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Israel develops new weapons for next war Tel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Apr 17, 2012 Amid a flurry of warnings that Lebanon and Hezbollah will be hammered in any new conflict, the Israeli military unveiled a new 120mm tank shell said to be able to penetrate reinforced targets, including in populated areas. "Such a capability - to accurately target terrorists hiding inside homes - is believed to be crucial for the army as it faces future conflicts with Hezbollah and Hamas, both terrorist groups which embed themselves within civilian infrastructure," The Jerusalem Post reported ... read more |
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  Raytheon Awarded $106 Million for Aegis Radar Work The U.S. Navy awarded Raytheon a $106.4 million modification to a previously awarded contract for the production of Aegis-related equipment, including the AN/SPY-1(D)V radar transmitter and MK99 Mod ... more | .. |
  Lockheed Martin Awarded Army Intelligence Training Contract Lockheed Martin reports that it has been awarded the G3 Training and Readiness Support Service contract with a ceiling value of $89 million and a three year period of performance for the U.S. Army I ... more | .. |
  Northrop Grumman Silent Watch Distributed Aperture System Demonstrated on Surface Vessel A team of Northrop Grumman engineers recently successfully demonstrated the capability of the company's Silent Watch Electro-Optical Infrared (EO/IR) Distributed Aperture System (DAS) to enable a su ... more | .. |
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  S. American defense spending set to fall Overall arms spending in Latin America is likely to be flat because of heavy cutbacks in Brazilian defense programs and cash constraints on military expenditures by other countries in the region. ... more | .. |
  Pyongyang brazens it out ... again North Korea's rocket test last week was a technological dud and political embarrassment for Pyongyang's enigmatic leadership but hold the applause. ... more | .. |
  1,200 join Palestinian hunger strike Some 1,200 Palestinian prisoners launched a potentially explosive hunger strike Tuesday, joining 11 others, some of whom have been refusing food for more than 40 days, to protest imprisonment by Israeli officials without charge and harsh conditions, the prison service said. ... more | .. |
  Russia sends ships for China war games A quartet of warships from Russia's Pacific Fleet left port in Vladivostok last weekend, bound for war games with China in the Yellow Sea, official media said. ... more |
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 Outside View: Solution to Iranian problem Back in January as the heat went up in the confrontation of the world and Iranian regime over its clandestine nuclear program we heard the Iranian regime's repeated threat to close the Strait of Hormuz. ... more | .. |
 N. Korea rejects UN condemnation of rocket launch North Korea on Tuesday rejected UN condemnation of its rocket launch and said it would no longer adhere to an agreement with the United States to freeze its nuclear and missile programmes. ... more | .. |
 Senator: 20 women involved in US Secret Service scandal About 20 women were brought to the hotel in Colombia where Secret Service agents were accused of inviting prostitutes back to their rooms, a US lawmaker said Tuesday after being briefed on the widening scandal. ... more | .. |
 Poland, Baltics wary on Russian army plans in Kaliningrad Poland and the Baltic states voiced concern Tuesday over Russia's missile defence plans in the Kaliningrad enclave bordering EU and NATO members Poland and Lithuania. ... more |
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 2011 world military spending levels out: think tank Global military spending levelled last year at 1.740 trillion dollars due to the economic crisis, almost unchanged in real terms since 2010, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Ahmadinejad vows to defend territorial integrity Iran will respond with force to any threats to its territorial integrity, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday, adding that it would prefer to cooperate with its Arab neighbours to maintain security in the Gulf. ... more | .. |
 UN observers see 'difficult' job as Syria toll mounts UN observers acknowledged on Tuesday that they face a "difficult" job firming up a shaky ceasefire in Syria as five civilians were killed in fresh violence as the truce entered its sixth day. ... more | .. |
  Iraq orders 15 Saddam-era officials to be freed The Iraqi High Tribunal has ordered the release of 15 officials from Saddam Hussein's regime, after finding no charges to bring against them, an official in the justice ministry said on Tuesday. ... more |
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Climate change increases risk of successive natural hazards in the Himalayas
GMV teams up with +Atlantic CoLAB in AIR4Health project to enhance public health forecasting
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 Fayyad no-show as Palestinians hand letter to Israel PM A Palestinian delegation on Tuesday personally delivered a letter from president Mahmud Abbas to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in which he details his grievances over the failure of the peace process. ... more | .. |
  Taiwan launches drill simulating Chinese invasion Taiwan kicked off its biggest annual war game Monday, testing its ability to defend of the capital Taipei against a Chinese attack and ward off a blockade of its main naval base. ... more | .. |
 Taiwan aboriginal war epic to hit China market Taiwan's acclaimed aboriginal war epic "Seediq Bale" will be screened in China next month, its director said Tuesday, after concerns the film would not be approved for release by authorities. ... more | .. |
 India penalises Israeli defence firm for contract breach For the first time in its history, India has imposed a penalty on a foreign defence vendor for breach of contract in the establishment of a plant for manufacturing bi-modular charges for the Indian ... more |
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 US, China engaging in cyber war games: Report US and Chinese officials have been "discreetly engaging" in cyber war games in a bid to prevent military escalation between the two countries if either felt they were being targeted, a media report ... more | .. |
S. Korea to end search for N. Korea rocket debris South Korea will end an operation Tuesday to retrieve debris from North Korea's failed rocket launch as no progress has been made, the defence ministry said. ... more | .. |
 UN toughens North Korea sanctions over rocket launch The UN Security Council has ordered tightened sanctions on North Korea over its failed rocket launch and warned of new action if the isolated state stages a nuclear test. ... more | .. |
 Iran wants sanctions eased, hints on enrichment Iran has called on the West to look to lifting its sanctions if it wants to quickly resolve the showdown over Tehran's disputed nuclear activities, a prospect swiftly ruled out by Washington. ... more |
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  Australia to withdraw troops from Afghanistan early: PM Australia said Tuesday it will bring its troops home from Afghanistan a year earlier than planned with most soldiers withdrawn in 2013 after significant security gains over the past 18 months. ... more | .. |
 China ready for more 'consequences' for NKorea: Clinton China and other world powers will back "further consequences" against North Korea if it undertakes new provocation following its rocket launch, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Monday. ... more | .. |
  Lockheed Martin Brings F-35 Cockpit Demonstrator to Northrop Grumman in California Lockheed Martin has showcased its F-35 Lightning II mobile cockpit demonstrator to state and local elected officials, local suppliers and employees at Northrop Grumman Corporation, a partner on the ... more | .. |
  AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems And KOR Electronics Enter Into Strategic Alliance AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) has announced a strategic alliance that combines AAI's expertise as a UAS systems integrator with KOR's signals intelligence (SIGINT) equipment. The organiz ... more |
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 Mideast arms boom gives BAE $792M boost Britain's defense titan BAE Systems could get a $792.16 million boost from the revision of a contract for 72 Eurofighter jets amid forecasts the Middle East and North Africa will increase defense spending in 2012. ... more | .. |
 United Kingdom's First Lockheed Martin F-35 Makes Inaugural Flight BK-1, the United Kingdom's first Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II production aircraft, flew its inaugural flight Friday. Lockheed Martin test pilot Bill Gigliotti took the short takeoff/verti ... more | .. |
 Syria pledges to respect Annan's peace plan in full: China China said Wednesday Syria's foreign minister had pledged to respect UN envoy Kofi Annan's peace plan and cooperate with a UN team sent to monitor a fragile ceasefire in the restive state. ... more | .. |
 Uzbekistan moves to calm tensions with Tajikistan Uzbekistan on Monday said it had resumed supplies of gas to energy-starved Tajikistan after a two-week cut in deliveries heightened simmering tensions between the two ex-Soviet neighbours. ... more |
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