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News from Pakistan and Israel

Pakistan Tests Shaheen Missile

http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Pakistan_Tests_Shaheen_Missile.html

Washington (UPI) May 10, 2006 - Pakistan Saturday announced it had successfully
tested its Shaheen II/ Hatf VI Ballistic intermediate-range ballistic missile.
The pakistandefense.com Web site of the Pakistani armed forces announced that
the nuclear-capable missile had a range of 1,500 miles and was highly accurate.

- Canadians Back Beefed-Up NORAD

http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Canadians_Back_Beefed_Up_NORAD.html

- Japanese Warship Will Join US ABM Test

http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Japanese_Warship_Will_Join_US_ABM_Test.html

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NUCLEAR DOCTRINE

- Israel Seen As World's Sixth Nuclear Power

http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Israel_Seen_As_Worlds_Sixth_Nuclear_Power.html

London (AFP) May 10, 2006 - Israel, which Tuesday warned Iran against any future
attack, is regarded as the sixth country in the world to acquire nuclear weapons
-- a title its government has never confirmed or denied. Despite its ambiguous
position, the Jewish state is widely regarded as owning at least 200 atomic
warheads, making it the only nuclear power in the Middle East.

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