U.S. tells China concerned by satellite-killer test

Posted by Matt in January 18th, 2007 | no comment

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States, Australia and Canada have voiced concerns to China over a test in space of a satellite-killing weapon last week, the White House said on Thursday.
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“The U.S. believes China’s development and testing of such weapons is inconsistent with the spirit of cooperation that both countries aspire to in the civil [...]

South Korean Nuke Response Disappoints U.S.

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Published in Koreas, Nuclear

Derek Mitchell, a former Special Assistant for Asian and Pacific Affairs at the Department of Defense and current Senior Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), remarked, “The United States thinks that South Korea is drifting away from our alliance and South Korea and the United States do not appear to be [...]

Get Yer Cheap Nukes Now

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Published in Nuclear, Russia

Russia is following the IKEA model, promising reliable, inexpensive goods that are easy to assemble. Only in this case, the goods are nuclear-power plants.
Are discount nuclear plants a good idea? Russia thinks so. The Kremlin has set about recasting Russia’s once top-secret nuclear industry as the world’s leading mass marketer of cheap, reliable reactors. As [...]

Emerging Energo-Fascism, Part 2

Posted by Matt in January 18th, 2007 | no comment

Published in Energy, general

Michael T. Klare is a professor of peace and world security studies at Hampshire College and the author of Blood and Oil: The Dangers and Consequences of America’s Growing Dependence on Imported Petroleum (Owl Books). This is the second of a two-part series; the first part can be found here. This piece originally appeared at [...]

Lack of cooperation may force U.S. military action on North Korea: Perry

Posted by Matt in January 18th, 2007 | no comment

Published in Koreas, U.S.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 (Yonhap) — Former U.S. Secretary of Defense William Perry warned on Thursday that unless South Korea and China exert pressure on Pyongyang to denuclearize, the United States may be forced to take military action.
Testifying at the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Perry called for “coercive action” to stop North Korea from completing a [...]

A missile punch at bullet prices

Posted by Matt in January 18th, 2007 | no comment

Published in Military, general

The railgun works by sending electric current along parallel rails, creating an electromagnetic force so powerful it can fire a projectile at tremendous speed.
Because the gun uses electricity and not gunpowder to fire projectiles, it’s safer, eliminating the possibility of explosions on ships and vehicles equipped with it.
Instead, a powerful pulse generator is used.
The [...]