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India unveils manned spacecraft designs
Interplanetary and manned missions are ISRO plans using multistage rockets, partly and completely reusable spacecraft
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RUSSIA’S ARMS EXPORT – HIGHER THAN EVER
In 2008 Russia's weapons export abroad exceeded $8.35 billion, $800 million increase from the previous year. Russia's President Dmitry Medvevev, addressing a meeting of the Commission on Military-Technical Co-operation, expressed his satisfaction with these figures, the highest ever in Russia's history.
Fourth generation Non-Nuclear Submarines (NNS) in struggle for markets
In 1980s the two world powers - the USSR and the USA - got down to design of the fourth generation of the non-atomic submarines which differ from their predecessors on higher combat effectiveness achieved by implementation of the latest achievements in nuclear engineering hydrodynamics, weapons, construction materials, stealthiness, submarine acoustics and not acoustic means of submarine detection, automatic control systems, communication etc. As a result such submarines as "Seawolf" (entered the service in 1997) and "Virginia" (entered the service in 2004) multi-purpose submarines as well as Project-885 and Project-955 Russian nuclear propulsions (their entering the service of the Naval forces is expected in 2008-09), the French "Barracuda" nuclear submarine (the forerunner was laid down in 2007) and the British "Ascute" (2009) appeared.
