DTN News - BATTLE FOR LIBYA: 'Talks Under Way' To End Libya Fighting....NSI News Source Info # 2013

DTN News - BATTLE FOR LIBYA: 'Talks Under Way' To End Libya Fighting....NSI News Source Info # 2013

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - May 28, 2011: Secret channels are being opened between the Libyan government of Muammar Gaddafi and British citizens with a view to ending the conflict, sources have told Al Jazeera.

Abdelati al-Obeidi, the Libyan deputy foreign minister, who has been leading the government's diplomacy after Musa Kousa, the foreign minister, defected, gave hints on Saturday to Al Jazeera's James Bays about the secret talks to end the war.

The Al Jazeera correspondent, who spoke to al-Obeidi on a flight to the southern Tunisian town of Djerba, said the Libyan official was quite guarded in his approach and said that "he really was not authorised to tell me what had taken place at this meeting."

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DTN News - CHINA DEFENSE NEWS: China Sets Up Military Cyber-Warfare Team ~ Report....NSI News Source Info # 2012

DTN News - CHINA DEFENSE NEWS: China Sets Up Military Cyber-Warfare Team ~ Report....NSI News Source Info # 2012

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - May 28, 2011:

China's military has set up an elite Internet security task force tasked with fending off cyber attacks, state media reported Friday, denying that the initiative is intended to create a "hacker army".

The People's Liberation Army has reportedly invested tens of millions of yuan (millions of dollars) in the project -- which is sure to ring alarm bells around the world among governments and businesses wary of Beijing's intentions.

"Cyber attacks have become an international problem affecting both civilian and military areas," the Global Times quoted China's defence ministry spokesman Geng Yansheng as telling a rare briefing this week.

"China is relatively weak in cyber-security and has often been targeted. This temporary programme is aimed at improving our defences against such attacks."

The 30-member "Cyber Blue Team" -- the core of the PLA's cyber force -- has been organised under the Guangdong military command in the country's south, and will carry out "cyber-warfare drills", the newspaper said.

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DTN News - CHINA DEFENSE NEWS: China Steals Top Gun Video Clip....NSI News Source Info # 2011

DTN News - CHINA DEFENSE NEWS: China Steals Top Gun Video Clip....NSI News Source Info # 2011

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - May 28, 2011:

China's air force is again under close scrutiny as internet users pore over images of its fighter pilots in action. For the second time in a month pictures of military manoeuvres – this time aired by the state broadcaster – have spread rapidly across websites and blogs.

This time the craft is not the country's new stealth fighter; and the reaction is not excitement but amusement. Sharp-eyed viewers have spotted that a key clip came straight from the film Top Gun.

Tom Cruise in Top Gun. Photograph: Cine Text/Allstar

China Central Television News last week broadcast a training exercise by the People's Liberation Army Air Force with one plane firing a missile at another. But an observant viewer spotted that the resulting explosion matches a blast from the final fight scene in the Tom Cruise movie.

The frame-by-frame comparison of the images, by someone posting under the name Liu Yi,demonstrates the likeness, and the Wall Street journal has produced a video comparing the news clip with the movie scene.

The news broadcast was posted on the CCTV website but vanished after news of the gaffe began to spread.

A spokeswoman in the foreign affairs department at CCTV said she was not aware of the claims and would need to look into them. She was not available when the Guardian rang back.

While the clip is no doubt the work of a maverick employee, many internet users have enjoyed the broadcaster's embarrassment. The authorities censor television more strictly than publications and CCTV's news bulletins, in particular, are notorious for their unflinching dullness.

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DTN News - PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA NEWS: Obama In Poland....NSI News Source Info # 2010

DTN News - PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA NEWS: Obama In Poland....NSI News Source Info # 2010

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - May 27, 2011: President Barack Obama greets Polish military personnel after laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Warsaw, Poland, Friday, May 27, 2011.

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DTN News - PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA NEWS: Obama In Poland....NSI News Source Info # 2009

DTN News - PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA NEWS: Obama In Poland....NSI News Source Info # 2009

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - May 27, 2011: U.S. President Barack Obama is escorted by honour guards as he attends a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Warsaw May 27, 2011. Obama is on a four-nation European visit to Ireland, England, France and Poland.

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DTN News - PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA NEWS: Obama In Poland....NSI News Source Info # 2008

DTN News - PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA NEWS: Obama In Poland....NSI News Source Info # 2008

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - May 27, 2011: U.S. President Barack Obama ( 2nd L) and Poland's President Bronislaw Komorowski wave in front of the Presidential Palace in Warsaw May 27, 2011. Obama will reaffirm a U.S. commitment to Poland's security with a deal to set up an air detachment, the White House said on Friday, meeting a key Polish request for "American boots on the ground".

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Who Says Indian Man Rule?????....NSI News Source Info # 2007

Who Says Indian Man Rule?????....NSI News Source Info # 2007

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated May 27, 2011....NSI News Source Info # 2006

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated May 27, 2011....

NSI News Source Info # 2006

Source: U.S. DoD issued No. 444-11 May 27, 2011

(NSI News Source Info) WASHINGTON - May 27, 2011: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued May 27, 2011 are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS

NAVY

General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $744,129,956 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-09-C-2229) for the procurement of the detail design and construction of two mobile landing platform ships. Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif. (62 percent); Mobile, Ala. (7 percent); Pittsburgh, Pa. (6 percent); Beloit, Wis. (5 percent); Crozet, Va. (2 percent); Chesapeake, Va. (2 percent); and Belle Chasse, La. (1 percent), with other efforts performed at various sites throughout the United States (8 percent) and outside the United States (7 percent). Work is expected to be complete by February 2014. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.

Bechtel Plant Machinery, Inc., Monroeville, Pa., is being awarded a $26,823,812 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-07-C-2100) for naval nuclear propulsion components. Work will be performed in Monroeville, Pa. (93.7 percent), and Schenectady, N.Y. (6.3 percent). Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. No completion date or additional information is provided on naval nuclear propulsion program contracts. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.

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DTN News - PAKISTAN NEWS: Pakistani Military Worried About Collaborators....NSI News Source Info # 2005

DTN News - PAKISTAN NEWS: Pakistani Military Worried About Collaborators....NSI News Source Info # 2005

(NSI News Source Info) ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - May 27, 2011: Embarrassed by the Osama bin Laden raid and by a series of insurgent attacks on high-security sites, top Pakistani military officials are increasingly concerned that their ranks are penetrated by Islamists who are aiding militants in a campaign against the state.

Those worries have grown especially acute since the killing of bin Laden less than a mile from a prestigious military academy. This week’s naval base infiltration by heavily armed insurgents in the megacity of Karachi — an attack widely believed to have required inside help — has only deepened fears, military officials said.

Army chief Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, who like the civilian government has publicly expressed anger over the secret U.S. raid, was so shaken by the discovery of bin Laden that he told U.S. officials in a recent meeting that his first priority was “bringing our house in order,” according to a senior Pakistani intelligence official, citing personal conversations with Kayani.

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DTN News - SWEDEN DEFENSE NEWS: Sweden’s Armed Forces Would Be Coptering With 15 BLACK HAWK By End 2012....NSI News Source Info # 2004

DTN News - SWEDEN DEFENSE NEWS:

Sweden’s Armed Forces Would Be Coptering With 15 BLACK HAWK By End 2012....

NSI News Source Info # 2004

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - May 27, 2011:

The U.S. Department of Defense issued/notification # 439 dated May 25, 2011 to

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., was awarded on May 23, 2011., a $207,133,531 firm-fixed-price contract.

The award will provide for the procurement of 15 UH-60M aircraft for the Sweden’s armed forces and government furnished equipment to contractor furnished equipment. Work will be performed in Stratford, Conn., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2012. One bid was solicited, with one bid received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, AMCOM Contracting Center, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-08-C-0003).

Sikorsky has press releases on May 18, 2011 in conjunction with the aforemention aspect and the captioned is "Sweden Becomes 1st European Nation To Procure UH-60M Helicopters" and the article is as follows;

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DTN News - BATTLE FOR LIBYA: UK Approves Use Of Apache Helicopters For Libya....NSI News Source Info # 2003 (Image # 2)

DTN News - BATTLE FOR LIBYA: UK Approves Use Of Apache Helicopters For Libya....NSI News Source Info # 2003 (Image # 2)

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada / LONDON, U.K. - May 27, 2011: The British government has given clearance for the use of its attack helicopters in Libya, putting the final decision on deployment in NATO's hands.

Prime Minister David Cameron and British ministers have given clearance "in principle" to put Apache helicopters at NATO's disposal, a person familiar with the matter said Thursday.

Whether or not to deploy the helicopters is now a matter for operational commanders, the person added, requesting anonymity because no formal announcement has yet been made.

The debate over using attack helicopters in Libya has provoked public squabbling between Britain and France in recent days. France said Monday it would deploy attack helicopters and that Britain would too — news the U.K. angrily denied, saying no decision had yet been made.

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DTN News - BATTLE FOR LIBYA: UK Approves Use Of Apache Helicopters For Libya....NSI News Source Info # 2002 (Image # 1)

DTN News - BATTLE FOR LIBYA: UK Approves Use Of Apache Helicopters For Libya....NSI News Source Info # 2002 (Image # 1)

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada / LONDON, U.K. - May 27, 2011: The British government has given clearance for the use of its attack helicopters in Libya, putting the final decision on deployment in NATO's hands.

Prime Minister David Cameron and British ministers have given clearance "in principle" to put Apache helicopters at NATO's disposal, a person familiar with the matter said Thursday.

Whether or not to deploy the helicopters is now a matter for operational commanders, the person added, requesting anonymity because no formal announcement has yet been made.

The debate over using attack helicopters in Libya has provoked public squabbling between Britain and France in recent days. France said Monday it would deploy attack helicopters and that Britain would too — news the U.K. angrily denied, saying no decision had yet been made.

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DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated May 26, 2011....NSI News Source Info # 2001

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated May 26, 2011....

NSI News Source Info # 2001

Source: U.S. DoD issued No. 443-11 May 26, 2011

(NSI News Source Info) WASHINGTON - May 26, 2011: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued May 26, 2011 are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS

MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY

Raytheon Missile Systems Co., Tucson, Ariz., is being awarded a cost-plus-award-fee modification under contract HQ0276-10-C-0005, P00011. The total award value of this action is $110,678,886, resulting in a new cumulative contract value of $275,967,245. The modification will extend contract line item number 0001 period of performance to continue engineering and development for Standard Missile-3 Block IIA missiles. The work will be performed in Tucson, Ariz. The period of performance is May 1, 2011 through Sept. 30, 2011. Fiscal 2011 research, development, test and evaluation funds will be used for this effort with $20,000,000 provided at time of award. The Missile Defense Agency is the contracting activity.

AIR FORCE

The Cessna Aircraft Co., Wichita, Kan., is being awarded an $88,499,909 firm-fixed price, single award contract for items being procured for the Afghanistan Basic Trainer/Light Lift Family of Systems: six Cessna T-182T aircraft; 26 Cessna 208B aircraft; six aircrew training devices; and interim contractor support for the aircraft and training devices in Afghanistan and advisor training. This effort supports foreign military sales to Afghanistan. 877 AESG/SYI, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8617-11-C-6209).

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DTN News: Aerospace/Defense Headlines - News Dated May 26, 2011....NSI News Source Info # 2000

DTN News: Aerospace/Defense Headlines - News Dated May 26, 2011....

NSI News Source Info # 2000

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - May 26, 2011: Comprehensive daily news related to Aerospace/Defense for the world of TODAY.

*Comprehensive daily news related on Aerospace/Defense for the world of TODAY

Thursday May 26, 2011

• MEC's Brousell to Join Panel at Cisco Live Industrial Intelligence Day
  5:40 pm - Marketwire
• Department of Defense Can Be a Leader in Deploying Technology for Advanced Biofuels, BIO Says
  5:35 pm - Business Wire
• Northrop Grumman to Present at Sanford Bernstein's 27th Annual Strategic Decisions Conference
  5:26 pm - PR Newswire
• Ranger International Services Group: Two Subsidiaries Win GSA Contracting Effort Together
  5:07 pm - PR Newswire
• Epic Data Announces Q2 Results
  4:46 pm - Marketwire

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DTN News - SERBIA NEWS: Serbia Arrests Ratko Mladic On War Crimes Charges....NSI News Source Info # 1999

DTN News - SERBIA NEWS: Serbia Arrests Ratko Mladic On War Crimes Charges....NSI News Source Info # 1999

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada / NEW YORK, U.S. - May 26, 2011: Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb general charged with orchestrating the largest mass killing of civilians in Europe since World War II, was arrested Thursday in Serbia, ending a nearly 16-year manhunt that stood as a test of the West’s commitment to hold accused war criminals accountable.

Mladic, 69, was indicted twice, first in 1995 by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, on more than a dozen counts of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity during Bosnia’s 1992-95 war. He was charged with commanding troops responsible for enforcing the 46-month siege of Sarajevo and for slaughtering about 8,000 Bosnian Muslims near the town of Srebrenica in July 1995.

After Thursday’s arrest, Serbian President Boris Tadic told reporters in Belgrade that Mladic was picked up by the Serbian Security Intelligence Agency and will be extradited to the U.N. war crimes tribunal in The Hague.

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DTN News - G8 SUMMIT NEWS: At Summit, G8 Powers Urge Yemen Leader To Go....NSI News Source Info # 1998

DTN News - G8 SUMMIT NEWS: At Summit, G8 Powers Urge Yemen Leader To Go....NSI News Source Info # 1998

(NSI News Source Info) DEAUVILLE, France - May 26, 2011: Leaders of the Group of Eight called on Yemen's president to quit on Thursday, hoping to avert civil war flaring up in one part of the Arab world as they prepared to help new democracies flourish in another.

Starting a summit in the French seaside resort of Deauville, the G8 -- seven Western powers plus Russia -- were expected to endorse aid programs for Tunisia and Egypt, the vanguards of the Arab Spring, which has seen autocratic rulers overthrown.

But the bloodshed and fighting in the Yemeni capital Sanaa darkened any sense of congratulation and offered a stark reminder of the violence that has engulfed other states in North Africa and the Middle East, notably also Libya and Syria.

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DTN News - NORTHSTAR ELECTRONICS NEWS: Northstar Electronics Receives New Purchase Orders For The P-3 Service Life Extension Project....NSI # 1997

DTN News - NORTHSTAR ELECTRONICS NEWS: Northstar Electronics Receives New Purchase Orders For The P-3 Service Life Extension Project....NSI News Source Info # 1997

(NSI News Source Info)

VANCOUVER, British Columbia

- May 26, 2011:

Northstar Electronics, Inc. (OTCBB:NEIK.ob - News) announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Northstar Network Ltd. (NNL), has received new purchase orders from Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Inc. totaling approximately $2,400,000 for work on the P-3 Mid-Life Upgrade (MLU) Program. The new work is under the umbrella of a $16.4MM Master Purchase Order (MPO) contract previously announced by Northstar. Production for this work is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2012.

Northstar is manufacturing components and assemblies for new production Service Life Extension kits for the wing upgrade for the P-3 Orion. Lockheed Martin's P-3 MLU Program is the only certified, low-risk and cost-effective solution to extend aircraft service life. The MLU replaces the aircraft outer wings, center wing lower section and horizontal stabilizer with new production components. It removes all current P-3 airframe flight restrictions and will add more than 15,000 flying hours to each aircraft, representing 15 to 20 additional years of service for this critical maritime patrol and reconnaissance resource. There are more than 430 P-3 aircraft in the worldwide fleet.

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DTN News - LOCKHEED MARTIN DEFENSE NEWS: Lockheed Martin Delivers AH-1Z Cobra Targeting Systems To The U.S. Marine Corps Ahead Of Schedule.NSI # 1996

DTN News - LOCKHEED MARTIN DEFENSE NEWS: Lockheed Martin Delivers AH-1Z Cobra Targeting Systems To The U.S. Marine Corps Ahead Of Schedule....NSI News Source Info # 1996

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada / ORLANDO, Fl,- May 26, 2011: Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] recently began early delivery of Target Sight System (TSS) follow-on production units for the U.S. Marine Corps’ AH-1Z Cobra attack helicopter. The TSS units feature upgraded software to provide additional targeting capabilities.

TSS is the multi-sensor fire control system for the AH-1Z, integrating state-of-the-art sensors to provide pilots with enhanced capabilities to acquire, track and designate targets. The highly stabilized sensor suite includes a laser designator, color video display and a third-generation, mid-wave, forward-looking infrared sensor with advanced image processing.

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DTN News - SAUDI ARABIA NEWS: Prince Saud al-Faisal Welcomes Bahrain's Foreign Minister Sheikh Khaled bin Ahmed al-Khalifa For GCC Meeting.NSI # 1995

DTN News - SAUDI ARABIA NEWS: Prince Saud al-Faisal Welcomes Bahrain's Foreign Minister Sheikh Khaled bin Ahmed al-Khalifa For GCC Meeting....NSI News Source Info # 1995

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - May 25, 2011: Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal(2nd R) welcomes Bahrain's Foreign Minister Sheikh Khaled bin Ahmed al-Khalifa upon his arrival at Riyadh airport before heading for a Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) meeting May 22, 2011.

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DTN News - PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA NEWS: President Obama And Prime Minister David Cameron Meeting At 10 Downing Street London....NSI # 1994

DTN News - PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA NEWS: President Obama And Prime Minister David Cameron Meeting At 10 Downing Street London....NSI News Source Info # 1994

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - May 25, 2011: Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron (L) speaks with U.S. President Barack Obama during their meeting at 10 Downing Street in central London May 25, 2011.

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DTN News - OSAMA BIN LADEN NEWS: Peshawar Police Station Targeted To Avenge Osama bin Laden Death....NSI News Source Info # 1993

DTN News - OSAMA BIN LADEN NEWS: Peshawar Police Station Targeted To Avenge Osama bin Laden Death....NSI News Source Info # 1993

(NSI News Source Info) PESHAWAR, Pakistan - May 25, 2011: Armed soldiers patrol past a police station, which was destroyed by a car bomb, in Peshawar May 25, 2011. Suspected militants drove a car packed with explosives into the police station in the Pakistani town of Peshawar on Wednesday, killing two policemen and wounding 20 people, the latest attack since Osama bin laden was killed this month.

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DTN News - ISRAEL DEFENSE NEWS: Netanyahu To Outline Peace Vision In Speech To Congress....NSI News Source Info # 1992

DTN News - ISRAEL DEFENSE NEWS: Netanyahu To Outline Peace Vision In Speech To Congress....NSI News Source Info # 1992

(NSI News Source Info) WASHINGTON- May 24, 2011: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would set forth his view of a future Middle East peace in an address to Congress on Tuesday and reaffirmed Israel would never return to its old, narrow borders.

"I will outline a vision for a secure Israeli-Palestinian peace," the right-wing Israeli leader said on Monday about his planned address to a joint meeting of Congress.

"I intend to speak the unvarnished truth. Now more than ever what we need is clarity."

Addressing the annual policy conference of the powerful American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a pro-Israel lobby group, Netanyahu appeared to keep alive a public dispute with President Barack Obama over the shape of a future Palestine.

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DTN News - ROMANIA DEFENSE NEWS: Elbit Systems To Upgrade Romanian Air Forces' C-130 Transport Aircraft Under Contract Valued At $18.6 Million

DTN News - ROMANIA DEFENSE NEWS: Elbit Systems To Upgrade Romanian Air Forces' C-130 Transport Aircraft Under Contract Valued At $18.6 Million....NSI News Source Info # 1991

(NSI News Source Info) HAIFA, Israel, - May 24, 2011: Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ and TASE: ESLT) ("Elbit Systems") announced today that it was awarded a contract valued at approximately $18.6 million to upgrade the Romanian Air Forces' C-130 transport aircraft. According to the agreement, the C-130 aircraft will be installed with various types of advanced electronic systems, including those produced by Elbit Systems' wholly owned subsidiary - Elisra Electronic Systems Ltd.

The project, to be performed over four years, will be executed in cooperation with local companies in Romania, lead by the Romanian Aeronautical Industry.

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DTN News -STRATFOR DEFENSE NEWS: China Blocks U.N. Report On Missile Technology Transfers....NSI News Source Info # 1990

DTN News -STRATFOR DEFENSE NEWS: China Blocks U.N. Report On Missile Technology Transfers....NSI News Source Info # 1990

**ANALYSIS: This article is well analyzed by STRATFOR, China is now aiming to unseat the lone super-power U.S. and is in direct competition on stealth aircraft J-20 in comparison to F-22, very soon will test fly stealth helicopter, courtesy Pakistan and Osama bin Laden's Abbottabad mansion raided by SEALs. Enable for China to pursue it's objective, there are two factors - vast consumers market and vast forex (foreign exchange) reserves amounting to $3 trillion, which is one third of the world's forex. Sooner or later, without any doubt - China will make it's presence felt in every factor from military hardware, aviations, automobiles etcetera in the global arena as an economy super power, as of now - second in GDP (ppp), predicted by 2016 would replace U.S. to number one position; Roger Smith DTN News ~ Defense-Technology News

Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources Stratfor

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - May 24, 2011: China blocks U.N. report on Missile Technology Transfers.

Nathan Hughes: Predictable denials, from Iran to China, quickly ensued following the leak of the existence of a confidential U.N. report on ongoing cooperation between Iran and North Korean on ballistic missile development as well as Chinese facilitation of the exchange of materiel between the two countries.

Trilateral cooperation between not just North Korea and Iran, but Pakistan as well, in ballistic missile development has been long established and long known, as has Chinese facilitation. But it is this trilateral relationship that is the most overt, not in any official sense but in the simultaneous existence of near-identical medium-range ballistic missiles in each country’s arsenal, in each case, the longest-range operationally fielded missile in the countries. Alternately known as the Shahab-3 to Iran, the Nodong series to North Korea and the Ghauri to the Pakistanis, these missiles have their roots in Soviet SCUD technology, and Soviet SCUD technology is really a fairly rudimentary extension of Nazi V-2 technology from World War II.

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DTN News - PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA NEWS: President Obama Speaking At State Banquet Hosted By Britain's Royal Family....NSI News Source Info # 1989

DTN News - PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA NEWS: President Obama Speaking At State Banquet Hosted By Britain's Royal Family....NSI News Source Info # 1989

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - May 24, 2011: U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during a State Banquet in Buckingham Palace hosted by Britain's Queen Elizabeth (2nd R) as Camilla (L), the Duchess of Cornwall and Prince Philip (R), the Duke of Edinburgh look on, in London May 24, 2011. Obama was treated to royal pomp at Buckingham Palace Tuesday on a two-day state visit aimed at ensuring the United States and Britain keep the "special" in their relationship. (Photo - Reuters)

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DTN News - PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA NEWS: President Obama And Britain's Royal Family Toasting During State Banquet In Buckingham Palace....NSI # 1988

DTN News - PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA NEWS: President Obama And Britain's Royal Family Toasting During State Banquet In Buckingham Palace London....NSI News Source Info # 1988

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - May 24, 2011: Britain's Queen Elizabeth (C), Prince Philip (R), the Duke of Edinburgh and U.S. President Barack Obama(L) toast during a State Banquet in Buckingham Palace in London May 24, 2011. Obama was treated to royal pomp at Buckingham Palace Tuesday on a two-day state visit aimed at ensuring the United States and Britain keep the "special" in their relationship. (Photo - Reuters)

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