Headlines of: Monday 5 June, 2006
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Mon Jun 5th, 2006 | space.com

China's escalating expertise in space is also enhancing its competence as a global military force. Along with lofting future radar, ocean surveillance, and high-resolution photoreconnaissance satellites, China's rise as a space power also includes pursuit of an offensive anti-satellite system.
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Mon Jun 5th, 2006 | airforcetimes.com

A fight is brewing between North Dakota and South Dakota over a futuristic military mission that could help save the states' Air Force bases.
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Mon Jun 5th, 2006 | irconnect.com

SAN DIEGO, June 5, 2006 -- Two new Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial reconnaissance systems, built by Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC), have already flown approximately 50 missions and more than 1,000 combat hours in support of coalition forces since their deployment in the Persian G...
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Mon Jun 5th, 2006 | aimpoints.hq.af.mil

The U.S. and eight other countries will gather this week to negotiate a final road map for the Pentagon's biggest weapons program, a $276 billion fighter-jet project that has struggled to live up to its billing as a model of global cooperation.
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Mon Jun 5th, 2006 | flightglobal.com

The US and UK governments are still "working out the details" of resolving technology transfer issues on the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), despite an agreement by President George Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair that the UK will have "operational sovereignty" over the aircraft.
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Mon Jun 5th, 2006 | af.mil
6/5/2006 - SOUTHWEST ASIA (AFPN) -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials released the airpower summary for June 2 to 4.
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Mon Jun 5th, 2006 | news.independent.co.uk
Fleets of unmanned "drone" aircraft fitted with powerful cameras are to be used to patrol Europe's borders in a dramatic move to combat people-smuggling, illegal immigration and terrorism.