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Europe, China still can't build heavy military airlifters

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- Since airlift capability separates most nation states from the handful with effective rapid long-distance power projection, it is no surprise that so many countries are trying to get in on the act. But even giant China with its enormous basic industrial capacity is finding that task easier said than done.

Brits pull the plug on FRES utility vehicle

BRUSSELS, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- United Kingdom pulls the plug on FRES after negotiation stalls; budget cuts slow Britain's major defense programs; Airbus subcontracts Turkish firm for A350; Russia renews work on Indian aircraft carrier.

Chavez threatens to sink U.S. Fourth Fleet

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- A buoyant Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez boasted Sunday that his air force could sink the U.S. Fourth Fleet in the Caribbean now that it had received 24 Russian Sukhoi Su-30MK2 combat aircraft equipped with missiles capable of sinking ships.

Analysis: Pakistan PM's moment of truth

WASHINGTON, July 29 (UPI) -- Pakistan's new prime minister, Yousaf Raza Gilani, has been plunged into the heart of the storm: U.S. President George W. Bush and front-running Democratic presidential challenger Sen. Barack Obama are both focusing on him to clean out al-Qaida and the Taliban from their strongholds.

Russia Defense Watch: Tu-160 threat rises

WASHINGTON, July 28 (UPI) -- Russian policymakers Thursday boosted their threat to deploy supersonic Tupolev Tu-160 "White Swan" -- NATO designation Blackjack -- nuclear bombers in Cuba to say they might put them in Venezuela and Algeria, too.

Analysis: European defense contracts

BRUSSELS, July 28 (UPI) -- Turkey awards a $4 billion submarine deal to German HDW-MFI; Switzerland gaining ground on arms market; Hugo Chavez goes defense shopping in Russia; Saudis seek to lure Russia away from Iran with arms deals.

Russia Defense Watch: Border row resolved

MOSCOW, July 22 (UPI) -- The Russian government is about to make a significant concession to resolve a decades-old frontier dispute with China.

Kazakhs, Russians create space venture

ASTANA, Kazakhstan, April 5 (UPI) -- Russia and Kazakhstan have signed founding documents for a joint space venture, Russian space officials said Tuesday.

U.S. satellite launch postponed

ALMATY, Kazakhstan, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- A commercial launch of a U.S. satellite from the Baykonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan has been postponed for technical reasons, local media reported Tuesday.

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