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US Navy to order unique aircraft in Saratov 13:12 2004-04-23 The US Navy Department intends to subsidize the development of an advanced Russian aircraft, which will eventually be extinguishing forest fires on US territory. This UFO-shaped flying machine is currently being designed by the Saratov aviation concern. The Saratov aircraft enterprise, which is located in Russia's Volga region, started assembling UFO-shaped flying machines in the 1990s; however, this R&D project was then moth-balled because of financial snags. Many aircraft companies all over the world did their best to design similar flying machines. However, Saratov's aircraft designers managed to come with...

When I was younger, I dreamed of someday being a radio talk show host. I distinctly recall the evening in 1993 when, at the age of 8, I turned on the Kirby Wilbur show on Seattle’s “Hot Talk” 570 KVI. Talk radio thereafter became a sort of second classroom for me, a weighty counterbalance to the moral neutrality and civic illiteracy of my public school. I count among my teachers Mr. Wilbur, Rush Limbaugh, Michael Medved, John Carlson, Michael Reagan, Floyd Brown, and others who came over the airwaves at various times during those formative years. Rush calls his program...

ed Nov 17, 1:35 PM ET WASHINGTON - The White House reacted cautiously Wednesday to Russian President Vladimir Putin (news - web sites)'s statement that his country is developing a nuclear missile "of the kind that other nuclear powers do not and will not have."   White House press secretary Scott McClellan said it wasn't news to the Bush administration, that President Bush (news - web sites) and Putin had discussed the issue previously. He emphasized U.S.-Russia agreements in place to reduce the two countries' nuclear arsenals and Washington's view of Moscow as a crucial partner in the anti-terror battle....

VVAW film clips: Still trying to figure out what proof of US atrocities this shows. Entertaining nonetheless. o Operation RAW: Let's Simulate Some Atrocities (1:12, 1.3MB) This guy is priceless. o Winter Soldier Investigation: My Advanced Genocide Training (1:15, 1.35MB) The more things change, the more they stay the same. o Winter Soldier Investigation: Kerry Elicits Riveting Testimony (1:52, 2.0MB) Can you find the 2004 Presidential Candidate in this video? o Dewey Canyon III: Olympic Medal Toss Event (2:21, 5.8MB) ----------

<p>Russia delivered the latest batch of advanced SU-30MKK fighter bombers to China within the past month and additional jets are on the way, according to U.S. intelligence officials.</p> <p>Russia's arms exports used to be public. But under pressure from Beijing, Moscow agreed to keep secret its major weapons systems transfers to China.</p>

China Fighter to Debut at Airshow Xinhua Economic News - September 1, 2002 ZHUHAI, Sep 2, 2002 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- China is to unveil its most advanced fighter aircraft, the F-10, at the fourth China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition (Airshow China 2002) to be held in Zhuhai from November 4 to 10. More than 100 leading international aeronautic and space companies have applied to attend and exhibitors include Boeing, Airbus, United Technology Company (UTC), European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company (EDAS), Rolls Royce, Sukhoi, and Rosvoorouzhenie of Russia. Companies from Holland and the Czech Republic will attend for...