Iran’s deputy interior minister on security, Mohammad Bager Zolghadr, issued this warning Sunday, June 10, with an eye on the joint US-Israel air maneuver which began the same day in the Negev. The unusually explicit threat by a senior Iranian official was prompted, say DEBKAfile’s Tehran sources, by his government’s interpretation of the seven-day Negev [...]

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In the face of Iran’s race to obtain nuclear weapons and predictions that war with Syria is on the horizon, Israel strengthened its foothold in space pre-dawn Monday and successfully launched a spy satellite, which defense officials said granted the IDF unprecedented operational capabilities.
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When the Chinese military fired a missile at an old weather satellite in space last January, it struck a nerve in the U.S. Congress.
Five months after the Chinese proved they could destroy a satellite in orbit, U.S. lawmakers are responding with a surge in spending on Pentagon space programs aimed at protecting U.S. satellites.
The House [...]

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China’s efforts to defeat U.S. stealth technology also include espionage. From 2002 through 2005, China received sensitive data on the B-2 from Noshir Gowadia, a former Northrop Grumman engineer who helped design its exhaust cloaking system, according to FBI officials. The information likely helped China more easily detect not just the B-2, but the B-1, [...]

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Now NATO, under U.S. leadership, has reached its first real crisis since the newer members — mainly from Central and Eastern Europe — joined in 2004. Many of these countries, as well as some of the older members, are not convinced the United States would actually go to bat for them against Russia. They have [...]

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Leftist parties dominated European politics throughout the 1990s and the early years of the 21st century; however, 2007 will see the end of the left as a leading force on the Continent. This slow shift has been accompanied by a move toward the right that reaches farther than the traditional “Big Three” — Germany, France [...]

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Palestinian militants have launched a raid into Israel from the Gaza Strip.
The militants used an armoured jeep to burst through the Kissufim border crossing, and attacked a nearby Israeli army post, leading to a gun battle.
One of the attackers is reported to have been killed. The Israelis said they suffered no casualties.
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The mathematics of his dudgeon never added up. Ten rudimentary missile interceptors would pose no threat to the thousands of sophisticated weapons in Russia’s nuclear arsenal. So if you suspect that Putin was trying to divert attention from his own multiple sins - abusing civil liberties, bludgeoning his neighbors - you’re probably right. Still, his [...]

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At the same time, it illustrates just why Central/Eastern Europe is such a perfect site for this anti-missile system.
* It’s directly in between any missiles that may be fired from Iran towards the US.
* It’s almost directly in between any missiles that might head towards Western Europe.
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Seoul, June 10 : North Korea today warned Seoul`s military buildup will adversely affect the communist state`s nuclear disarmament process, amid reports of a breakthrough in a banking row over Pyongyang`s money.
The north`s state-sponsored Korean national peace committee issued a statement attacking South Korea`s purchase of advanced us-made fighter jets, its recent launch of a [...]

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Angered by western ‘imperialism’ and emboldened by soaring oil riches, the Russian bear is growling again. Sunday Times reporters analyse the new threat from the east and explain why it cannot be ignored.
“We expect more respect for our national interests,” Fedotov said. “The very notion of friendship in international relations is very subjective. If it [...]

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What China fears the most from the U.S. Navy is an attack that plants naval mines outside Chinas principal ports. China has a long (14,500 kilometers) coastline, and has been putting a lot of effort into defending it, and the ports that are a key part of the booming economy.
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ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday called for practical steps to redraw the world economic order to reflect the growing role of fast-growing emerging nations.
He told an economic forum in St Petersburg many global trade and financial institutions tailored to meet the interests of a few key economies were ineffective [...]

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If China’s strategy were successful, U.S. forces could face defeat without suffering major military losses.
“A weakened initial U.S. response to a Chinese assault on Taiwan, for example, could result in the collapse of Taiwan’s military resistance,” said a Rand Corporation study for the U.S. Air Force published late last month. “The island might therefore capitulate [...]

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