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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
DefenseUSA-CHINA QUESTION (4): CHINESE MINISTER DOESN'T PUT LIMITS ON USA SUPPLY TO TAIWAN
PEKING, USA, During the press conference given little time ago, the Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan, while declaring that the American aircraft crew will be liberated soon, didn't mention the American... more
DefenseAIR FORCES COOPERATION AGREEMENT REACHED BETWEEN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE
MOSCOW, RUSSIA, General Anatoli Kornoukov, Russia's Aviation Commander and his Ukraine omologue met to define a major cooperation between the two Air Forces. The agreement follows a previous one reached... more
DefenseUSA-TAIWAN: ARMS SUPPLY MUST NOT BE COMPROMISED BY CRISIS WITH CHINA
USA, A Taiwan's Governtment spokesman confirmed, during a conversation between an American Senator and Taiwan's President Chen Shui-bian, who recommended that the crisis between China and Usa, caused by... more
Defense''QUALITY OF LIFE'' IMPROVES FOR THE 24 MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN AIRCRAFT BLOCKED IN HAINAN
HAINAN, CHINA, China has guaranteed new privileges to the 24 members of the American electronic surveillance aircraft, blocked since April 1 on Hainan's Chinese island. As reported by the Usa diplomatic,... more
DefenseUNITED STATES UPGRADE EGYPTIAN AIR DEFENSE
WASHINGTON, USA, The US Defense Department has awarded Lockheed Martin a 16 USDm contract to improve Egyptian air defense. The program will upgrade eight anti-aircraft radars making them smaller in order... more
DefenseINDIA AND IRAN IN DEFENSE COOPERATION
TEHERAN, IRAN, An Indian delegation led by the first minister Atal Vajpayee has begun today a visit in Teheran, the first in seven years. The delegation has met the Iranian Government to talk on defense... more
DefenseCHINA INSISTS IN ASKING FOR FORMAL EXCUSES FROM UNITED STATES
CHINA, The Chinese Foreign minister's spokesman, Zhu Bang Zao, during an official visit to Buenos Aires together with the President Jiang Zemin, confirmed that United States must excuse itself formally... more
DefenseMODIFICATIONS ON SWEDISH DEFENSE STRICT CENTERS
SWEDEN, The FMV, the Swedish Defense Materiel Administration, has asked the SaabTech System for a SEK 28 million order to modify the Strict Center, the Swedish Armed Forces air-defense command and... more
DefenseUSA SAYS ''SORRY'' TO THE WIFE OF CHINESE PILOT KILLED
USA, United States has said "sorry" to the wife of the Chinese pilot killed during the collision occured last April 1. In the accident an American eletronic surveillance aircraft and a Chinese fighter.... more
DefenseDEFENCE: DI PAOLA, ITALY AND EUROPEAN COUNTRIES HA TO INVEST IN HIGH TECHNOLOGY
ROME, The admiral Giampaolo di Paola, new Eu Defense secretary-general, said that "defence policies have to work in harmony with italian industrial policy and with the plans of allied countries". Di Paola... more
DefenseCZECH GOVERNMENT WANTS TO BUY FIGHTERS
PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC, It's about of 3 EURbn the total value of the purchase of a number of fighters, contained between 24 and 36 units, that the Czech Government should buy: as announced by a Prague's... more
DefenseCOMPATIBILITY BETWEEN EUROPEAN DEFENSE IDENTITY AND TBMD (2)
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, ic Missile Defence) feasiblity study compilation, at which eight European and two U.S. industries, inside Janus Team, want to participate, has the following purposes: 1) to determine... more
DefenseABOUT COMPATIBILITY BETWEEN EUROPEAN DEFENSE IDENTITY AND US TBMD
BRUSSELS, The today meeting of Eu Defense Ministries, taking place in Brussels, was expected to discuss over the continuation of "common safety identity project", political issue related to the possible... more
DefenseOMAN SELECTS AGUSTA-WESTLAND SUPER LINX AND F-16 FIGHTERS
ABU DHABI, Oman government said it has selected Lockheed Martin F-16 (Block 60) fighters for RAFO, Royal Air Force of Oman. The government has also chosen Agusta-Westland Super Linx 300 for the sultanate's... more
DefenseQUILES REPORT NMD U.S. PROJECT
PARIS, FRANCE, French Defense Commission President, Paul Quiles, in a document sent to French government, reported that U.S. National Missile Defense projecr is only a way to maintain U.S. supremacy in... more