Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Latest News	Oct 5, 2013
Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System Completes Successful Intercept Flight Test The Missile Defense Agency (MDA), U.S. Pacific Command, and U.S. Navy sailors aboard the USS Lake Erie (CG 70) successfully conducted an operational flight test of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system, resulting in the intercept of a medium-range ballistic missile target over the Pacific Ocean by the Aegis BMD 4.0 Weapon System and a Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block ... Read more... Vietnamese General Vo Nguyen Giap, Dead at 102 General Vo Nguyen Giap, who forced the French and later the Americans out of Vietnam, has died at the age of 102. Read more... Syrian Intervention Renewal an Ankara Balancing Act Turkey's parliament voted to extend a mandate authorizing deployment of troops in Syria if necessary for another year. Read more... Featured Free Resource Applying the Four Standards of Security-Based CIA As organizations evaluate the available approaches to information security, they need to address a number of considerations in terms of operational, procedural, environmental, and system-related areas. Syria: joint UN team preparing for onsite inspections 'within the next week' The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is reviewing additional information received from Syria in connection to its chemical weapons stockpiles, a United Nations spokesperson said today, ahead of onsite inspections and initial disabling of equipment which could start as early as next week. ... Read more... Iran Wants Sanctions Relief Amid New Nuclear Talks World powers and Iran are gearing up for a new round of talks in Geneva later this month about Tehran's nuclear program. The United States and its allies want Iran to take concrete steps to show it is not and will not pursue nuclear weapons. But Iran wants crippling international sanctions eased. ... Read more... Pakistan says will opt for talks with Taliban Pakistan top security adviser has defended the government's policy to initiate dialogue with the Taliban for peace. Read more... Featured Free Resource Applying the Four Standards of Security-Based CIA As organizations evaluate the available approaches to information security, they need to address a number of considerations in terms of operational, procedural, environmental, and system-related areas. South Korea Condemns North's 'Insult' of President Park South Korea is lashing back at North Korea for comments made about South Korean President Park Geun-hye. Read more... UN food relief agency scales up assistance in Mali to combat effects of drought, conflict The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announced it is scaling up its emergency operation in Mali to reach more than 680,000 people, many of whom have been affected by the recent crisis in the country, as well as adverse weather conditions. ... Read more...