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India Successfully Launches 'All-Weather' Surveillance Satellite

By American Security Council Foundation ASCF April 27, 2012 @ 7:37am

India has successfully launched a satellite that experts say will dramatically boost the country's ability to view detailed images of the earth.

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh congratulated Indian aerospace engineers Thursday after a rocket successfully lifted an advanced imaging satellite weighing nearly 2,000 kilograms into orbit.

 

Bin Laden Was Worried About Arab Spring, Says US Intelligence Chief

By American Security Council Foundation ASCF April 27, 2012 @ 7:35am

It was nearly one year ago - May 2, 2011 - that U.S. commandos killed the world’s most wanted terrorist. After a decade of false leads and dead ends, Osama bin Laden was cornered in a walled compound in the city of Abbottabad, Pakistan, not far from that country’s elite military academy, and shot dead. His body was buried at sea.

A treasure trove of intelligence in the form of documents and computer drives was found in the compound, giving intelligence officers invaluable insights into bin Laden and al-Qaida.

 

Cash-Strapped Pentagon to Boost Latin American Partnerships

By American Security Council Foundation ASCF April 27, 2012 @ 7:22am

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta spent this week in South America working to build relations with Colombia, Brazil and Chile.  At a time when the U.S. military faces hundreds of billions of dollars in budget cuts, the Pentagon hopes to rely more on its Latin American partners to deal with growing drug trafficking and terrorist threats in the region.

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta stopped first in Colombia, where U.S. trained commandos welcomed him with a hostage rescue demonstration and other maneuvers at a base two hours from Bogota.

Tranquil Arizona-Mexico Border Mask Economic Woes

By American Security Council Foundation ASCF April 26, 2012 @ 9:03am

As the U.S. Supreme Court takes up Arizona's controversial immigration enforcement law, the violent drug war in Mexico continues, with the death toll over the past six years exceeding 50,000. Supporters of the Arizona law often talk about violence spilling over the border, but there has been very little impact on the U.S. side, where trade and tourism continue in spite of all the bad press. The biggest complaints there have to do with the economy.

People who live on the hillside in Nogales, Arizona look out on Mexico every day, and all looks tranquil.

 

N. Korea's Neighbors Oppose New Nuclear Test

By American Security Council Foundation ASCF April 26, 2012 @ 8:22am

South Korea and China are warning North Korea of consequences if it goes ahead with a third nuclear test.

There is increasing speculation North Korea will attempt to conduct another nuclear test, perhaps within the next one or two weeks.