WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- The dramatic progress posted by nations such as the United States, Russia, Israel, Japan, India and even Iran in ballistic missile defense was balanced by the complacency for loss of political will on the issue in many other countries. For every "hare" nation on BMD in 2007, there was also a "tortoise."
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- 2007 was a year when major industrial nations divided into tortoises and hares in their policies towards ballistic missile defense.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- The U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration has helped install a nuclear security monitor in a port on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- The U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration has announced the return of 176 pounds of spent nuclear fuel from the Czech Republic to Russia.
EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Jan. 2 (UPI) -- The U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency announced it has contracted California-based Computer Sciences Corp. for network support.
HYDERABAD, India, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Indian President Pratibha Patil visited the Defense Research and Development Organization's missile complex Tuesday and urged scientists to keep deadlines.
BILLERICA, Mass., Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Massachusetts-based American Science and Engineering Inc. announced it has received $4.2 million in orders for its X-ray scanning technologies.
MCLEAN, Va., Jan. 2 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced it has contracted Aviel Systems subsidiary Performance Management Consulting for program management support.
DUBLIN, Calif., Jan. 2 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army announced it has selected California-based Microchip Biotechnologies Inc. to participate in the inaugural commercialization pilot program.
MOSCOW, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- It can be said that the United States decided against developing a mobile Midgetman strategic missile, concentrating instead on the survivability of its ground-based nuclear systems by hardening their silos as part of the Minuteman-3 modernization program.
