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10 hrs ago | Reuters

Iran to hold war games to protect atom plants

Iran will begin large-scale air defense war games on Sunday to help protect its nuclear facilities against any attack, a senior commander said.

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Fri Nov 20, 2009

Haaretz

Netanyahu: Israel is world's 'most threatened country'

Israel is "the most threatened country in the world," and the rocket attacks its civilian population has suffered are "attacks not experienced by any other state since Britain in World War II," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Israel, Middle East, World News

Thu Nov 19, 2009

Voice of America

NATO, Russia Revive Dialogue

Foreign ministers from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or NATO, have recently agreed to resume ties with Russia that were suspended in August as a result of Moscow's five-day war with Georgia.

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

BNET

Lockheed And Raytheon To Gain With New Sea Based Focus On Missile Defense

BNET Government provides daily industry trends and global news coverage with insights for managers and executives within the world wide business of government contracting.

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Raytheon, Aerospace-Defense, Lockheed Martin, US Military, US Navy, Pacific Missile Range Facility, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Daniel Inouye, Democrat

Wed Nov 18, 2009

RIA Novosti

What the Russian papers say

MOSCOW, November 18 Moscow tries to maneuver between United States and Iran / Russia must reconsider APEC role / Gazprom warns foreign partners of environmental risks in Shtokman project / Russian drug enforcement official starts a blog RBC Daily Moscow tries to maneuver between United States and Iran The future for the Russian-Iranian relationship ...

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Related Topix: Middle East, Iran, World News

Pravda

Iran Desperately Needs Russia's S-300 Systems

Iran will soon be able to build its own state-of-the-art missile defense system, if Russia does not deliver S-300 missile complexes to the country.

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Tue Nov 17, 2009

GlobeNewswire

Northrop Grumman to Help U.S. Missile Defense Agency Integrate,...

Northrop Grumman Corporation will help the U.S. Missile Defense Agency integrate and demonstrate an early-intercept capability under a task order received September 29.

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Aerospace-Defense, Northrop Grumman

Bloomberg

BAE Vies With Lockheed as Iran Threats Spark Weapons Spending by Neighbors

Most of the world looks at Iran and perceives a growing nuclear threat. Its Persian Gulf neighbors are also focusing on what they call a dangerous conventional weapons buildup.

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Aerospace-Defense, Lockheed Martin, World News, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bethesda, MD

Mon Nov 16, 2009

Town Hall

Czech, US officials discuss missile defense

Columns, funnies & more in your inbox! Townhall Daily Alert Your daily must-read of conservative columns, cartoons and news.

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Related Topix: Czech Republic, Europe, World News

Sun Nov 15, 2009

Digital Producer

Raytheon Awarded $20 Million for Spares to Support Upgraded Kuwait Patriot Radar Systems

Raytheon Company has been awarded a $20.5 million Foreign Military Sales contract for spares to support planned Patriot Configuration-3 system upgrades for the State of Kuwait.

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Related Topix: Raytheon, Aerospace-Defense, Kuwait, World News, Middle East, US Military, US Army, Andover, MA

The Star Online

Iran could produce advanced missile defence - MP

Iran will soon be able to produce an advanced missile defence system itself if Russia does not deliver it to the Islamic Republic, a senior lawmaker said in comments published on Sunday.

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Related Topix: Middle East, Iran, World News,

Sat Nov 14, 2009

Naplesnews.com Stories

Ben Bova: Things are looking up for ground-based telescopes

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who will make the biggest mirror of them all? When I was a teenager with a keen interest in astronomy, the Hale Telescope at the Palomar Observatory in California began to give astronomers marvelous new detail about the starry universe.

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Related Topix: Astronomy, Science

Fri Nov 13, 2009

UPI

Russia still eyeing S-300 sale to Iran

Moscow officials Thursday downplayed Western pressures over the possible sale of the S-300 missile defense system to Iran.

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Thu Nov 12, 2009

Navy Times

MDA announces next 6 BMD ships

The Missile Defense Agency announced Thursday the names of the next six ships that will join the Navy's ballistic missile defense fleet, all of which are stationed on the East Coast.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Navy, Norfolk, VA

Jerusalem Post

Teheran urges Russia to deliver S-300

Iran's defense minister on Wednesday urged Russia to ignore Israeli pressure against selling the S-300 missile defense system to the Islamic Republic.

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Wed Nov 11, 2009

Clover Herald

Hezbollah leader lashes out at Obama

Hezbollah's leader on Wednesday accused President Barack Obama of absolute bias in favor of Israel and disregard for the dignity of Arabs and Muslims.

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, George Bush, Lebanon

Tue Nov 10, 2009

American Spectator

The Wall, The Fort, and a Movie: The Real Disaster of 2012

They are the prototypical Reagan stories. Everyone of any approved sensibility believes X. Ex-presidents. Cabinet members and ex-Cabinet members.

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Related Topix: Reagan, TN, US Army, US Military

Mon Nov 09, 2009

Scoop

NATO Missile Shield, Rehearsing War With Iran

Sunday, 8 November 2009, 2:07 pm Opinion: Rick Rozoff Rick Rozoff Stop NATO - November 5, 2009 "This is the most complete air missile defense system we've ever done anywhere in the world." The distance between Tel Aviv and Tehran is 993 miles [1,598 kilometers), so the U.S. missile radar overshoots the mark by almost 2,000 miles.

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Related Topix: World News, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), Israel, Middle East, US Military, US Army, US Navy

Sun Nov 08, 2009

Chosun Ilbo

Russia-Iran Relations Balancing on Nuclear Issue

A senior Iranian lawmaker has warned Russia that continuing to delay the delivery of a missile-defense system to Iran will harm relations between the two countries.

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Related Topix: Middle East, Iran, World News, Travel, Iran Travel

KTLA-TV Los Angeles

Iran's top lawmaker warns Russia over delay in delivery of anti-aircraft missiles

A senior Iranian lawmaker warned Russia that its delay in delivering an anti-aircraft missile defense system to Tehran could harm relations between the two countries, state television reported Sunday.

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Related Topix: Middle East, Iran, World News

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