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Israel's IAI 'wins $958M India drone deal'Tel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Oct 12, 2012 Israel Aerospace Industries, flagship of the Jewish state's defense sector, is reported to have secured a $958 million contract from India's military to upgrade its IAI-built Heron and Searcher unmanned aerial vehicles. UAVs are one of the biggest money-spinners for Israel's defense industry and India, which is engaged in a massive multiyear rearmament program, is a key customer. Israel's Globes business daily cited Indian media reports that the deal covers some 150 UAVs acquired from IA ... read more |
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  Commentary: Home cost of wars The American Society of Civil Engineers issued a cry of alarm five years ago in the form of three separate report cards on the state of the nation's infrastructure in 15 major categories - from bridges to rail lines, pipelines, dams, waterways, highways and all other publicly regulated facilities. ... more | .. |
  Outside View:Right side of history in Iran The Iranian regime is in trouble. Facing mounting economic pressure, international isolation and the prospect of more domestic unrest the regime is scrambling to maintain its grip on power. ... more | .. |
 Iran still 'good way away' from nuclear weapon: Biden Iran is still "a good way away" from acquiring a nuclear weapon, US Vice President Joe Biden said Thursday, insisting the United States would stop Tehran before it was too late. ... more | .. |
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 Iran blames economic woes on tougher sanctions Falling oil exports, sliding currency, soaring inflation, slipping industrial output and rising unemployment - just some of the economic woes Tehran blames on ever-tougher international sanctions it is enduring over its nuclear drive. ... more | .. |
 Western powers to 'pay a price' for sanctions: Iran Iran's finance minister on Friday warned that the West would "pay a price" for sanctions on his country over its nuclear programme, while vowing to stem a severe currency crisis. ... more | .. |
 A U-2 flight that nearly sparked a nuclear nightmare At 9:09 am on October 27, 1962, Major Rudolf Anderson climbed into the cockpit of his U-2 spy plane for a flight that nearly triggered a nuclear apocalypse. ... more | .. |
  Afghan anti-Taliban leader prefers to go it alone He took up arms after the Taliban killed his mother in a hail of bullets and inspired a local uprising that ousted the insurgents from his area. ... more |
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Airbus-built SpainSat NG-I satellite successfully launched
ESA Contracts Thales Alenia Space-Led Consortium for First Lunar Lander
Traces of ancient brine discovered on the asteroid Bennu contain minerals crucial to life | .. |
 New weapons detail reveals true depth of Cuban Missile Crisis The Cuban Missile Crisis took place 50 years ago this October, when US and Soviet leaders pulled back from the very brink of nuclear war. This was the closest the world has come to nuclear war, but ... more | .. |
  Turkey seen blundering into war over Syria Turkey's latest spat with Russia has reignited fears Turkish leaders may be blundering into war over Syria. ... more | .. |
 Nobel for EU praised in European, not British, press European newspapers on Saturday praised the decision to award this year's Nobel Peace prize to the EU, with the notable exception of the British press, most of which poured scorn on the decision. ... more | .. |
 Nobel peace prize a respite as EU faces testing times Friday's Nobel peace prize comes at a testing time for the European Union, praised for entrenching peace and democracy on the continent as it struggles to weather its worst crisis in 60 years. ... more |
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 Crisis-torn EU wins 2012 Nobel Peace Prize The Nobel Peace Prize was Friday awarded to the European Union, an institution wracked by the euro crisis but credited with bringing more than half a century of peace to a continent ripped apart by two world wars. ... more | .. |
 Russia says Syria plane carried radar equipment Russia said on Friday the Syrian plane intercepted by Turkey on a flight from Moscow was carrying a cargo of dual-purpose radar equipment but insisted that Moscow did not violate any laws. ... more | .. |
  US thinks Iran behind cyberattack in Saudi: ex-official The United States believes Iran was behind a major cyberattack on Saudi Arabia's state oil company and a Qatari gas firm, a former US official who has worked on cybersecurity issues said Friday. ... 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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 Syria, Turkey trade accusations over jet's cargo The war of words between Syria and Turkey escalated on Thursday when Ankara said it had found military supplies on a passenger plane it intercepted en route between Moscow and Damascus. ... more | .. |
  Beard sparks legal debate in Fort Hood shooting case Lawyers argued in a US military court Thursday over whether the soldier accused of the Fort Hood massacre can keep his beard despite objections from the judge overseeing his court-martial. ... more | .. |
 UN chief backs Mideast nuclear conference UN leader Ban Ki-moon threw his support Thursday behind a conference aimed at creating a Middle East free of nuclear weapons, urging all countries in the region to attend it. ... more | .. |
  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 |
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  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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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 |
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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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 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 | .. |
 US says nuclear deal with Russia not dead yet 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. ... more | .. |
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 | .. |
 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 |
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 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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 |
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