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Outside View: Problems with GLONASS

The council of chief designers behind Russia's Global Navigation Satellite System GLONASS said it will only become operational in late 2008. ...

From ANDREI KISLYAKOV, United Press International,  9 Apr 2008
Related Topics: Sergei Ivanov

Outside View: GLONASS gloom -- Part 2

To be honest, anyone familiar with Russian roads would hesitate before seriously talking about the commercial success of the Global Navigation Satellite System. ...

From ANDREI KISLYAKOV, United Press International,  5 Mar 2008
Related Topics: Sergei Ivanov

Outside View: GLONASS gloom -- Part 1

The development of Russia's high-tech sector, primarily the national space program, resembles a Camel Trophy race, while official reports do not always reflect the real situation. ...

From ANDREI KISLYAKOV, United Press International,  4 Mar 2008
Related Topics: Sergei Ivanov

Outside View: SM-3's ASAT triumph

UPI Outside View Commentator MOSCOW, Feb. 28 (UPI) -- On Feb. 21 the modified Standard Missile SM-3 shot down US-193, a dying, bus-sized U.S. spy satellite loaded with toxic fuel on a collision course with Earth. There are more pro than con arguments ...

From ANDREI KISLYAKOV, United Press International,  28 Feb 2008
Related Topics: Ronald Reagan,  Vladimir Putin,  NATO

Outside View: Russia rearms

UPI Outside View Commentator MOSCOW, Feb. 21 (UPI) -- This year Russia will concentrate on a State Arms Program to be carried out by 2015. One of the program's priorities is to equip the armed forces with high-accuracy weapons. Last February the ...

From ANDREI KISLYAKOV, United Press International,  21 Feb 2008
Related Topics: NATO,  Sergei Ivanov

Outside View: Satellites at risk -- Part 2

UPI Outside View Commentator MOSCOW, Feb. 14 (UPI) -- Hundreds of seemingly harmless "passive" space systems, which themselves are not designed to attack anything, are a crucial component of high precision weapons, the main armaments of the 21st ...

From ANDREI KISLYAKOV, United Press International,  14 Feb 2008
Related Topics: Sergei Ivanov,  Robert Gates

Outside View: Satellites at risk -- Part 1

UPI Outside View Commentator MOSCOW, Feb. 13 (UPI) -- Earlier this month, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced a new priority for his department -- the protection of America's satellites. As if to underline the importance of the task, he ...

From ANDREI KISLYAKOV, United Press International,  13 Feb 2008
Related Topics: Robert Gates,  U.S. Congress

Outside View: BrahMos cruise weapon

UPI Outside View Commentator MOSCOW, Feb. 11 (UPI) -- Russian Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov arrives in India on Feb. 12 for the opening ceremony of the Year of Russia in India. A joint project, years in the making, the Year of Russia in India will ...

From ANDREI KISLYAKOV, United Press International,  11 Feb 2008

Outside View: New nuke doctrine -- Part 2

UPI Outside View Commentator MOSCOW, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- If the Kremlin's new military doctrine endorses the General Staff's nuclear ideas, Russia will have new armed forces, with all the ensuing consequences. First, these forces will become strictly ...

From ANDREI KISLYAKOV, United Press International,  31 Jan 2008

Outside View: New nuke doctrine -- Part 1

UPI Outside View Commentator MOSCOW, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- Barely a month into the new year, the Russian military has already attracted a lot of attention. Following a mild verbal skirmish over anti-ballistic missile components after the holidays, Russian ...

From ANDREI KISLYAKOV, United Press International,  30 Jan 2008
Related Topics: NATO,  U N Security Council

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