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emergenti dal punto di vista delle applicazioni militari e
dell'impatto geopolitico:

http://www.gyre.org/
"Tracking the next military and technological revolutions"

Allego anche una copia della newsletter del sito.

Ciao,
Fabio


Gyre.org Newsletter
Sep. 2, 2005
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IN THIS ISSUE:

- New Report Comments On Biological Weapons
- Hackers Attack Via Chinese Web Sites
- Iran Says Has Made New Atomic Breakthrough
- Scientists Complete Genetic Map Of The Chimpanzee
- Military Examines Teleportation Of People, Data, Weapons
- Brazil Nearly Built Nuclear Bomb In 1990s
- India Wants Capacity To Field Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
- Chinese Activist Warns Of Nuclear War


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NEW REPORT COMMENTS ON BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS
Los Angeles Times - August 30, 2005

A new U.S. State Department report argues that Russia, Iran, North
Korea and Syria all continue to maintain biological weapons
programs. The authors also discuss ongoing efforts in Cuba and China
but stop short of calling them biological weapons programs.

http://www.gyre.org/n.php?id=4420


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HACKERS ATTACK VIA CHINESE WEB SITES
Washington Post - August 25, 2005

Web sites in China are being used heavily to target computer
networks in the Defense Department and other U.S. agencies,
successfully breaching hundreds of unclassified networks, according
to several U.S. officials.

http://www.gyre.org/n.php?id=4413


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IRAN SAYS HAS MADE NEW ATOMIC BREAKTHROUGH
New York Times - August 30, 2005

Iran has made a new breakthrough in its controversial nuclear
program, successfully using biotechnology to extract larger and
cheaper quantities of uranium concentrate from its mines.

http://www.gyre.org/n.php?id=4416


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SCIENTISTS COMPLETE GENETIC MAP OF THE CHIMPANZEE
Washington Post - August 31, 2005

Scientists said yesterday that they have determined the precise
order of the 3 billion bits of genetic code that carry the
instructions for making a chimpanzee, humankind's closest cousin.

http://www.gyre.org/n.php?id=4421


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MILITARY EXAMINES TELEPORTATION OF PEOPLE, DATA, WEAPONS
San Francisco Chronicle - August 29, 2005

The U.S. Air Force has funded a study to examine possible ways to
teleport humans and objects through space. Critics argue that
funding studies into teleportation are a waste of money for now
because of the tremendous energy and computation requirements.


http://www.gyre.org/n.php?id=4418


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BRAZIL NEARLY BUILT NUCLEAR BOMB IN 1990S
Globe and Mail - August 30, 2005

Brazil's military continued work on a nuclear bomb after it was
ordered to scrap the program in 1985 and by 1990 had nearly finished
building one, according to a leading Brazillian nuclear scientist.

http://www.gyre.org/n.php?id=4417


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INDIA WANTS CAPACITY TO FIELD INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILES
Spacedaily - August 30, 2005

India has served notice that it intends to develop an
intercontinental ballistic missile to achieve worldwide reach with
its nuclear arsenal.

http://www.gyre.org/n.php?id=4419


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CHINESE ACTIVIST WARNS OF NUCLEAR WAR
Washington Times - September 01, 2005

China is preparing for nuclear war with the United States over
Taiwan, and a conflict is likely in the near future because of
divisions among Beijing's leaders, a Chinese democracy activist says.

http://www.gyre.org/n.php?id=4422