News of June 20, 2005
Eurofighter a shooting star in clash with US jets
Posted at: Mon Jun 20th, 2005
IT might be over budget and years late but the Eurofighter Typhoon has shown that it can shake off America's best fighter plane and shoot it down.
A chance encounter over the Lake District between a Eurofighter trainer and two F-15 aircraft turned into a mock dogfight, with the Briti...
The US threat to British sovereignty
Posted at: Mon Jun 20th, 2005
The UK is threatening to pull out of the $200bn Joint Strike Fighter programme if the US continues to refuse to share technology. Sylvia Pfeifer reports
Geena Davis, Hilary Duff and other stars joined business leaders last Sunday at the Ford Theater in Washington for the annual Salute...
First 'solar sail' prepares for launch
Posted at: Mon Jun 20th, 2005
A space advocacy group is hoping to show the world a new way to power vehicles through space by launching the first "solar sail" into orbit Tuesday.
If successful, the privately launched Cosmos 1 will pioneer an elegant method of space travel that uses gentle pressure from sunlight to...
TSR: Space weapons: the new debate
Posted at: Mon Jun 20th, 2005
Recent news reports have reignited the debate over weapons in space. Taylor Dinerman looks at history and argues that weapons—and battles—in space are inevitable.
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