
Orbital ATK awarded $23M to support penetrating weapons
Washington (UPI) Jan 3, 2018 - The U.S. Air Force and Orbital ATK has signed a full-rate production contract for the FMU-167/B Hard Target Void Sensing Fuze, the company announced on Wednesday.
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Washington (UPI) Jan 3, 2018 - The U.S. Air Force and Orbital ATK has signed a full-rate production contract for the FMU-167/B Hard Target Void Sensing Fuze, the company announced on Wednesday.
Jan 3, 2018

Islamabad (AFP) Jan 3, 2018 - Pakistan will allow the Chinese yuan to be used for imports, exports and financing transactions for bilateral trade and investment activities, in a move economists said Wednesday would simplify a massive Chinese investment project.
Jan 3, 2018

Lima (AFP) Jan 3, 2018 - Peru's defense minister resigned on Wednesday, becoming the second cabinet member to step down after President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski controversially pardoned former leader Alberto Fujimori, who had been incarcerated for murder and other rights abuses.
Jan 3, 2018

Washington (AFP) Jan 3, 2018 - US President Donald Trump warned Kim Jong-Un Tuesday he has a much bigger nuclear button than the North Korean leader, as Washington dismissed the prospect of high-level talks between Pyongyang and Seoul.
Jan 3, 2018

United Nations, United States (AFP) Jan 3, 2018 - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday welcomed the reopening of a hotline between North and South Korea, and voiced hope for more diplomatic initiatives to end the peninsula's nuclear standoff.
Jan 3, 2018

Seoul (AFP) Jan 2, 2018 - South Korea Tuesday proposed high-level talks with Pyongyang on January 9, after the North's leader Kim Jong-Un called for better relations and said his country might attend the Winter Olympics in the South.
Jan 2, 2018

United Nations, United States (AFP) Jan 2, 2018 - The US envoy to the United Nations Tuesday dismissed as a band-aid the prospect of talks between North and South Korea, warning that Washington would never accept a nuclear-armed Pyongyang.
Jan 2, 2018

Beirut (AFP) Jan 2, 2018 - At least seven civilians, including five children, were killed Tuesday by air strikes in Syria's northwestern Idlib province, the last outside government control, a monitor said.
Jan 2, 2018

Colombo (AFP) Jan 2, 2018 - China will invest $1 billion in the construction of three 60-storey buildings at a mega-project near Sri Lanka's main port, Colombo said Tuesday, as Beijing aims to boost its influence in the Indian Ocean.
Jan 2, 2018

Beijing (AFP) Jan 2, 2018 - Chinese factory activity accelerated in December, according to independent data released Tuesday, a positive indicator for the world's second-largest economy to kick off the new year.
Jan 2, 2018

New Delhi (AFP) Jan 2, 2018 - India is to buy 131 surface-to-air missiles from Israel in a $70 million deal, the defence ministry announced Tuesday ahead of a visit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Jan 2, 2018

(UPI) Jan 2, 2018 - Lockheed Martin was awarded a $33.6 million contract by the U.S. Air Force to extend support for South Korea's tactical reconnaissance aircraft and mission support equipment.
Jan 2, 2018

Beirut (AFP) Jan 1, 2018 - Air strikes on one of the last villages still held by the Islamic State group in eastern Syria killed 12 civilians, including four children, a monitor said Monday.
Jan 1, 2018

Mosul, Iraq (AFP) Jan 1, 2018 - It used to take Ahmad Meyssar just a few minutes to reach his university across a bridge over the river Tigris in Iraq's Mosul.
Jan 1, 2018

Ofer Military Prison, Palestinian Territories (AFP) Jan 1, 2018 - Israel charged a Palestinian teenager with 12 counts including assault on Monday following her arrest after a video of her slapping and kicking two Israeli soldiers in the West Bank went viral.
Jan 1, 2018

Seoul (AFP) Jan 1, 2018 - North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un warned the United States Monday he has a nuclear button on his table but offered an apparent olive branch to South Korea in a New Year message, saying he was prepared for talks and may send a team to the Winter Olympics there.
Jan 1, 2018