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June 10, 2002
NUKEWARS
Kashmiri Borders Suddenly Calm After Weeks Of Heavy Artillery Duels

Various Pakistani tanks captured by the Indian forces during previous wars are decoratively placed outside the entrances of the respective division headquarters which captured them. AFP Photo by Indranil Mukherjee
Jammu (AFP) June 10, 2002
 Kashmiri borders became suddenly calm overnight after weeks of heavy exchanges of artillery and mortar fire between Indian and Pakistani soldiers, police said Monday. "There has been a marked decrease in intensity compared to last week along the international borders of Samba, Kathua and R.S. Pora," a police spokesman said. "Although both sides exchanged mortar fire during the night it was on a low scale. No loss of life or injuries have been reported," he said.
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Russian Tests New Ballistic Missile
 Moscow (AFP) Jun 06, 2002
 Russia launched a successful test Thursday of its new intercontinental ballistic missile Topol-M, which is set to replace Moscow's current arsenal of SS-18 missiles, the Interfax-AVN agency reported.
USAF Teams With Industry To Develop Laser Guns For Jet Fighters
 Kirtland AFB - June 5, 2002
 Exploring the feasibility of using high-energy lasers on fighter aircraft is the aim of an agreement signed Friday (May 31) between the Air Force Research Laboratory here and Lockheed Martin of Fort Worth, Texas.
  • Early Defense Microsat Reenters
  • Northrop Grumman To Study Space-Based Radar Antenna Technology
  • Israel's Shavit Launches SpySat Along Retrograde Flight Profile

    • TERRADAILY
    Decline Of World's Glaciers Expected To Have Global Impact This Century
     Greenbelt - Jun 03, 2002
     The great majority of the world's glaciers appear to be declining at rates equal to or greater than long-established trends, according to early results from a joint NASA and United States Geological Survey (USGS) project designed to provide a global assessment of glaciers.
  • New Wave Supercomputers Catch Big Waves
  • Climate Change May Become Major Player In Ozone Loss

    • SPACEMART
    Gilat Completes VSAT Deal With SES Global
     Petah Tikva - June 5, 2002
     SES Global and Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd announced Monday the formal start up and operation of their new joint venture company SATLYN that will provide two-way satellite broadband communications services to enterprises, consumers and small office/home office (SOHO) users throughout Europe.
  • Boeing 702 Satellite Set To Launch With New Solar Array Design
  • Northrop Grumman Wants More TRW Stock
  • Xantic To Sell Iridium Services Worldwide As User Base Builds

    • EARLY EARTH
    Did A Rain Of Cosmic Particles Destroy Dino World
     Bonn - June 5, 2002
     A shower of matter from space millions of years ago could have led to drastic changes in the Earth's climate, followed by the extinction of life on a massive scale, which also killed off the dinosaurs. This at least is a theory put forward by scientists from the University of Bonn.
  • A Non-Biological Origin For Carbon In Ancient Rocks
  • Mass Extinction Gave Way To Eon Of Stability
  • First Animals May Have Lived 1.2 Billion Years Ago

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    JOVIAN DREAMS
    Io Surface Captured in Full Motion
     Albuquerque -June 3, 2002
     The highest resolution infrared global images ever taken of Jupiter's volcanic moon, Io, are now available from the W.M. Keck Observatory and UC Berkeley in a unique animated movie and 3D Java applet. The images provide a complete survey of Io's surface during one full rotation and demonstrate the power of adaptive optics, enabling astronomers to study phenomena from the Earth that previously could be studied only from space.
    MARSDAILY
    Odyssey Completes All Hardware Deployment
     Pasadena - June 4, 2002
     Flight controllers for NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft completed the last major technical milestone today in support of the science mission by unfurling the boom that holds the gamma ray spectrometer sensor head instrument.
  • Putting Mars On The Desk
  • NASA Selects 28 Scientists For Mars Rover Mission
  • Beagle 2 Gets Welcome Donation For Critical Instrument Payload

    • GPS NEWS
  • Space Station Using GPS In Attitude Control
  • Galileo At GNSS
  • Putting GPS In Your Pocket

    • DRAGON SPACE
  • Yuhangyuan 14: "Made In China" For Spaceflight
  • China Hopes Manned Spaceflight Will Open Road To Moon
  • Manned Spaceflight A Foreseeable Goal

    • EARTH OBSERVATION
  • Around The World In 96 Hours
  • ESA Selects Three New EO Missions
  • Climate Scientist Tailor The News For Resource Managers

    • UAV NEWS
  • DARPA Spins Up Northrop Grumman UAV Efforts
  • Boeing UACV Completes First Flight
  • Northrop Grumman Gets Contract Bost For UACV
  • India Tests Upgraded Unmanned Spy Plane

    • NUKEWARS
  • India Flip-Flops On Nuke Stance
  • Conflict Spirals As Pakistan Begins Troop Reinforcement
  • Pakistani President Warns Of War As India Tensions Peak

    • MISSILE DEFENSE
  • US Says It Wants Kwajalein Missile Test Range For 40 More Years
  • Regional Spy Ships Watch Taiwanese Games
  • Pentagon Flags New Aegis Sale To Japan

    • LAUNCH PAD
  • Sea Launch Sails For June 15 Launch
  • NASA, NOAA To Launch New Environmental Satellite
  • China Launches Two Weather Birds
  • Arianespace In Trouble As Satellite Demand Falters
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