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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
DefenseMARINES GROUND SOME AIRCRAFTS
WASHINGTON, The Marine Corps announced the grounding of some aircratfs, including all of its MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft since one crashed during a training exercise in April, killing all 19 marines... more
DefenseFRANCE SELLS AIRCRAFT CARRIER TO BRAZIL
PARIGI, France will sell its aircraft carrier Foch to the Brazilian Navy. The deal worths $41 million. That aircraft carrier will be replaced by french Navy at the end of the year with a new one nuclear-powered,... more
DefenseBOEING SIGNS CONTRACT WITH U.S. NAVY FOR HELMET MOUNTED CUEING SYSTEM
USA, Boeing company signed a contract with U.S. Navy to begin low-rate initial production of its Join Helmet Mounted Cueing System. Those helmets will be used by pilots of Super Hornet aircraft, built... more
DefenseNICOTRA: BAN F-104T FLIGHTS
ROME, After the crash of the F-104T near Grosseto, in which the aircraft crashed down not far from the beach, even if it was made crash voluntarily by pilots for a failure on the landing gear, head of... more
DefenseBOEING JSF ACCOMPLISHED 100 MISSIONS DURING FOURTH SIMULATION
USA, The Boeing Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) succesfully completed its fourth full-mission simulation, flying approximately 100 simulated air-to-air and air-to-ground missions in a seven day period. more
DefenseRAF WILL UPGRADE ITS JETS
LONDON, An all-party committee of MPs called for the Ministry of Defence decided to upgrade RAF aircraft patrolling the no-fly zones over Iraq. The hight temperature in the Gulf has significant effects... more
DefenseITALIAN AIR FORCE ACCEPTS FIRST THREE C-130J
ROME, The italian Minister of Defense, Sergio Mattarella, has formally accepted the first three of 22 Lockheed Martin C-130J Hercules it has on order. Lockheed Martin has signed a contract with the italian... more
DefenseCOLOMBIA WILL USE U.S. HELICOPTERS TO REPEL REBELS
WASHINGTON, Colombian government will use Blackhaws helicopters, supplied by the United States, to reinforce security forces against rebels in drug-producting areas. The helicopters won't be used only... more
DefenseU.S. AIR FORCE EXCEEDS 2000 RECRUITING GOAL
WASHINGTON, American Ai Force said today it is winning the "war of recruiting" by reaching this years' goal with the signing of 34.000 enlistment contract in Mt. Vernon, III. Moreover, since the beginning... more
DefenseSINGAPORE TO BUY 20 F-16
SINGAPORE, The U.S. State Department notified to Congress that Singapore has the intention to buy 20 F-16/CD Fighting Falcon jets. They will integrate the other F-16 owned by the asian country, which... more
DefenseITALY PARTICIPATING TO A-400 PROJECT
FARNBOROUGH, The undersecretary of Defense, Marco Minniti, reported, during Farnbourough Air Show, that Italy will announce today its share in Airbus A-400M project. Many european countries are involved... more
DefenseREFUELING AIRCRAFT ENGLISH PROJECT VALUED 18 BILLION USD
LONDON, The competition for the making of futuristic english strategic aircraft may potentially sell units for $18 billion. The government of Her Majesty decided to replace 24 VC-10 and six Tri-Star of... more
DefensePERU : AIR FORCE SHOOTS DOWN SUSPECT AIRCRAFT
LIMA, PERU, Peruvian Air Force shot a small plane down. The aircraft, which was probably on a drug dealing mission, refused to obey to an order of landing. It was flying on the borderline with Brazil.... more
DefenseF-16 FIGHTER JETS UNDER INSPECTION FOR PROBLEMS WITH EJECTION SEATS
WASHINGTON, U.S. Air Force ordered the inspection of the entire fleet of F-16 "Fighting Falcons" to check the proper installation of ejection seat initiators. All this because was discovered that the devices... more
DefenseRUSSIA-CHINA MEETING: CONFIRMED OPPOSITION TO SPACE SHIELD
PEKING, Russian leader Putin arrived yesterday yo Peking to meet chinese leader Jiang Zemin. Aim of the meeting is to reinforce the relationship between the two countries. Main issue of talks was regarding... more
DefenseUS STEALTH BOMBERS GOING TO STATION IN GREAT BRITAIN
LONDON, Eight Stealth, american invisible bombers, will station in Great Britain from next year. The planes will station at Fairford base and will be equipped with nuclear bombs. more
DefenseBRAZIL WILL SPEND 3,5 BILLION USD TO BUY FIGHTER AIRCRAFTS
BRAZIL, President of Brazil, Fernando Enrique Cardoso, announced long period plan to modernize fighter aircrafts fleet: brazilian governement should spend 3,5 billion USD to buy 20 fighter aircrafts in... more
DefenseARGENTINA ACCUSES BRITISH JETS OF INVADING ITS AIR SPACE
ARGENTINA, Argentina accused Royal Naval jets of invading its protected air space after they take off from Falkland Islands. Argentinian foreign minister said numerous fishing boats in the Exclusive Economic... more