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Trident II D5 Missile Achieves 143 Successful Test FlightsSunnyvale CA (SPX) Nov 01, 2012 The U.S. Navy supported the Oct. 23 launch of a U.K. Royal Navy Trident II D5 Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) built by Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT). The unarmed missile was launched from the submerged Royal Navy submarine HMS Vigilant in the Atlantic Ocean. The test marked the 143rd successful test flight of the Trident II D5 missile since design completion in 1989 - a reliability record unmatched by any other large ballistic missile or space launch vehicle. "The Royal Navy and the U.S. Navy continue ... read more |
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  Space Systems Loral Selected by USAF to Develop Next Gen Protected Military Satellite Communications Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has announced that it was selected by the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) to develop affordable design concepts for next generation Protected Militar ... more | .. |
 US Army's Soldier Radio Waveform demonstrated on Raytheon's next gen air and ground radios In a key milestone, Raytheon has demonstrated the Soldier Radio Waveform (SRW) on its new class of airborne and ground radio terminals, providing soldiers with another way to communicate across disp ... more | .. |
  Boeing Opens First System Integration Lab for KC-46 Tanker Program Boeing has opened the first KC-46 Tanker System Integration Laboratory (SIL) to support testing and reduce risk in the development of the U.S. Air Force's next-generation aerial refueling tanker. ... more | .. |
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  China's Communist Party prepares for power handover Top members of China's Communist Party are expected to debate leadership changes and oust disgraced figure Bo Xilai as they hold their last meeting starting Thursday ahead of a power transition next week. ... more | .. |
 Arab world will be 'relieved' by strike on Iran: Israel PM The Arab world will be "relieved" if Israel strikes at Iranian nuclear installations, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an interview published Wednesday by France's Paris-Match weekly. ... more | .. |
  Erdogan asks for German help with Syrian refugees Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan asked Wednesday for German help with a flood of Syrian refugees, in talks that also touched on aid for Kurdish rebels and Ankara's stalled EU bid. ... more | .. |
  UK court rejects legal challenge by US-held Pakistani Britain's top court on Wednesday rejected a legal bid by a Pakistani man in US custody in Afghanistan to force the British government to do more to seek his release. ... 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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 US monitoring Iranian warships' Sudan visit The United States said Wednesday it was monitoring a visit by two Iranian warships to a Sudanese port this week, but had no details about it. ... more | .. |
  Iran insists it obtained drone images of Israel Iran insisted on Wednesday that it had obtained images of sensitive areas of Israel from a Hezbollah drone before it was shot down, despite the Jewish state questioning if the aircraft carried a camera. ... more | .. |
 Storm damage forces UN Security Council to move Superstorm Sandy caused serious water damage to the UN Security Council chamber, forcing it to move to a temporary base for a special meeting on Wednesday, diplomats said. ... more | .. |
 Crisis-hit Jordan grapples with jihadists Jihadists are becoming increasingly active in Jordan, already gripped by political crisis and buffeted by a growing spillover from the 19-month-old civil war in neighboring Syria that could threaten the Hashemite throne. ... more |
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 China backs 'political resolution' for Syria: FM Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said Wednesday the situation in Syria had reached a crucial stage but a political solution was the only way to end the bloodshed. ... more | .. |
 Attacks, air strikes hit Syria as death toll mounts Bomb attacks hit near Damascus and air strikes pounded rebel bastions on Wednesday as international divisions were again exposed over how to end an escalating conflict now said to have killed more than 36,000 people. ... more | .. |
 Hollande warns Iran after meeting Israeli PM French President Francois Hollande on Wednesday said he wanted "concrete acts" from Iran to prove it was not pursuing a nuclear arms drive after his first face-to-face meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. ... more | .. |
 Iran temporarily put nuclear bomb ambitions on hold: Barak 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. ... 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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  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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
  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 | .. |
 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 |
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  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 | .. |
 '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 | .. |
  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 | .. |
 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 |
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  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 | .. |
 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 |
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 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 | .. |
  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 | .. |
  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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