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  • July 2008

    • Iran Adds Extra Missile to Image of Yesterday's Tests

      New York Times  |  Jul 10, 08 10:14 AM CDT

      Iran Adds Extra Missile to Image of Yesterday's Tests

      (Newser) - Enemies of Tehran, prepare to be 25% less intimidated—and perhaps more amused. An image of three missiles being test launched yesterday was doctored by Iranian state media to add a fourth, the New York Times reports. Agence France Presse picked up the photo, which made front pages around the world before it was discovered that one weapon was merely a digital composite of its neighbors. More »

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      Iran  • missile  • Photoshop  • newspapers  • doctored photo

    • Iran Tests Missile in Gulf in 'Warning' to US

      Guardian (UK)  |  Jul 9, 08 6:58 AM CDT

      Iran Tests Missile in Gulf in 'Warning' to US

      (Newser) - Iran demonstrated its military might today by firing nine long- and medium-range missiles in the Strait of Hormuz, which 40% of the world's oil passes through. Reports on Iranian television said that one of the weapons fired was the Shahab-3 missile, which has a range of 1,250 miles. The White House reacted by saying that Iran must end missile tests "if they truly seek to gain the trust of the world." More »

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      Mahmoud Ahmadinejad  • missile  • Strait of Hormuz  • tests

  • June 2008

    • Israel Has a Year to Thwart Iranian Nuke: Official

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Jun 29, 08 11:51 AM CDT

      Israel Has a Year to Thwart Iranian Nuke: Official

      (Newser) - Israel has 12 months to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons or risk Tehran’s wrath, a former Israeli defense official said. “The time that is left to be ready is getting shorter all the time,” Shabtai Shavit told the Telegraph. “We should do whatever (is) necessary in case sanctions don’t work. What’s left is military action.” More »

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      Barack Obama  • George W. Bush  • Iran  • Israel  • nuclear program  • missile  • Mossad

    • Arms Smugglers Had Nuke Blueprints

      Washington Post  |  Jun 15, 08 11:02 AM CDT

      Arms Smugglers Had Nuke Blueprints

      (Newser) - Smugglers who sold weapons parts to Libya, Iran, and North Korea also had blueprints for a compact nuclear weapon—plans that could have been sold “to some of the most treacherous regimes in the world," warns an upcoming report by American and international investigators. The device could be attached to missiles used by Iran and many developing countries, according to the Washington Post . More »

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      Iran  • North Korea  • nuclear weapons  • missile  • design  • smuggler

  • April 2008

    • Bush and Putin Part, Missile Differences Intact

      Reuters  |  Apr 6, 08 10:54 AM CDT

      Bush and Putin Part, Missile Differences Intact

      (Newser) - President Bush and Vladimir Putin ended their last meeting as heads of state today by agreeing they like each other—and little else. Washington had hoped the Black Sea summit would yield a compromise over US plans to build a missile defense shield in eastern Europe. “We’ve got more work to do to convince the Russian side that the system is not aimed at Russia,” Bush said. More »

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      George W. Bush  • Russia  • Vladimir Putin  • missile  • missile shield  • summit

  • March 2008

    • Gates Orders Full Nuclear Inventory

      Washington Post  |  Mar 28, 08 6:32 AM CDT

      Gates Orders Full Nuclear Inventory

      (Newser) - Secretary of State Robert Gates has ordered Pentagon officials to take a new inventory of all US nuclear weapons and related equipment, the Washington Post reports. The count, to be completed in 60 days, is in addition to a specific probe into how 4 missile fuses were shipped accidentally to Taiwan and not noticed for 18 months. More »

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      China  • accident  • Defense Department  • nuclear program  • Taiwan  • missile

    • China Furious Over US/Taiwan Nuke Mixup

      Washington Post  |  Mar 26, 08 12:34 PM CDT

      China Furious Over US/Taiwan Nuke Mixup

      (Newser) - Beijing unloaded on Washington today, enraged by reports that the US had accidentally sent nuclear missile parts to Taiwan. China demanded a full US investigation, and said the mistake had “disastrous consequences.” China told the US to halt all arms shipments to Taiwan to “avoid endangering the peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait and the improvement in Sino-US relations.” More »

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      China  • accident  • Defense Department  • nuclear program  • Taiwan  • missile

    • Nuke Fluke: US Sent Missile Parts to Taiwan

      CNN  |  Mar 25, 08 2:15 PM CDT

      Nuke Fluke: US Sent Missile Parts to Taiwan

      (Newser) - The US accidentally shipped components used in nuclear missiles to Taiwan in 2006, CNN reports. Instead of helicopter batteries, the Defense Department sent fuses designed to allow 1960s ballistic missiles to detonate; no actual nuclear material was involved. Taiwan quickly alerted the US to the error, but it wasn’t until this week that the US realized that the shipment contained missile parts. More »

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      Pentagon  • accident  • Defense Department  • Taiwan  • missile  • Department of Defense

  • February 2008

    • Poland, US Move Closer on Missile Shield

      Associated Press  |  Feb 2, 08 9:33 AM CST

      Poland, US Move Closer on Missile Shield

      (Newser) - Poland agreed, in principle, yesterday to host controversial US missile interceptors on its soil, the AP reports, after Condoleezza Rice sat down with Poland's foreign minister and agreed to help upgrade its military in return. The foreign minister told reporters in Washington that there was still a lot of negotiating to do, but he was satisfied that the Poles' needs would be met. More »

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      Russia  • Condoleezza Rice  • Poland  • missile  • Eastern Europe  • missile defense shield

  • November 2007

    • Iran Boasts of Missile That Can Reach Israel

      Bloomberg  |  Nov 27, 07 2:00 PM CST

      Iran Boasts of Missile That Can Reach Israel

      (Newser) - Iran has developed a missile with a range of more than 1,200 miles—far enough to strike Israel and American bases in the Mideast. Tehran's announcement today that the Ashura missile is operative will heighten tensions between the US and Iran, which continues to defy Security Council demands to end its nuclear program, Bloomberg reports. More »

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      Iran  • missile

  • September 2007

    • Taiwan Flexing Missile Muscle

      New York Times  |  Sep 30, 07 11:29 AM CDT

      Taiwan Flexing Missile Muscle

      (Newser) - As China quietly stockpiles weapons aimed at Taiwan, the renegade island confirms it is developing its own cruise missiles capable of hitting the mainland, including Shanghai and many military bases. The controversial weapon, intended to "make China hesitate before launching any attack," is more likely to ramp up the arms race between the countries, reports the NY Times . More »

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      China  • United Nations  • Beijing  • Taiwan  • missile

    • Rocket Attack Wounds Scores of Israeli Troops

      Haaretz (Israel)  |  Sep 11, 07 4:11 AM CDT

      Rocket Attack Wounds Scores of Israeli Troops

      (Newser) - At least 66 Israeli soldiers were wounded by a Qassam rocket fired into Israeli territory from inside the Gaza strip early today. The missile struck a tent in an Israeli basic training camp in the northern Negev desert near the community of Kibbutz Zikkim, reports Ha'aretz. Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack. More »

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      Israel  • Gaza  • Gaza Strip  • missile  • Islamic Jihad  • rocket  • Sderot  • IDF  • Qassam

  • August 2007

    • Georgia Claims Russian Attack

      Reuters  |  Aug 7, 07 4:53 AM CDT

      Georgia Claims Russian Attack

      (Newser) - Georgia has accused the Russian military of launching a missile at a small village in its territory. Reuters reports that the missile narrowly avoided a town west of Tbilisi and landed in a farm. The Georgian interior minister decried what he called an "act of aggression" but the Russian government has denied all responsibility. More »

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      Russia  • Georgia  • NATO  • Soviet Union  • missile  • Tbilisi

    • Libya Clinches European Arms Deal

      Financial Times (UK)  |  Aug 4, 07 9:11 AM CDT

      Libya Clinches European Arms Deal

      (Newser) - Nicolas Sarkozy submitted yesterday to calls for an inquiry over the weapons and  nuclear technology deal just finalized with Libya, says the Financial Times . Sarkozy flew to Tripoli to shake on the deal last week, just days after Libya's release of six Bulgarian nurses. Under the agreement, Libya will buy an unknown number of anti-tank missiles from a European defense company and build a nuclear reactor. More »

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      France  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • Libya  • weapon  • missile  • nuclear reactor  • arms deal  • Moammar Gadhafi  • Bulgarian nurses

  • June 2007

    • 10 Arrested in Laos Takeover Scheme

      Associated Press  |  Jun 5, 07 4:43 AM CDT

      10 Arrested in Laos Takeover Scheme

      (Newser) - Ten suspects were arrested in six Californian cities today for conspiring to overthrow the government of Laos. The plotters included a former general in the Laotian army and a former US military officer who was a covert operative during the Vietnam War, the AP reports. Most of the group were Hmong, an ethnic minority who supported the US during the war. More »

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      California  • Los Angeles  • United States  • Vietnam  • US attorney  • mine  • missile  • Sacramento  • explosives  • Laos

    • Putin Rattles Nuclear Sabre

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Jun 4, 07 5:32 AM CDT

      Putin Rattles Nuclear Sabre

      (Newser) - Russia is threatening to aim nuclear missiles at major European cities for the first time since the Cold War, the Daily Telegraph reports. Vladimir Putin's provocation, on the eve of the G-8 summit, was the latest in an increasingly strident string of anti-western pronouncements in response to US plans to create a missile defense shield in eastern Europe. More »

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      Russia  • Vladimir Putin  • Cold War  • missile  • nuclear  • Eastern Europe  • missile defense shield

  • May 2007
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