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An advanced component of the U.S. missile defense system has been cleared for flight testing beginning next year.
The Raytheon Co., which has headquarters in Waltham, Mass., had design work carried out at the company's Missile System facilities in Tucson. The Standard Missile-3 Block IB program recently completed a critical design review, which will allow for flight tests in 2010 ... read more 
Seoul (AFP) July 14, 2009A senior US military officer said Tuesday that any North Korean attack on South Korea would be sudden and "extremely destructive", but would ultimately fail. Major General Johnny A. Weida, outgoing deputy chief of staff for the US Forces Korea, also said such an attack is highly unlikely because it would spell the end of Kim Jong-Il's regime. More than two-thirds of the North's forces ar ... more
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Yakuza leader pleads guilty in US court to conspiring to sell nuclear material Iran begins military drills near Natanz nuclear site: state media Iran to hold nuclear talks with 3 European powers January 13: local media Second Fukushima nuclear sample removal eyed for spring Bangladesh launches $5bn graft probe into Hasina's family France's most powerful nuclear reactor finally comes on stream Milei vows to promote nuclear energy in Argentina Swiss govt wants to lift ban on more nuclear power plants Trump can negotiate to stop Iran from getting nuclear bomb: Blinken 
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Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UPI) Jul 14, 2009 Abu Dhabi Ship Building, arguably the most advanced defense contractor in the Arab states of the Gulf, recently began construction of the first of two 126-foot landing craft for the Royal Bahrain Navy. The 420-ton steel-hulled vessel being built at the company's $30 million headquarters in the Mussafah industrial zone will be able to carry 136 soldiers and will have a range of 1,200 na ... more  
San Salvador (AFP) July 14, 2009Football is known to millions as the "beautiful game," but this week El Salvador and Honduras remember a not-so-pretty episode in the sport's history 40 years ago that spurred the two nations into war. In July 1969 tensions between the two Central American nations spilled over during bad-tempered World Cup qualifying matches, which led to El Salvador scrambling its air force and bombing its ... more  
Beijing (AFP) July 14, 2009China will take all necessary measures to protect its people overseas, the government said Tuesday, after Al-Qaeda reportedly vowed to avenge the deaths of Muslims killed in Xinjiang's unrest. "The Chinese government opposes terrorism in any form," foreign ministry spokesman Qin Gang told reporters. "We will keep a close eye on developments and make joint efforts with relevant countries ... more  
Washington (UPI) Jul 14, 2009 A senior adviser on South Asia to three U.S. presidents is now warning about "Armageddon in Islamabad." At the request of President Obama, Bruce Riedel, a former CIA expert on the region, also chaired an interagency policy review on Afghanistan and nuclear Pakistan. His latest assessment says, "A jihadist victory in Pakistan, meaning the takeover of the nation by a militant Sunni movement led ... more |
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How hard is it to prevent recurring blackouts in Puerto Rico?Boston MA (SPX) Jan 10, 2025 Researchers at MIT's Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems (LIDS) have shown that using decision-making software and dynamic monitoring of weather and energy use can significantly improve ... more 
US emissions stagnate in 2024, challenging climate goals: studyWashington (AFP) Jan 9, 2025 US greenhouse gas emissions barely decreased in 2024, leaving the world's largest economy off track to achieve its climate goals, according to an analysis released Thursday, as the incoming Trump administration looks set to double down on fossil fuels. ... more 
Pace of German emissions cuts slows in 2024: studyBerlin (AFP) Jan 7, 2025 German greenhouse gas emissions fell again in 2024 but at a slower rate, due to lagging green investment by industry and households, according to a study published Tuesday. ... more 
  
A Sustainable Development Goal for Earth's OrbitLondon, UK (SPX) Jan 10, 2025 Scientists are advocating for the United Nations to establish a new Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) focused on protecting Earth's orbit and curbing the accumulation of space debris. Current ... more 
ReOrbit and Ananth Technologies Collaborate on GEO Satellite DevelopmentBerlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 10, 2025 ReOrbit, a prominent provider of software-driven satellites for secure communications, has formalized a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Ananth Technologies, a leading Indian aerospace and def ... more 
Debris falling from the sky: more often, more riskParis (AFP) Jan 8, 2025 It is still not clear what exactly fell onto a Kenyan village last month, but such events are likely to become increasingly common given the amount of space debris drifting above the planet. ... more
  
RoboForce secures $10M to launch AI-powered robotic workforceLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 07, 2025 RoboForce, a pioneering provider of robotic labor solutions, has announced the completion of $10 million in early-stage funding. Supported by prominent investors such as Nobel Laureate Myron Scholes ... more 
Passed the Turing Test living in Turing FuturesSydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 03, 2024 A recent perspective published in the Nov. 13 issue of Intelligent Computing has highlighted how modern artificial intelligence systems have fulfilled Alan Turing's vision of machines capable of lea ... more 
Are we ready for the ethical challenges of AI and robotsTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 03, 2024 Artificial intelligence (AI) and AI-enabled robots are rapidly integrating into everyday life, evolving from simple tools into entities that resemble human partners. This transformation brings criti ... more
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Nicosia (AFP) July 14, 2009The Cyprus government said on Tuesday that a reunification deal to end decades of division on the island is not on the cards in 2009, as hoped for by the international community. "As things stand now, with the positions tabled by the Turkish side, and nothing changes, we don't see how it's possible for a settlement to be agreed on and put to a referendum by December," government spokesman St ... more 
Kandahar, Afghanistan (AFP) July 14, 2009A helicopter crashed in Afghanistan on Tuesday while transporting civilian contractors, killing six passengers and a child on the ground, NATO and local officials said. It was not immediately clear why the helicopter crashed in the Sangin district of Helmand province, where US, British and Afghan forces are pressing assaults against Taliban strongholds in the south ahead of key elections. ... more  
London (AFP) July 14, 2009Some 25 Iraqis who worked for the British military are to take legal action against the government, saying they were not properly protected from extremists, the BBC reported Tuesday. The group, mainly interpreters, want compensation from British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's government because they claim they became targets for local militia who saw them as collaborators. "The Ministry ... more 
Moscow (AFP) July 14, 2009Russia on Tuesday denied it was ready to back tougher sanctions against Iran in exchange for a new arms control treaty with the United States, the Interfax news agency reported. A senior White House official had been quoted as saying last week that Russia could be prepared to drop its hostility to harsher sanctions against Tehran if a new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) was agreed. ... more |
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