Space-based weapons would risk a new arms race
Posted on: Mon Apr 10th, 2006 | mercurynews.com

MOSCOW - The United States has promised to make public in the next few months its new space doctrine, which allows for the deployment of weapons in outer space.

DoD signs off on multiyear procurement plan for F-22
Posted on: Mon Apr 10th, 2006 | aimpoints.hq.af.mil

WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--The Defense Department has given permission to start work on a long-term contract with Lockheed Martin Corp. (LMT) and United Technologies Corp. (UTX) for F-22 stealth fighters.

Craft Nears Venus to Seek Global Warming Clues
Posted on: Mon Apr 10th, 2006 | nytimes.com

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- After getting little attention for more than a decade, Venus is about to receive a visiting spacecraft from Earth designed to investigate its dense, hot atmosphere for clues about runaway global warming that may shed light on potential changes here.

Competition for Turkey's jet fighter purchases heats up
Posted on: Mon Apr 10th, 2006 | zaman.com

The US accepted to give Turkey a role worth more than $3,5 billion in the new generation war plane project to replace F-16 planes.

Behind the beautiful Soyuz launch: overcoming a communications emergency
Posted on: Mon Apr 10th, 2006 | thespacereview.com

Behind the scenes of the beautiful blastoff two weeks ago of a Russian Soyuz spacecraft with three men headed towards the International Space Station, a critical communications blackout hit Mission Control in Moscow. That emergency quickly passed without any harm to the mission or the crew.

Is the Japanese-US missile defense program changing the Asian military balance?
Posted on: Mon Apr 10th, 2006 | thespacereview.com

While the war against terror in Iraq and Afghanistan continues, progress on the Bush Administration's Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) continues almost unnoticed.