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Weighing The Planets, From Mercury To SaturnBonn, Germany (SPX) Aug 24, 2010 An international research team led by David Champion, now at Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn, with researchers from Australia, Germany, the U.S., U.K. and Canada, has come up with a new way to weigh the planets in our Solar System, using radio signals from pulsars. Data from a set of four pulsars have been used to weigh Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn with their moons and rings. The new measurement technique is sensitive to just 0.003% of the mass of the Earth, and one te ... read more |
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Tehran (AFP) Aug 20, 2010Defence Minister Ahmad Vahidi announced on Friday that Iran has test fired a surface-to-surface missile, Qiam, a day before it is due to launch its Russian-built first nuclear power plant. State television showed images of the sand coloured Qiam (Rising) blasting into the air from a desert terrain, amid chants of "Allahu Akbar" (God is greatest). The words "Ya Mahdi" were written on the ... more 
New Delhi (UPI) Aug 20, 2010 India will conduct another test launch of its intermediate-range nuclear-capable missile Agni II in September from the east coast Wheeler Island facility. The surface-to-surface missile underwent a successful test launch in May after failed test launches last year. The Defense Research and Development Organization, developers of the missiles, said the Agni II missile to be tested ... more  
Tehran (AFP) Aug 22, 2010Iranian leaders on Sunday unveiled a bomber drone with a range of up to 1,000 kilometres, touting the Islamic republic's home-grown capacity to resist attack, state media reported. Television footage showed President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad applauding as a blue cloth covering the drone - called Karar ("Assailant") - was removed to reveal a short aircraft marked "bomber jet" in military-green. ... more |
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Iran launches assault boats, warns 'don't play with fire'Tehran (AFP) Aug 23, 2010 Iran began mass-producing two high-speed variants of missile-launching assault boats on Monday, warning its enemies not to "play with fire" as it boosts security along its coastline. The inauguration of the production lines for the Seraj and Zolfaqar speedboats comes a day after President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad unveiled Iran's home-built bomber drone, which he said would deliver "death" to Iran's enemies. The United States expressed concern about the Islamic republic's growing military capabilities ... read more |
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