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UAV proliferation worries security expertsSao Paulo (UPI) Sep 20, 2012 The commonplace technology behind improvised unmanned aerial vehicles has brought home to defense and security experts and scientists the dangers for the global proliferation of iUAVs. The vehicles can be adapted to offensive purposes using toys, off-the-shelf components and a basic or rudimentary knowledge of the science behind a simple device that can be programmed for a destination or manipulated from a remote control. UAVs that depend on an outside control, increasingly dubbed Unmann ... read more |
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  N. Korea blasts US plan for new radar base in Japan North Korea on Thursday lashed out at a US plan to build a new radar base in Japan, saying it would escalate an arms race and leave Pyongyang no option but to develop "more powerful nuclear weapons". ... more | .. |
  Summit on nuclear-free Mideast unrealistic: Israel Israel has dismissed plans to hold a summit on creating a Middle East free of nuclear weapons, saying it was unrealistic to push such an idea given the "current volatile and hostile" climate in the region. ... more | .. |
  Russia to keep Kyrgyzstan military base, forgive debt President Vladimir Putin on Thursday agreed a deal with Kyrgyzstan that will allow Russia to keep a military base in the country until 2032 as Moscow and Washington jostle for influence in the region. ... more | .. |
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  China leaders debate Bo trial, prison: analysts China's communist party appears to be fiercely debating whether to put Bo Xilai on criminal trial for trying to protect his wife from murder charges, analysts said Thursday. ... more | .. |
  US selling Indonesia eight Apache helicopters The United States is to sell eight Apache helicopters to Indonesia in a sign of strengthening ties aimed at boosting regional security, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Pakistan readies production of UAVs Pakistan Defense Minister Syed Naveed Qamar said Pakistan intends to build unmanned aerial vehicles. ... more | .. |
  Spain, U.S. strengthen security ties Spain's top police official announced this week Madrid and the United States are working more closely to battle drug trafficking, cybercrime and terrorism. ... more |
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Airbus-built SpainSat NG-I satellite successfully launched
ESA Contracts Thales Alenia Space-Led Consortium for First Lunar Lander
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  Outside View: Iraq headed toward civil war The death sentence passed two weeks ago by Iraqi courts on Vice President of Iraq Tariq al-Hashemi is another milestone on that country's pathway to disaster and civil war. ... more | .. |
 US warns Israel Iran raid may cost peace deals: report US officials have warned that Egypt and Jordan could annul their peace treaties with Israel and sever all diplomatic ties if the Jewish state attacks Iran's nuclear sites, a newspaper said on Thursday. ... more | .. |
 US seeks to revive defence ties with N. Zealand US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta flew into New Zealand Friday, the first Pentagon chief to set foot in the country in 30 years, as the two countries seek to revive long-dormant security ties. ... more | .. |
 NATO's Afghan strategy in jeopardy: experts Coalition leaders say otherwise, but experts warn that NATO's decision to limit joint operations with Afghan forces threatens the alliance's strategy to hand over power and withdraw by 2014. ... more |
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 West warns Iran time running out for nuclear accord The United States, Britain and France warned Iran on Thursday that time is running out for a negotiated settlement to the showdown on its nuclear program. ... more | .. |
  At least 30 dead in 'air strike' on Syria fuel station At least 30 civilians were killed and dozens more wounded Thursday in an explosion at a petrol station in northeastern Syria, a human rights group said, with activists saying it was an air strike. ... more | .. |
  Robotic tuna is built by Homeland Security No question about it, they're very good at what they do. But they don't take well to orders, especially those to carry out inspection work in oily or dangerous environments, or in any kind of harsh ... more | .. |
 How close were we to armageddon? 50 years on, why should we still study the Cuban Missile Crisis? Why, fifty years on, is the Cuban Missile Crisis still a subject of considerable fascination for academics and professionals alike? Should we still be studying it, and if so, how? These are just som ... more |
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Climate Change Accelerates Species Shuffling, New Study Reveals
China's DeepSeek-R1: A Game-Changing AI Release or Strategic Gesture?
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 NASA Global Hawks Support Hurricane Missions From Both U.S. Coasts Now deployed to the U.S. East coast, Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) -built unmanned NASA Global Hawks will be able to better support environmental scientists during Hurricane and Severe Sto ... more | .. |
 Amid Syria carnage, fears of chemical arms With Syrian President Bashar Assad's brutal regime looking increasingly shakier after 18 months of civil war, there's growing unease about the security of Syria's undeclared chemical weapons, which is reputed to be the fourth largest stockpile in the world. ... more | .. |
 Australian troops end joint Afghan patrols Amid security concerns, Australian troops serving with the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan have ended joint patrols with the Afghan military. ... more | .. |
 Outside View: Winning the war of ideas Last week's violence in more than 20 Muslim countries with four Americans killed in Libya has been attributed to a highly offensive 13-minute video that went viral on YouTube igniting these protests. ... more |
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  China cyberattacks hit Japan in island row: police At least 19 Japanese websites, including those of a government ministry, courts and a hospital, have come under cyberattack, apparently from China, police said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Iraq attacks kill six Militants assaulted a police station north of Baghdad on Wednesday, killing a policeman, while five people, including a doctor, were shot dead in other attacks, security and medical officials said. ... more | .. |
 Israel army holds surprise border drill Israel's army on Wednesday staged a surprise drill on the country's northern border, the military said, amid tensions over Iran's nuclear drive and the fate of Syria's chemical weapons. ... more | .. |
 Bomb kills nine in Pakistan's Peshawar: officials A bomb apparently targeting a Pakistan air force vehicle ripped through a van in the country's northwestern city of Peshawar on Wednesday, killing nine people, officials said. ... more |
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Ukrainian drone barrage on Russia kills two, hits oil refinery
EdgeCortix SAKURA-I AI Accelerator Validated for Radiation Resilience in Space Missions
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 Turkey finds jet downed by Syria in international airspace A Turkish jet that crashed in June was downed after a Syrian missile exploded nearby in international airspace, the army said Wednesday, three months after an incident that heightened tensions between the two neighbours. ... more | .. |
 China's Bo Xilai 'implicated in criminal act' Fallen top politician Bo Xilai knew his wife was suspected of murdering a British businessman, Chinese state media implicitly alleged Wednesday, linking him to a criminal act for the first time. ... more | .. |
 Philippines says coup plotter in secret China talks The Philippines said Wednesday a politician who was once jailed for coup plotting had been in secret talks with China over a territorial row, as the tactic appeared to backfire amid bitter infighting. ... more | .. |
  India follows Pakistan with missile test India test-fired its second-longest-range missile on Wednesday, a defence official said, two days after Pakistan announced its own missile test. ... more |
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 Anti-Japan protests ease off in China Anti-Japan protests in China over a bitter territorial row died down on Wednesday as authorities apparently sought to ease tensions on the ground, although political leaders maintained their rhetoric. ... more | .. |
 Iran defiant, even against big powers' anger: leader Iran will never bend to pressure exerted by the world's big powers, even if they become "angry" at its defiance, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a speech published on his official website on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  Taiwan's top China officials resign Two top Taiwanese officials in charge of China affairs on Wednesday announced their resignations ahead of an anticipated government reshuffle. ... more | .. |
 US tilt to Asia not aimed against China: Panetta US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta sought to reassure Beijing on Wednesday over Washington's strategic tilt to the Pacific, telling a military audience it was not an attempt to curb Chinese power. ... more |
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