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US and China launched space weapon tests: documentsLondon (AFP) Feb 3, 2011 The United States and China both used advanced missiles to blow up their own satellites in a mutual show of military strength, documents published in Thursday's Telegraph newspaper showed. The memos, leaked by the WikiLeaks website, revealed that the US responded to China's 2007 destruction of a weather satellite by blowing up its own malfunctioning satellite in a "test" strike. The US insisted at the time that it undertook the operation to prevent the satellite returning to earth with a toxic f ... read more |
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  Afghan president laments environmental damage Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Thursday decades of war and burgeoning consumerism had inflicted major environmental damage on his battered country. ... more | .. |
  N. Korea parliament seeks talks with South's MPs North Korea's parliament has called for talks with South Korean legislators to ease high tensions on the peninsula, the communist state's official media said Thursday. ... more | .. |
  Iran, Syria armed fighters, Iraq PM says: document Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki told US diplomats in 2009 that neighbouring Iran and Syria were providing weapons to insurgent groups within Iraq, a leaked document showed Thursday. ... more | .. |
  E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Completes First Carrier Landing Aboard USS Truman The Northrop Grumman-built E-2D Advanced Hawkeye, the U.S. Navy's newest airborne early warning and command and control aircraft, has landed on the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) and begun carrier sui ... more |
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  Multi-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar Counters IEDs Northrop Grumma's Multi-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar (MB SAR), recently provided counter-improvised explosive device (IED) support to help enable the safe drawdown of U.S. combat troops in Iraq. ... more | .. |
  UA Engineers Study Birds And Bees To Design Robust Unmanned Vehicles University of Arizona aerospace and mechanical engineers are studying bird and bee flight to develop unmanned vehicles that stay aloft longer and cope with sudden and severe changes in airflow. ... more | .. |
 LEMV Program Completes Critical Design Review Six months after signing the Long Endurance Multi-Intelligence Vehicle (LEMV) agreement with the U.S. Army to build three airships with 21-day persistent intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissanc ... more | .. |
 Raytheon Awarded APY-10 Radar Contract For Boeing's P-8A Aircraft Boeing has awarded Raytheon a low rate initial production contract to develop six long-range, multimission maritime and overland surveillance radars plus spares for its P-8A Poseidon aircraft. ... more |
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 US mission will be okay after troops leave Iraq: official The US ambassador to Iraq assured lawmakers Thursday that the American diplomatic mission there will remain well protected even after the withdrawal of US troops in late 2011. ... more | .. |
 Iran two years from building nuclear weapon: IISS Iran would need at least two years to produce its first nuclear weapon but is not involved in an all-out "crash effort" to build a bomb, a respected think tank said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Drugs, curses fuel tensions before Afghan handover Drugs, swearing and a sometimes insurmountable language barrier are just some of the cultural problems facing US troops striving to hand security to their Afghan counterparts by 2014. ... more | .. |
 Guantanamo inmate dies after exercising: US The US military said on Thursday an Afghan inmate at the American prison in Guantanamo Bay has collapsed and died after exercising on an elliptical machine. ... more |
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 Twin attacks rock west Iraq, 12 dead nationwide A car bomb followed by a suicide attack on Thursday in the western Iraqi city of Ramadi killed at least eight people, including five policemen, as part of nationwide violence that left 12 dead. ... more | .. |
  Kaveri engine set for Indian combat plane Senior research officials in India say they are confident the indigenous, and delayed, Kaveri jet engine will power the fifth-generation Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft. ... more | .. |
 Boeing to revise tanker bid pitch In a fresh twist to a long-running and contested deal, Boeing says it will submit a new and final bid for a $35 billion contract to supply the U.S Air Force with tanker planes. ... more | .. |
  Up to 10,000 still missing from Bosnia war Bosnia is still searching for some 9,000 to 10,000 people who went missing during the country's 1992-1995 war, an official said here on Thursday. ... more |
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One in Four Chance Annually of Rocket Debris Entering High-Traffic Airspace
Urban Sky Secures $30 Million in Series B Round to Advance Stratospheric Innovation
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 Israeli army battles generals' scandals Amid the turmoil sweeping Egypt that could threaten its 1979 peace pact with Israel, the Jewish state's military leadership is fighting a battle at home to preserve the reputation of the army over legal challenges against two of its top generals. ... more | .. |
  Few regrets in ex-US defense chief's memoir Former US defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld says in a new memoir that his biggest regret was not stepping down after the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal, US media reported Thursday. ... more | .. |
  Mauritania hunting Al-Qaeda bombers Mauritanian police were searching Thursday for two suspected Al-Qaeda members behind an attempted car bombing foiled by the army, a security source said. ... more | .. |
 Obama signs new nuclear deal with Russia US President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed ratification documents for a new START nuclear arms reduction treaty with Russia, in a showpiece moment for his "reset" of ties with the Kremlin. ... more |
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 Iraqi regime change was not UK priority: ex-FM Ex-foreign minister Jack Straw told Britain's Iraq war inquiry Wednesday that removing Saddam Hussein had never been London's priority, as he gave evidence on the final day of the probe's public hearings. ... more | .. |
 Iraq court ruling is 'threat to democracy' Iraq's parliament speaker on Wednesday warned that a court ruling placing bodies such as the central bank under ministerial control was a danger to democracy, and threatened to revamp the judiciary. ... more | .. |
 Mauritanian army foils Al-Qaeda attempt on president Mauritania's army blew up a car packed with explosives Wednesday, foiling an attack which Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQMI) claimed was aimed at assassinating President Ould Abdel Aziz. ... more | .. |
 US says willing to assist India-China dialogue The United States is willing to help India and China improve their relations and welcomes a greater involvement by New Delhi in East Asia, a senior US official said Wednesday. ... more |
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Efforts to Detect Alien Life Advanced by Simple Microbe Mobility Test
How Early Earth Supported the Formation of Polyester Protocells
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 Brazil reassessing options on arms deal Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has ordered a comprehensive review of agreements reached in principle with France for the purchase of fighter aircraft, helicopters, warships and technology transfers leading up to the Brazilian manufacture of a nuclear-powered submarine. ... more | .. |
 India snubs Iran, Pakistan in defense show India has excluded Pakistan, China and Iran from the biggest air show exhibit in South Asia. ... more | .. |
 Koreas move toward military talks South Korea accepted an invitation by the North to restart face-to-face military talks next week in an attempt to reduce tensions on the peninsula. ... more | .. |
 LockMart Receives Contract For High Mobility Artillery Rocket System Lockheed Martin has received a $139.6 million contract to provide 44 combat-proven High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) to the U.S. Army. This order will increase the Army's HIMARS launch ... more |
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 MEADS Radar Completes Rotation Tests The Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) program has successfully completed milestone tests as the first Multifunction Fire Control Radar (MFCR) advances toward system tests this year at Prati ... more | .. |
 AeroVironment Receives Order For Raven UAS Digital Module Upgrade Kits AeroVironment has announced that it received a firm fixed-price order valued at $7,800,003 under an existing contract with the U.S. Army on January 25, 2011. The order comprises 919digital module up ... more | .. |
 Boeing And iRobot Team Delivers First SUGVs To USAF Boeing and partner iRobot has announced that they have delivered the first 30 Small Unmanned Ground Vehicles (SUGV) under a contract with the U.S. Air Force for the service's Explosive Ordnance Disp ... more | .. |
  NATO Achieves First Step On TBMD Capability On 27 January 2011, NATO's first ever theatre ballistic missile defence (TBMD) capability has been handed over to NATO's military commanders. The handover took place at the NATO Combined Air Operati ... more |
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