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Syria's Alawites 'prepare for last stand'Beirut, Lebanon (UPI) Jul 23, 2012 There are growing signs that Syrian President Bashar Assad is setting up strongholds for his minority Alawite sect in their ancestral lands in northwestern Syria, where they will presumably dig in as the country Syria dissolves amid a 17-month-old revolution - or make a last stand. Assad seems determined to fight on and his forces appear to be driving rebel forces out of Damascus after more than a week of fierce street battles during which four of the president's key security chiefs were assas ... read more |
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  111 killed in Iraq's deadliest day in two years A wave of violence killed 111 people across Iraq on Monday, the country's deadliest day in two and a half years, after Al-Qaeda warned it would seek to retake territory and mount new attacks. ... more | .. |
  Russia's ground forces to get Iskander-M systems The Iskander-M tactical missile system that surpasses similar foreign weapons should become the basis of Russia's ground forces, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said at a conference dedicated ... more | .. |
  US drone strike kills 10 militants in Pakistan A US drone attack on Monday killed at least 10 militants in a restive northwestern Pakistani tribal area, security officials said. ... more | .. |
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  'Word by word' arguments at UN over arms trade treaty Major powers haggled 'word by word' at the UN Monday over a treaty on the $70 billion a year conventional arms trade, amid calls from governments and activists to speed up talks to meet a looming deadline. ... more | .. |
  US, China hold two days of human rights talks The United States and China opened two days of talks on human rights here Monday, with Washington set to raise numerous issues including Tibet and the case of dissident Chen Guangcheng. ... more | .. |
  International F-35 Fleet Begins Build Up At Eglin AFB ZM135, a British F-35B and the first international Lockheed Martin Lightning II, takes off from Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base at 9:03 a.m. CDT en route for Eglin Air Force Base, Fl ... more | .. |
  Northrop Grumman Delivers First B-1 Radar Modification Kit Northrop Grumman has delivered the first B-1 bomber radar prime mission equipment kit under a series of U.S. Air Force contracts worth a combined total of $161 million for the B-1's Radar Reliabilit ... more |
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Searching for Water on the Moon: UC San Diego Researchers Uncover Clues to Lunar Water's Origins
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 Northrop Grumman Awarded contract for Continuing BACN Mission Support The U.S. Air Force awarded Northrop Grumman two contract modifications totaling $156 million to continue operating and maintaining the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) system in suppo ... more | .. |
 12 die in Brunei helicopter crash Brunei has confirmed 12 military personnel died and two were injured when their helicopter crashed during a flight back to base. ... more | .. |
 Boeing F-15E Radar Modernization Program Begins Second Low Rate Initial Production Phase Boeing reports that the U.S. Air Force has granted the F-15E Radar Modernization Program (RMP) approval to begin Low Rate Initial Production 2 (LRIP 2) of 10 APG-82(V)1 Active Electronically Scanned ... more | .. |
  Assad regime capable of using chemical weapons: opposition Syria is capable of using chemical weapons, a leading opposition leader warned on Monday after President Bashar al-Assad's regime said it could do so against "external aggression." ... more |
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 EU should step up joint defence drive, France says The European Union should step up its drive to forge a joint defence policy for the 27-nation bloc, French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Monday. ... more | .. |
  Civilian worker to be charged for US Navy sub fire A civilian maintenance worker has been arrested for setting fire to a US attack submarine, causing $400 million in damage, according to a complaint seen by AFP on Monday. ... more | .. |
  NaCl to give way to RockSalt A team led by Harvard computer scientists, including two undergraduate students, has developed a new tool that could lead to increased security and enhanced performance for commonly used web and mob ... more | .. |
  New Report Spotlights Trends and Developments in Outer Space Security Secure World Foundation is pleased to announce the release of the executive summary of Space Security 2012, the ninth annual report on developments that have an impact on the security and long-term ... 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
Groundwater in the Arctic is delivering more carbon into the ocean than was previously known | .. |
 Small Diameter Bomb II finds, hits moving target Raytheon Company's GBU-53/B Small Diameter Bomb II (SDB II) program achieved a major milestone when it successfully engaged and hit a moving target during a flight test at the White Sands Missile Ra ... more | .. |
  Lockheed Martin Receives Contract For PAC-3 MSE Production Lockheed Martin received a $68.9 million contract to prepare the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missile production line for the introduction of the Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) version o ... more | .. |
  Lockheed Martin Receives U.S. Army Contract For Guided MLRS Rockets Lockheed Martin has received a $353.2 million U.S. Army follow-on contract for the seventh production lot of Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) Unitary rockets. Designed for destroyi ... more | .. |
United Kingdom Accepts First International Lockheed Martin F-35 The United Kingdom accepted the first international Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II aircraft in a ceremony with senior representatives of the U.K. Ministry of Defence and the U.S. Department of De ... more |
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 Boeing Receives US Navy Contracts for SLAM ER and Harpoon Missiles Boeing on June 29 received a firm-fixed-price contract from U.S. Naval Air Systems Command for the production of nearly 90 Harpoon Block II missiles and associated hardware for the U.S. and four for ... more | .. |
 Boeing Receives Lot 2 Production Contract Award for B-1 Integrated Battle Station Boeing has received a $65.8 million Lot 2 follow-on contract from the U.S. Air Force for nine B-1 Lancer bomber Integrated Battle Station (IBS) modification kits, spares, training, support equipment ... more | .. |
 Iran atomic chief pours cold water on n-ship idea Iran's atomic chief on Sunday undercut an idea put forward by some lawmakers to make nuclear-powered submarines and ships, even though he claimed Tehran had the technology to do so later if it wished. ... more | .. |
 Iraq attacks kill 17 as Al-Qaeda posts warning Bombings across Iraq killed 17 people on Sunday, the country's deadliest day in nearly three weeks, as Al-Qaeda warned it would target judges and prosecutors, and look to free Muslim prisoners. ... more |
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Low-carbon energy investment hit record $2.1 tn in 2024: report
World awaits Trump tariff deadline on Canada, Mexico and China
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 Turkey sends missile batteries to Syria border Turkey sent batteries of ground-to-air missiles to the border with Syria on Sunday, media reports said, boosting its firepower as rebels in Syria seized several border posts. ... more | .. |
  Five NATO soldiers killed in Afghanistan Five NATO soldiers were killed in three separate attacks in Afghanistan at the weekend, the International Security Assistance Force said Sunday. ... more | .. |
 Protests as US Osprey aircraft arrives in Japan The US military's Osprey aircraft arrived in Japan early Monday as residents rallied against their deployment after recent crashes raised safety concerns. ... more | .. |
 Hezbollah having advanced arms intolerable: Israel's Barak Israel will not tolerate the transfer of advanced weapons to Hezbollah, Defence Minister Ehud Barak said on Sunday, as fears grew about the future of Syria's suspected chemical arsenal. ... more |
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 'Minority Report' software hits the real world The software behind the film "Minority Report" - where Tom Cruise speeds through video on a large screen using only hand gestures - is making its way into the real world. ... more | .. |
 Insitu ScanEagle set for Australia's navy Insitu Pacific will install and run several of its ScanEagle unmanned aircraft vehicle systems on Australian navy frigates starting in September. ... more | .. |
 Iraq: Chevron deal with Kurds makes waves Chevron's oil exploration deal with Iraq's semiautonomous Kurdish enclave will doubtless incense Baghdad, which seeks to control all of Iraq's energy riches, and spur Kurdish aspirations of independence. ... more | .. |
 Italy, Israel in defense deals Italy and Israel are formalizing defense acquisition agreements for jet trainer and early warning radar aircraft. ... more |
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