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Russia successfully tests veteran missile with new warheadMoscow (AFP) Sept 3, 2011 Russia on Saturday successfully tested its Topol strategic missile with a new warhead designed to breach missile shields, Russian news agencies reported, citing the defence ministry. "The experimental warhead of the missile hit the designated target with high precision at the testing site on Kamchatka peninsula," a spokesman for the strategic rocket forces told the Interfax news agency. The Topol intercontinental missile used has been operational for 23 years and was being tested to check its du ... read more |
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  India postpones latest Agni missile launch India postponed until next week a test-firing of its indigenously built Agni II ballistic nuclear capable missile due to a technical glitch. ... more | .. |
  Turkey to host radar for NATO missile defense Turkey plans to deploy an early warning radar by the end of the year as part of NATO's missile defense system for Europe, officials said Friday. ... more | .. |
  Libya's new leaders move to return capital to normal Libya's new leaders moved to restore order to Tripoli on Saturday, instructing fighters from the provinces to go home as they prepared to transfer to the capital from their wartime base in Benghazi. ... more | .. |
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  Ex-Blackwater guards kept working in Iraq: US cable A leaked US diplomatic cable says that "hundreds" of former employees of Blackwater, which was barred from Iraq over a deadly 2007 shooting, later worked with other firms guarding US diplomats here. ... more | .. |
 China offered Kadafi weapons: report China offered huge stockpiles of weapons to Moamer Kadhafi during the final months of his regime and held secret talks on shipping them through Algeria and South Africa, The Globe and Mail reported. ... more | .. |
Kadhafi slogan turns into reality -- for his foes "Weapons in the hands of the people" reads the slogan on the facade of the former intelligence headquarters in the Libyan capital, but for the three men guarding the complex it has only come true since Moamer Kadhafi's fall. ... more | .. |
  1,000 rally for Taiwan sovereignty About 1,000 chanting pro-independence activists took to the streets of Taipei on Sunday, accusing Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou of surrendering the island's sovereignty to China. ... more |
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Ariane 6 to deliver inaugural Galileo 2nd Gen satellites as European industry backs Arianespace
Momentus to conduct multi sensor rendezvous trial with US Air Force
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  Afghan suicide attack on NATO convoy kills two A suicide bomber killed two private security guards and wounded 21 others on Sunday in Afghanistan after attacking a convoy headed for NATO troops in the country. ... more | .. |
Iraq-based Kurdish rebels to unite against Iran The separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which has battled Turkey for years, said on Saturday it will aid another north Iraq-based Kurdish rebel group in fighting against Iranian forces. ... more | .. |
 US flood aid arrives in N. Korea: relief group A US aid shipment arrived Saturday in North Korea with around 90 tonnes of emergency supplies for the flood-hit nation, the organisation conducting the operation said. ... more | .. |
 Egypt military cracks down on Gaza tunnels: witnesses Egypt's military has started to close smuggling tunnels to Gaza, witnesses said on Saturday, amid Israeli warnings of plans by Gazan militants to attack the Jewish state through Egyptian territory. ... more |
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One Danish soldier killed, four wounded in Afghanistan: army A Danish soldier was killed and four wounded in an explosion in the southern Afghan province of Helmand Saturday the Danish military said. ... more | .. |
 S. Korea activists plan protest against navy base South Korean activists gathered Saturday on a southern holiday island to protest against the construction of a navy base, a day after hundreds of riot police dispersed demonstrators blocking the work. ... more | .. |
Iran shelling kills shepherd in north Iraq: mayor Iranian shelling during a campaign against Kurdish rebels killed a shepherd and damaged farms and houses in north Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region on Saturday, local officials said. ... more | .. |
Libya's NTC says capital's water supply assured Libya's new leadership said Sunday its fighters had control of much of the Great Man-Made River that brings water from desert aquifers to the coastal cities, in good news for Tripoli. ... 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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 Turkey-Israel crisis complicates EU ties Turkey's diplomatic rupture with Israel complicates EU efforts to balance ties with two major allies, especially after Ankara played a key role in mediating peace and helping evacuation of thousands of EU and other foreign nationals fleeing upheavals in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya. ... more | .. |
  Opposition calls for Japan defence minister to go Japan's main opposition party called for the new defence minister to resign on Saturday for referring to himself as an amateur shortly before he took office, but there was a poll boost for the new premier. ... more | .. |
 Tunisia violence leaves one dead, dozens injured Tunisia imposed a curfew in two separate areas Friday following a series of clashes that left a 17-year-old girl dead and dozens injured, the interior ministry and local media said. ... more | .. |
 UN nuclear watchdog 'increasingly worried' by Iran The UN nuclear watchdog is getting more and more worried about a possible military dimension to Iran's nuclear activities, according to a confidential report obtained by AFP Friday. ... more |
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 NATO's Libya campaign a 'big success': Rasmussen NATO's operation in Libya was "a big success" that showed Europe's ability to lead, but the US military was crucial to the effort, the alliance's Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Friday. ... more | .. |
  China sea power concerns new Japan foreign minister Japan's new Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba on Friday voiced concern over China's growing naval power and its activities near disputed islands in the East China Sea. ... more | .. |
 UN agency to host talks on nuke-free Mideast The UN atomic watchdog said Friday it will host talks on creating a nuclear-weapons-free Middle East after countries in the volatile region showed willingness to attend after a decade of stonewalling. ... more | .. |
 Italy, Spain sign on to bid to boost EU defence Italy and Spain have joined a bid by France, Germany and Poland to bolster a common EU defence policy in spite of Britain's refusal, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said Friday. ... more |
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Google pledge against using AI for weapons vanishes
MIT engineers help multirobot systems stay in the safety zone
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  AeroVironment Wins Switchblade Agile Munition Systems and Services Contract AeroVironment has received a contract on June 29 from the U.S. Army Close Combat Weapons Systems (CCWS), Program Executive Office Missiles and Space (PEO MS). The $4,907,840 contract for the Switchb ... more | .. |
 Aussie MU90 torpedo in rough seas, again Australia's Defense Department hit back at criticism over its MU90 lightweight torpedo purchase from the weapon's French and Italian manufacturers. ... more | .. |
 French spy-tech firm confirms 2007 deal with Kadhafi A subsidiary of the French technology firm Bull said Thursday it supplied Moamer Kadhafi's regime with "analysis equipment," but noted the deal was made only after Libya had improved ties with the West. ... more | .. |
 NATO fights in Libya as long as necessary: leaders NATO's operation in Libya will continue for as long as the civilian population there is in danger, the alliance's Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and national leaders said Thursday. ... more |
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 Iran slams Sarkozy over nuclear remark: report Iran urged French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Thursday not to make comments based on "unrealistic information," after Paris called for tougher sanctions over Tehran's controversial nuclear programme. ... more | .. |
Libyan armed group forms new military unit in Tripoli A group of armed men from Tripoli announced on Thursday the creation of a new military unit to protect the Libyan capital and restore order on the streets. ... more | .. |
 Clinton urges new Libya to fight extremism, safeguard arms US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged Libya's emerging new political leaders Thursday to fight violent extremism and ensure fallen leader Moamer Kadhafi's weapons do not fall into the wrong hands. ... more | .. |
 Britain cuts 140 Gurkha jobs in first wave of defence cuts Britain on Thursday informed 140 Nepalese Gurkha troops that they would lose their jobs in a first wave of redundancies forced by defence cuts aimed at curbing a massive deficit. ... more |
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