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DefenseUSA-CHINA QUESTION (4): CHINESE MINISTER DOESN'T PUT LIMITS ON USA SUPPLY TO TAIWAN
PEKING, USA, During the press conference given little time ago, the Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan, while declaring that the American aircraft crew will be liberated soon, didn't mention the American... more
DefenseAIR FORCES COOPERATION AGREEMENT REACHED BETWEEN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE
MOSCOW, RUSSIA, General Anatoli Kornoukov, Russia's Aviation Commander and his Ukraine omologue met to define a major cooperation between the two Air Forces. The agreement follows a previous one reached... more
DefenseUSA-TAIWAN: ARMS SUPPLY MUST NOT BE COMPROMISED BY CRISIS WITH CHINA
USA, A Taiwan's Governtment spokesman confirmed, during a conversation between an American Senator and Taiwan's President Chen Shui-bian, who recommended that the crisis between China and Usa, caused by... more
Defense''QUALITY OF LIFE'' IMPROVES FOR THE 24 MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN AIRCRAFT BLOCKED IN HAINAN
HAINAN, CHINA, China has guaranteed new privileges to the 24 members of the American electronic surveillance aircraft, blocked since April 1 on Hainan's Chinese island. As reported by the Usa diplomatic,... more
DefenseUNITED STATES UPGRADE EGYPTIAN AIR DEFENSE
WASHINGTON, USA, The US Defense Department has awarded Lockheed Martin a 16 USDm contract to improve Egyptian air defense. The program will upgrade eight anti-aircraft radars making them smaller in order... more
DefenseINDIA AND IRAN IN DEFENSE COOPERATION
TEHERAN, IRAN, An Indian delegation led by the first minister Atal Vajpayee has begun today a visit in Teheran, the first in seven years. The delegation has met the Iranian Government to talk on defense... more
DefenseCHINA INSISTS IN ASKING FOR FORMAL EXCUSES FROM UNITED STATES
CHINA, The Chinese Foreign minister's spokesman, Zhu Bang Zao, during an official visit to Buenos Aires together with the President Jiang Zemin, confirmed that United States must excuse itself formally... more
DefenseMODIFICATIONS ON SWEDISH DEFENSE STRICT CENTERS
SWEDEN, The FMV, the Swedish Defense Materiel Administration, has asked the SaabTech System for a SEK 28 million order to modify the Strict Center, the Swedish Armed Forces air-defense command and... more
DefenseUSA SAYS ''SORRY'' TO THE WIFE OF CHINESE PILOT KILLED
USA, United States has said "sorry" to the wife of the Chinese pilot killed during the collision occured last April 1. In the accident an American eletronic surveillance aircraft and a Chinese fighter.... more
DefenseDEFENCE: DI PAOLA, ITALY AND EUROPEAN COUNTRIES HA TO INVEST IN HIGH TECHNOLOGY
ROME, The admiral Giampaolo di Paola, new Eu Defense secretary-general, said that "defence policies have to work in harmony with italian industrial policy and with the plans of allied countries". Di Paola... more
DefenseCZECH GOVERNMENT WANTS TO BUY FIGHTERS
PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC, It's about of 3 EURbn the total value of the purchase of a number of fighters, contained between 24 and 36 units, that the Czech Government should buy: as announced by a Prague's... more
DefenseCOMPATIBILITY BETWEEN EUROPEAN DEFENSE IDENTITY AND TBMD (2)
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, ic Missile Defence) feasiblity study compilation, at which eight European and two U.S. industries, inside Janus Team, want to participate, has the following purposes: 1) to determine... more
DefenseABOUT COMPATIBILITY BETWEEN EUROPEAN DEFENSE IDENTITY AND US TBMD
BRUSSELS, The today meeting of Eu Defense Ministries, taking place in Brussels, was expected to discuss over the continuation of "common safety identity project", political issue related to the possible... more
DefenseOMAN SELECTS AGUSTA-WESTLAND SUPER LINX AND F-16 FIGHTERS
ABU DHABI, Oman government said it has selected Lockheed Martin F-16 (Block 60) fighters for RAFO, Royal Air Force of Oman. The government has also chosen Agusta-Westland Super Linx 300 for the sultanate's... more
DefenseQUILES REPORT NMD U.S. PROJECT
PARIS, FRANCE, French Defense Commission President, Paul Quiles, in a document sent to French government, reported that U.S. National Missile Defense projecr is only a way to maintain U.S. supremacy in... more
DefenseGENERAL ATOMICS AWARDED 39 USDM CONTRACT
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), awarded by USAF of a $39 million contract for seven RQ-1 Predator aircraft including options for up to seven additional aircraft.... more
DefenseZAPPA: C-27J MARKET PRICE REDUCED
LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN, "Flight International" announces that Alenia Aerospazio (Finmeccanica SpA) reduced market price of the twin-engine turbofan C-27J of 30%, aircraft derived from the old G.222, modified... more
DefenseNEW DEFENCE MINISTER FOR RUSSIA
MOSCOW, President Vladimir Putin appointed Secretary of the Russian Security Council Sergei Ivanov ne Defence Minister. Lyubov Kudelina was appointed deputy defence minister. Nikolai Kormiltsev was named... more
DefenseMAYBE FRANCE HAS ''BURNED'' ARPINO
BRUSSELS, For only one vote, Air Force's General Mario Arpino, until next Monday Italian defence's Chief of Staff, hasn't obtained the nomination to President of the European Union's Military Committee.... more
DefenseUSA AIR FORCE RECEIVES ''NEW'' C-17 GLOBEMASTER III
LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA, During yesterday's cerimony, U.S. Air force received the first new generation C-17 "Globemaster III". Respect to the previous 71 aircrafts of this type already delivered, this and... more
DefenseCHINA ASKS USA NOT TO SELL ARMS TO TAIWAN
WASHINGTON, USA, An official request from China's President, Jiang Zemin, just when the Vice Premier Quian Quichen is in Washington for military discussions, was sent to the U.S. State Department, in which... more
DefenseCANADA INTENDS TO JOIN ''SPACE SHIELD''
CANADA, General Macdonald, Canadian Air Force's Vice-Commander, in occasion of the visit to Norad, Air Integrated American-Canadian Command, existing since 1958, of the Canadian Foreign and Defence Ministers,... more
DefenseAMERICAN ''SPACE SHIELD'': NO REQUEST TO SOUTH KOREA
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA, South Korea will not support the U.S. "space shield" project: is known through an official declaration of the Asiatic Foreign Minister, Lee Joung-binn. But the South Korean Foreign... more
DefenseRUMSFELD WANTS USA TO SHIFT MILITARY STRATEGY
WASHINGTON, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld outlined his plans to shift US military strategy in a meeting with President Bush, the Washington Post reported yesterday. According to Rumsfeld, the Air... more
DefenseMONDAY DECISION FOR ARPINO IN BRUXELLES
BRUXELLES, On Monday March 26 a decision is expected relatively to the nomination of Italian Air Force General Mario Arpino, until the end of the month Italian Defence Chief of Staff (he will be substituted... more
DefenseUSA DESTROYER TO TAIWAN: ( 2 ) CHINA WILL NOT INTERFERE
TAIPEI, TAIWAN, With relation to Taiwan Relation Act, stipulated in 1979 between United States and the "rebel" island of Taiwan, the U.S. goverment has promised to sell it the armaments which it judges... more
DefenseTAIWAN WANTS TO BUY USA ANTI-MISSILE DESTROYER
TAIWAN, The Taiwanese goverment has repeated the request to United States for the purchase, for the price of about 1 USDbn, of a last generation destroyer, that disposes of advanced missile detection and... more
DefenseITALIAN INDUSTRY PREPARES ITS SPACE SHIELD PARTICIPATION
ROME, ITALY, The news, diffuse by WAPA, in which has been revealed that Italian insutries prepare to participate to Space Shield project found confirmation in a dispatch of autoritative Italian political.... more
DefenseRUSSIA TO SELL ARMS TO IRAN
MOSCOW, Russian President Vladimir Putin said, after talks with Iranian President Mohammad Khatami, that Moscow is to sell defensive weapons to Iran as a part of a military cooperation agreement that was... more
DefenseSPACE SHIELD, ''COLD WAR'' RISK
MOSCOW, According to Colonel-General Leonid Ivashov, chief of the Russian Defence Ministry directorate for international military cooperation, the realization of "National Missile Defence" (NMD) plane... more
DefenseHEAVY DELAYS FOR EUROFIGHTER
BERLIN, GERMANY, According to German newspaper Stuttgarter Zeitung., Eurofighter project would had heavy delays in development, as first deliveries are now planned for 2004, with a delay of two years.... more
DefenseSOUTH KOREA APPROVED U.S. SPACE SHIELD
SEUL, SOUTH COREA, After a meeting between U.S. president Bush and South Korea president Kim Dae-Jung, a joint document has been diffused, in which is denied that South Korea is opposing to U.S. "space... more
DefenseGERMAN AND U.S. DEFENSE MINISTERS WILL TALK ON SPACE SHIELD
WASHINGTON D.C., German defense Minister, Rudolf Scharping will meet today, in his american visit, his U.S. colleague Donald Rumsfeld to discuss about space shield, a project at which U.S. are very... more
DefenseAKASH TESTED FOR THE THIRD TIME
NEW DELHI, India on Wednesday successfully tested for a third time since Feb. 27, 2001 its multi-target surface-to-air missile "Akash": this missile weighing 650 kilograms, has a range of 25 kilometres... more
DefensePOLISH GOVERNMENT APPROVES ARMED FORCES MODERNIZATION
WARSAW, The polish government yesterday approved a $26,3 billion six-year financing program to modernize armed forces in order to turn them closer to Nato standards. The bill, which has to be cleared by... more
DefenseDEPLETED URANIUM AMMUNITION RADIATIONS ARE NOT DANGEROUS
BRUXELLES, BELGIUM, An independent group of researchers presented to European Union the results of their studies, demonstrating that residual radiations emitted by depleted uranium (DU) ammunitions could... more
DefenseITALIAN UNDERSECRETARY MINNITI OPENED WEAG MEETING
NAPLES, The 4th Weag (Western European Armament Group) meeting started today in Naples. Weag is a 19-european countries organization for the cooperation in Weag army system. The round table will concern... more
DefenseCHINA IS NOT HELPING IRAQ IN AIR DEFENSE SYSTEMS IMPROVEMENT
PEKIN, CHINA, According to Chinese Foreign Office Minister, Tang Jiaxuan, "China is not helping Iraq in improvement of its air defense systems". The declaration comes during a press conference held... more
DefenseCHINA WILL RAISE 17% IN DEFENSE INVESTMENTS
PEKING, CHINA, Chinese financial Minister, Xiang Huaicheng, announced, during National Popolar Congress, that China will raise in this year its defense expenses of 17%, due to requests for a technological... more
DefenseITALIAN UNDERSECRETARY MINNITI TO OPEN WEAG MEETING IN NAPLES
NAPLES, The Weag meeting for the Western Europe's countries will start tomorrow in Naples. Weag is an organization for the cooperation in Weag army system. The european group includes nineteen countries.... more
DefenseRONALD REAGAN CARRIER: (2) HOW USA HAVE REDUCED ITS FLEET
NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA, Until President Ronal Reagan maintained its office, U.S. fleet was composed of 15 aircraft carriers and around 600 other naval units. After Soviet block disgregation, there are... more
DefenseLAUNCHED TODAY, RONALD REAGAN CARRIER WILL LAST 50 YEARS
NEWPORT NEWS, In a pompous ceremony, ruined by bad weather, has been launched the last U.S. carrier, for the first time named as a President still live. The name of the new carrier, about 1000 ft long... more
DefenseNEW COMMANDER IN CHIEF FOR NATO EUROPEAN TROOPS
BRUSSELS, Ge. Dieter Stockmann was named new vice commander in chief of Nato european troops. It is a relevant appointment considered that the European Rapid Reaction Force will be ready within 2003. Stockmann... more
DefenseINDIA RAISE DEFENSE BUDGET FOR 2001
NEW DEHLI, INDIA, Indian Financial minister, Yashwant Sinha declared that this year the financial defense budget will be raised of 13%. According to western analysts, this could be due to India to Pakistan... more
DefenseINDIA RAISE DEFENSE BUDGET FOR 2001
NEW DEHLI, INDIA, Indian financial Minister, Yashwant Sinha announced that in current year the defense budget will be raised of 13 per cent. According to west analysts, this could be referred to nuclear... more
DefenseNEW GROUND-TO-AIR MISSILE TESTED IN INDIA
INDIA, The new and sophisticated ground-to-air missile, named Akash, was tested in Chandpur. It is able to carry 55 kg of explosive. more
DefenseMALAYSIAN NAVY TO PURCHASE ANTI-SUBMARINE HELICOPTERS
MALAYSIA, The Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) will buy six sophisticated anti-submarine helicopters to replace its aging fleet of WASP MK I helicopters. The Finance Ministry will announce the decision and the... more
DefenseSPACE SHIELD: BUSH SUPPORTS IT
WASHINGTON, In its first speech on Budget 2001 the President of United States George W. Bush confirmed the necessity for the Country of having a space shield that renders possible one effective reduction... more
DefenseRUSSIA AND SOUTH KOREA TOGETHER ON ANTIMISSILE PROJECT
SEUL, SOUTH COREA, Russian president, Vladimir Putin and his South Korean colleague, Kim Dae-jung, discussed about possibilities to realize a joint antimissile system, reaching an agreement about it. Also,... more
DefenseSPACE SHIELD: USA WILL CONSULT ALL ALLIEDS
BRUXELLES, BELGIUM, Talks with all allied countries and with China and Russia will be carried out by U.S. government to determine the procedures to realize the space shield. It has been announced by state... more