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December 20, 2014

Plunging oil price to reset global defence budgets: IHS
London (AFP) Dec 19, 2014
Global defence spending is likely to remain constant for the next two years as tumbling oil prices cut the budgets of Middle East exporters, but swell the coffers of Asia-Pacific importers, defence analysts IHS said Friday. With Brent crude recently falling below the symbolic $60 dollar (48.8 euros) mark - a 50 percent drop since mid-June - the defence budgets of countries in the Middle East and North Africa are likely to fall to normal levels, having grown by almost 30 percent between 2011 and 20 ... read more

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UK Politicians Keeping 'Options Open' Over Trident Renewal UK politicians are keeping their options open on whether to renew the UK's nuclear weapons system known as Trident, Peter Burt, Research Manager with the Nuclear Information Service has told Sputnik ... more		US Ballistic Missile Defense Needs More Testing The proposed placement of ballistic missile interceptors on the US East Coast has the advantage of providing more time and distance to shoot down an enemy missile, but still has a lot of shortfalls ... more		Russia Not to Deploy Units of Strategic Missile Forces in Crimea Russia has no plans to deploy units of its Strategic Missile Forces on the Crimean Peninsula, Strategic Missile Forces Commander Col.Gen. Sergei Karakayev said. "There are no plans to deploy m ... more
				India Considering Leasing Second Russian Nuclear Submarine The Indian Navy is considering leasing a second Akula-class nuclear-powered submarine from Russia, The Hindu reported. According to the media outlet, the possibility of the lease was indicated ... more		Challenging Russia, Ukraine moves to drop neutral status Ukraine's president openly challenged the Kremlin on Thursday by submitting a bill allowing the former Soviet republic to join NATO and make the Western alliance its defender from Russian threats. ... more

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US air strikes kill several IS leaders in Iraq: Pentagon Several leaders of the Islamic State group in Iraq have been killed in US air strikes in recent weeks, dealing a blow to the jihadist forces, the Pentagon said Thursday. ... more		China's Li visits Bangkok with Thai junta craving allies Chinese premier Li Keqiang is set Friday to sign agriculture and transport agreements on a visit to Bangkok, as Thailand's junta seeks diplomatic support after their coup was given short-shrift by US and European allies. ... more		Will the US get to Mars quicker if it drops or delays plans to visit the Moon? Searching for Water on the Moon: UC San Diego Researchers Uncover Clues to Lunar Water's Origins China's DeepSeek-R1: A Game-Changing AI Release or Strategic Gesture?		US brands movie studio hack a national security breach The cyber attack that forced Sony Pictures to scrap a comedy about North Korea is a "serious national security matter," the White House warned Thursday, threatening an "appropriate response." ... more
				Kurds press northern Iraq offensive against jihadists Kurdish forces backed by foreign jets pressed an ambitious operation against the Islamic State group in northern Iraq on Thursday, taking on the jihadists in the heart of their "caliphate". ... more		Iran says resumed nuclear talks 'useful' Iran welcomed as "useful" Thursday its first round of nuclear talks with the major powers since the two sides gave themselves another seven months to strike a deal. ... more

Startup in the Land of the Rising Sun; A Japanese Solar Venture - by Bradley L. Bartz

Pakistan forces kill 27 militants in northwest: military Pakistani forces killed 27 suspected militants in air strikes and a ground operation Thursday in the restive northwest hours after a roadside bomb killed three soldiers, officials said. ... more		Navy demos unmanned helicopter for Coast Guard An unmanned aerial vehicle has been operated from a U.S. National Security Cutter as part of a Coast Guard assessment for using drone aircraft. ... more		Climate change increases risk of successive natural hazards in the Himalayas GMV teams up with +Atlantic CoLAB in AIR4Health project to enhance public health forecasting Groundwater in the Arctic is delivering more carbon into the ocean than was previously known		Army installs ground-based sense-and-avoid system for drones A system to support unmanned aerial systems in flying safely from airfields to restricted areas for training and testing has been deployed by the U.S. Army. ... more
Companies partner counter-IED technologies Humanistic Robotics Inc. and Critical Solutions International have teamed to offer Husky road clearance vehicles with counter-land mine and counter-IED rollers. ... more		Dutch Navy LPD getting new radar system An amphibious warfare ship of the Royal Netherlands Navy, HNLMS Rotterdam, is to be outfitted with S-band active electronically scanned array radar from Thales. ... more		UN will 'take time' to decide on Palestinian resolution Negotiations on a draft UN resolution that sets terms for a final Israeli-Palestinian peace deal will take time, Jordan said Thursday, indicating that a Security Council vote was not imminent. ... more		IS siege of Mount Sinjar broken: Iraqi Kurd official A broad peshmerga operation backed by US-led air strikes broke the Islamic State group's weeks-old siege of Iraq's Mount Sinjar on Thursday, a top Iraqi Kurdistan security official said. ... more

	US calls movie studio hack a national security breach The White House called the cyber-attack on Sony Pictures a serious national security matter Thursday, threatening an "appropriate response" as others pointed the finger at Pyongyang. ... more		Obama acts boldly on Cuba, with eye on legacy While campaigning in 2008, Barack Obama said it was time to come up with a new US policy towards Cuba. Now, with two years left in his second term in the White House, he has finally acted. ... more

Low-carbon energy investment hit record $2.1 tn in 2024: report

World awaits Trump tariff deadline on Canada, Mexico and China

Trump's environment pick confirmed, drawing cheers from industry

Danger in the skies as Russia, NATO play cat-and-mouse		Sony cancels parody film as NKorea suspected over hack		Palestinians seek Arab backing for UN resolution		Taiwan's ailing economy major challenge for leadership hopefuls		Russian Nuclear-Powered Submarine Vladimir Monomakh
Iran nuclear talks resume in Geneva		DARPA developing first-ever maneuverable bullet		British military sells its Defense Support Group		Nexter, Hydrema team for Danish APC deal		Pakistan army chief, Afghan president vow to fight militants

Netherlands lifts suspension of NH90 helicopter deliveries

Russian Mistral sailors to leave France: shipbuilder

India clears $700 million defence purchase

European help for Palestinians 'endangers Israel': Netanyahu

France muscles into Israel-Palestine debate

Iraq Kurds, coalition jets in major push to retake Sinjar

Cubic Corporation acquires DTECH Labs

US-Cuba relations more tense than neighborly

Babcock converting Phalanx for use of British carrier

CAE receives new military contracts for training simulators

Indian police arrest 'jihadi tweeter'

UK inquiry finds mistreatment, no torture of Iraq detainees

US soldier jailed after joining French Foreign Legion

New York charges arms traffickers over FARC conspiracy

Capital of China's Xinjiang to ban burqas in public: report

Future Russian Attack Submarines to Keep Double-Hull Design

Mobile radio passive radar makes harbors safer

N. Korea threatens 'toughest' action over rights offensive

Royal Navy Torpedo Deal Shows UK Govt's Commitment to Scotland

North Atlantic signalled Ice Age thaw 1,000 years before it happened

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