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US miscalculates China military growth: studyWashington (AFP) April 5, 2012 The United States has underestimated the growth of China's military as policymakers have taken public statements at face value or failed to understand Beijing's thinking, a study said Thursday. The report prepared for the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission said the United States had a mixed record on predicting the rising power's new weaponry, including largely missing the emergence of more advanced submarines. As for the speed of military modernization, the study found "identifiab ... read more |
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  Outside View: Obama's message to Medvedev Judging from the avalanche of negative comments about U.S. President Barack Obama's open microphone missile gaffe his Republican opponents got an unexpected windfall that can turn around or at least reduce the advantage in ratings that Obama presently enjoys. ... more | .. |
  India's BHEL seeks more defense work India's state-owned Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. seeks more defense contracts. ... more | .. |
  Outside View: Same old North Korea In a world full of change, with the Arab Spring and the Myanmar Rethinking, North Korea remains pitifully stuck in its broken, backward ways. ... more | .. |
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  Al-Qaida fighters mown down in airstrikes Dozens of al-Qaida fighters in Yemen have been reportedly killed in airstrikes, possibly carried out by U.S. forces, sources in the region claim. ... more | .. |
 Netherlands' F-35 rolls off assembly line The first F-35 Lightning II for the Netherlands rolled off the Lockheed Martin production line in Texas this week, a milestone in a program in turbulence. ... more | .. |
  Anonymous says it will hack more Chinese sites The hacking group Anonymous said Friday it would continue targeting China, after announcing it had hacked hundreds of Chinese websites to protest against Internet censorship in the country. ... more | .. |
 Russian arms smuggler gets 25 years in US prison A US judge on Thursday sentenced Russian "merchant of death" arms smuggler Viktor Bout to 25 years in prison for conspiring to sell a massive arsenal to anti-American guerrillas in Colombia. ... more |
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Fifth H-3 rocket successfully launches Michibiki No. 6 satellite
Rochester's Kevin Righter kept NASA space rocks free from contamination
Rare and mysterious cosmic explosion: Gamma-ray burst or jetted tidal disruption event? | .. |
  Empty chairs in Sarajevo as Bosnia marks 20 years since war Thousands of red chairs stood empty along Sarajevo's main avenue on Friday as Bosnia commemorated the 20th anniversary of the bloodiest conflict in Europe since World War II. ... more | .. |
 N.Korea leader visits navy amid rocket launch tensions North Korea's new leader Kim Jong-Un has visited the naval unit that captured a US spy ship in 1968, the official news agency said Friday, amid tensions over its planned satellite launch. ... more | .. |
  NATO fuel tanker blaze kills 7 in Afghanistan Seven people were burnt to death in southern Afghanistan on Friday when a fuel tanker supplying a NATO base crashed and set their vehicle on fire, officials said. ... more | .. |
 Iran shows ire over Turkey's stand on Syria, sanctions Iran's about-face on Turkey hosting its nuclear talks with world powers reveals Tehran's growing irritation with Ankara's policies seen as increasingly anti-Iranian, analysts and diplomats say. ... more |
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 Gunter Grass hits out at 'campaign' over Israel-Iran poem German Nobel literature laureate Gunter Grass hit back Thursday at what he called a "campaign" by critics of his poem accusing Israel of plotting Iran's annihilation and threatening world peace. ... more | .. |
 Israeli, Palestinian negotiators meet in Jordan: official Jordan has nudged Israeli and Palestinian negotiators back to discussions on the peace process, a government official said on Thursday, adding that the two sides had met in Amman during the night. ... more | .. |
 First F-35 For The Netherlands Rolls Out Of F-35 Production Facility The first F-35 Lightning II for The Netherlands rolled out of the F-35 production facility on April 1. This is the latest step in the production process leading to its eventual assignment to Eglin A ... more | .. |
 B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber Completes First Ever Polar Test Mission Under contract to the U.S. Air Force, Northrop Grumman's B-2 Spirit stealth bomber has completed its first 18.5-hour sortie over the North Pole to validate new flight management software. The ... more |
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GHGSAT Selected as Copernicus Contributing Mission by ESA and EU
Launch of the most comprehensive European wetland map
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  ATK Helps Launch National Security Payload for the National Reconnaissance Office ATK composite and propulsion technologies supported the successful launch of a United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket carrying a national security payload for the National Reconnaissance Office Tues ... more | .. |
 Canadian watchdog slams F-35 program Canadian Auditor General Michael Ferguson says the conservative government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper has been misleading Parliament about the soaring costs of a planned purchase of 65 Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter jets to replace the Canadian air force's aging CF-18 aircraft. ... more | .. |
 Israeli alarm over treaty with Egypt grows Israel's concerns that its historic peace treaty with Egypt could be in peril amid the political upheaval in Cairo have intensified with the announcement by the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood it will contest presidential elections next month. ... more | .. |
 NATO awards Typhoon support contract NATO has signed a five-year contract with Germany's Eurofighter Jagdflugzeug GmbH for support of Typhoon aircraft flown by four countries. ... more |
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 Commentary: Mideast imbroglio The Egyptian revolution has led to economic bankruptcy, says Egypt's Boutros Boutros-Ghali, a former U.N. secretary-general. Factories are closed and Egyptian workers are no longer wanted abroad, he lamented. ... more | .. |
  Iraq fugitive VP arrives in Saudi Fugitive Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi, accused of running a death squad, arrived in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday after a four-day visit to neighbouring Qatar, a top Saudi official told AFP. ... more | .. |
 Gunter Grass accuses Israel of plotting to 'wipe out' Iran German Nobel literature laureate Gunter Grass touched off a firestorm of protest Wednesday with a poem accusing Israel of plotting Iran's annihilation and threatening world peace. ... more | .. |
 Russia denounces 'arrogant' US envoy comments Russia on Wednesday denounced as "arrogant" a vow by the US ambassador that NATO would deploy a missile defence shield in Europe despite the Kremlin's stiff resistance to the plan. ... more |
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Robots Enhance Sewer Inspection and Maintenance with AI
Life as a chain of machines constructing machines
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 US diplomat seeks to repair ties with Pakistan A top US diplomat on a fence-mending visit said Wednesday that Pakistan had to address US concerns about security, calling for a "balanced" relationship that works through the countries' differences. ... more | .. |
 Venue disaccord over Iran nuclear talks Crucial nuclear talks due to take place next week between Iran and world powers have run into disagreement over the host city, with Tehran on Wednesday saying it no longer wants Istanbul as the venue. ... more | .. |
  India inducts new Russian-made nuclear submarine India returned to the elite club of countries with a nuclear-powered submarine on Wednesday when it inducted a new vessel leased from Russia. ... more | .. |
 First US Marines arrive in Australia The first batch of 2,500 US Marines to be deployed in Australia began work Wednesday as Washington bolsters its presence in the strategically vital Asia-Pacific, to the irritation of China. ... more |
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Pro-N. Korea newspaper hints at nuclear test North Korea could carry out another nuclear test if the launch of its long-range rocket leads to the expected suspension of US food aid, a pro-North newspaper in Japan said on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Iran 'advises' Arab neighbours against missile shield Iranian Defence Minister Ahmad Vahidi on Wednesday "advised" neighbouring Arab states in the Gulf not to adopt a missile shield project being promoted by the United States. ... more | .. |
  Taiwan delays cuts to armed forces: lawmaker Taiwan's plan to cut its armed forces by a fifth has been held up by political wrangling, a lawmaker said Wednesday, delaying by a year a military reduction driven by improved ties with China. ... more | .. |
 Focus on food crisis, not rockets: Aquino tells N. Korea Philippine President Benigno Aquino urged North Korea to scrap a planned rocket launch and focus on feeding its people, as Southeast Asian leaders prepared Wednesday to issue a statement of concern. ... more |
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