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1 hr ago | The Weekly Standard

Up in the Air

Among the questions raised by President-elect Barack Obama's victory, one has been largely overlooked by his critics and supporters: What fate awaits the international missile defense system Washington has been ...

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, George Bush, W.

5 hrs ago | Knoxville News Sentinel

Barnett: Obama's chance to unwind missile defense

As America's strategic dialogue with Russia shifts into reverse over our planned missile defense in Eastern Europe, President-elect Barack Obama has an opportunity to curtail this foolish turn of events, but ...

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, North Korea, World News, Asia, Vladimir Putin

Mon Nov 17, 2008

The Georgian Times

Russian Iskander Missile System Against U.S. Missile Defense System

Just hours after Barack Obama won a landslide victory in the U.S. presidential election on November 4, the Russian president, Dmitry Medvedev, stated before more than a thousand Russian officials, including ...

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Related Topix: World News, Russia, Asia, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Vladimir Putin

EETimes.com

Opinion: Dumb military spending

With a new administration coming into office, the United States' defense budget will once again be a topic of hot debate.

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Related Topix: Opinion

Juneau Empire

Missile work funds state economy

The Boeing Co.'s work on the Ground-based Midcourse Defense missile program is helping fuel the state's economy.

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Related Topix: Alaska, University of Alaska Fairbanks, George Bush, US News, Fort Greely, AK

Jerusalem Post

Israel, Germany reportedly develop missile warning system

Working in secret, Israel and Germany have jointly developed a nuclear missile detection system, according to the Defense News Web site.

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East,

Sun Nov 16, 2008

Free Republic

Russian spy in Nato could have passed on missile defence and cyber-war secrets

A spy at the heart of Nato may have passed secrets on the US missile shield and cyber-defence to Russian Intelligence, it has emerged.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Estonia,

The Peninsula

Lukashenko wants to host Russian missiles in Belarus to counter US plan

WASHINGTON: Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko wants to host Russian missiles to counter US plans for a missile defense shield in eastern Europe, according to an interview published on Friday that drew ...

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Related Topix: Russia, Asia

Las Vegas Sun

Legacy of nuclear age left to next president

Washington - This fall, the British government released transcripts of Cold War era tapes it planned to broadcast if the nation came under attack.

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Related Topix: Nuclear Energy, North Korea, World News, Asia

Time

Why Obama Will Continue Star Wars

Missile-defense skeptics yearning for a fresh look at the wisdom of pumping $10 billion annually into missile defense aren't going to get it from Barack Obama when he moves into the Oval Office.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, George Bush, W.

The South Mississippi Sun Herald

U.S. Air Force Accepts First Lockheed Martin Sbirs Heo System for Operations

The first Space Based Infrared System Highly Elliptical Orbit payload and ground system, built by a Lockheed Martin team, has been accepted for operations by the U.S Air Force.

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Related Topix: Los Angeles Air Force Base, US Military, US Air Force, Manufacturing, Aerospace-Defense, Lockheed Martin, Sunnyvale, CA, Azusa, CA

Sat Nov 15, 2008

News Max

Russians Know Missile Shield Is No Threat, U.S. Says

The U.S. Ground Based Interceptor missile shield may have raised some old, Cold War hackles, but the system is no threat to the Russians -- and they know it, according to a spokesman for the Missile Defense ...

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Related Topix: World News, Russia, Asia, Vandenberg AFB, CA

International Herald Tribune

Belarus silent on reported Russian missile talks

MINSK, Belarus : Officials in Belarus are refusing to comment on the latest suggestion that Russian Iskander missiles could be deployed in the ex-Soviet republic bordering Poland.

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Related Topix: Belarus, World News, Business News

Clover Herald

Medvedev seeks fresh start in Russia-US ties

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Thursday that U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's move to the White House is a chance for a fresh start between the two powerful, nuclear-armed nations, whose ties have ...

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Related Topix: World News, Russia, Asia, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, France,

Department of Defense News

U.S., Estonian Leaders Discuss Security Challenges

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip discussed Russian behavior and new cooperation on cyber security during meetings here today.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Estonia, Russia, Asia, Andrus Ansip, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization),

People's Daily Online

Warsaw, Prague hope U.S. missile shield project will continue

The Czech Republic and Poland hope that the project of the U.S. anti-missile defense in Central Europe will continue after President George W. Bush ends his term, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski told ...

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Related Topix: Czech Republic, Europe, World News, US Politics, US News, George Bush, W.

Fri Nov 14, 2008

Payvand News of Iran

US: Iran Missile Test Underscores Threat to Middle East, Europe

The United States says the reported test of a new Iranian ballistic missile underscores that country's threat to the Middle East and Europe, including Russia, which has opposed a planned U.S. regional missile ...

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Related Topix: World News, Russia, Asia

Free Republic

Belarus President Seeks to Deploy Russia Missiles

President Alexander Lukashenko is in talks with Moscow about placing in Belarus advanced Iskander missiles that could hit targets deep inside Europe.

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Related Topix: Russia, Asia, World News, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

hosted The Associated Press | The Associated Press

US advises EU to tread carefully with Russia

As the European Union prepares to restart talks on cooperation with Russia, the United States is warning that the move could undermine Western attempts to rein in the Kremlin's aggressive foreign policy.

The EU diplomacy with Moscow comes as U.S.-Russian tensions have flared. It follows a threat by Russia this month to install new short-range missiles close to EU borders in response to nearby U.S. missile defense plans. Russia also has rejected a new U.S. cooperation offer on missile defense.

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Related Topix: Nicolas Sarkozy, Europe, World News, Lithuania

Salt Lake Tribune

From Russians to Taliban, world leaders quick to press Obama

The Russians want him to hold off installation of a missile defense shield in Poland.

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Related Topix: Travel, Iran Travel, Israel, World News, Middle East, Asia, Afghanistan, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama

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