Pakistan Test Fires Nuclear Capable Ballistic Missile Hatf-III Ghaznavi
IN THIS ISSUE: Pakistan test fires Hatf-III Ghaznavi, US downs test missile, Russia to adopt new liquid heavy ICBM after 2022, sign of Iran cleanup at Parchin, Brazil not to build new nuclear plants at least until 2020, nuclear revival in UK planned as Cameron spurs profits.
Pakistan Test Fires Hatf III Missile Inter Service Public Relations
Pakistan today conducted a successful training launch of Short Range Ballistic Missile Hatf III (Ghaznavi), which can carry nuclear and conventional warheads to a range of 290 kilometers.
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Jim Wolf | Reuters U.S. forces said they had destroyed a target in the first successful test of the Navy's newest anti-missile interceptor, designed to protect allies from attacks by countries like North Korea and Iran. Full Article RIA Novosti Russia will only be able to adopt a new 100-ton liquid-propellant intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) intended to penetrate the US missile defense system by 2022, the manufacturer said on Tuesday. Full Article Rick Gladstone | New York Times New commercial satellite imagery of an Iranian military site that has remained off limits to international nuclear inspectors shows recent activity that suggests the Iranians have tried to clean up a suspected explosives testing chamber there, a group that tracks nuclear proliferation said Wednesday. Full Article RTT News The Brazilian government has announced a moratorium on new nuclear plants for at least another decade. Marcio Zimmermann, Executive Secretary of Brazil's Ministry of Mines and Energy, was quoted as saying at a public meeting on Wednesday that there was no need for new nuclear facilities at least until 2020. Full Article Kari Lundgren | Bloomberg Prime Minister David Cameron's government is drawing up a law to make building atomic reactors more profitable. The U.K. is aiming to revive the nuclear industry after Germany’s largest utilities scrapped a project in March because the investment would take too long to pay off.Full Article |
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