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October 06, 2014

Russia to reopen missile warning station on Crimea
Moscow (AFP) Oct 04, 2014
Russia will modernise and relaunch a Soviet-era radar station on the Crimean peninsula annexed from Ukraine to provide early warning of missile strikes, a senior defence official said Saturday. The radar station in the port city of Sevastopol will become fully operational in 2016, the commander of the air and space defence forces, Alexander Golovko, was quoted as saying by the TASS news agency. "The radar station's Dnepr warning system on air strikes, based in Sevastopol, will become part of Rus ... read more

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UN nuclear team to visit Iran next week A UN atomic watchdog team is to visit Tehran next week, state media reported Friday, amid US warnings that completion of a probe into Iran's past research is crucial for a nuclear deal. ... more		Satellite pix suggest N. Korea reactor shut down: US think-tank Recent satellite images suggest North Korea may have shut down the nuclear reactor seen as its main source of weapons-grade plutonium, a US think-tank said Saturday. ... more		US Navy to deploy armed, robotic patrol boats The US Navy says it will soon use armed, robotic patrol boats with no sailors on board to escort and defend warships moving through sensitive sea lanes. ... more
				HK protesters refuse to budge as deadline to clear streets arrives Hong Kong's pro-democracy protesters remained stubbornly encamped on the streets as dawn broke on Monday, just hours before a government deadline to clear key thoroughfares they have blockaded for more than a week. ... more		Kurds scrutinise refugees at camps to keep IS out At a Kurdish-run refugee camp in Iraq, strict checks are being imposed to weed out "good" Sunni Arab families from "bad" ones suspected of links to the Islamic State group. ... more

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Philippines, US marines conduct exercises near China-held reef Over 6,000 Philippine and US marines carried out a military exercise on a Philippine beach Sunday near a disputed reef occupied by Chinese ships which has become a potential regional flashpoint. ... more		US drone kills five militants in northwest Pakistan: officials A US drone strike on Sunday killed at least five militants in a restive Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border, officials said. ... more		Hera asteroid mission captures images of Mars moon Deimos Norwegian Space Agency partners with Isar Aerospace for satellite launch from Andoya Spaceport Mars Study Suggests Mid-Crust Water May Not Be Essential to Data Interpretation		UAE suprised at Biden suggestion it backed jihadists The United Arab Emirates has expressed surprise after US Vice President Joe Biden suggested the Gulf state had armed and financed jihadists in Syria, along with other regional powers. ... more
				Britons mourn Henning, 'national hero' killed by IS Britain united in revulsion Saturday at the beheading of aid worker Alan Henning claimed by Islamic State jihadists, as the imam at his home city's main mosque hailed a "local and national hero". ... more		Kurds battle for key Syria town, woman suicide bomber hits IS Kurdish fighters backed by US-led air strikes battled the Islamic State group for a key Syrian town Sunday, with one woman defender blowing herself up using the jihadists' own tactic. ... more

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Soft robotics 'toolkit' features everything a robot-maker needs A new resource unveiled by researchers from several Harvard University labs in collaboration with Trinity College Dublin provides both experienced and aspiring researchers with the intellectual raw ... more		Fingertip sensor gives robot unprecedented dexterity Researchers at MIT and Northeastern University have equipped a robot with a novel tactile sensor that lets it grasp a USB cable draped freely over a hook and insert it into a USB port. The sen ... more		Dutch combat vehicles being sold to NATO partner Estonia The Ministry of Defense of the Netherlands will sell 44 of its new CV90 infantry fighting vehicles to Estonia, it was announced on Thursday. ... more		General Dynamics given Navy contract modifications The AN/BYG-1 combat control systems used on U.S. and Australian submarines will continue to receive modernization support from General Dynamics. ... more

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Pakistan air strikes kill 15 militants

Hong Kong protests 'doomed to fail': China party paper

Defiant H.K. protesters clash with police despite talks offer

Hungary hosts NATO exercise in 'show of strength'

Dalai Lama in 'informal' talks to return to Tibet

DARPA Technology Identifies Counterfeit Microelectronics

California bans paparazzi drones

S-400 Air Defense Regiment Takes up Duty in Russia's South

Czechs preparing international tender for air defense radar

Saudi Arabia seeks billion-dollar air defense deal

Nulka missile decoy system undergoing upgrade

USAF eyes in the sky provide global weather data

Aurora Flight Services receives DARPA funding

AeroVironment supplying spare parts for Army's unmanned aerial systems

US waives child soldier sanctions on six nations

HK demos throw Beijing propaganda machine into overdrive

Scientists Resurrect Ancient Proteins to Learn about Primordial Life on Earth

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