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US says nuclear deal with Russia not dead yetAboard Air Force One (AFP) Oct 11, 2012 The United States urged a reluctant Russia on Thursday to engage in talks to extend a program that has helped disarm thousands of ex-Soviet nuclear warheads and missiles. Russian officials said this week that they had notified Washington that the Nunn-Lugar program, due to expire in May 2013, would not be extended, in the latest challenge to a vaunted "reset" of US relations with the Kremlin. But the Obama administration said that it understood Moscow wanted revisions to the program and that it ... read more |
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  Northrop Grumman Begins Production of EHF SatCom System for B-2 Bomb The U.S. Air Force's fleet of B-2 stealth bombers will begin receiving new high-speed processing subsystems under a $108 million low rate initial production contract awarded Sept. 28 to Northrop Gru ... more | .. |
  Japan sees US as deterrent in islands dispute Japan said Thursday that its alliance with the United States has served as a deterrent in a territorial dispute between Tokyo and a rising China as it called for calm in the row. ... more | .. |
  BAE, EADS call off merger plan The proposed merger between European defense and aerospace giants BAE Systems and EADS N.V. has fallen through. ... more | .. |
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  Turkey extends mandate for Iraq strikes on Kurd rebels Turkey's parliament on Thursday extended the government's mandate to order military strikes against Kurdish rebels holed up in neighbouring Iraq for another year, reported the Anatolia news agency. ... more | .. |
  Chinese telecom firms' problems multiply The global dimensions of difficulties faced by state-controlled Chinese telecommunications firms Huawei Ltd. and ZTE Corp. are becoming known amid layoffs in the United States, India, China and elsewhere the businesses are active. ... more | .. |
  Hezbollah says sent Iranian-built drone over Israel The head of Lebanon's Hezbollah boasted Thursday that his Shiite militant group sent a sophisticated unmanned drone over Israel last week, saying the device was built by the Jewish state's archfoe Iran. ... more | .. |
  Syria slams Turkish PM 'lie' over plane Syria accused Turkey of hostility and "lying" on Thursday after it intercepted a Syrian passenger plane en route from Moscow which Ankara said carried military equipment and ammunition for Damascus. ... 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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 Mo Yan: Chronicler of a turbulent Chinese century Mo Yan has focused an unflinching eye on what he calls the darkness and ugliness of 20th-century Chinese society in a prolific writing career that on Thursday landed him the 2012 Nobel prize for literature. ... more | .. |
 Mideast cyber war widens, oil targets hit The Middle East's cyberwar with Israel and the United States on one side and Iran on the other is steadily escalating, with increasingly sophisticated cyber weapons being used against a growing array of military and economic targets. ... more | .. |
Seven British Royal Marines arrested in Afghan-related murder probe British military police on Thursday arrested seven members of the elite Royal Marines on suspicion of murder in Afghanistan in 2011, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced. ... more | .. |
 Israeli attack on Iran less likely if Romney wins: advisor An ill-advised Israeli attack on Iran would be less likely if Mitt Romney became the next president because he would shore up strained US relations with Israel, an advisor said Thursday. ... more |
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 US drone strike kills 18 in Pakistan: officials A US drone attack Thursday killed 18 insurgents - mostly Afghans - at a militant compound in Pakistan's tribal region near the northwestern border with Afghanistan, officials said. ... more | .. |
 Turkey intercepts plane from Russia 'carrying Syria arms' Tensions on Thursday flared between Turkey and Syria's top ally Russia after Ankara forced a Syrian passenger jet flying from Moscow to land on the grounds it carried Russian-supplied arms for Damascus. ... more | .. |
 Only Moscow can halt Iran's nuclear march: Israel Russia is the only player able to halt Iran's nuclear programme without the use of force or crippling sanctions, Israel's parliamentary speaker told Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Israeli defense official says intercepted spy drone failed its mission A senior Israeli defense ministry official said Tuesday that a rogue drone Israel intercepted on Saturday had failed in its apparent mission. Amos Gilad, director of policy and political-milit ... 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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 US and Israel to launch massive air defense drill The U.S. and Israeli militaries are engaged in final preparations for the largest-ever joint missile defense drill in the allies' history. The three-week exercise, dubbed Austere Challenge 12 ... more | .. |
 China Voice: U.S. should walk the talk In late September, the United States Congressional Research Service amended and republished a report titled "The Senkaku Islands Dispute: U.S. Treaty Obligations." "During Senate deliberations ... more | .. |
  Russia to Deliver Indian Carrier in Fall 2013 - Minister Russia plans to deliver the overhauled aircraft carrier Vikramaditya to the Indian Navy in the fourth quarter of 2013, Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said on Wednesday after an intergovernmental ... more | .. |
  Ukraine Brings Back Naval Killer Dolphins The Ukrainan navy has restarted special training for dolphins and other animals for military duties including attacking enemy combat swimmers and detecting mines, a military source in the Ukrainian ... more |
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  Russia prepares a response to US missile defence plans According to Defence Minister Anatoli Serdiukov, Russia's 8-year rearmament programme includes an appropriate response to the American plan to deploy missile defenses in European countries. Althoug ... more | .. |
 Russia seeks answers from Turkey over Syria plane intercept Russia furiously demanded answers from Turkey on Thursday after it forced a Syrian passenger plane flying from Moscow to land in Ankara on suspicion of carrying "illegal cargo", reportedly weapons, to Damascus. ... more | .. |
 EADS/BAE deal collapse a setback, mergers still needed: analysts The collapse of the EADS/BAE Systems tie-up is a major setback for Europe but shrinking defence budgets will continue to drive the need for sector consolidation and burden sharing, analysts said. ... more | .. |
 'Even the captain didn't know': veteran recalls Cuba crisis In May 1962, Soviet Red Army officer Vadut Khakimov received urgent orders calling him back from leave to rejoin his secret military unit in the southwestern Russian region of Bryansk. ... 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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 S. Korea president scolds failed border watch South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak on Thursday scolded his military for negligence after a North Korean soldier defector travelled unchecked across one of the world's most fortified borders. ... more | .. |
Japan calls for more Myanmar support Japan vowed Thursday to resume loans to a reforming Myanmar and called on global creditors of the one-time pariah state to chip in more, chiding China for skipping a key lenders' meeting. ... more | .. |
Turkey confiscates suspected arms from Syrian plane Turkey has forced a Syrian passenger plane from Moscow to land in Ankara, reportedly suspecting it was carrying weapons, adding to tensions between the two neighbours and prompting a Russian demand for answers. ... more | .. |
New Launch and Recovery System Takes UAV Into the Future A shipboard-capable system designed to support both the launch and recovery of the Scan Eagle unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) successfully completed final demonstration flight testing Sept. 27 at a te ... more |
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  Laser pointer identifies dangerous chemicals in real-time By using an ordinary green laser pointer, the kind commonly found in offices and college lecture halls, an Israeli research team has developed a new and highly portable Raman spectrometer that can d ... more | .. |
 Raytheon to develop next-generation power technology for naval systems Raytheon has been awarded two Phase 2 contracts under the Office of Naval Research's (ONR) Compact Power Conversion Technologies (CPCT) program. The program aims to deliver better fuel economy and a ... more | .. |
Lockheed Martin To Provide Supply Chain Support to the Republic of Korea's Military Services Lockheed Martin has been awarded three new contracts to support the supply chain needs of the Republic of Korea Air Force and Navy. Under the terms of the basic ordering agreements, Lockheed M ... more | .. |
 NATO names Allen to succeed Stavridis as supreme commander US General John Allen will take over as NATO supreme commander and be replaced as head of alliance forces in Afghanistan by Joseph Dunford, currently US Marine Corps deputy commander, US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Wednesday. ... more |
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