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INDIAN MISSILE FAILS TO LAUNCH FOR ROUTINE TEST
BY VIVEK RAGHUVANSHI
NEW DELHI - India's short-range, nuclear-capable Prithvi-II missile failed to launch Sept. 24 during a test at the Chandipur missile range in the eastern state of Orissa. ...full story
24 Sep 14:11 EDT (18:11 GMT)
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MOSCOW - Russia joining the ban on supplying arms such as missile systems and military aircraft to Iran will not mean a complete halt on military and technical cooperation between Moscow and the country, Russia's deputy foreign minister said Sept. 23. ... full story
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U.K.'s Fox Favors Keeping 2nd JSF EngineBY JOHN REED
Not even the urgings of Liam Fox, British secretary of state for defense, to a powerful U.S. senator were enough to keep the U.S. Senate's Appropriations Committee from zeroing funds for an alternate engine for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF). ... full story
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Asia & Pacific Rim »
Indian Missile Fails To Launch for Routine TestBY VIVEK RAGHUVANSHI
NEW DELHI - India's short-range, nuclear-capable Prithvi-II missile failed to launch Sept. 24 during a test at the Chandipur missile range in the eastern state of Orissa. ...full story
24 Sep 14:11 EDT (18:11 GMT)
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TAIPEI - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has suggested that mainland missiles pointing at Taiwan could one day be removed, Taipei-based media reported Sept. 24. ... full story
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BERLIN - ThyssenKrupp became on Sept. 23 Germany's latest corporate giant to announce it was pulling out of Iran as part of Western pressure on the Islamic republic over its nuclear program. ... full story
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AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
MOSCOW - Russia joining the ban on supplying arms such as missile systems and military aircraft to Iran will not mean a complete halt on military and technical cooperation between Moscow and the country, Russia's deputy foreign minister said Sept. 23. ... full story
23 Sep 08:31 EDT (12:31 GMT)
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
MOSCOW - Russia has dropped plans to supply Iran with S-300 missiles because they are subject to international sanctions, a top general said Sept. 22, in the strongest confirmation yet of the leadership's intentions to put the controversial sale on ice. ... full story
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