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Joint exercise tests abilities to defend against air threats
By ELOISE OGDEN, Regional Editor
MINOT AIR FORCE BASE B-52 aircrews from Minot Air Force Base deployed to Guam recently finished a flying exercise this month over the Pacific Alaska Range Complex. The exercise tested their ability to defend against air threats.
A 10-day joint exercise, Red Flag-Alaska 09-1, [...]
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John Aravosis (DC)
You want pork, let’s talk pork. This is John McCain’s good buddy, George Bush’s pork. And it’s sickening.
Much of the University of Texas medical school on this island suffered flood damage during Hurricane Ike, except for one gleaming new building, a national biological defense laboratory that will soon house some of [...]
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An ultra-Orthodox party said it will not join a new coalition government being formed by prime minister-designate Tzipi Livni, opening the door for more hawkish parties to take control.
BY DION NISSENBAUM
McClatchy Newspapers
JERUSALEM — Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni’s hopes of becoming the second woman to lead her nation suffered a serious setback on Friday when [...]
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The United States air force is creating a new command centre to control nuclear weapons, after several high profile errors led to the dismissal of two top officials. In 2007 an air force bomber accidentally flew across the United States loaded with six nuclear weapons. Earlier this year it was revealed that nuclear missile [...]
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James Dunnigan
Strategy Page
Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:30 UTC
Israel recently constructed two 1,300 foot (400 meter) antenna towers next to its nuclear weapons development facility at Dimona. Israel expects this to be a major target of any Iranian attack, partly because it is out in the desert and such action is unlikely to kill any [...]
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from Crooks and Liars by Cernig
The Russians aren’t fooled by continual protestations that America’s missile defense plans are aimed at “rogue states” - none of whom yet has the capability of throwing a nuke at the U.S. and who probably would choose infiltration as a delivery method in any case. They’ve been beefing up their [...]
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By Nelson Hernandez
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, October 23, 2008; B01
The Department of Homeland Security dedicated a massive biodefense laboratory in Frederick yesterday, moving toward the facility’s opening despite questions raised about the risks of deadly pathogens to be studied there.
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By Jane Rickards
Special to The Washington Post
Saturday, October 4, 2008; 1:38 PM
TAIPEI, Taiwan, Oct. 4 — Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou on Saturday welcomed U.S. plans to sell the island almost $6.5 billion in weaponry in a move that appeared to repair years of frayed ties between Taiwan and the Bush administration.
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The Associated Press
Thursday, October 2, 2008
PARIS: France is willing to help Venezuela develop a civilian nuclear power program, the foreign ministers of both countries said Thursday.
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Source: Army News Service
FORT STEWART, GA. The exercise scenario was a sobering one: a 10-kiloton nuclear device detonated in America’s heartland, quickly overwhelming civilian responders.
Military leaders who recently trained for this response say they are now thinking differently about how to move equipment, extract the injured and take care of people following this type of [...]
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