
South Korea takes control of THAAD missile defense system
Washington (UPI) Oct 23, 2017 - U.S. Forces in Korea have officially completed the setup of a THAAD missile battery in South Korea to a South Korean Army air defense brigade.
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Washington (UPI) Oct 23, 2017 - U.S. Forces in Korea have officially completed the setup of a THAAD missile battery in South Korea to a South Korean Army air defense brigade.
Oct 23, 2017

Colombo (AFP) Oct 23, 2017 - A United Nations expert warned Monday that Sri Lanka must speed up its own long-stalled investigation into war crimes by troops or risk action by the international community.
Oct 23, 2017

Nellis AFB NV (SPX) Oct 23, 2017 - The eleventh in a series of Air Force Space Command Wargames concluded here last week. Set in the year 2027, Schriever Wargame 2017 (SW17) explored critical space and cyberspace issues in depth.
Oct 23, 2017

Hong Kong (AFP) Oct 22, 2017 - In its heyday in the 1980s, more than a thousand brokers dressed in signature red blazers made deals on the trading floor of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, in what was a raucous, competitive bear pit.
Oct 22, 2017

Nairobi (AFP) Oct 22, 2017 - Last weekend's truck bombing in Mogadishu killed at least 358 people, making it the deadliest in Somalia's history, an attack that analysts say underscores the fragility of the internationally-backed government.
Oct 22, 2017

Baghdad (AFP) Oct 22, 2017 - When Haider al-Abadi was tasked with forming a new Iraqi government in August 2014, just weeks after a lightning offensive by the Islamic State group, many believed he would fail.
Oct 22, 2017

Road To El Wahat El Bahariya , Egypt (AFP) Oct 21, 2017 - Sixteen Egyptian policemen were killed in a shootout with militants on the road between Cairo and the Bahariya oasis in the Western Desert, the interior ministry said Saturday, in a rare flare-up outside the Sinai Peninsula.
Oct 21, 2017

Sacramento CA (SPX) Oct 20, 2017 - Aerojet Rocketdyne has successfully supported the launch of a classified payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office. The mission, known as NROL-52, was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Forc
Oct 20, 2017

Vandenberg AFB CA (SPX) Oct 20, 2017 - Thousands upon thousands of debris pieces are traversing Earth's orbit. Along with the debris are satellites performing a plethora of functions and even manned vehicles like the International Space
Oct 20, 2017

Washington (UPI) Oct 20, 2017 - The U.S. Army has rolled out the newest variant of the M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tank with survivability enhancements and increased lethality.
Oct 20, 2017

Washington (AFP) Oct 20, 2017 - The US-led campaign against the Islamic State group has scored a key victory, but Washington's narrow focus on the jihadists may have distracted it from the threat of wider war.
Oct 20, 2017

Washington (UPI) Oct 20, 2017 - BAE Systems has received a U.S. Army contract to assist a military intelligence brigade with intelligence and security support to enhance the situational awareness of troops deployed abroad.
Oct 20, 2017

Washington (UPI) Oct 20, 2017 - Boeing has invested in Near Earth Autonomy, a company developing a portfolio of technologies for reliable automatic flight.
Oct 20, 2017

Washington (AFP) Oct 20, 2017 - The United States praised local Syrian forces Friday for a milestone victory in driving the Islamic State group from Raqa, but warned the war against the jihadists is far from over.
Oct 20, 2017

Bethesda MD (SPX) Oct 20, 2017 - This past April, at the 33rd Space Symposium, the space community, for the first time, heard about a possible game-changing discovery that may create a new ecosystem that could stabilize low Earth
Oct 20, 2017

Washington DC (SPX) Oct 20, 2017 - The rapid pace of new commercial satellite constellation launches has led to a significant increase in the amount and availability of geospatial imagery. Unfortunately, no straightforward way curren
Oct 20, 2017