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Although some of the commands fired a strict limit of artillery, a Task Force in Afghanistan, with active measures to limit collateral damage, an alternative method.

Task Force King of the 173 Airborne Brigade Combat Team arrived at an alternative for indirect fire missions with highly explosive TNT.

Soldiers from the 4th Battalion of the 319th Field Artillery Regiment, has a way to switch not explode in a fire-training phase of adaptation, and then switch to a deadly round of fire for effect phase. This method is less shots being fired, reducing collateral damage and civilian casualties.

"Our rules for the use of a challenge, because our enemies know when using a conventional artillery fire and remains a very real chance of unwanted collateral damage," said Command Sgt Maj Dennis Woods, Afar 4-319. . "In our efforts to prevent, but commanders are far less likely to use artillery. Insurgents are not stupid. The enemy is on our ROE, our advantage to avoid the risk of fire support ... until now. "

They brought again artillery in the fighting in the central-eastern province of Wardak.

Training in the use of less lethal round M804A1 as "Smurf" Round known for its blue color. It is to live a ballistic match tour a high-explosive artillery, which means that a domino effect on the run from the tube to the target system. The difference lies in the consequences of the impact.

"The 173rd ABCT does nothing in terms of effectiveness," said Woods. "The effect of fire-by-round is what we all explosive grenades. This new approach we use here is more sensitive to environmental influences, along with the cultural issues that affect the citizens of Afghanistan."

Woods said that since Afghanistan is an agrarian society, the use of explosives to contaminate the soil. erode at TNT, RDX and HMX in plants may be affected, so the use of high-explosive round was not good for the long term future of Afghanistan, much less risk of collateral damage.

"The 173rd ABCT is aware of collateral damage than separates us from the people. If people are the real target in a war of counterinsurgency for our ability to maintain public safety to maintain the moral choice and the strategic decision to combine the best of our vision to increase supply.

With the decline in civilian casualties and collateral damage are the soldiers who support the goals of the counter insurgency doctrine COIN requirements.

"The insurgents have decided to do the people they as human shields," said Woods to fight, adding that the rebels were trying to avoid the shots, hidden in the vicinity of the protected structures.

"This technique, which allows you to deal with the enemy, despite his use of human shields. We may be closer to the fire protection of structures with less potential for collateral damage," he said.

Woods attributed to new technology for its soldiers outside the box thinking with a view to reducing fire effects and "focused lethality".

Each team M777A2 155 mm cannon rounds at a distance of four 319th position of the "smurf" was.

"There are many exercises that would go in that direction for the public safety and security to increase damage, as the 173rd Airborne has been reducing day by day," said Woods.

A Task Force Soldiers King Sayed Abad Comments "as the blue round of on-site training has arrived, I asked," why we demand from the less-lethal shot? "After learning of their goal to collateral damage limitation, I asked," why we were here in the last nine years? "

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Curved wings and flap when the voltage on the PZT material.

It also determines the series of small legs crawling a robot centipedes shaped robot when the simulation of the voltage on the PZT material.

So simulate algorithms required flying insect is stabilized. But "Robofly" Harvard is nearly three times larger than the ARL is working to develop. Gyroscopes can be used to remove during missile navigation, ammunition, soldiers, or even if the GPS does not support work for some reason, Polcawich said.

His team has a number of research projects that relationship known in the position, navigation and timing as SOP. A number of different systems need to make a small robot that integrated realistic works as insect development.

Ron Wood of Harvard University is actually later in the development of a robot fly Polcawich. Said Polcawich However, working with wood and other academic and industrial researchers could quickly start searching.

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SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii: Sergeant Maj. of the Army Kenneth O. Preston, the Army's senior noncommissioned officer, visited with Soldiers, leaders, and family members serving here, June 3.

As part of a three-day tour of the military bases on-island, Preston visited many places to speak with Soldiers, including Tripler Army Medical Center, Fort Shafter and the U.S. Army Hawaii Noncommissioned Officer Academy.

During his tour of Schofield Barracks, Preston talked about the Army's plan for the continued complete fitness and well-being of Soldiers, and stressed the importance of mental fitness for today's Soldier in presentations to noncommissioned officers and junior enlisted.

"We've focused for decades on physical fitness to prepare for combat and now we're focusing on the mental side," said Preston.

"The stigma against getting help with mental health lies on both Soldiers and leaders," said Preston. "We've done a lot to educate the leaders on this, now we're working to eliminate the stigma on the Soldier's side."

Preston assured Soldiers there is no shame in seeking mental health if needed and there would be no negative impact on the careers of those who employ methods to maintain mental fitness. According to Preston, the challenges Soldiers face after deployment, such as mental health concerns, can be remedied through use of the Army programs for mental and physical fitness.

"Our leaders want to build strength and resiliency before problems surface and we do that with the Army Comprehensive Soldier Fitness program," said Preston.

The Comprehensive Soldier Fitness program focuses on strengthening five separate, yet related, dimensions of a Soldier's health to provide a "complete" fitness level: physical, social, emotional, spiritual, and family.

A key component of CSF is the Global Assessment Tool, or GAT, which is used to help identify any deficiencies in a Soldier's five dimensions of mental health prior to and after deployment.

"The Army wants every servicemember and family member to take the Global Assessment Tool once a year so they can determine what their weaknesses and strengths are on the five dimension of fitness so they can improve themselves," Preston said. "The GAT helps you see yourself and over time show you the changes in yourself."

Equally important to the complete fitness of Soldiers, according to Preston, is educating leaders about the importance of resiliency.

"A master resilience trainer is a subject matter expert who helps servicemembers change how they look at problems and challenges," said Preston.

"The Army offers a master resiliency training course -- a ten day course -- which teaches senior noncommissioned officers the resiliency principles to come back and teach other noncommissioned officers and Soldiers," he continued.

With the continued effort of Army leaders on the many aspects of Soldiers' health, Preston hopes the complete fitness of Soldiers will continue to improve, despite the conditions in which they may serve.

"We want a Soldier to come back stronger having faced adversity in combat and we want to do the same thing with the other aspects of fitness," Preston said.

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Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] received a $142 million award from the U.S. Army to begin production of additional Persistent Threat Detection Systems (PTDS) to support coalition forces.

The Department of Defense is making a concerted effort to rapidly increase the resources available to help warfighters detect improvised explosive devices (IEDs). PTDS is a tethered aerostat-based system, capable of staying aloft for weeks at a time, that provides round-the-clock surveillance of broad areas. The Army began using the system in 2004.

"The PTDS delivers real-time surveillance and actionable intelligence to our troops to help them in life-threatening situations," said Stephanie Hill, Integrated Defense Technologies vice president at Lockheed Martin Mission Systems & Sensors. "These eyes in the sky protect soldiers and civilians and let the hostiles know that they are constantly being watched."

The PTDS is equipped with multi-mission sensors to provide long endurance intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and communications in support of the United States military and its allies.

The Army's firm-fixed-price undefinitized contract action enables Lockheed Martin to begin work on the systems while final contract terms are negotiated. The latest systems are in addition to the previous ones the Army ordered from Lockheed Martin in the past six months. The majority of the work on the systems will be performed in Akron, OH, with additional work in Cape Canaveral, FL, Moorestown, NJ and Owego, NY.

Filled with helium, PTDS provides low-cost, continuous communications and persistent surveillance capabilities not possible with other types of manned and unmanned aircraft. Attached by a high-strength tether to a re-locatable mooring system, PTDS carries different types of surveillance equipment to conduct multiple missions.

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(Reuters) - Three top officers who quit south Sudan's army over alleged fraud in national elections are coordinating attacks in the oil-producing region, a renegade general said Monday, but the army played down the threat.

South Sudan will hold a referendum on secession in January, and most analysts believe the under-developed region will opt for independence. Renegade attacks, tribal clashes and other insecurity have raised fears that conflict may spill over into neighboring east Africa.

"Southerners are not happy with what happened during the elections," said George Athor, a senior general who complained of fraud after losing in the April elections and went on the run on April 30.

"I have many people who joined me, one of them is Colonel Galwak Gai and the other is David Yauyau, and we have others in other areas," he added.

Yauyau, who told Reuters he was coordinating operations with Athor, carried out an attack in Jonglei state a week ago, forcing the United Nations to evacuate 10 staff. The south Sudan army (SPLA) said Gai attacked it in oil-rich Unity state on May 28.

"Militia commander Galwak Gai came and attacked our position," said SPLA Spokesman Kuol Diem Kuol, adding that only one soldier was wounded but they had found two attackers' bodies and took four prisoners.

Gai's telephone was out of service Monday.

Kuol said Gai was on the run and his 360 soldiers were scattered, and loyal troops were searching for Athor. "We are advising him to surrender ... if he resists then we will capture him by all means," he said.

Kuol said that in separate incidents, eight people were killed and 27 wounded in Lakes state when the SPLA intervened to try to stem tribal clashes over tit-for-tat cattle raids.

"The local youths in the village immediately fired on our forces while they were still in the trucks," Kuol said. "That force went down and started to defend themselves."

Escalating tribal clashes and other signs of insecurity have restricted aid operations in the south, where almost half the population is short of food.

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SYDNEY, May 31, 2010 (AFP) - A giant plume of volcanic ash is disrupting flights in the Pacific and threatening villagers in Vanuatu, echoing similar problems which caused chaos in Europe, scientists and officials said Monday.

Forecasters in New Zealand said the cloud, spewing from Vanuatu's Mount Yasur volcano, was about 6,000 feet (1,800 metres) high and covered an area of about 132 square miles.

Tourists have been urged to stay away from the volcano on Tanna island, which has disrupted domestic flights in neighbouring New Caledonia.

Peter Korisa of the National Disaster Management Office, who is on Tanna to assess the situation, said lava and hot rocks had been spewing from the volcano and ash was raining down on nearby villages.

"There are 6,000 people in the villages around the volcano, we're not moving them out yet," Korisa told AFP.

"All tourists and tourist operators have been asked to not access the volcano. The access is restricted."

Tristan Oakley, an aviation forecaster with New Zealand's Meteorological Service, said authorities had issued an advisory and it was up to airlines to avoid the affected area or cancel flights if necessary.

The plume has forced New Caledonia's AirCal to cancel two internal flights and delay another, although disruption remains tiny compared to the havoc seen in Europe -- including a week-long shutdown in the continent's north in April.

Air Vanuatu local supervisor David Dick said flights were still running between the South Pacific country's capital, Port Vila, and Tanna island, while tourism officials also said the industry was unaffected.

However, Australia on Friday issued a travel advisory saying visitors were now barred from the volcano.

"Public access to the volcano is now strictly prohibited and people living in the risk zone should move to safer areas," the advisory said.

Vanuatu, which sits on the so-called "Pacific Ring of Fire" known for its seismic and volcanic activity, was rocked by a 7.2-magnitude earthquake on Friday, prompting a brief tsunami warning.

The archipelago, which lies between Australia and Fiji and north of New Zealand, was hit by three major quakes in October.


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(Melbourne, FL., May 26, 2010) -- Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS), an international communications and information technology company, has received a $55 million delivery order for advanced satellite terminals under the U.S. Army's Modernization of Enterprise Terminals (MET) program. These next-generation military satellite communications terminals will provide the worldwide backbone for high-priority military communications and missile defense systems.

Harris is the prime contractor for the Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity MET contract with a five-year base period plus a five-year option period. The MET contract is valued at a potential $600 million, including the base and option periods. This brings total MET orders for Harris to $153 million since the program was awarded in April 2009.

Harris had previously received delivery orders for satellite terminals and other equipment and services in support of the initial First Article Test (FAT) development and certification phase of the MET program. Under this new $55 million order, Harris will supply additional terminals - large fixed terminals, large fixed terminals with High-Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse (HEMP) protection, and transportable terminals of the standard and hardened configurations. The order also includes four options that would encompass new development of a small fixed terminal, a large fixed radome, an enhanced interactive electronic technical manual, and training simulation hardware.

"This new order reflects the continuing confidence that the government has in the quality and readiness of the Harris terminals, and that we are on track with the key test and production milestones of this major program," said Wes Covell, president, Harris Defense Programs. "Harris is proud to provide the next generation of strategic, multiband terminals for the Department of Defense through the MET program."

Under the MET program, managed by the Project Manager, Defense Communications and Army Transmission Systems (PM DCATS) in Ft. Monmouth, New Jersey, Harris will replace up to 80 AN/GSC-52, AN/GSC-39, AN/FSC-78 and other aging strategic satellite communications terminals with new X-band or simultaneous X- and Ka-band terminals. The terminals will interface with the new Wideband Global Satellite constellation, as well as with legacy satellite systems. The company also will support field activities such as site preparation, installation, test, operations and maintenance. The next major milestone in the program will be the Test Readiness Review, scheduled for September 2010.

The new terminals will support Internet Protocol and Dedicated Circuit Connectivity within the Global Information Grid, providing critical "reach-back" capability for the warfighter. This capability enables a soldier in the field to communicate back to the main base or command, with the ability to access resources not available at that remote location.

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North Korea declared Tuesday that it would sever all communication and relations with Seoul as punishment for blaming the North for the sinking of a South Korean warship two months ago.


North Korea also announced it would expel all South Korean government officials working at a joint industrial park in the northern border town of Kaesong, the official Korean Central News Agency said in a dispatch monitored in Seoul late Tuesday.

Tensions were rising on the divided Korean peninsula in the wake of an investigation report blaming North Korea for a torpedo attack that sank the Cheonan warship on March 26, killing 46 South Korean sailors.

South Korea's military restarted psychological warfare operations - including blaring radio broadcasts into the North and placing loudspeakers at the border to blast out propaganda - to punish the North for the provocation. The South is also slashing trade and denying permission to North Korean cargo ships to pass through South Korean waters.

North Korea struck back by declaring it would cut all ties with the South until President Lee Myung-bak leaves office in early 2013. South Korean ships and airliners will be banned from passing through its territory and the North will start "all-out counterattacks" against the South's psychological warfare, the North's Committee for the Peaceful Reunification said in a statement carried by KCNA.

The North's committee called the moves "the first phase" of punitive measures against South Korea, suggesting more action could follow.

South Korea's Unification Ministry said it had no immediate comment on the North Korean statement. However, spokeswoman Lee Jong-joo noted the statement referred only to eight South Korean officials staying at the Kaesong complex, not some 800 South Korean company managers and workers.

Yonhap news agency said that suggested the North had no intention of completely shutting down the Kaesong park, as South Korea also decided to keep the complex intact.

Earlier, one Seoul-based monitoring agency reported that North Korea's leader ordered its 1.2 million-member military to get ready for combat. South Korean officials could not immediately confirm the report.

The North flatly denies involvement in the sinking of the Cheonan, one of the South's worst military disasters since the 1950-53 Korean War ended with an armistice, and has warned that retaliation would mean war. It has threatened to destroy any propaganda facilities installed at the heavily militarized border.

A team of international investigators, however, concluded last week that a torpedo from a North Korean submarine tore apart the Cheonan.

North Korea is already subject to various U.N.-backed sanctions following earlier nuclear and missile tests, and the steps announced by Seoul were seen as among the strongest it could take short of military action.

The U.S. has thrown its full support behind South Korea's moves and they are planning two major military exercises off the Korean peninsula in a display of force intended to deter future aggression by North Korea, the White House said. The U.S. has 28,500 troops in South Korea.

South Korea also wants to bring North Korea before the U.N. Security Council over the sinking. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Monday he expects the council to take action against North Korea, but China - North Korea's main ally and a veto-wielding council member - has so far done little but urge calm on all sides.

In Beijing, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said she had "very productive and very detailed" discussions with Chinese officials but could not say if any progress had been made in convincing the Chinese to back U.N. action.

"No one is more concerned about peace and stability in this region as the Chinese," she told reporters. "We know this is a shared responsibility, and in the days ahead we will work with the international community and our Chinese colleagues to fashion an effective, appropriate response."

Chinese State Counselor Dai Bingguo, speaking at a news conference with Clinton, called for "relevant parties" to "calmly and properly handle the issue and avoid escalation of tension."

As part of its propaganda offensive, South Korea's military resumed radio broadcasts airing Western music, news and comparisons between the South and North Korean political and economic situation late Monday, according to the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The military also planned to launch propaganda leaflets by balloon and other methods on Tuesday night to inform North Koreans about the ship sinking.

In coming weeks, South Korea also will install dozens of loudspeakers and towering electronic billboards along the heavily armed land border to send messages urging communist soldiers to defect to the South.

On Tuesday, North Korean state media cited the powerful National Defense Commission as saying the North's soldiers and reservists were bracing to launch a "sacred war" against South Korea.

The North's military also claimed Tuesday that dozens of South Korean navy ships violated the countries' disputed western sea border earlier this month and threatened to take "practical" military measures in response.

North Korea often issues fiery rhetoric and regularly vows to wage war against South Korea and the U.S. It put its army on high alert following a November sea battle with South Korea near where the Cheonan went down in March. The Koreas also fought bloody maritime skirmishes in the disputed area in 1999 and 2002.

Seoul-based North Korea Intellectuals Solidarity said Tuesday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Il last week ordered his military to get ready for combat.

The group, citing unidentified sources in North Korea, said the order was read by Gen. O Kuk Ryol, a Kim confidant, and broadcast on speakers installed in each house and at major public sites throughout the country last Thursday, hours after the multinational report blaming North Korea for the sinking was issued in Seoul.

The South Korean military said it had no indication of unusual activity by North Korea's military.

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Royal Navy Type 22 frigate HMS Chatham, currently deployed as NATO's counter-piracy flagship, has destroyed two boats after intercepting a group of suspected pirates in the Somali Basin.

In a co-ordinated search with an EU Naval Force maritime patrol aircraft, operating out of the Seychelles, HMS Chatham's Lynx helicopter spotted a larger vessel towing the two attack boats approximately 150 miles (240km) off the coast of Tanzania on Friday 14 May 2010.

After monitoring the vessel through the night, at dawn, in a well planned operation, the pirates were forced to surrender by the overwhelming force posed by HMS Chatham, her Lynx helicopter and fast boats containing the ship's Royal Marines detachment.

The Royal Marines team boarded the larger craft and found ten Somalis and a large amount of fuel on board; the suspected pirates had been observed throwing items, including their weapons and other piracy-related equipment, into the sea.

The two smaller attack boats were fitted with powerful outboard engines and again contained a considerable amount of fuel. These were separated from the larger craft by the Royal Marines team and HMS Chatham and her Lynx helicopter used their combined firepower to destroy the smaller craft, ensuring that the suspected pirates could not continue with their mission.

Disarmed and without the means to commit an act of piracy, the ten Somalis were left with only enough fuel in the larger vessel to return to Somalia.

Commander Simon Huntington, the Commanding Officer of HMS Chatham, said:

"I am extremely pleased that we have again successfully disrupted a suspected pirate attack group operating in the Somali Basin and prevented them from mounting attacks against merchant shipping. This clearly demonstrates NATO's determination and commitment to continue the fight against piracy in the region."

NATO has contributed to the international counter-piracy effort off the Horn of Africa since December 2008. The mission has expanded from escorting UN and World Food Progamme shipping under Operation ALLIED PROVIDER to protecting merchant traffic in the Gulf of Aden under Operation ALLIED PROTECTOR.

In addition to these activities, and as part of the latest mission, Operation OCEAN SHIELD, NATO is working with other international bodies to help develop capacity of countries in the region to tackle piracy on their own.

The NATO Task Force consists of five ships from Standing NATO Maritime Group 2. These are HMS Chatham (UK), USS Cole (US), TCG Gelibolu (Turkey), HS Limnos (Greece) and ITS Scirocco (Italy).

At sea, NATO is working closely with other partners including the EU Maritime Force and the Combined Maritime Force, as well as other navies including China, Japan, India and Russia.

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Greg Combet, Minister for Defence Materiel and Science, announced today the preferred tenderer to sustain the Australian Army’s most important armoured fighting vehicles.

 “General Dynamics Land Systems Australia (GDLSA) has been named the preferred tenderer in an announcement that could pave the way for the creation of 42 highly skilled maintenance jobs in the northern suburbs of Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane and Darwin,” Mr Combet said

“GDLSA has proposed a five year deal for the sustainment of armoured fighting vehicles with real savings to Australian taxpayers and greater efficiencies for the Australian Army. The value of the contract is likely to be in excess of A$100m over the five year period.

“What GDLSA has proposed is a performance-based deal with greater incentives for improved efficiencies and performance.

“Under this proposal GDLSA could be rewarded for good performance with an extension to the life of the contract,” Mr Combet said.

The Australian Army has a fleet of more than 300 Abrams Tanks, M88A2 HERCULES and Australian Light Armoured Vehicles

“This proposal means that some of the Army’s most important armoured fighting vehicles will spend less time in the shop and more time with our troops,” Mr Combet said.

“Working together, the Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) and GDLSA will strive to deliver both efficiencies and real cost savings in the way that these vehicles are sustained. This is in line with the Government’s Defence Strategic Reform Program.

“The GDLSA proposal again demonstrates the competitive ability of our local defence industry,” Mr Combet said.

The Department of Defence’s acquisition and sustainment arm, the DMO will commence negotiations with GDLSA shortly, with a view to having a contract in place by October 2010.

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LEXINGTON, Ky.: The Army Sustainment Command - Forward has stepped up its operations to install armor and accessory kits for more than 1,300 vehicles headed to Afghanistan.

The Project Manager-Tactical Vehicles asked the Field Logistics Readiness Division, ASC-Forward, in December 2009 to assist with armor installation on approximately 500 heavy tactical vehicles, said Carmen Madero, FLRD project manager. The completed vehicles would be sent to Afghanistan to support the surge.

The work fell to the Field Logistics Readiness Center, at Lexington, Ky., because of its valuable experience since 2004 in installing armor on tactical vehicles, Madero said.

The mission expanded, however, when the Army requested accessory kits be installed in both heavy tactical vehicles and medium tactical vehicles, Madero said.

The kits include the Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System (SINCGARS), Counter Remote Control Improvised Explosive Device Electronic Warfare (CREW), Blue Force Tracker (BFT), Field C4I Integration kit, Fire Fuel Tank Fire Suppression kit, and the Tanker Armor Module (TAM).

Installing the kits required increased coordination with Project Manager SINGARS, PM CREW and PM BFT offices, which Madero said increased the complexity of the mission.

"This mission is the largest FLRC Lexington has undertaken," said Cash Centers, chief, FLRC Lexington (BAE Systems). "It was imperative that numerous players worked together to accomplish the mission. Everyone worked as a team ensuring that we provide our Soldiers the equipment to keep them safe as they work to complete their mission. After all, that is why we are here and we are all proud of the support we provide."

By the time the mission is complete, an estimated 1,415 pieces of equipment will have been serviced through FLRC Lexington, Centers said. That includes installation of 1,339 SINCGARS, 1,307 CREW and 440 BFT installation kits to 1,356 wheeled vehicles.

The FLRC is capable of running three shifts, seven days a week, if needed. During this mission, the tempo has been adjusted based on the volume of vehicles and shipping schedules, said Henry Meadows, FLRC Lexington deputy chief (BAE Systems).

FLRC Lexington must work with 17 variants of tactical vehicles -- eight HTVs and nine MTVs -- while making adjustments to installing the kits to fit each variant.

Shortened schedules, frequently changing vehicle packages for shipment dates, complexity of installing the kits, accounting for the large number of vehicles arriving to the facility from the original equipment manufacturer, and the large shipments of completed vehicles leaving the facility, all combine to create significant challenges, Meadows said.

Thus far, the facility has completed each of its shipments either on time or ahead of schedule, Meadows said.

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Beijing: China pledged to take a greater role in global issues Thursday as it vowed to work with the European Union on nuclear non-proliferation, energy security and climate change.

In wide-ranging talks between Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, the two sides also agreed to to fight protectionism and tear down trade barriers.

"China will undertake greater international responsibilities," Wen said in a joint media appearance with Barroso after their talks.

"This is not only to meet international expectations but also serves China's interests."

During the talks, both leaders vowed to reduce trade barriers and ensure level playing fields for enterprises both in Europe and China, Wen said.

"The European community and China's strategic partnership is even more relevant in an increasingly globalised world," Barroso said.

"Whether it is in leading a global economic recovery, resisting protectionist pressures, defending against the threat of climate change or addressing nuclear proliferation and other security questions, China and the European Union need to work together," he said.

On the Iranian nuclear issue -- a key concern of the EU and United States -- Wen did not say whether Beijing would support new sanctions on Tehran.

He said only that China was committed to the global nuclear non-proliferation regime and upholding peace in the Middle East.

"China will remain in touch with the relevant parties and will play a positive and constructive role for the early and proper settlement of the Iranian nuclear issue," Wen said.

The United States, Europe and others fear Tehran seeks to build nuclear weapons. Iran insists its atomic programme is purely for civilian energy use.

Western nations are calling for a fresh round of UN sanctions but Beijing -- a veto-wielding permanent member of the UN Security Council -- has so far resisted such a move.

"China and the European Union have far more consensus than differences," Wen said.

"We both stand for world multi-polarity and diversity (and) we both believe that major decisions in world affairs should be taken in an open, democratic and transparent manner."

The two sides also agreed to set up a climate change hotline between top environmental officials of the EU and China to help both sides coordinate their positions in global greenhouse gas negotiations, Barroso said.

Barroso and his delegation will leave Beijing on Friday to attend the opening of the World Expo in Shanghai.

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