Missile Defense Becomes A Navy Mission

03/21/11 Earlier this month, the cruiser USS Monterey entered the Mediterranean Sea on a new mission. The Mo

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Missile Defense Becomes A Navy Mission

03/21/11 Earlier this month, the cruiser USS Monterey entered the Mediterranean Sea on a new mission. The Monterey was built three decades ago at the Bath Iron Works in Maine, but it is equipped with an improved version of Lockheed Martin's Aegis combat system that enables it to intercept the kinds of ballistic missiles Iran's radical Islamic government has been developing. Once on station, it will be ...

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Climate change, and a mysterious whale's message to our species

07/03/11 On one hand it was a hopeful sign: On May 8, 2010, a gray whale, estimated to be 43 feet long, was sighted in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Israel. The same animal, identified by its unique markings,...

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