were shot down in the combats in Chechnya in last year. It is an hard blow for russian forces. The helicopters shot down by chechnya rebels are 11 Mil Mi-24,... more
DefenseTALKS BETWEEN CHINA AND TURKEY FOR MISSILE MANUFACTURING
ANKARA, Turkish minister of Defense Sabahattin Cakmakoglu left Turkey today for a state visit to China to negotiate a missile manufacturing by the two countries. Before leaving Cakmacoglu said bilateral... more
DefenseENGLISH PARACHUTIST IN SENEGAL TO RELEASE SIX SOLDIERS
LONDON, The british government sent 150 parachutists "as a precaution" in the efforts to release the six soldiers captured by rebels in Sierra Leone. A spokesman of Minister of Defense denied a military... more
DefenseMARINES PUT ON FLIGHT TWO OSPREY
WASHINGTON, The Marine Corps V-22 Osprey aircrafts which were grounded Aug. 25 have been cleared to fly again and the rest are expected to be back in the air by mid-September, after they have been... more
DefenseAUSTRALIA DELAYED DECISION ON AWACS ACQUISITION
CANBERRA, The australian government has decided to suspend for some time and delay to a date to be arranged the decision for acquisition of six or seven AWACS aircraft for nationwide air surveillance.... more
DefenseTHOMSON-CSF PARTS FOR SOUTH AFRICAN HAWK
SOUTH AFRICA, The french Thomson-CSF company has signed a commercial agreement with south african company Advanced Technologies and Engineering (ATE) to supply cockpit display and navigation sensor for... more
DefenseTAIWAN: CHINA LAUNCHES NEW MILITARY SATELLITE
TAIPEI, China is supposed to have launched a new military satellite. The alarm was given by the ministry of Defense of Taiwan government, Wu Shih wen. According to him the members of Communist Party's... more
DefenseANTI-AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY SHOOTS DOWN ANGLO-AMERICAN FIGTHER
BAGHDAD, An air battle in the skies of Baghdad probably provoked the shot down of a figther of the anglo-american forces still monitoring embargo and flight limits of Saddam Hussein's country. The... more
DefenseU.S PATRIOT MISSILES ARE ON THE LOOK OUT IN ISRAEL
WASHINGTON, Red alarm for a battery of anti-missile Patriot missiles which is expected to be strategically placed in Israel in the next hours. The decision, taken by Pentagon, according to what reported... more
DefenseUSA URGING HUNGARY TO ADOPT F-16
BUDAPEST, A U.S. military delegation urged Hungary to renovate Mig 29s to Nato standards replacing them with F-16 fighters. Hungary will have to choose between renewing Migs to Nato standards or purcshasing... more
DefenseIRAQ BYPASSING EMBARGO
TEHERAN, Executives of russian defense industry said Iraq, under an heavy embargo regarding advanced weapons system, is bypassing it by trading with unofficial suppliers in the former Soviet Republic... more