Los Angeles (AFP) Jun 19, 2006 - The United States urgently needs an effort similar to the Manhattan Project or NASA's moon mission to confront a looming energy crisis, scientists said at a high-level energy conference here.
Minneapolis MN (SPX) Jun 16, 2006 - Alliant Techsystems announced today that it successfully tested its advanced, 155mm precision projectile - Saber. Saber offers the U.S. Army a design capability and a low per unit cost for the Block 1B upgrade to the Excalibur program.
Washington (UPI) Jun 16, 2006 - The mainstream U.S. media usually simplifies the arguments both in favor of and against different kinds of ballistic missile defense systems. Repeatedly, simplified or out of date assertions are presented as - and accepted - as irrefutable fact. For a long time, even many skeptics of other aspects of BMD have sung the praises of developing boost phase anti-missile defenses.
Paris (AFP) Jun 16, 2006 - France on Thursday announced major increases in rates for energy from renewable sources that has to be purchased by the state-owned electricity provider, EDF. Since February 2000, Electricite de France has been required to buy power from operators of renewable sources at a price set by the government, under a programme aimed at boosting clean energy.
Tehran (AFP) Jun 16, 2006 - Defense ministers from close allies Iran and Syria on Thursday signed an agreement for military cooperation against what they called the common threats presented by Israel and the United States. In a joint press conference, Iranian Defense Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar and visiting Syrian counterpart Hassan Turkmani said their talks had been aimed at consolidating their defense efforts and strengthening support for one another.
Tehran (AFP) Jun 16, 2006 - Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Thursday his country would not bow to pressure over its atomic program, implicitly rejecting international calls to suspend nuclear enrichment.
Tokyo (AFP) Jun 16, 2006 - Japan on Thursday downplayed the possibility of an imminent missile test by North Korea after its ally the United States warned of a response if Pyongyang carries out a long-range launch. We are not in an extremely serious situation, Foreign Minister Taro Aso said when asked about the string of the reports that North Korea is planning to test-fire an intercontinental ballistic missile.
Moscow (UPI) Jun 16, 2006 - On May 22, The Washington Post carried an article A Missile Strike Option We Need by two former U.S. Secretaries of Defense - Harold Brown, 1977-1981. and James Schlesinger, 1973-1975. Brown and Schlesinger suggested installing non-nuclear warheads on U.S. strategic missiles, first of all, Trident II D5 submarine-launched ballistic missiles, or SLBMs, which have multiple independently targeted reentry vehicles, or MIRVs.
Tucson AZ (SPX) Jun 16, 2006 - Raytheon successfully flight tested its Mid Range Munition Chemical Energy (MRM-CE) guided projectile with semi-active laser seeker (SAL) at the U.S. Army's Yuma, Ariz., Proving Grounds May 4. The round was fired from an M1A2 SEP (System Enhancement Program) tank at a moving target at a range of about 5.4 miles (8.7 kilometers).
Norfolk VA (SPX) Jun 16, 2006 - Raytheon Technical Services received a 31.5 million dollar U.S. Navy contract to provide logistics support for the USC-38 satellite communications system.
Kajiado, Kenya (AFP) Jun 16, 2006 - Elizabeth Leshom may not know it, but she is among a legion of African women at the vanguard of what many hope will be a solar revolution that could empower them and help save the environment.
Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) Jun 16, 2006 - Saab Barracuda has announced the award of a $20.2 million delivery order by the U.S. Army to continue production of the company's Ultra-Lightweight Camouflage Net System (ULCANS). This is the first award in a potential $1.8 billion, 10-year program, for only to contenders of which Saab ambition is to receive more than half the share.
Vienna (AFP) Jun 16, 2006 - World powers were united at the UN atomic agency Thursday in urging Iran to suspend uranium enrichment to show it does not seek atomic weapons, with the United States warning of Security Council action if Tehran fails to comply, diplomats said.
Washington (AFP) Jun 16, 2006 - The US military death toll in Iraq climbed to 2,500 Thursday with the combat death of a marine as Congress approved another 66 billion dollars for the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. The White House lamented the toll, calling it a sad benchmark, but said President George W. Bush believed they did not die in vain.
Washington (AFP) Jun 16, 2006 - The White House said Thursday that the United States would have no permanent bases in Iraq, because keeping overseas military facilities open always depends on the host government and US planners.
Upper Green River Valley Basin WY (SPX) Jun 16, 2006 - The Wildlife Conservation Society, with key support from leading energy producers in the Rockies, released first-year results from a study on how natural gas development in the Rockies might be influencing wildlife, particularly pronghorn antelope.
