KANSAS CITY, Mo. — As he descends more than 25 feet below the earth’s surface, Gary Pipes steps into a forgotten world.
Remnants of the Cold war era abound, conjuring up a time of nuclear armament, international unrest and frosty relations with the then Soviet Union.
That’s not what Pipes thinks about as he strolls through [...]

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Israel has to prepare for a full-scale war, in which Syria will be an important player, an Israeli military official told the British Sunday Times. “The challenge from Iran and Syria is now top of the Israeli defense agenda, higher than the Palestinian one,” another official said.
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It’s good for spying too.
In little more than a year, Google Earth has proved its attractions to individual users. They spend long hours tinkering with it and access the Google Earth Community function to report what they find in its vast store of imagery: a ship on fire off Iceland, spreading oil spills, a scale [...]

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TEHRAN — Iran vowed Sunday to deliver a “destructive” response to any Israeli military attack on its atomic sites and to continue efforts to massively ramp up its capacity for sensitive nuclear work.
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South Korea’s list of punitive measures that will be reported to the United Nations on Monday does not include any new steps to support the Security Council’s resolution resulting from North Korea’s nuclear test, officials in Seoul said on Sunday.
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The second failed test launch of Russia’s experimental Bulava (R-30 SS-NX-30) submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) has renewed doubts about the viability of the country’s strategic nuclear deterrent.
The Bulava is a three-staged missile designed to carry up to six individually targeted nuclear warheads for a range of approximately 8,000-10,000 kilometers. It is currently scheduled to enter [...]

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Iran, Russia and Venezuela have swollen treasuries
LONDON - Iran maintains a costly nuclear program while spending billions to subsidize everything from apartments to gasoline. Russia defies international demands to give up a monopoly on oil pipelines to Europe. Venezuela sends aid to countries around the globe in an effort to expand its influence.
What all three [...]

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WASHINGTON, Nov 2 (Reuters) - North Korea has the ability to put a nuclear warhead onto a medium-range missile and threaten its regional neighbors, especially Japan, some U.S. experts believe.
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FOUR months after Israel launched its onslaught against Hezbollah, the Lebanese guerrillas are back in south Lebanon stronger than ever and armed with more rockets than they had before the conflict, according to Israeli intelligence.
During the month-long war, which began on July 12, Hezbollah fired 200 to 250 rockets a day into Israel, killing 43 [...]

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NEW DELHI: Sagarika, India’s first submarine-launched nuclear-capable cruise missile, will be ready for flight trials by early next year, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) sources said.
The turbo-jet powered, vertically launched cruise missile with a range of 700 nautical miles and capable of delivering a 500-kg warhead, is being developed by DRDO with Israeli assistance. [...]

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