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Iran temporarily put nuclear bomb ambitions on hold: BarakLondon (AFP) Oct 30, 2012 Iran averted a showdown over its nuclear programme by putting a third of its medium-enriched uranium to civilian use, but the respite may be short-lived, Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak said Tuesday. Speaking to the Daily Telegraph while on a visit to London, Barak said it was "probable" that a tipping point in Israel's standoff with Iran over its nuclear programme would have been reached before the US presidential election next month had Iran not diverted the fuel in August. The decision pu ... read more |
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  Outside View: Pentagon sees no evil? In 2011, the United States was shocked to learn of the Penn State University child molestation case involving former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky. How could a serial child sex offender function for so long under the umbrella of one of the most storied college football programs in the country? ... more | .. |
 'Sense of urgency' in S. China Sea row: ASEAN chief Disputes over sovereignty in the South China Sea could become violent but China and Southeast Asia are showing a sense of urgency in trying to ease tensions, the ASEAN chief said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Israel, Iran scrap over Red Sea zone Two Iranian navy ships have docked at Sudan's main port of the Red Sea, underlining Tehran's military links to Sudan in the wake of last week's airstrike, with Israel suspected to have carried out the attack, on an arms factory near Khartoum. ... more | .. |
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  Beijing denies knowledge of Taiwan spies Beijing denied it is connected to three retired Taiwan military officers arrested by Taiwanese police on charges of spying for mainland China. ... more | .. |
  Armenia, Azerbaijan renew talks commitment The foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan over the weekend recommitted themselves to finding a peaceful solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. ... more | .. |
  Brazil's armored personnel carrier on way Brazil is pushing ahead its armored personnel carrier production program both to modernize its army and to create a new defense export market. ... more | .. |
  Russia's Kalashnikov asks Putin to save famed factory Mikhail Kalashnikov, the Russian who designed the AK-47 assault rifle, on Tuesday called on President Vladimir Putin to halt the decline at the legendary factory where he invented the weapon. ... more |
  
Satellite technology paves way for space traffic management
China's Hainan Commercial Launch Center expands with two new launch pads
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  Syria warplane hits Damascus as rebels say killed general A Syrian fighter jet hit targets inside Damascus for the first time on Tuesday, a watchdog said, as air strikes pounded rebel bastions around the country and an air force general was shot dead. ... more | .. |
  Philippines to get five French patrol boats The Philippines will buy five patrol boats from France for about 90 million euros ($116 million), partly to guard disputed areas in the South China Sea, the coastguard said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Libya army has 'no control' in Bani Walid: defence minister Libya's defence minister said Monday that the army has no control over Bani Walid, one of the last bastions of Moamer Kadhafi's regime, and that armed groups there prevent families from returning home. ... more | .. |
 Syrian rebels 'buying arms from the regime' The Syrian regime may be their sworn enemy, but rebels fighting to bring down President Bashar al-Assad say they pay hard cash to government agents for guns and bullets. ... more |
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 Former wartime foes together as Clinton heads to Serbia A US pilot and the Serb officer who downed his plane during a 1999 NATO air war barely hid their tears as they reunited in Belgrade Monday, on the eve of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit to Serbia. ... more | .. |
  Bell Boeing Receives US Marine Corps Contract for V-22 Training Devices The U.S. Marine Corps has awarded a $74 million contract to the Bell Boeing V-22 Program, a strategic alliance between Boeing and Bell Helicopter - Textron, for seven Osprey ground-based trainers, w ... more | .. |
 Lockheed Martin Wins Contract to Enhance Combat Vehicle The U.S. Army competitively awarded Lockheed Martin a $114 million, five-year contract to upgrade combat vehicle simulators for soldier training and to expand the training capability for the Marine ... more | .. |
  Russia's space forces launch missile shield rocket Russian Aerospace Defense forces have successfully launched a short-range missile as part of the country's missile shield test, Space Forces spokesman Colonel Alexei Zolotukhin told reporters Tuesda ... more |
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Oxford report shows carbon storage can thrive without government billions
Clean hydrogen in minutes with microwave energy innovations
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  China dismisses reports about anti-satellite missile test Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman Yang Yujun has dismissed media reports about a planned test launch of an anti-satellite missile in November. "Such reports did not conform to the fact," Yang ... more | .. |
  China speeds up the Dragon's Flight program China speeds up its program to develop unmanned aviation. It has announced the creation in the Liaoning province of the first two drone military bases set up to monitor the situation in the coastal ... more | .. |
 Russia to spend over 100 billion RUB on nuclear weapons Russia's expenditures on nuclear weapons in 2013-2015 will amount to 101,15 billion rubles, Head of the Defence Committee of the Lower House of the Russian parliament Vladimir Komoedov said. Accordi ... more | .. |
  Completion of FCSA Demonstrates Shift In Government Thinking for SATCOM Procurement The FCSA process has been a long road, but the final contract in the series, called CS2, was awarded in August to Intelsat General and seven other prime contractors. This latest contract could be th ... more |
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 New Approaches Required for Military Satellite Architecture Air Force Magazine has published an excellent article in their October 2012 edition. Titled "Game Changers in Space," the piece is based on an address given by General William L. Shelton, head of Ai ... more | .. |
 Photograph of Spy Satellite IGS-1B Captured in Its Final Orbits IGS-1B is a Japanese Information Gathering Satellite that was launched on March 28, 2003 together with its companion IGS-1A on board a H2A rocket. Both satellites were delivered into a 486 x 491 km ... more | .. |
 Elbit To Supply Brazil Remote Controlled Weapon Stations Elbit Systems reports that Ares Aeroespacial e Defesa S.A. ("Ares"), its Brazilian subsidiary, was awarded an initial production order valued at approximately $25 million to supply 12.7/7.62mm Remot ... more | .. |
 Peres tells US military chief Iran sanctions showing results US military chief Martin Dempsey and Israeli President Shimon Peres on Monday discussed "the Iranian nuclear threat, the strengthening of strategic relations between the two countries and developments in the region," a statement from Peres's office said. ... more |
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Air raids, bombs rock Damascus after truce failure Explosions shook Syria's capital on Monday as warplanes launched their heaviest air raids yet and two car bombs struck, with the UN-Arab League peace envoy saying the conflict was going from bad to worse. ... more | .. |
 Being Pentagon chief had its downsides: Gates Former US defense secretary Robert Gates joked Monday about the downsides of his old job, including enduring interminable NATO meetings and price gouging over a Central Asian air base. ... more | .. |
  Sudan denies Iran role in arms factory Sudan's foreign ministry on Monday denied that Iran had any involvement in a military factory which Khartoum says was attacked by Israeli aircraft last week. ... more | .. |
 U.S. 'mulls buying Israeli robot gunboats' The U.S. military is reported to be testing a missile-armed, remote-controlled robotic boats developed by Israel's Rafael Advanced Defenses Systems, possibly to bolster its naval capabilities in the Persian Gulf where it's locked in a mainly maritime confrontation with Iran. ... more |
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 Algeria's the key power against al-Qaida Algeria, the military heavyweight in North Africa with two decades of battling Islamic extremists under its belt, is becoming the focal point of efforts to crush the jihadist-held enclave in northern Mali. ... more | .. |
 Hasmi leader denies Jakarta terrorist link A leading member of Hasmi denied the organization is a terrorist group and that it had targeted the U.S. and Australian embassies in Indonesia. ... more | .. |
 Qaeda front group claims Iraq Eid attacks Al-Qaeda's front group in Iraq claimed responsibility on Monday for a series of shootings and bombings over the Eid al-Adha holiday that killed dozens of people nationwide. ... more | .. |
 Israel doubts Iran has drone data: defence official A senior officer in Israel's northern command on Monday dismissed an Iranian claim they were in possession of data transmitted by an unmanned Hezbollah drone that overflew Israel earlier this month. ... more |
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