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Israel's Arrow-3 missile-killer nears testTel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Sep 17, 2012 Amid growing fears Israeli leaders are preparing a pre-emptive attack on Iran's nuclear facilities, defense sources say the Arrow-3 interceptor, seen as Israel's ace in the hole against Tehran's ballistic missiles, is close to its first flight test. The two-stage missile being developed by state-owned Israel Aerospace Industries and the Boeing Co. of the United States will be Israel's main line of defense against Iran's growing arsenal of immediate-range Shehab-3 missiles and the more advanced ... read more |
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  4 SOPS begins testing newest AEHF satellite Following a four-month journey, the second Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite reached geosynchronous orbit Aug. 27. The event is significant to the 4th Space Operations Squadron here becaus ... more | .. |
  Massive anti-mine naval exercise underway in Gulf Naval forces from more than 30 countries were on Monday engaged in a massive minesweeping exercise in the Gulf, US officials said, amid Iranian threats to block the strategic Strait of Hormuz. ... more | .. |
 Hughes Awarded Custom SATCOM Solutions Contract by GSA Hughes Network Systems has been awarded a Custom Satellite Communications Solutions (CS2) contract by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) to provide commercial satellite end-to-end commun ... more | .. |
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  Pentagon chief to meet China's leader-in-waiting US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is due to meet China's leader-in-waiting, Vice President Xi Jinping, during a visit to Beijing this week, officials said Monday. ... more | .. |
  Australia's defense policies criticized Australia's defense policies are being criticized for their inefficiency and cost. ... more | .. |
  Chinese telecom firms grilled over links Troubled Chinese telecom firms Huawei and ZTE are facing congressional questioning in the United States after running into problems elsewhere over allegations they are too close to the Chinese government, are secretly subsidized and don't flinch from bribing to get a deal. ... more | .. |
  Tehran denies Revolutionary Guards in Syria Iran's foreign ministry on Monday denied the Islamic republic had any Revolutionary Guards in Syria, affirming that media reports quoting the head of the Guards saying that had been published out of context. ... more |
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ATLAS bolsters radio frequency network through new HawkEye 360 alliance
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 Iran nuclear chief alleges explosives attack Iran's nuclear chief said Monday that "explosives" were used last month in an attack aimed at cutting the power supply to an underground enrichment facility but that the plant suffered no damage. ... more | .. |
 Flame cyber virus linked to more malware: report The Flame virus believed to be part of a cyberwarfare effort against Iran was developed as early as 2006 and is linked to at least three other malware programs, a new analysis said Monday. ... more | .. |
 Sabra and Shatilah, the forgotten massacre The day Pope Benedict XVI ended an acclaimed "peace pilgrimage" to Lebanon, urging an end to the Syrian bloodbath, Palestinians marked the 30th anniversary of the massacre of hundreds of their compatriots by Christian militiamen in Beirut. ... more | .. |
 Retrial of Canadian-German arms dealer delayed The retrial of a Canadian-German arms dealer who played a role in a scandal that shot Chancellor Angela Merkel to power was delayed Monday after the defence accused the German court of bias. ... more |
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  NATO defensive over unprecedented Afghan base losses NATO was forced onto the defensive Monday over a humiliating attack on one of its most heavily guarded bases in Afghanistan that destroyed six US fighter jets in unprecedented damage in the 10-year war. ... more | .. |
  Iraqi MPs approve election commission members The Iraqi parliament on Monday approved new board members for the country's election commission after months of deadlock over the vote-organising body's makeup, an MP said. ... more | .. |
 NATO restricts joint operations with Afghans NATO-led forces are scaling back joint operations with Afghan forces after a spate of "insider attacks" in which Afghan recruits turned their weapons on Western allies, officers said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Anti-Japan protests across China on war anniversary Thousands of anti-Japan protesters rallied across China over a territorial row on Tuesday, a key historical anniversary, as Japanese firms including car giant Toyota shut or scaled back production. ... more |
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Fresh quake barrage hits Greek island Santorini
Pain, anger as Turkey marks two years since quake disaster
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 Japanese firms halt China operations after protests Major Japanese firms including Canon and Honda suspended operations at several plants in China, officials and reports said Monday, on the eve of an expected fresh wave of anti-Japan demonstrations. ... more | .. |
 Syrian army tested chemical weapons system The Syrian army has tested a chemical weapons delivery system, firing shells at a research centre in its northwestern desert region, the German magazine Der Spiegel reported Monday citing "witnesses". ... more | .. |
 Japanese activists land on disputed island Two Japanese activists landed on an island at the centre of a bitter dispute with China on Tuesday, the government in Tokyo said, as fresh anti-Japanese protests rocked Chinese cities. ... more | .. |
 Two Romanians plead guilty in US hacking case Two Romanian nationals pleaded guilty Monday to charges stemming from a scheme to hack into and steal payment card data from hundreds of US merchants, officials said. ... more |
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 Netanyahu too partisan on US poll, warn Israeli critics Israeli critics are warning that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has gone too far in what they call his "meddling" in favour of Republican candidate Mitt Romney in the US presidential campaign. ... more | .. |
 Major powers recognize Mongolia as nuclear weapons free Mongolia, jammed between nuclear arms giants Russia and China, on Monday secured a unique pledge from the major powers not to breach its self-declared nuclear weapons-free zone. ... more | .. |
 S. Korea to host anti-WMD navy drill South Korea will host a multinational navy drill aimed at curbing trafficking in weapons of mass destruction, its defence ministry said Tuesday, in a move likely to anger North Korea. ... more | .. |
 Trial of Bo's ex-police chief starts in China: lawyer An ex-police chief whose flight to a US consulate triggered the biggest scandal to rock China's ruling Communist party in years was put on trial in a closed session Monday, his lawyer said. ... more |
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Scientists' conference kicks off global AI summit in Paris
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 Afghan insider attacks are 'last gasp effort' by Taliban: US US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Monday said insider attacks on NATO forces in Afghanistan were a "last gasp" tactic by Taliban insurgents who had been unable to make up lost territory. ... more | .. |
 US to station second X-band missile radar in Japan US and Japanese defence ministers have agreed to deploy another X-band missile defence radar in Japan, US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Monday. ... more | .. |
  Pakistan test-fires nuclear-capable cruise missile Pakistan on Monday test-fired a nuclear-capable cruise missile with "stealth features", the military said, the country's first such exercise in more than three months. ... more | .. |
Pentagon chief calls for calm in Japan-China spat US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta called for diplomatic efforts to resolve a worsening territorial spat between Japan and China on Monday, the day after warning disputes could draw East Asia into war. ... more |
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  Yemen students hold anti-US rally, reject Marines Hundreds of Yemeni students demonstrated on Monday calling for the expulsion of the US ambassador and condemning the deployment of US Marines to protect his embassy, an AFP correspondent said. ... more | .. |
 Baghdad Green Zone attack kills seven A suicide bomber on Monday killed seven people and wounded an MP in an attack at an entrance to Baghdad's heavily secured Green Zone, where the Iraqi government is based, officials said. ... more | .. |
 Death drops from sky in Syria's Al-Bab Shrapnel peppers the blood-spattered walls of the Al-Bab home where two bombs dropped from a Syrian warplane in the middle of the night wiped out Abu Nasser's family. ... more | .. |
 Anti-Japan protests again erupt across China Thousands of anti-Japanese demonstrators mounted protests in cities across China on Sunday over disputed islands in the East China Sea, a day after an attempt to storm Tokyo's embassy in the capital. ... more |
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