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NRO Maintains US Intel Satellite EdgeWashington DC (AFNS) Sep 19, 2011 The National Reconnaissance Office is 50 years old this month, but its mission of designing, building, launching and maintaining America's intelligence satellites is always future focused, its chief said yesterday. Bruce A. Carlson, a retired Air Force general and NRO's director, told defense reporters here the office's current missions range from identifying roadside bombs in Afghanistan to tracking activities in China and North Korea. The National Reconnaissance Office has launched six sat ... read more |
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  Outside View: Misguided MEK policies On Aug. 26, hundreds of students and faculty from various universities in the United States, Canada and Europe joined Iranian-Americans in front of the U.S. State Department in Washington to call on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to remove Iran's major opposition group, the People's Mujahedin of Iran, from the department's list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations. ... more | .. |
  US drone crashes in Pakistan: security officials An unmanned United States drone aircraft crashed in Pakistan's lawless northwestern tribal district on Sunday after suffering a technical fault, local security officials said. ... more | .. |
  Military leaders meet to salvage US-Pakistan ties The top US and Pakistani military leaders met in Spain to discuss ways to shore up strained ties after a US raid that killed Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and a spike in violence in Afghanistan, a Pentagon spokesman said. ... more | .. |
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  Critical component of the USAF enterprise core computing services The U.S. Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin a $791 million contract to provide IT services on the Global Combat Support System program. "Lockheed Martin is looking forward to continue the partn ... more | .. |
 Kabul siege shows insurgents' media savvy By holding Kabul's diplomatic zone under siege for 19 hours last week, insurgents backed up by a slick media operation again showed their skill at grabbing headlines and drawing out news coverage. ... more | .. |
 Lasers could be used to detect roadside bombs A research team at Michigan State University has developed a laser that could detect roadside bombs - the deadliest enemy weapon encountered in Iraq and Afghanistan. The laser, which has compa ... more | .. |
  Raytheon and German Partner Develop Rolling Airframe Missile Block 2 Raytheon and its German industry partner, RAMSYS, completed missile upgrades and integration testing as part of the Rolling Airframe Missile Block 2 program. The partnership completed five control t ... 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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 US families call for courts martial over deadly mission Family members of US war dead from a disastrous Afghan mission - from which a young Marine got the highest US military decoration - called Sunday for senior officers to be court-martialed. ... more | .. |
  French firm sold Kadhafi stealth 4X4: report A French company provided Libya in 2008 with a specialised 4X4 designed to protect Moamer Kadhafi while he traveled, and the French presidency signed off on the deal, Mediapart reported online Sunday. ... more | .. |
 New Libya rulers say Kadhafi strongholds will fall in 'days' A military official of the new Libyan regime said Saturday Moamer Kadhafi's bastions of Sirte and Bani Walid would be conquered in a "matter of days," even if the fallen strongmans's forces put up fierce resistance. ... more | .. |
 Cameron, Sarkozy visit liberated Tripoli British Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Nicolas Sarkozy flew to the Libyan capital to assure the newly installed National Transitional Council government of continued NATO support. ... more |
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  Iraq moves closer to buying 18 F-16s Iraq is "very close" to finalizing a deal to buy 18 Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter jets, enough for one squadron for its nascent air force and the first of as many as 96 of the strike aircraft. ... more | .. |
  Iraq cabinet aims to boost 2012 spending by third Iraq's cabinet has targeted a substantial boost in public spending next year in a draft budget proposed on Sunday, government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said in a statement. ... more | .. |
  Cyberterrorism a threat that won't go away The greatest security threat looming for industrialized societies may not be a terrorist armed with a bomb but an enemy with a keyboard and Internet connection. ... more | .. |
 Canada to loan Australia armored vehicles Canada will loan Australia three armored vehicles for use by Australian soldiers in Afghanistan for additional protection against improvised explosive devices. ... 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 won't sell new fighter jets to Taiwan: source The United States has decided not to sell Taiwan new F-16 fighter jets and will instead provide upgrades to its existing planes, a US congressional source said Friday. ... more | .. |
Iraq pressing Iran to free US hikers: Zebari Iraq's leaders, including the president and prime minister, have repeatedly called on Iran to release two US hikers convicted by Tehran for spying, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari told AFP on Friday. ... more | .. |
 Two Koreas to hold more nuclear talks: Seoul North and South Korean negotiators will meet next week for a second round of talks aimed at restarting stalled six-nation nuclear disarmament negotiations, Seoul's foreign ministry said Friday. ... more | .. |
  Obama to meet new Japanese PM in New York US President Barack Obama will hold his first meeting with Japan's new Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday, officials said Friday. ... more |
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  US embassy in Algiers issues warning about Al-Qaeda threat The US embassy in Algiers is warning potential targets about an Al-Qaeda threat to launch missile attacks against planes chartered by foreign oil firms in North Africa, officials said Friday. ... more | .. |
 Sadrists take to Iraq's streets in demos Thousands of supporters of radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr rallied in Baghdad and south Iraq on Friday to decry graft and poor public services, holding up broken appliances to highlight their plight. ... more | .. |
 Defense cuts could boost US unemployment:Pentagon Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is warning Congress that possible sweeping cuts to the defense budget would put millions more out of work and add a percentage point to the country's unemployment rate, a spokesman said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 US, Australia vow joint response in cyber war The United States and Australia said Thursday that a cyber attack in either country would trigger a joint response, as they sought common ground in a changing world with China on the rise. ... 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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 China paper warns US against Palestinian UN veto A Chinese state-run newspaper on Friday warned of a spike in tensions in the Middle East if the United States vetoed the Palestinian bid for membership of the United Nations next week. ... more | .. |
 China keen to avoid total schism: Vatican China's Communist rulers will not go as far as creating a completely separate Church, despite increasingly frosty relations with the Vatican, Chinese archbishop Savio Hon Tai Fai told AFP. ... more | .. |
 Europeans must cooperate on defense: EDA European countries have no choice but to work together on defense matters if they want to maintain their capability levels, the chief executive of the European Defense Agency said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Raytheon Aims to Integrate Griffin on AT-6 Light Attack Aircraft Raytheon is seeking to integrate the combat-proven Griffin missile onto the Hawker AT-6 light attack aircraft. Griffin weighs 44 pounds with its launch tube, is 43 inches long and is an air- a ... more |
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 New armour steel showcased at DSEi A new high-performance armour steel that will be used to protect vehicles on the front line was showcased at the Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEi). Known as Super Bainite, the new ... more | .. |
 MEADS Integrated Launcher Electronics System Completes First Simulated Missile Launch The Medium Extended Air Defense System's (MEADS) Integrated Launcher Electronics System (ILES) recently executed a simulated missile launch, marking another in a series of significant test accomplis ... more | .. |
Iraq arrests eight over slaying of Shiite pilgrims Police arrested at least eight people on Thursday in connection with the murder of 22 Shiite Muslim pilgrims en route to Syria from a holy city in south Iraq, officials said. ... more | .. |
 BAE enters Aussie supply chain agreement BAE Systems joined six major defense contractors when it signed a Global Supply Chain Deed allowing Australian companies to become part of BAE's global supply chain. ... more |
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