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March 09, 2011
NUKEWARS
North Korea jams South's guided missiles
Seoul (UPI) Mar 8, 2011
Seoul has accused North Korea of using sophisticated jamming systems to block South Korean military signals and disrupt its guided missiles. South Korea's Yonhap news agency said the strong jamming signals have been transmitting from the northern border city of Keasong since last week. The purported purpose of the jamming was to disrupt navigational devices using Global Positioning Systems as a major joint military exercise is under way northwest of Seoul. The jamming is believed ... read more

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WAR REPORT

Libya no-fly zone looms as fighting rages
Moamer Kadhafi's forces stepped up pressure on Libya's eastern front Tuesday with air strikes and heavy shelling, amid reports of an onslaught in the west, as calls mounted for a no-fly zone over the country. ... more
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MISSILE NEWS

Guardian Anti-Missile System Flight-Tested On A KC-135
Northrop Grumman, in partnership with the Air National Guard's 190th Air Refueling Wing (ARW), has announced the completion of the first round of flight testing with the company's Guardian System an ... more
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TERROR WARS

FBI Announces Initial Operating Capability For Next Gen ID System
New technology designed to revolutionize law enforcement's ability to process fingerprints has reached its initial operating capability, the FBI has announced. The Next Generation Identificati ... more
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MILTECH

LockMart Completes C4ISR Mission System Delivery For Coast Guard Surveillance Aircraft
Lockheed Martin recently delivered the ninth and final Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) mission system pallet for the U.S. Coast Gua ... more
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MILTECH

Raytheon Awarded Contract For USAF HH-60G FLIRs
Raytheon has been awarded a $42 million U.S. Air Force contract for additional AN/AAQ-29A forward looking infrared imaging systems for installation on Pave Hawk HH-60G helicopters. Deliveries ... more
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THE STANS

Gates sees 'acid test' ahead in Afghanistan war
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates touted progress on a visit to southern Afghanistan Tuesday but said NATO forces will soon face an "acid test" as Taliban insurgents move to seize back ground. ... more
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IRAQ WARS

Iraq's Sadr meets supporters in Baghdad
Shiite radical leader Moqtada Sadr held talks in Baghdad on Tuesday on what was only his second visit to the Iraqi capital since the US-led invasion of 2003, aides said. ... more
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NUKEWARS

IAEA under heavy political pressure: Iran
Iran on Tuesday said the UN atomic watchdog was under "heavy political pressure" after the agency reported Tehran may have engaged in nuclear weaponisation studies more recently than previously thought. ... more
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SUPERPOWERS

Chinese military growing fast but concerns 'regional': IISS
China is building its military capability at a rapid pace but it remains a "regional power with regional concerns", the think tank IISS said in its annual report on the world's armies Tuesday. ... more
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TAIWAN NEWS

Taiwan's leader denies falling into China 'trap'
Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou has rejected criticism that he has fallen into Beijing's "trap" and vowed to press on with a controversial policy of greater economic integration with the Chinese mainland. ... more
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NUKEWARS

Pyongyang: All fishermen must return
North Korea called for talks with South Korea this week to resolve the repatriation of 31 fishermen Pyongyang says are held against their wishes. ... more
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MILPLEX

Chinese man charged with illegal tech exports
FBI agents arrested a Chinese national working for a US technology company Tuesday for exporting information about sensitive military know-how to China, officials said. ... more
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THE STANS

China's Xinjiang 'still ethnically divided'
China's traditionally Muslim Xinjiang region remains ethnically divided but is basically stable nearly two years after the eruption of deadly violence there, the region's top official said Tuesday. ... more
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FLOATING STEEL

Transmitting Data And Power Wirelessly Through Submarine Hulls
Steel walls are no match for Tristan Lawry. The doctoral student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has developed and demonstrated an innovative new system that uses ultrasound to simultaneously tr ... more
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MILTECH

New Design Of Through-Wall Radar Enables Increased Covert Surveillance
Leading technology product design and development firm, Cambridge Consultants, has launched the latest evolution of its popular Prism through-wall radar product line. The Prism 200c is a lightweight ... more
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FLOATING STEEL

Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Program Holds System Critical Design Review
Northrop Grumman's MQ-4C Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Unmanned Aircraft System (BAMS UAS) program conducted system Critical Design Review (CDR) with the U.S. Navy last month. "It is gratif ... more
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MILTECH

U.S. armored vehicles sold to S. America
An unnamed Latin American country has contracted to buy explosive-resistant armored vehicles for use in anti-narcotics operations against heavily armed and sophisticated organized drug crime gangs. ... more
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MILPLEX

EADS won't challenge tanker deal
The North American branch of European Aeronautic Defense and Space has conceded defeat to its arch-rival Boeing, saying it won't protest its loss of a coveted, multibillion-dollar contract to supply the U.S. Air Force with KC-X refueling planes. ... more
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WAR REPORT

Premature to arm Libya rebels: White House
The United States said Monday it was considering whether to arm the Libyan opposition but said it would be premature to do so now, amid rising pressure on the White House over the crisis. ... more
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WAR REPORT

Gadhafi's air force his ace in the hole
Libya's embattled leader Moammar Gadhafi has stepped up airstrikes against rebel forces in the east of the country, underlining how his air force has become his ace in the hole in his desperate fight for survival. ... more
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MILPLEX

Israel's top arms firm eyes privatization
Israel Aerospace Industries, state-owned flagship of the Jewish state's vaunted high-tech defense industry, is moving toward privatization amid an emerging shake-up of the defense sector. ... more
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WAR REPORT

Libyan civil war ups pressure on EU
The counteroffensive launched by Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi is increasing pressure on the West to help stop the fighting in the North African country. ... more
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MILTECH

Sukhoi flies second T-50 prototype
The second T-50 fighter prototype by Russia's Sukhoi Co. successfully completed its first flight for testing of its stability and propulsion system. ... more
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NUKEWARS

Iran's alleged nuke work may have gone beyond 2004: IAEA
The UN atomic watchdog said Monday it had information that Iran may have been engaged in weaponisation studies more recently than previously thought. ... more
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WAR REPORT

Ministers push Israel PM over new peace plan
Top Israeli ministers on Monday urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to swiftly make public details of his new diplomatic initiative in a bid to end the Jewish state's increasing isolation. ... more
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TAIWAN NEWS

Taiwan to cut 9,200 troops as China ties warm
Taiwan plans to slash the number of its troops by 9,200 this year amid warming ties with China, but the cut will be offset by more advanced weaponry, an official said Monday. ... more
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NUKEWARS

Iran, Syria in hot seat at UN atomic watchdog meet
Iran and Syria found themselves in the spotlight Monday as the UN nuclear watchdog convened for its traditional week-long spring meeting. ... more
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CYBER WARS

'Spectacular' cyber attack hits French government
The French finance ministry has shut down 10,000 computers after a "spectacular" cyber attack from hackers using Internet addresses in China, officials and reports said Monday. ... more
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FLOATING STEEL

Full-Speed Ahead For MASS
To protect their fleets from missile attacks, the navies of Peru, Finland and Germany have all ordered MASS, Rheinmetall's "Multi Ammunition Softkill System", a state-of-the-art decoy system for pro ... more
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CYBER WARS

N. Korea launches electronic attacks on S. Korea
Seoul confirmed Monday that North Korea has been trying since Friday to jam communications signals across the border, where the US and South Korea are holding a major joint military exercise. ... more
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SUPERPOWERS

US Senators mostly warm to new China pick
US Senators mostly welcomed word Tuesday that President Barack Obama would pick Commerce Secretary Gary Locke as his new ambassador to Beijing, but noted US ties to China would face fresh scrutiny. ... more
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