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DefenseUSA: SPACE SHIELD, BUSH TALKS ABOUT THE XXI CENTURY DOCTRINE
WASHINGTON, USA, United States' President, George W. Bush, yesterday, held his speach about the realization of the Space Shield, the anti-missile defence project, at the National Defense University. Bush... more
DefenseARPINO MISSED ELECTION: AFTERMATHS BETWEEN DENMARK AND ITALY
ROME, ITALY, There are still aftermaths for the missed election of Air Wing Gen. Mario Arpino, which in Italy was the head of Defence General Staff until March 31, to European Union's politic and security... more
DefenseTHE CHINESE INSIST IN OPPOSING FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE AMERICAN WEAPONS TO TAIWAN
PEKING, CHINA, According to what reported by the Chinese governative press agency Xinhua, the recent declarations of the American President George W. Bush, in which there was the esplicit intention of... more
DefenseUSA-CHINA QUESTION: USA ADMITS THEY DIDN'T DESTROY ALL THE INFORMATION ON THE EP-3E
USA, United States military officials have revealed that the secrets, contained in the electronic surveillance EP-3E aircraft, were lost, despite the efforts made by the 24 crew members for their destruction.... more
DefenseBOEING ACQUIRES A 436 USDM CONTRACT TO UPGRADE CANDESE CF-18
CANADA, Us aerospace industry Boeing Corporation acquired a 436 USDm contract to upgrade 80 fighters CF-18 in service with Canadese military aviation. The upgrade will mainly concern weapon and electronic... more
DefenseFIVE ARMAMENTS' DIRECTORS IN A MEETING IN ITALY
CETONA, SIENA, For the first time, Italy is the host of the Italy, United States, France, Germany and Great Britain armaments' directors meeting, which will start tomorrow in Tuscany, in the quiet Cetona... more
DefenseUSA-CHINA (2): THE SUBMARINES PROMISED BY USA TO TAIWAN MAY NOT BE DELIVERED
USA, US President, George W. Bush, program to sell weapons to Taiwan, including eight European built diesel-powered submarines, has received an embarrassing setback. In fact, the Dutch and German companies... more
DefenseUSA-CHINA: IF CHINA INVADES TAIWAN, USA HAS THE DUTY TO INTERVENE
USA, In an interview to the American Abc, President George W. Bush, stated that if China invaded Taiwan, considered by the Chinese government a rebel province, USA would be forced to intervene, with their... more
DefenseLOCKHEED MARTIN AWARDED A OVER 22 USDM AEGIS CONTRACT
USA, Lockheed Martin, Government Electronics Systems, awarded a $22,350,030 cost-type contract for the acquisition of Aegis Weapon System (AWS), for delivery up to April 2004, in support of DDG 51 class destroyers,... more
DefenseSVERDRUP TECHNOLOGIES AWARDED OF A NEAR-200USDM CONTRACT
TULLAHOMA, TENNESSEE, Sverdrup Technology Inc., Tullahoma, Tenn. awarded of a (maximum) USD 195,200,000 indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract to provide for technical support for Air Armament... more
DefenseISRAELI SCIENTIST ARRESTED FOR ALLEGED ESPIONAGE
ISRAEL, Retired Brigadier General and Chief Scientist at the Development Ministry, Itzah Yaakov, 75 years old, has been arrested for espionage. General Yaakov, who covered an important rule in the 70s... more
DefenseINDIA WILL ACQUIRE AVIATION AND SPACE KNOW-HOW FROM RUSSIA
NEW DELHI, India is likely to acquire aviation and space know-how technology from Russia, as part of bilateral military-technical cooperation. "In military-technical cooperation we make announcements only... more
DefenseUKRAINE OFFERS TO JOIN EUROPEAN RAPID REACTION FORCE
MOSCOW, RUSSIA, Xavier Solana, Foreign and Defence European Union's representative, received formal request from Ukraine's government to join the European Rapid Reaction Force with its army. Solana... more
DefenseCHINA-USA QUESTION: U.S. DELEGATION LEAVES PEKING
PEKING, The two days of talks between the two delegations didn't show any sign of breakthrough on tensions. United States keeps on urging China to give the plane back, while China wants the United States... more
DefenseITALIAN NAVY ORDERS FOUR PODS ''RAFAEL LIGHTENING II'' FOR VTOL AV-8B FIGHTERS
WASHINGTON, Italian Navy has ordered four pods "Rafael Lightening II" from Northrop Grumman for its VTOL fighters. The pods will be used by air-to-air AMRAAM missiles to locate targets. U.S. Marine Corps... more
DefenseUSA-CHINA QUESTION: TALKS HAVE BEEN ''VERY PRODUCTIVE''
PEKING, CHINA, The talks between USA and China, relatively to the difficult diplomatic question, originated by the aircrash occurred last April 1, ended today. "We covered all the items on the agenda... more
DefenseUSAF T-38 ''TALON'' WILL BE OPERATIVE UNTIL 2040
WASHINGTON, USA, The US Air Force twin-engine advanced training T-38 "Talon" aircrafts will remain operative until 2040. Regarding this the Pentagon has improved a contract for the upgrade of J85 turbo-engines... more
DefenseBRITISH DEFENCE MINISTER CANCELS CONTRACT WITH MATRA BAE SYSTEMS
LONDON, UK, ASRAAM air-to air short range missile, being developed by Matra Bae for British Army, is still not ready. The missile is still under construction due to problems with software and hardware... more
DefenseCHINA-USA QUESTION: THREE HOURS OF SECRET TALKS IN PEKING
PEKING, CHINA, The meeting between the American delegation and the Chinese authorities, following the aircrash occurred last April 1, then become a difficult diplomatic crisis, was carried out today.... more
Defense''DELAY'' IN TURKISH MILITARY MODERNIZATION PROGRAMS
ANKARA, TURKEY, The mainly aeronautical means and systems modernization programs of Turkish Armed Forces have been "delayed" indefinitely because of the country's critical economic situation and, because... more
DefenseRUSSIAN NUCLEAR STRATEGY FUTURE DICUSSED IN MOSCOW
MOSCOW, RUSSIA, General Andrei Nikolayev, Moscow Defence Parliamentary Commission President, announced that closed talks will be held inside Russian Parliament to "discuss the situation of nuclear strategic... more
DefenseNEW WEAPONS AGAINST UNDERGROUND BUNKERS
WASHINGTON, USA, The Pentagon announced, through an adviser of Donald Rumsfeld, American Defence Secretary, that it is planning to develop "also nuclear" new weapons capable to destroy underground bunkers,... more
DefenseEUROPEAN UNION AMIDST TWO KOREAS FOR MISSILE QUESTION
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, Swedish Prime Minister, Goeran Persson, announced that European Union, within the development of North and South Korea peace process, will insert the matter of North Korean missile program... more
DefenseUSA-CHINA QUESTION (3): DURING TOMORROW'S MEETING ALSO THE RESTITUTION OF THE EP-3E WILL BE DISCUSSED
USA, The American delegation, composed of American high officiers and General Neal Sealock, USA diplomat in China, which will participate to tomorrow's meeting, now is on its way to Beijing, China. During... more
DefenseUSA-CHINA QUESTION (2): STILL UNCERTAIN THE DATE FOR THE RESTITUTION OF THE EP-3E
PEKING, CHINA, Zhu Bangzao, Chinese Foreign minister's spokesman, riveted, during a press conference, that "China is the injured party in this accident", adding that, regarding the restitution of the... more
DefenseUSA-CHINA QUESTION: PEKING PROCLAIMS THE MISSING PILOT A MARTYR
PEKING, CHINA, Peking's Government proclaimed the Chinese missing pilot, Wang Wei, a martyr. China ended officially searches of the missing pilot last Saturday. The resumption of the verbal duel between... more
DefenseRUSSIA HOPES FOR A SUMMIT MEETING WITH USA
MOSCOW, Cremlin wants to resume the strategic talks with the White House: anyway they consider Genoa meeting too far and they are pushing for a Putin-Bush summit before G8. Today Ivanov held talks with... more
DefenseAMERICA CELEBRATES THE RETURN OF THE 24 SOLDIERS DETAINED IN CHINA
USA, The American military crew left China last night for Hawaii islands, with a "Continental" flight departured from Haiko airport, after been detained for 11 days in Hainan Chinese island, following... more
DefenseCHINA-USA: AMERICAN CREW FLYING TO HAWAII
USA, The American crew, composed of 24 soldiers, 21 men and 3 women, yesterday, gained from Peking's Government the permission to return to United States but not with the electronic surveillance EP-3E... more
DefenseRUSSIAN BOMBER INTRUDES JAPANESE AIR SPACE
MOSCOW, A russian Sukhoi Su-24, entered Japanese airspace near Aomori briefly intruded into Japanese airspace. The intrusion lasted less than a minute. Japanese fighters were forced to scramble. Another... more