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Iran boosts nuclear site defences, warns EU on oilTehran (AFP) Feb 20, 2012 Iran deployed warplanes and missiles Monday in an "exercise" to protect nuclear sites threatened by possible Israeli attacks and warned it could cut oil exports to more EU nations unless sanctions were lifted. The European Union said it could cope with any halt in Iranian supplies. Tehran's stance marked a hardening of its defiance in an international standoff over its nuclear programme - and suggested it was readying for any eventual confrontation. The moves came the same day as officials ... read more |
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  Unmanned version of A-10 on way Aurora Flight Sciences has been selected to work on a U.S. military project for an unmanned version of the A-10 close support aircraft. ... more | .. |
  Edwards F-35A Conducts First External Weapons Test Mission On Feb. 16, the first external weapons test mission was flown by an F-35A Conventional Takeoff and Landing (CTOL) aircraft at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., further expanding the program's flight t ... more | .. |
  Boeing Receives Additional SSEE Increment F Order from US Navy Boeing has announced that the U.S. Navy has exercised an additional contract option for production and delivery of Ship's Signal Exploitation Equipment (SSEE) Increment F systems. The $53 mill ... more | .. |
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  Cambridge Consultants unveils ModStar radio architecture for military communications Cambridge Consultants, a leading technology design and development firm, has introduced a new architecture, ModStar, for the design of low power and highly efficient software defined radios (SDRs) f ... more | .. |
 General Dynamics Demonstrates First MUOS-based Communications on JTRS HMS Radio Using the Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) Handheld, Manpack, Small Form Fit (HMS) two-channel networking radio (AN/PRC-155), General Dynamics C4 Systems recently completed the first demonstration ... more | .. |
  Four U.S. servicemen die in Djibouti The U.S. Department of Defense announced that four U.S. servicemen died in the crash of a U-28 aircraft in Djibouti. ... more | .. |
 Raytheon demos fire-control system A surveillance and fire-control radar system attached to tethered aerostats has been successfully tested in the United States. ... more |
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Caltech takes first steps toward lightsails that could reach distant star systems
Fifth H-3 rocket successfully launches Michibiki No. 6 satellite
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  Commentary: Kaleidoscope of illusions From Tunis to Tripoli to Cairo to Damascus what seems real one day is no longer the next. Policymakers in Western capitals agree that Syria President Bashar Assad's suppression of dissent with a toll of 6,000 dead so far - and still climbing - makes him the war criminal. ... more | .. |
 More than 30 years of Iran-Israel hostility The hostility between Iran and Israel, and between Iran and most Western nations generally, dates from the revolution that brought in the present Islamic republic more than three decades ago. ... more | .. |
  Fugitive Iraq VP says employees jailed in secret Iraq's fugitive Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi said his bodyguards and other employees are being held in secret prisons and subjected to torture, in an interview broadcast on Monday. ... more | .. |
 Taiwan's navy to push submarine bid: report Taiwan's navy will ask parliament to fund the purchase of up to eight new submarines within the next two months, reviving an acquisition that has been in limbo for over a decade, local media said Monday. ... more |
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 Israel under huge pressure to avoid Iran attack Israel is coming under increased pressure from Washington and Europe to hold off from attacking Iran over its disputed nuclear drive and allow time for a regime of tight international sanctions to kick in. ... more | .. |
 Syria bolsters troops as Iranian warships dock Syrian troops massed around Homs, sparking calls Monday for women and children to flee the besieged flashpoint city, as Iranian warships docked at the port of Tartus in a show of force. ... more | .. |
  Putin backs 'unprecedented' boost for Russian army Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Monday Russia had launched "unprecedented" steps to boost the army as he played up his strongman credentials ahead of March 4 presidential polls he is likely to win. ... more | .. |
 UN nuclear watchdog holds Tehran talks UN nuclear watchdog officials arrived in Tehran on Monday for discreet talks on Iran's suspect atomic activities, amid a worsening international showdown that has sent tensions and oil prices soaring. ... more |
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LA fires fully contained after burning for 3 weeks: state agency
Scientists cast doubt on famous US groundhog's weather forecasts
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 S. Korea holds firing drill despite N. Korea threat South Korean troops Monday staged a live-fire artillery exercise near the disputed Yellow Sea border despite threats from North Korea's new leadership of "merciless" retaliation. ... more | .. |
UN nuclear team arrives in Iran, seeks 'concrete results' A delegation from the UN nuclear watchdog arrived in Tehran early Monday for a two-day visit aimed at seeking a solution to a dispute over Iran's nuclear programme, the ISNA news agency said. ... more | .. |
 Iran wants talks under spectre of possible war Iran is to host a high-level team from the UN nuclear watchdog on Monday as part of efforts to defuse dire international tensions over its atomic activities through dialogue. ... more | .. |
 Suicide bomber kills 15 at Baghdad police academy A suicide car bomber blew himself up in front of a Baghdad police academy on Sunday, killing 15 people and wounding 21 others in the deadliest attack in the Iraqi capital in weeks, security officials said. ... more |
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 Syria intervention 'very difficult': top US general The top US military officer warned Sunday that intervention in Syria would be "very difficult" and said it would be "premature" to arm the besieged country's opposition movement. ... more | .. |
N. Korea warns of retaliation for S. Korea drill North Korea warned Sunday it will bombard islands near the disputed Yellow Sea border with South Korea if an upcoming naval firing drill by Seoul violates its territorial waters. ... more | .. |
 Four wounded in Israeli air strikes on Gaza: medics Three people were wounded early Sunday morning in an Israeli air strike on Gaza, medical sources said, hours after another strike injured one man. ... more | .. |
  Secretive Navy SEALs take starring role in new film The secretive Navy SEALs are coming out of the shadows for a new Hollywood film, with elite commandos cast in starring roles in a radical departure for America's special forces. ... more |
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Trump says tariff 'pain' will be 'worth the price'
Portugal lawmakers take step toward deep-sea mining ban
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 Netanyahu meeting US security official amid Iran tensions A top US security official was due to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday amid rising concerns over Iran and ahead of a trip by the Israeli premier to Washington. ... more | .. |
  China's Xi shows US new style but questions linger After a long-awaited trip, Americans have learned that China's likely next leader enjoys basketball and the fresh Midwestern air but are still in the dark on how he will handle rising tensions. ... more | .. |
 U.S. Navy satellite launch scrubbed again A second attempt to launch a U.S. Navy communications satellite into space was scrubbed late Friday due to poor weather, a spacecraft-launch service said. ... more | .. |
 US drones monitor events in Syria: report A "good number" of unmanned US military and intelligence drones are operating in the skies over Syria, monitoring the Syrian military's attacks against opposition forces and civilians, NBC News reported. ... more |
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 Iranian exiles move to new Iraq camp Several hundred Iranian exiles arrived at a UN-approved site near Baghdad on Saturday, a first step in a process that aims to see them resettled outside Iraq where they have been based for decades. ... more | .. |
 Afghanistan tells troops to move families from Pakistan Afghanistan's defence ministry has begun ordering soldiers who have families in Pakistan to move them to Afghanistan in a bid to rid the army of Taliban infiltrators, officials said Saturday. ... more | .. |
 NATO strike not coordinated with Afghans: minister A NATO air strike that killed eight young Afghans last week was not coordinated with Afghan police, the interior minister said Saturday, contradicting what the force said after the incident. ... more | .. |
 IAEA visit to Iran 'last chance,' but little hope of results The UN atomic agency's second visit to Iran in a month next week could be Tehran's "last chance" to show goodwill on its nuclear programme and avoid sanctions, but analysts and diplomats are less than hopeful. ... more |
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