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 May 28, 2007 |
| SPACEWAR + Pentagon Reaffirms Right Of US To Deny Adversaries Use Of Space  Washington (RIA Novosti) May 28, 2007 - The United States has the inherent right of self-defense to protect its national interests in space and can deny its adversaries the use of hostile space capabilities, a senior Pentagon official said Wednesday. "The United States views purposeful interference with its space systems as an infringement on its rights and will take actions necessary to preserve its rights, capabilities, and freedom ... moreMISSILE DEFENSE + A Weekend Of Missile Tests And Deployments Across The Pacific  Washington (AFP) May 25, 2007 - The US was Friday forced to abort a bid to shoot down a long-range missile over the Pacific in a blow to its controversial anti-missile defense shield which it wants to extend over eastern Europe. "The target did not reach sufficient altitude to be deemed a threat and so the Ballistic Missile Defense System did not engage it, as designed," said Air Force Lieutenant General Henry Obering. ... moreMISSILE DEFENSE + As Czechs Protest At ABM Govt Threatens Return To Conscription  Prague (AFP) May 27, 2007 - The Czech Republic might have to reintroduce compulsory military service if it refuses to host a controversial US tracking radar system, European Affairs Minister Alexandr Vondra warned on Sunday. "Of course we can say no right now, but such a decision would have consequences," Vondra said on Czech Television."Among them in future it cannot be ruled out that we will have to renew compulsory ... moreMISSILE NEWS + Gripen Conducts High Altitude Firing With Meteor  London UK (SPX) May 28, 2007 - Yet another important milestone was reached today when Gripen successfully conducted the first Meteor firing in the UK and continued the testing of the six-nation Meteor air dominance missile. "Gripen is the first and so far only fighter aircraft that has launched Meteor. With today's firing Gripen once again proves to be a reliable platform for the integration and testing of complex future ... moreSUPERPOWERS + Is China A Military Threat Or Another Paper Tiger  Washington (UPI) May 24, 2007 - How much of a threat is China's growing military to the security of the United States? China's investment in its military, from conventional weapons to cybersystems, along with its lack of openness regarding its intent, raises the possibility of a miscalculation that could spark a conflict with the United States, according to U.S. security policy experts. So too could the perennial increase ... more | IRAQ WARS:  MISSILE NEWS:  UAV NEWS:  NUKEWARS:  |
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| ENERGY TECH + Japan Proposes Halving Emissions By 2050  Tokyo (AFP) May 24, 2007 - Japan called Thursday for the world to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, proposing a successor to the Kyoto Protocol it hopes will win over top offenders the United States and China. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, unveiling the proposal ahead of the Group of Eight (G8) summit in Germany, pledged to bring all nations onboard in the fight against global warming by making the post-Kyoto framework ... moreENERGY TECH + Indian Businessman Capitalizes On Global Warming Concerns  Bangalore (AFP) India, May 27, 2007 - Indian businessman Tulsi Tanti, who has just bought German turbine maker REpower, stumbled into wind energy almost by accident when he was calculating the cost of power for his textile plant. More than a decade on, he believes increasing concern about global warming means the wind energy business will only turn in yet more profits. Tanti, 49, found that he was paying 25 percent of his ... moreTIME AND SPACE + NIST Atom Interferometry Displays New Quantum Tricks  Washington DC (SPX) May 28, 2007 - Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a novel way of making atoms interfere with each other, recreating a famous experiment originally done with light while also making the atoms do things that light just won't do. Their experiments showcase some of the extraordinary behavior taken for granted in the quantum world-atoms acting like waves and ... moreCLIMATE SCIENCE + US Clash With G8 Partners Looms Over Climate Issues  Paris (AFP) May 27, 2007 - The prospect looms of a major clash between the United States and its G8 partners over global warming, with Washington's view threatening to block agreement at next month's summit of the leading industrial nations. German Environment Minister Sigmar Gabriel Saturday criticised the US climate policy in a newspaper interview, saying it "was going to be difficult to achieve success" at the June 6-8 ... moreENERGY TECH + New Fabrication Technique Yields Nanoscale UV LEDs  Washington DC (SPX) May 28, 2007 - Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in collaboration with scientists from the University of Maryland and Howard University, have developed a technique to create tiny, highly efficient light-emitting diodes (LEDs) from nanowires. As described in a recent paper, the fabricated LEDs emit ultraviolet light-a key wavelength range required for many light-based ... more | CIVIL NUCLEAR:  ENERGY TECH:  FAST TRACK:  TECH SPACE:  |
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