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DefenseITALY INDUSTRIES EXCLUDED BY ''SPACE SHIELD''
WASHINGTON D.C., After U.S. decision to realize the "space shield", announced by Defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld. will be compared the "shield" features proposed by Pentagon and these proposed by Nato,... more
DefenseSUCCESSFUL FIRST TEST FOR NEW US CRUISE MISSILE
WHITE SANDS, USA, U.S. Air Force successfully completes the first test for its new cruise missile JASSM, in the White Sands missile range. The JASSM, launched by a F-16D fighter, cruised autonomously for... more
DefenseRUMSFELD SWORN IN AS NEW SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
WASHINGTON, Donald H. Rumsfeld was sworn in as the new Secretary of Defense during a ceremony held last saturday in Washington. Rumsfeld said, "I am grateful to the President for the opportunity to serve... more
DefenseTESTS IN GREECE FOR RUSSIAN ANTI-AIRCRAFT MISSILE SYSTEMS UNDERGO
MOSCOW, The Russian anti-aircraft missile systems Tor-M1, supplied to the Greek army by the Antaeus company last year, undergo firing range testing in Greece. The testing involves four missile systems... more
DefenseBRITAIN TO ENTER JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER PROJECT
GREAT BRITAIN, Britain signed an agreement on the $100 bn US Joint Strike Fighter program. Britain will spend £1.9bn ($2.8bn) on the next steps of development of the aircraft and its weapons, securing... more
DefensePENTAGON TO GIVE LOCKHEED MARTIN FUNDS TO COVER F-22 PROGRAM
WASHINGTON, The Pentagon gave Lockheed Martin a $43 million financial support to complete the F-22 program within the end of the month. The decision about purchasing the first 10 produced jets will be... more
DefenseUS AIR FORCE PERSONNEL UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR DRUG USE
USA, Fifteen members of the staff at Peterson Air Force Base and NORAD are under investigation for alleged drug use. Some of them have been removed from sensitive duties. The investigation involves the... more
DefenseX-45A FIGHTER TO BE READY BY 2010
USA, The american-made fighter will be iquipped with weapons that can pinpoint targets and will be controlled via radio and satellite. It would be used then to bomb enemy radar and air defences to make... more
DefenseDEFENSE: OVER $30 MILLION INVESTED IN TRANSPONDER SUITABLE TO ''S MODE''
ROME, According to the article one of the law number 436 promulgated on October 4 1988 the italian Ministry of Defense asked Senate's Defense Commission to approve "research and development long term program"... more
DefenseDEPLETED URANIUM: COMMON MEDICAL POLICY
BRUSSELS, NATO established today that all the Alliance's Countries will have to adopt one common medical politics delineated from the medical Committee. Three are the criteria to follow: analysis of mortality... more
DefenseU.K. WONTS 150 F-22
LONDON, Ministry of Defence said that U.K. will partecipate in the U.S. F-22 project (Joint Strike Fighter). According to media the Tony Blair's Governments would have been engaged to take part to... more
DefenseAMERICA PILOT PERHAPS IMPRISONED FROM IRAQI SOLDIERS DURING THE GULF WAR
BAGHDAD, A Iraqi official said that the remains of the pilot of U.S. warplane downed during the Gulf War in Iraq's desert were never found. Teriq Aziz, Deputy Prime Minister, said Iraq Cooperated with... more
DefenseBOEING HAS COMPLETED JSF X-32B ENGINE TESTS
SEATTLE, Pratt & Whitney and Rolls-Royce yesterday completed accelerated mission tests of the Joint Strike Fighter X-32B engine in West Palm Beach, Florida. The tests were succesful and the aircraft... more
DefenseRUSSIAN AIR FORCE 2000: 105 DEADS IN 8 INIDENTS
MOSCOW, Commander Anatoly Kornukov said on Thursday, said that 8 Russian Air Force planes and helicopters crashed in 2000, killing 16 crew members and 89 passengers for a total of 105 persons. According... more
DefenseDEPLETED URANIUM (2): COHEN, NO RISK IF HANDLED PROPERLY
WASHINGTON, According to American Defence Secretary William S.Cohen, depleted uranium (DU) is not dangerous if handled properly. Cohen said to repond to EU: "We have benn using DU weapons for decades,... more
DefenseDEPLETED URANIUM: UK KNEW SINCE 10 YEARS
UK, According to "Times" the Authority for the nuclear energy (Aea) the British government had informed about the risks of the use of depleted uranium crews already in 1991: according to the relationship... more
DefenseBAE SYSTEMS WINS CONTRACT FOR SIMULATORS FOR US AIR FORCE
LONDON, BAe Systems signed a $13.3 million contract option to design and build two C-130J simulators for the U.S. Air Force. BAe has already set an agreement to to build the first C-130J Weapons System... more
DefenseAIR FORCE URGES TO THE NEW F-22S
WASHINGTON, Officials of American Air Force are urging Pentagon to approve spending $2.1 billion on F-22 fighter planes before the Bush administration takes office. The F-22 is the Air Force's top... more
DefenseTHALES WINS FRENCH CONTRACT WORTH EUR 365M
PARIS, FRANCE, The French defence procurement agency (DGA) has awarded Thales Optronique a contract worth EUR 365m to develop and produce new-generation optronic airborne reconnaissance systems for the... more
DefenseRUSSIA TO DEVELOP NEW COMBAT AIRCRAFT
MOSCOW, The commander of the russian air force, Anatoly Kornukov, told the press that Russia is developing a multi-purpose combat aircraft of the fifth generation. Two prototypes are currently being developed... more
DefenseU.N. URGES MORE RADIATION TESTS
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, Senior United Nations officials have called for soil and water samples to be taken from Bosnia in areas where depleted uranium ammunition was used. The U.N. Environment Programme... more
DefenseCZECH REPUBLIC TO PURCHASE FIGHTERS
PRAGUE, Czech government has asked five military aviation firms to submit tenders to upgrade the air force. Defense Minister Vladimir Vetchy said told reporters that the 24 to 36 fighters are meant to... more
DefenseRUSSIA, GERMANY TO UPGRADE MIG-29 COMBAT AIRCRAFTS
MOSCOW, The two countries will jointly upgrade MiG-29 planes for third countries. The agreement lays out the creation of a single system for the use, repair and upgrade of MiG-29 planes in Europe. It will... more
DefenseDEPLEDED URANIUM (4): 1999 U.S. DOCUMENT WARNED OF DEPLETED URANIUM IN KOSOVO
USA, After the NATO bombing campaign of 1999, the United States urged allied armies to take special precautions on entering Kosovo because American ammunition littering the landscape contained depleted... more
DefenseDEPLETED URANIUM (3): CANCER OR LEUKAEMIA CASES' LIST
USA, CNN reported the cancer or leukaemia cases of NATO European countries: • Italy: 30 cases, six deaths. • Belgium: nine cases, five deaths. • Spain: eight cases, two deaths. • The Netherl... more
DefenseDEPLETED URANIUM (2): NATO CO-OPERATES
USA, Nato spokesman Mark Laity told "Sky News" today: "Nato is already co-operating fully with any nation that wants informations. We're repeating what medical experts are saying that there's no link between... more
DefenseDEPLETED URANIUM: ATTEMPT TO SHELVE? IN UK WILL NOT MAKE EXAMINATIONS ON SOLDIERS
UK, The British Defense Ministry not thinks necessary to subject its soldiers returned from the Kosovo to clinicians examinations to verify eventual depleted uranium's high levels in the blood. The... more
DefenseRUMSFELD PANEL TO PROPOSE COUNCILS TO SAFEGUARD SATELLITES
WASHINGTON, A commission chaired by Donald H. Rumsfeld, President-elect Bush's nominee for secretary of defense, will recommend the creation of top-level posts to cope with foreign threats against... more
DefenseDEPLETED URANIUM: GERMAN MINISTER DENIES EVERY DANGER
BERLIN, The Defense's German minister, Rudolf Scharping, denied the existence of a cancer-danger linked to the use of depleted uranium bombs for the German soldiers having taken part to the conflict... more
DefenseABOUT URANIUM
ROMA, Uranium is a very heavy (dense) metal which can be used as an abundant source of concentrated energy. It occurs in most rocks in concentrations of 2 to 4 parts per million and is as common in the... more