DTN News: Canada F-35 Buy Could Trigger Arctic Arms Race - Expert....NSI News Source Info # 1171

DTN News: Canada F-35 Buy Could Trigger Arctic Arms Race - Expert....NSI News Source Info # 1171
(NSI News Source Info) OTTAWA, Canada - October 31, 2010: A government purchase of F-35 fighter jets could cause "angst in Russia" and trigger an Arctic arms race, Arctic sovereignty expert Michael Byers said Thursday.
"I don't want my country to be the country that starts an Arctic arms race," Byers said as debate over the government's plan to spend $16 billion on 65 of the F-35s raged on several fronts on Parliament Hill.
Byers is chair in global politics and international law at the University of British Columbia. He said there is no need for stealth "shock and awe" military aircraft in the North and senior U.S. military officials have contradicted Canadian government claims of threats from aging Russian bombers near Canadian airspace.
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DTN News: Russia To Compete For Helicopter Tender To Afghanistan....NSI News Source Info # 1170

DTN News: Russia To Compete For Helicopter Tender To Afghanistan....NSI News Source Info # 1170
(NSI News Source Info) LE BOURGET- October 27, 2010: Russia will compete for a helicopter tender for the U.S. anti-terrorism campaign in Afghanist
an, the head of the Russian delegation said at the Euronaval 2010 exhibition in Paris.
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DTN News: Israel TODAY October 27, 2010 - Netanyahu "Salutes" Commandos Who Raided Gaza Ship....NSI News Source Info # 1169

DTN News: Israel TODAY October 27, 2010 - Netanyahu "Salutes" Commandos Who Raided Gaza Ship....NSI News Source Info # 1169
(NSI News Source Info) ATLIT NAVAL BASE, Israel - October 27, 2010: Saying "I salute you," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the headquarters on Tuesday of Israeli naval commandos who killed nine pro-Palestinian Turks aboard a Gaza-bound aid ship in May.
Netanyahu's tour of the top-security Flotilla 13 base on the coast near Haifa was a show of defiance against international censure of the raid on the converted cruise liner Mavi Marmara.
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DTN News: Iran TODAY October 27, 2010 - Iran Fuels Up Nuclear Plant As Sanctions Bite....NSI News Source Info # 1168

DTN News: Iran TODAY October 27, 2010 - Iran Fuels Up Nuclear Plant As Sanctions Bite....NSI News Source Info # 1168
(NSI News Source Info) TEHRAN, Iran - October 27, 2010: Iran began loading fuel into the core of its first nuclear power plant on Tuesday, its atomic energy chief said, the last major step to realising its stated goal of becoming a peaceful user of nuclear energy.
Officials said it showed Iran's nuclear plans were on track despite sanctions aimed at forcing it to curb uranium enrichment which many countries fear is aimed at developing atomic bombs.
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DTN News: Pakistan TODAY October 27, 2010 - Pakistan Says Time Not Rght For Anti-Taliban Assault....NSI News Source Info # 1167

DTN News: Pakistan TODAY October 27, 2010 - Pakistan Says Time Not Rght For Anti-Taliban Assault....NSI News Source Info # 1167
(NSI News Source Info) KALAYA - October 27, 2010: Pakistan will consider mounting an anti-Taliban offensive in North Waziristan only when other tribal areas are stabilised, a senior military officer said on Tuesday, a position likely to anger ally Washington.
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DTN News: Indian Navy To Shop For Maritime Patrol Aircraft, Spy Drones....NSI News Source Info # 1166

DTN News: Indian Navy To Shop For Maritime Patrol Aircraft, Spy Drones....NSI News Source Info # 1166
(NSI News Source Info) NEW DELHI, India - October 29, 2010: With terror as well as conventional threats emanating from sea remaining a clear and present danger, India wants to keep hawk-eyed tabs on the entire Indian Ocean Region (IOR). And, if required, "kill" any threat before it approaches Indian shores.
After finalizing the acquisition of 12 P-8I Poseidon long-range maritime reconnaissance (LRMR) aircraft for $3.1 billion, the Navy has now re-launched the hunt for six to eight new medium-range surveillance (MRMR) planes and additional spy drones. The defence ministry floated global RFIs (request for information) for the MRMR aircraft, with an operating range of over 350 nautical miles, and HALE (high-altitude, long-endurance) unmanned aerial vehicles, with a service ceiling above 40,000 feet and endurance over 25 hours, earlier this month.
The radar-packed LRMR and MRMR planes, both of which will also be equipped with anti-ship and submarine warfare capabilities in the shape of deadly missiles, as well as the UAVs form part of Navy`s plan for an effective three-tier aerial surveillance grid in the IOR.
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DTN News: Boeing Receives US Army Contract For Low Rate Initial Production Of AH-64D Apache Block III....NSI News Source Info # 1165

DTN News: Boeing Receives US Army Contract For Low Rate Initial Production Of AH-64D Apache Block III....NSI News Source Info # 1165
(NSI News Source Info) MESA, Ariz., - October 29, 2010: The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today announced it has received a $247 million contract to begin Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) for the U.S. Army’s AH-64D Apache Block III helicopter, the most advanced multi-role combat helicopter in the world. The contract, signed by the U.S. government on Oct. 22, covers production of eight Apache Block III helicopters in the Lot 1 configuration.
An Acquisition Decision Memorandum signed by the Department of Defense on Oct. 7 authorized the program to enter the LRIP phase to produce 51 aircraft. The first LRIP delivery is scheduled for October 2011.
The Apache Block III helicopter enhances the capabilities of the combat-proven AH-64D Apache by delivering superior flight performance and dramatically increased networked communications capabilities.
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DTN News: Boeing Paints 1st Production A160T Hummingbird Unmanned Rotorcraft....NSI News Source Info # 1164

DTN News: Boeing Paints 1st Production A160T Hummingbird Unmanned Rotorcraft....NSI News Source Info # 1164
(NSI News Source Info) MESA, Ariz.,- October 29, 2010: Boeing [NYSE: BA] recently returned the first production A160T Hummingbird unmanned rotorcraft, A020, to the assembly line after applying the aircraft's final, light-gray coat of paint.
Last week, Boeing submitted a bid that offers the world record-holding A160T in response to the Naval Air Systems Command's Request for Proposal for Cargo Unmanned Aircraft Systems Services.
Boeing is building the Hummingbird at its facility in Mesa and expects to complete A020 by the end of this year.
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DTN News: Boeing Prepares To Install Beam Control System On High Energy Laser Technology Demonstrator....NSI News Source Info # 1163

DTN News: Boeing Prepares To Install Beam Control System On High Energy Laser Technology Demonstrator....NSI News Source Info # 1163
(NSI News Source Info) HUNTSVILLE, Ala., - October 29, 2010: The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today announced that its High Energy Laser Technology Demonstrator (HEL TD) team in Huntsville is installing subassemblies on the Oshkosh Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck (HEMTT), while a HEL TD team in Albuquerque, N.M., is integrating the laser beam director assembly with the beam control system.
These technical integration tasks are being performed to prepare for installation of the beam control system on the HEMTT later this year.
HEL TD is a solid-state laser system demonstrator that will verify the ability to shoot down rockets, artillery and mortars. Boeing is developing the system under contract to the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command.
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DTN News: Arya Vaidya Sala Kottakkal - The Venue Of Ancient Vedic Knowledge....NSI News Source Info # 1162

DTN News: Arya Vaidya Sala Kottakkal - The Venue Of Ancient Vedic Knowledge....NSI News Source Info # 1162
(NSI News Source Info) KOTTAKKAL, Kerala, India - October 25, 2010: With the stress of daily life, rejuvenation and renewal is necessary for us to continue on with day-to-day tasks in a healthy way. A little break helps to renew our mind, body, soul and spirit. There are many ways in which one can accomplish daily renewal and rejuvenation.
Arya Vaidya Sala Kottakkal is a must visit yearly for uplifting and to rejuvenate body, soul and mind., there are regular visitors to Arya Vaidya Sala, annually since a quarter century and was founded in 1902 by Vaidyaratnam P.S. Warrier. This is one among the best ayurvedic clinics in India and people from all over the world come here for treatment.
Evenings were leisure time for gup shup at No. 15, K. V. & Carina Seth with friends from different parts of our globe. We wish all our new discovered friends Health, Wealth & Happiness. (Photos courtesy of Carina Seth)
Ayurveda is the oldest existing health care system. Ayurveda's growth graph in the past decade has been impressive. Middle and upper class people who had shifted their allegiance completely to allopathy, are again trying out ayurveda and other therapies, after bad experiences with allopathy. The Indian government, with an eye on nationalistic legitimacy, is also promoting ayurveda.
Besides, private enterprise is active in what can be called the Kerala school of ayurveda. The result is the blossoming of panchkarma clinics and hospitals al lover India. The panchkarma are the five internal cleansing procedures akin to the six in yoga. They are: vasti (enema), vamana (vomiting), virechana (purgation), nasya (application of herbal preparations through the nostrils), and rakta moksha (therapeutic release of toxic blood).
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