Military Space News, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense

May 17, 2016

China warns of damaged relations with the Pentagon
Beijing (UPI) May 16, 2016
China pushed back Monday against the Pentagon's latest assessment of its military, saying the annual report undermines strategic mutual trust between the two countries. The Defense Department's annual congressional report on military and security developments in China, released Friday, notes that China has "demonstrated a willingness to tolerate higher levels of tension in the pursuit of its interests, especially in pursuit of its territorial claims in the East and South China Sea." It a ... read more

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Thousands of Hellfire missiles for UAE Thousands of AGM-114 R/K Hellfire Category III missiles are being sought by the United Arab Emirates from the United States. ... more		Egypt approved for Harpoon missile buy Egypt's procurement of Harpoon missiles for its submarines through the U.S. Foreign Military Sales program has gained State Department approval. ... more		Lockheed gets $321M Long Range Anti-Ship Missile contract Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control has been awarded a $321.8 million, cost-plus-incentive-fee U.S. Navy contract for research and development in support of the Long Range Anti-Ship Missile program's integration and research phase. ... more
				Saab to unveil first Gripen E aircraft this week Saab will unveil its first next-generation Gripen E test aircraft Wednesday at the company's Linkoping, Sweden, facility. ... more		Russia Says US wants real space war with real weapons The Boeing X-37 spacecraft is designed to practice destroying space satellites, US experts suggests. Russian political analyst Vladimir Kozin said that the US plans to create a battlefield in space. ... more

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US Army Hopes to Have Laser Weapons on the Battlefield by 2024 With an eye to its future wars, the US military is testing laser weapons, to perfect the latest in energy-based artillery. The Pentagon has been developing laser weapons for years, hoping that the t ... more		Russian Armed Forces Use Glonass Satellites for Aiming in Syria The Glonass satellites are being used to ensure the work of the Russian precision-guided weapons in Syria, a senior space industry official said Friday. "Glonass is the system which is the mos ... more		NASA fires chief scientist, more Trump cuts to come 'Stranded' astronauts closer to coming home after next ISS launch SpaceX, NASA launch two missions to 'collect data' on galaxies, sun		Why Russia's Reviving Its Nuke Trains Russian "Barguzin" strategic missile trains may become an asymmetric response to NATO's complex European Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system deployed in Romania and Poland, military experts belie ... more
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Fallen hero: How the tide turned for Taiwan's Ma

Eight Turkey troops killed in anti-PKK operations: army

Senate NDAA bill erases acquisition undersecretary

Efforts to counter IS propaganda bear fruit, experts say

Gun, grenade and bomb attack kills 16 north of Baghdad

Belgium to begin air strikes against IS in Syria

IS snipers prevent civilians leaving Fallujah: US official

F-35 test pilot completes 1,000th vertical landing

Iran says European banks still wary of US sanctions threat

Santos expects Colombia deal with FARC 'very soon'

China using 'coercive tactics' in maritime claims: Pentagon

Tamar missile fired from U.S. Army Multi-Mission Launcher

British 'barbarians' need manners lesson, says China paper in rudeness row

Obama weighs lifting Vietnam arms embargo

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BAE Systems, Czech company team for CV90 contract

U.S. MRAPs arrive in Egypt

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