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China seeks to dispel fears over military build-upBeijing (AFP) Sept 7, 2011 China said Wednesday it would avoid "invasion, expansion or war" - but not at the expense of its claims on Taiwan - as it seeks to dispel fears over its military build-up and territorial assertiveness. Washington and China's neighbours have expressed rising concerns about Beijing's claims in the South China Sea, military spending and new high-tech equipment that includes an aircraft carrier that trialled last month. Introducing a white paper on China's "peaceful" development plans, Wang Yajun, ... read more |
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  Brazil to recondition Argentine missiles Brazil and Argentina are in talks to work out the details of a contract that will see the Brazilian defense industry recondition missiles in the Argentine armed forces' inventory. ... more | .. |
  No nuclear weapons, pledge Latin powers Two of Latin America's leading emergent nuclear powers, Argentina and Brazil, said they would campaign to keep the South Atlantic region free of nuclear weapons even as they push multibillion-dollar nuclear power development programs. ... more | .. |
 Iran using Syria, Libya chaos to boost nuclear bid: envoy Iran is taking advantage of chaos in Syria and Libya to boost efforts to build a nuclear weapon, a western envoy told the UN Security Council on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
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 'No good choices' on N. Korea: ex-US coordinator The United States has "no good choices" on North Korea but must keep up economic and diplomatic pressure on the secretive regime, former special coordinator Wendy Sherman told lawmakers Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  Northrop Grumman Selected to Provide Department of the Navy With Advance Threat Warning Sensors The Department of the Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman a contract to deliver Advanced Threat Warning (ATW) sensors as the latest upgrade to its Department of the Navy Large Aircraft Infrared Counte ... more | .. |
  Curtiss-Wright Signs Contract With Selex Galileo Curtiss-Wright Corporation has been selected by SELEX Galileo to supply rugged embedded digital signal processor modules for use on Saab's new Gripen Next Generation (NG) fighter aircraft. The ... more | .. |
 Elbit Systems Completes Customer Tests For First 30mm Unmanned Turret Supplied To Brazil Elbit Systems Ltd. has successfully concluded customer acceptance tests of first 30mm unmanned turret UT30BR, integrated into the Brazilian IVECO 6X6 Guarani vehicle. The unmanned turret was f ... 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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  Astrotech Subsidiary Wins Milspace Processing Contract Astrotech has announced that its Astrotech Space Operations subsidiary ("ASO") has been awarded a $4.0 million contract for payload processing services in support of the U.S. government. "We l ... more | .. |
 Sweden orders Australian weapons stations Sweden has ordered 60 protected weapon stations from Australian firm W&E Platt to provide firepower and protection to vehicle gunners. ... more | .. |
  Historic Vietnam site in new battle: tourism Tanks, artillery pieces and other relics of war are still scattered around the valley where Vietnamese forces won a decisive victory over the French at Dien Bien Phu nearly 60 years ago. ... more | .. |
  US debates paring down mission in Iraq As the White House debates keeping a much smaller force in Iraq after 2011, it must decide whether to axe a peacekeeping role in the country's volatile north, officials and analysts said Wednesday. ... more |
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 Iraqi ex-MP in contact with ousted Libyan leader The owner of Arrai TV, famed for being the only media outlet still in contact with Moamer Kadhafi, opposes dictators but says the ousted Libyan leader embodies resistance against foreign occupation. ... more | .. |
  U.S. targets Zawahiri, al-Qaida chiefs In recent weeks, the United States and Pakistan claim to have killed or captured several top al-Qaida operatives, despite the outcry in Pakistan over the U.S. assassination of Osama bin Laden. ... more | .. |
 Myanmar sets up human rights commission Myanmar has set up a Human Rights Commission, according to a brief report in the government newspaper New Light of Myanmar. ... more | .. |
  Turkey says Israel lacks "trade ethics" in military deals Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused Israel on Wednesday of lacking "trade ethics" in bilateral military contracts. ... 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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 Suspected settler attack on Israel army cars Unidentified "vandals" have attacked Israeli military vehicles, slashing tyres and spraying graffiti in an apparent response to the demolition of West Bank settlement homes, the army said on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Google effect worries judge in Viktor Bout trial The US judge in the arms trafficking trial of Viktor Bout expressed worry Wednesday that the ex-Soviet air force officer is so notorious that Googling his name could ruin a juror's impartiality. ... more | .. |
  Cybercrime costs $114 billion a year: report Cybercrime claimed 431 million adult victims last year and cost $114 billion, according to a report published Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Miniature Air Launched Decoy Jammer Demonstrates Capability to Protect Manned Aircraft The U.S. Air Force demonstrated that Raytheon's Miniature Air Launched Decoy Jammer could protect aircraft when it completed the first test of the MALD-J in a simulated operational environment. ... more |
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  Environmental Testing of New Military Communications Satellite Completed Lockheed Martin has completed thermal vacuum testing of the U.S. Navy's first Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite, a major program milestone that validates spacecraft performance in a simu ... more | .. |
  Lockheed Martin/KAMAN K-MAX Completes US Navy Unmanned Cargo Assessment The Lockheed Martin-led unmanned K-MAX team successfully completed a five-day Quick Reaction Assessment (QRA) for the U.S. Navy's Cargo Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) program. "The autonomous ... more | .. |
 Lockheed Martin Receives Contract For Paveway II Plus Laser Guided Bomb Kits Lockheed Martin has received a $100.5 million contract from the U.S. Air Force for production of paveway II Plus Laser Guided Bomb (LGB) GBU-12 guidance kits. The award to Lockheed Martin repr ... more | .. |
 Boeing Receives US Air Force Contract for A-10 Avionics Modernization Boeing has been awarded a one-year, $2.9 million contract by the U.S. Air Force to develop and validate a modification of the A-10 aircraft's Digital Video Audio Data Recorder (DVADR). The modificat ... 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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 Beijing denies arms sales to Gadhafi's men Beijing denied it had any contact with Moammar Gadhafi's arms buyers during their July trip to China, although private companies met them, a government official said. ... more | .. |
 Iran: Muslim nations shouldn't serve NATO Muslim countries such as Turkey shouldn't serve the interests of the U.S.-European NATO military alliance, a prominent Iranian lawmaker says. ... more | .. |
 Walker's World: Two anniversaries The 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on 9/11 has overshadowed that other anniversary on Sept. 3, the outbreak of World War II, when Britain and France declared war on Nazi Germany. ... more | .. |
 Renditions roil U.K. Parliament The British government is embroiled in a new renditioning controversy following the capture of the Libyan capital of Tripoli by rebel forces. ... more |
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 Petraeus sworn in as new CIA chief David Petraeus was sworn in Tuesday as head of the CIA to direct the civilian covert war against Al-Qaeda after years of command in Iraq and Afghanistan as America's most influential general. ... more | .. |
 Taiwan to produce new anti-China missiles: lawmaker Taiwan is expected to mass produce a potent new missile system designed to nip a Chinese invasion in the bud by striking airfields and harbours on the mainland, a lawmaker said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Israel 'doesn't want further deterioration' in Turkey ties Israel does not want its relationship with Turkey to deteriorate any further, an official said on Tuesday, after Ankara said it was freezing arms trade and defence ties with the Jewish state. ... more | .. |
  Iraqi Kurdistan chief calls for US troops to stay The president of north Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region called on Tuesday for US forces to stay beyond a 2011 deadline to avoid a civil war, accusing political leaders of hypocrisy on the issue. ... more |
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