Pakistani Scientist Says N. Korea Paid for Nuclear Technology

The founder of Pakistan’s nuclear program says North Korea paid top Pakistani military officers more than $3 million in exchange for nuclear technology in the 1990s.

RUSSIA, NATO MUST SETTLE ‘MISSILE SHIELD’ ISSUE SOON – ENVOY

Russia and NATO still have time to resolve the controversy over the future European missile defense network, Russia’s envoy to NATO Dmitry Rogozin said on Wednesday.

Nation’s New Missile Warning Satellite Delivers First Infrared Imagery

The first Lockheed Martin-built Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous (GEO-1) spacecraft beamed down its first infrared image on June 21 to the SBIRS ground station.  Following its May 7 launch, the satellite is performing as expected, and is now undergoing early orbit testing.

Israel fears Iran and North Korea strengthening ties

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on April 18, 2011

Iran and North Korea are tightening their relations after a lull, defense sources have told Haaretz. Israeli defense officials are concerned about the development, saying it may reflect an expansion of North Korean aid to Iran’s nuclear and missile programs.

Tobyhanna Strong On Radar Support

In the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania, a large, white radome dominates the high ground at Tobyhanna Army Depot symbolizing the growing number of radars and sensors that depot personnel maintain for the military.

Luis Velez, left, and John Radzikowski set up a Lightweight Counter Mortar Radar system for rotation testing in an anechoic test chamber. Tobyhanna Army Depot employees conduct full organic repair on the entire AN/TPQ-48 LCMR system.

Radars at Tobyhanna run the gamut from Air Defense, Air Traffic Control, Ground Surveillance, Airborne, Shipborne, Range Threat systems and critical Counter Fire systems, supporting the Army, Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy.

Why Does U.S. Refuse To Commit To Promises?

Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov

During his visit to Washington from July 11th to the 13th, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov expects to receive an answer as to why the U.S. has refused to legally commit to the fact that the European missile defense system is not directed against Russia.

Reset in Russia-U.S. relations ‘working out’ – Lavrov

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov

The reset in Russia-U.S. relations is bearing good fruit, but several disputable points, especially the projected deployment of a NATO missile defense shield in Europe, are still eclipsing bilateral ties, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday.

NATO Offers Russia to Take Part in Missile Defense Project Instead of Seeking Guarantees

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said that Moscow should not hope for legally binding guarantees to confirm that the alliance’s prospective missile defense system would not be targeted against Russia.

North Korea Can Make ICBMs: Russian Expert Says

 

Yuri Solomonov, one of Russia’s leading experts on missile technology, has warned both the Russian Defense Ministry and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) that North Korea has already secured basic technology to construct functional Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs).

Shanghai Cooperation Organization Opposes US Missile Defense Plan

 

Front row from left, Iranian President Ahmadinejad, Kazakhstan's President Nazarbayev and Russian President Medvedev walk after a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Kazakhstan's capital Astana, June 15, 2011

Russia continues to oppose U.S. plans for a ballistic missile defense system. We look at Moscow’s view and the position taken by a group known as the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, which includes Russia and China.