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China's Hu urges navy to prepare for combatBeijing (AFP) Dec 7, 2011 Chinese President Hu Jintao on Tuesday urged the navy to prepare for military combat, amid growing regional tensions over maritime disputes and a US campaign to assert itself as a Pacific power. The navy should "accelerate its transformation and modernisation in a sturdy way, and make extended preparations for military combat in order to make greater contributions to safeguard national security," he said. Addressing the powerful Central Military Commission, Hu said: "Our work must closely encirc ... read more |
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  Israel says Syrian rocket tests show regime's fear Israeli defence minister Ehud Barak said on Tuesday that Syrian long-range missile tests detected in Israel show that the embattled regime of Bashar al-Assad fears for its future. ... more | .. |
  New Material's Capability to Increase Weapons' Explosive Force Demonstrated Military, government and industry officials watched the demonstration of a revolutionary material that increases the explosive force and lethality on enemy targets during a test at Naval Surface War ... more | .. |
  US Navy, Northrop Grumman Demonstrate First Manned-Unmanned Intel Sharing In a recent U.S. Navy and Northrop Grumman exercise, a Fire Scout unmanned helicopter successfully sent sensor data to the cockpit display of a MH-60 helicopter. The demonstration, which took ... more | .. |
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 Lockheed Martin's JAGM Cooling System Completes Testing Lockheed Martin and industry partner Marotta Controls, Inc., recently completed testing of the Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) launcher pneumatic cooling system (PCS), a critical component in U.S ... more | .. |
 US navy still eclipses China's expanded force China's navy has hundreds of vessels at its disposal, among them nuclear submarines and an aircraft carrier, but it still does not come close to the huge naval firepower wielded by the United States. ... more | .. |
 South Korea planning to buy cruise missiles South Korea is planning to add air-launched cruise missiles capable of destroying high value targets in North Korea to its arsenal, reports and officials said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  West pushing Russia into arms race: top general Russia's top general on Wednesday warned it was being pushed into a new arms race with the West due to the deployment of a US-backed missile defence shield for Europe. ... more |
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Meteor collision shakes Mars recorded by InSight
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 A new, more versatile type of control for autonomous systems The standard controllers used in industrial processes generally have derivative and integrative control actions with whole, preset orders. In contrast, the new type of controller that these scientis ... more | .. |
  Ex-Khmer Rouge leader blames Vietnamese During his trial on charges of genocide, former Khmer Rouge leader Nuon Chea blamed thousands of Cambodian deaths on the invading Vietnamese army. ... more | .. |
  Iraq seeks new F-16s to bolster air force Iraq wants to make a deal with the United States for another 18 Lockheed Martin F-16 multi-role fighters to expand its fledgling air force as the U.S. military withdrawal nears completion. ... more | .. |
 Investors flock to growing security sector Global investment in security industries is growing and is worth at least $60 billion, the latest analysis of trends in the sector by PricewaterhouseCoopers reported. ... more |
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  Romania ratifies US missile shield agreement The Romanian parliament on Tuesday ratified an accord to host US missile interceptors on its soil, a day before a meeting of the 28 NATO members in Brussels. ... more | .. |
 Medvedev to talk missile shield in Prague Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was due to begin a two-day visit to Prague Wednesday amid mounting tensions between Moscow and NATO over the alliance's planned missile defence shield. ... more | .. |
  Obama, Clinton praise Indonesia over nuclear treaty US President Barack Obama on Tuesday praised Indonesia for ratifying the nuclear test ban treaty CTBT, a move which brought the pact one step closer to coming into force. ... more | .. |
  Mother of UK hacker in plea over US extradition bid The mother of a Briton who hacked into US military and NASA computers Tuesday attacked "ludicrous" attempts to have him prosecuted in the United States as lawmakers urged reform of extradition laws. ... more |
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NASA radar imagery highlights expanding landslide activity in Los Angeles
GHGSAT Selected as Copernicus Contributing Mission by ESA and EU
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  Millions flood Iraq shrine city for Ashura rituals Millions flooded Iraq's shrine city Karbala on Tuesday for Ashura rituals on Shiite Islam's most important day, amid tight security after bomb attacks targeting pilgrims killed 28 people. ... more | .. |
 Italy's Finmeccanica wins US submarines contract Italian aerospace and defence giant Finmeccanica has won a contract of up to $691 million (514 million euros) to equip US submarines, the company said on Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  No let up in U.S.-Pakistan finger-pointing Fallout from the killing of 24 Pakistani soldiers by NATO forces in a friendly fire incident along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border shows few signs of abatement. ... more | .. |
 UN asks Iraq to extend dissident camp deadline The United Nations on Tuesday appealed to the Iraqi government to push back a December 31 deadline to close an Iranian dissident camp north of Baghdad, warning of a growing risk of violence. ... more |
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  Amid Arab Spring, Israel seeks new friends With Islamic parties making giant gains in parliamentary elections across North Africa amid the Arab Spring, Israel is scrambling to find new friends in the region, the Mediterranean and Africa. ... more | .. |
 China has right to develop military: Pentagon China has the right to develop its military but must heed US calls for full transparency, a Pentagon spokesman said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Azerbaijan forecasts steady growth, boosts military spend Lawmakers in Azerbaijan approved a 2012 budget Tuesday that forecasts steady economic growth for the energy-rich ex-Soviet state and boosts defence spending amid its military stand-off with Armenia. ... more |
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Robots Enhance Sewer Inspection and Maintenance with AI
Role of barrier films in maintaining the stability of perovskite solar cells
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 Millions flood Iraq shrine city for Ashura rituals Millions flooded Iraq's shrine city Karbala on Tuesday for Ashura rituals on Shiite Islam's most important day, amid tight security after bomb attacks against pilgrims left 28 people dead. ... more | .. |
 Australia expands sanctions on Iran Australia Tuesday expanded sanctions against Iran to restrict business with the country's petroleum and financial sectors as concern mounts over Tehran's suspected nuclear weapons programme. ... more | .. |
 Indonesia brings global nuclear test ban one step closer The nuclear test ban treaty CTBT is one step closer to being implemented, following its ratification by key signatory Indonesia, the commission overseeing the treaty announced Tuesday. ... more | .. |
NATO allies to meet amid Russia anger over missile shield NATO allies will strive to convince Moscow this week that their European missile shield is not aimed at Russia after the Kremlin threatened to deploy weapons systems near EU borders. ... more |
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 Raytheon Acquires Cybersecurity Firm Pikewerks Raytheon has acquired Pikewerks Corporation, a privately held company, to further extend Raytheon's capabilities to defend against sophisticated cybersecurity threats facing customers in the intelli ... more | .. |
 Lockheed Martin Awarded Contracts For Marine Corps Targeting System Lockheed Martin received two contracts totaling $30.6 million from the Naval Surface Warfare Center for the Target Sight System (TSS), the fire control system for the U.S. Marine Corps' AH-1Z Cobra ... more | .. |
 Northrop Grumman to Provide Combat Electromagnetic Environment Simulator for Air Force E-3 AWACS Northrop Grumman has been awarded a contract to provide a Combat Electromagnetic Environment Simulator (CEESIM) system to support maintenance of the U.S. Air Force E-3 Airborne Warning and Control S ... more | .. |
 Ex-US general warns of growing cyber threat A US adversary would currently be unable to bring down the entire US electrical grid using cyber weapons but such a scenario is conceivable within two to five years, the former vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Tuesday. ... more |
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