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Israel gets ready to unveil David's SlingTel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Oct 31, 2011 The Israeli air force is preparing to deploy a new air-defense system with the biblical name of David's Sling, designed to intercept medium-range missiles, while the Iron Dome system deployed earlier battles Palestinian rockets. A new unit has been formed to man the first David's Sling battery that will be based in central Israel sometime in 2012. David's Sling, also known as Magic Wand, has been jointly developed by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and U.S. defense contractor Raytheon to ... read more |
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  Israel defense chief: Iran our main threat Amid continuing concern that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is inclined to order military action against Iran's nuclear program, a key Defense Ministry chief says, "Iran is out central threat." ... more | .. |
  Lockheed Martin Team Lays Keel On Fifth US Littoral Combat Ship A Lockheed Martin-led industry team held a keel-laying ceremony at Marinette Marine's shipyard for the future USS Milwaukee, the U.S. Navy's fifth Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). The term, lay the ... more | .. |
  GD Awarded Contract to Upgrade LAV III Vehicles The Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of Public Works and Government Services and Minister for Status of Women, and the Honourable Julian Fantino, Associate Minister of National Defence, have announ ... more | .. |
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  AeroVironment Receives $7.3 Million Order for Puma Unmanned Aircraft System Support Services AeroVironment, Inc. has received a $7,298,530 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract from the United States Army. This contract establishes a not-to-exceed amount for digital Puma All Environmen ... more | .. |
  AEHF-1 Satellite Arrives at Its Operational Orbit After 14-Month Journey The U.S. Air Force's first Advanced Extremely High Frequency military communications satellite completed a 14-month journey to reach its intended operational position in geosynchronous orbit, Oct. 2 ... more | .. |
 Boeing Receives Contract to Upgrade B-1 Bomber Avionics Software Boeing has received a follow-on contract from the U.S. Air Force for additional upgrades of the B-1 bomber fleet's avionics software. The $57 million contract continues a software-sustainment ... more | .. |
 Northrop Grumman Awarded Contract for Counter-Rocket, Artillery and Mortar Systems Northrop Grumman has received a $124 million award to provide personnel for expanded operations of Counter-Rocket, Artillery and Mortar (C-RAM) sense-and-warn systems in Afghanistan and Iraq. ... more |
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 Defender sets sail on maiden voyage Defender, the fifth Type 45 destroyer built by BAE Systems, has set sail from the company's Scotstoun shipyard to embark on her first stage sea trials off the west coast of Scotland. Exactly t ... more | .. |
 Missing Submarine K XVI Found After 70 Years A Royal Netherlands Navy submarine, HNLMS K XVI, which went down in 1941 with its 36-man crew, six of whom of Indonesian nationality, has been found. Following up a tip-off in October 2011 by ... more | .. |
  Decorated Pakistani cop dies in attack A suicide bomber killed a decorated Pakistani police officer and his driver during a routine daylight patrol in northwest Pakistan. ... more | .. |
  British aide accuses China, Russia over cyber attacks A British government advisor accused China and Russia on Monday of being behind cyber attacks on other states, ahead of a major London conference designed to agree some global rules on cyberspace. ... more |
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 Rogue US army unit leader saw Afghans as 'savages' The ringleader of a rogue US army unit accused of killing Afghan civilians for sport treated the locals like "savages," a court martial heard Monday. ... more | .. |
 US drone kills three in N.W. Pakistan: officials A US drone strike on Monday killed three militants in Pakistan's northwestern tribal region, a hotbed of Taliban insurgents near the Afghan border, officials said. ... more | .. |
 US probe says border attack was not Pakistani plot An attack on US troops in 2007 that left an American officer dead was the act of a rogue Pakistani gunman and not a plot by the country's military, according to a US probe released Monday. ... more | .. |
  Viktor Bout trial climaxes in final battle A US prosecutor wrapped up the case against Russia's Viktor Bout on Monday, telling a New York jury that the man dubbed the "merchant of death" tried to sell terrorists a mountain of weapons. ... more |
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Quantum factors elevate plant energy transport efficiency
Small temperature rise could triple Earth heat hazard
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  Iraqi Christians mark anniversary of massacre Hundreds of Iraqi Christians filled Our Lady of Salvation church in Baghdad amid tight security on Monday to mark the first anniversary of a massacre of worshippers and priests by militants. ... more | .. |
 UN calls on Libya to act over weapons threat The UN Security Council on Monday called on Libya's interim authorities and neighboring countries to stamp out the spread of weapons from Moamer Kadhafi's huge stockpile. ... more | .. |
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  Air force base blasts close Sanaa airport Four explosions rocked an air base in Sanaa on Sunday, setting two fighter jets on fire and causing a temporary closure of the Yemeni capital's international airport, aviation officials said. ... more |
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  NATO ends 'most successful' Libya mission NATO was on Monday formally ending its Libya mission, which it has hailed as one of its "most successful" yet after its air strikes playing a key role in the overthrow of now-slain despot Moamer Kadhafi. ... more | .. |
 Israel strike kills 1 in Gaza after militants vow truce An Israeli air strike killed a Gaza militant Sunday just hours after Islamic Jihad vowed to observe an Egyptian-brokered truce following a day of violence which killed 10. ... more | .. |
 Boeing's Tapestry Subsidiary to Update Airlift Planning System Boeing reports that its wholly owned subsidiary Tapestry Solutions is part of an industry team selected to upgrade and support the U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command's Consolidated Air Mobility Pla ... more | .. |
 Boeing Opens Cyber Engagement Center in Maryland Boeing has opened a new Cyber Engagement Center (CEC) in Annapolis Junction. The 32,000-square-foot facility will provide a collaborative environment where security experts work together to address ... more |
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Rubio in Costa Rica as he seeks to curb China influence; Panama lawsuit would axe HK canal concession
New Belgian government ditches nuclear power exit plan
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 Thales sonars key to Royal Navy minewarfare operations A Royal Navy minehunter fitted with Thales sonar has located and destroyed a 2,000-pound mine and torpedo lying on the seabed off the port of Tobruk in eastern Libya. HMS Bangor, a Sandown-cla ... more | .. |
 UAV Payload Market Will Reach $2.9bn in 2011 Global spending on payloads and subsystems for military and security purposes has jumped in recent years on the back of a surge in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) deployment. Behind the growing use of ... more | .. |
 Low-cost paper-based wireless sensor could help detect explosive devices Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a prototype wireless sensor capable of detecting trace amounts of a key ingredient found in many explosives. The device, which ... more | .. |
 Israeli gets 4.5 years for leaking army secrets to media A Tel Aviv court on Sunday jailed a young Israeli woman for four-and-a-half years for spying and leaking classified military documents to Israel's Haaretz newspaper, officials said. ... more |
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 Preparations for US's Iraq withdrawal in full swing At a US base south of Baghdad, trucks plod in either direction amid a hive of activity: with the clock ticking on a year-end withdrawal from Iraq, preparations are in full swing. ... more | .. |
 S. Korea's new nuclear envoy to visit China South Korea's foreign ministry said Sunday its new nuclear envoy would visit China this week to discuss ways to revive long-stalled regional talks on North Korea's nuclear disarmament. ... more | .. |
 Libya war gives US air power advocates a lift Advocates of US air power are seizing on the outcome of the NATO campaign in Libya as further evidence that high-tech aircraft are the key to maintaining US military might. ... more | .. |
US drone strikes fail to mobilise Pakistan masses Campaigners condemn US drone strikes in Pakistan as extra-judicial assassinations that kill hundreds of civilians, but popular protests against them are conspicuous by their rarity. ... more |
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