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Iran satellite launch signals missile pushBeirut, Lebanon (UPI) Jun 20, 2011 The real importance of Iran's recent launch of its Rasad-1 satellite, the second it's put into orbit in two years, is the Safir booster rocket used to loft the 34-pound, data-gathering craft into space. That technology produces intercontinental ballistic missiles. Iran's state television reported that the June 16 launch thrust Rasad, which means "Observation" in Farsi, went into orbit 163 miles above the Earth. The satellite had been scheduled for launch in August 2010 and there was no e ... read more |
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  Network Integration Tests Aim to Reduce 'Fog of War' A massive network test, termed the Network Integration Evaluation, which kicked off last week here, will evaluate capabilities of a developmental vehicle-mounted company command post system intended ... more | .. |
  IAI to Unveil its new advanced Medium-weight Laser Guided Bomb Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) will unveil the MLGB, a new advanced Medium-weight Laser Guided Bomb at the upcoming Le Bourget Airshow opens June 20th near Paris. MLGB is a dual mode Laser Guided ... more | .. |
  Raytheon to Provide Airborne Processing for Missile Defense Application Raytheon has received a $10 million contract to provide advanced airborne data processing for the Missile Defense Agency. "Raytheon's airborne processing technology offers real-time automated ... more | .. |
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  Al-Qaida 'hand in Nigeria suicide bombing' Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamist militants have widened their insurgency with their first vehicle-borne suicide bombing in Abuja, heightening concerns they're being trained by al-Qaida's North African group or al-Shabaab in Somalia. ... more | .. |
  NATO admits Libya air strike, not civilian deaths NATO on Monday admitted carrying out an air strike on a military target in the Sorman area west of the capital as the Libyan regime said that 15 people, including three children, were killed in the attack. ... more | .. |
 White House warns on Libya funding measures The White House warned Monday that attempts in Congress to choke funding for all or part of US operations in Libya would send a "bad message" at a time when Moamer Kadhafi's days were "numbered." ... more | .. |
  France and Britain to work on military drone: minister France and Britain plan to set up a joint team to oversee the possible development of an unmanned military aircraft, French Defence Minister Gerard Longuet said on Monday at the Paris Air Show. ... more |
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  Iran wants to launch bigger satellites into GEO orbit Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Monday that the country plans to launch bigger satellites to the altitude of 35,000 km above the earth's surface in future, the semi-official ISNA news age ... more | .. |
 NASA Launching DoD Rocket and Satellite From Virginia A U.S. Air Force Minotaur 1 rocket carrying the Department of Defense's Operationally Responsive Space office's ORS-1 satellite is scheduled for launch June 28 from NASA's Launch Range at the Wallop ... more | .. |
  Lockheed Martin Launches New F-35 Website Lockheed Martin has announced a new website for the F-35 Lightning II aircraft at the Paris Air Show Monday. The site provides the most up-to-date information on the F-35 program, including history, ... more | .. |
 Thales completes flight demo for automatic landing of rotary wing UAVs Thales has announced that it has successfully achieved, with its partner Boeing, the full automatic landing of a one ton class VTOL (Vertical Take Off and Landing) UAV. The automatic landing was car ... more |
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 Jakarta: Bashir sentenced, Tholut in court The trial of another suspected rebel leader began in Jakarta only days after hard-line cleric Abu Bakar Bashir was sentenced to 15 years in prison. ... more | .. |
 Second Hypersonic Flight Ends Prematurely, Brings New Flight Test Data A second test of the X-51A Waverider flew June 13, 2011, in the Point Mugu Naval Air Test Range over the Pacific Ocean, bringing significant hypersonic research data in a less than successful flight ... more | .. |
 Zodiac Wins New Contract for 20 Commando RIBs and 4 Air Delivery Systems The French Directorate General of Armaments (DGA) has awarded a contract to the Military and Professional division (MILPRO) of Zodiac International for 20 multi-purpose commando RIBs (ECUME) and fou ... more | .. |
 US, Japan to delay base plan: officials Japan and the United States will delay plans to shift a military base in Okinawa during top-level talks Tuesday, officials said, as pressure builds for a new solution to the long-running rift. ... more |
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Fresh quake barrage hits Greek island Santorini
Pain, anger as Turkey marks two years since quake disaster
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  US drones kill 'six Haqqani fighters' in Pakistan US missiles killed six Afghan fighters from the Al-Qaeda-linked Haqqani network in Pakistan's tribal district of Kurram in two strikes just minutes apart on Monday, security officials said. ... more | .. |
  Seven Iraqis hurt as bomb hits French embassy car A bomb exploded next to a French embassy car in south Baghdad on Monday wounding seven Iraqis, but four French security personnel inside the armoured vehicle escaped unhurt, the embassy and Iraqi sources said. ... more | .. |
 Romania summons Iran diplomat over missile shield comment Iran's ambassador to Bucharest was summoned by Romanian authorities on Monday to explain claims in a news interview that US plans to build a missile shield were directed at Russia. ... more | .. |
 Obama 'finalizing' Afghan troop decision US President Barack Obama was finalizing his decision on the size of planned troop cuts in Afghanistan as expectations mounted Monday of a possible announcement within days. ... more |
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 US commander says more N. Korea attacks likely The US commander in South Korea said Monday that North Korea is likely to launch more military attacks against the South, but Seoul and Washington are better prepared to counter the threat. ... more | .. |
 Israel launches major home front defence drill Israel on Sunday launched a major five-day home front defence exercise intended to prepare its population and emergency services to respond to massive missile attacks, the Israeli military said. ... more | .. |
US ambassador hits back after Karzai criticisms The US ambassador to Afghanistan hit back at President Hamid Karzai's repeated criticisms of foreign forces Sunday in a rare public acknowledgement of tensions underpinning US-Afghan relations. ... more | .. |
 Toddlers among 9 dead as NATO admits Tripoli raid NATO on Sunday acknowledged it was responsible for civilian deaths in Tripoli after Libyan officials showed reporters five bodies, including two toddlers, they said were among nine people killed in a "barbaric" air strike. ... more |
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MIT engineers help multirobot systems stay in the safety zone
Scientists' conference kicks off global AI summit in Paris
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  India military delegation arrives in China An Indian military delegation arrived in Beijing on Sunday for a six-day visit, an Indian official said, marking the resumption of defence ties that were frozen for a year over a visa dispute. ... more | .. |
 Raytheon's Small Diameter Bomb II Completes Control Test Vehicle Flight Raytheon has completed its first post-contract award control test vehicle flight of the Small Diameter Bomb II. During the test, a U.S. Air Force F-15E released the SDB II in flight, and after ... more | .. |
 Raytheon Re-Introduces 250-Pound Paveway Precision-Guided Munition Raytheon is re-introducing its 250-pound Paveway laser-guided precision munition to the warfighter inventory. Raytheon's combat-proven Paveway is a kit that transforms "dumb" bombs into precision gu ... more | .. |
 Raytheon Joint Standoff Weapon C-1 Completes Captive-Flight Test Series The U.S. Navy completed a series of captive-flight tests on Raytheon's Joint Standoff Weapon C-1, putting the warfighter one step closer to gaining a net-enabled standoff weapon with moving maritime ... more |
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 Goodrich Looks Forward to Launch of ORS-1 Satellite Goodrich the prime contractor for the ORS-1 (Operationally Responsive Space) satellite has successfully completed all of the major program milestones and the ORS-1 satellite has been delivered to NA ... more | .. |
 DARPA F6 Contract Awarded to Space Micro Space Micro has announced that it has been selected by DARPA as a Prime Contractor for the Inter-Satellite Communications portion of the F6 program. This contract is a multi-year, multi-phase award ... more | .. |
S. Korean soldiers fire at Asiana passenger jet South Korean troops fired at a passenger jet flying from China with 119 people on board after mistaking it for a North Korean aircraft, amid increasingly fraught relations on the divided peninsula. ... more | .. |
Weakened Al-Qaeda may speed US withdrawal: report Drone strikes and covert operations have weakened Afghanistan's Al-Qaeda network and could justify a White House decision to withdraw troops quicker than planned, The New York Times reported on Saturday. ... more |
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