Military Space News, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense

September 28, 2016

US Air Force works to bring prestige back to nuke missile roles
Minot Air Force Base, United States (AFP) Sept 27, 2016
Ask a "missileer" - one of the key-keepers for America's nuclear bombs - whether their first career choice was to spend days on end cocooned underground in a steel bunker, and the answer is usually no. Decades after the Cold War, and frequently forgotten by a public preoccupied with the threat of terrorism, the United States still fields hundreds of Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs), dotted in silos across rural America. The crews tasked with the unthinkable job of actu ... read more

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Pentagon chief calls Russia out over 'nuclear saber-rattling' Russia could be more willing to deploy nuclear weapons today than the Soviet Union ever was during the Cold War, US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter warned Monday. ... more		US has met its side of Iran nuclear deal: Moniz US Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, an architect of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, rejected Monday complaints from Tehran that Washington had not met its side of the bargain. ... more		US hits Chinese firm with sanctions over N. Korea trade The United States moved to tighten the economic noose around North Korea Monday, charging and sanctioning a firm owned by a prominent Chinese businesswoman for extensive trade ties with the regime. ... more
				Russian bombers flying too close to airliners: Iceland Iceland complained Monday that Russian air force bombers have been flying too close to civil airliners, the most recent incident involving a flight from Reykjavik. ... more		China flies military planes over strait near Japan China has sent fighter planes for the first time over a strait near Japan, the two governments said Monday, after Tokyo announced it may patrol alongside the US in the disputed South China Sea. ... more

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Britain 'will oppose any idea of an EU army': defence minister Britain will oppose all EU plans for increased military cooperation that could interfere with NATO, despite being about to leave the union, Defence Minister Michael Fallon said Tuesday. ... more		Sun rises 'beautifully' on Philippines ties: China envoy Relations between China and the Philippines are improving "beautifully" under President Rodrigo Duterte, Beijing's envoy has said as Duterte warms to China and Russia following US criticism of his bloody war on crime. ... more		SpaceX aims for Wednesday Starship test flight after last-minute scrub Musk survives Royal Society expulsion; EU tasked to detail public funding to SpaceX, Tesla Europe's Ariane 6 rocket launch rescheduled to March 6		Lithuania eyes Norway air defence deal amid Russia fears Lithuania said Monday it is in talks to buy Norwegian anti-aircraft missile systems to address the defence gap on NATO's eastern flank, amid concerns over Russia. ... more
				Lockheed gets $171 million hypersonic cruise missile contract Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $171 million U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency contract for work on the Hypersonic Air-Breathing Weapon Concept, or HAWC, program. ... more		Schiebel, Diehl Defense strengthen cooperation Austria's Schiebel, maker of the Camcopter S-100 unmanned helicopter, has strengthened cooperation with Diehl Defense for marketing opportunities in Germany. ... more

2nd Integrated Air and Missile Defense - Securing the Complex Air Domain: Requirements for Sustainable, Global, and Reliable Solutions to Next Generation Air & Missile Threats - 28-30 September, 2016 | Washington D.C.

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Taiwan attacks Hong Kong over string of visa denials Taiwan lashed out at Hong Kong Monday, saying the city had recently denied visas to several Beijing-sceptic Taiwanese politicians as the island's relations with China worsen. ... more		Northrop delivers sonar upgrade kits to U.S. Navy The first of three lots of mine-hunting AQS-24B sonar upgrade kits have been delivered by Northrop Grumman to the U.S. Navy's Naval Surface Warfare Center in Florida. ... more		Tree planting remains the most effective carbon removal strategy despite climate and economic uncertainties FARMing with Data OpenET Introduces FARMS Tool to Aid Water Management Australia readies as cyclone veers towards eastern coast		Raytheon receives $254 million Joint Precision Approach and Landing System contract Raytheon has been awarded a $254 million U.S. Navy contract for work on the Joint Precision Approach and Landing System, or JPALS. ... more
Japan wins State Dept. approval for KC-46A acquisition Japan is seeking to buy four Boeing KC-46A aerial refueling tankers from the United States through the U.S. Foreign Military Sales program. ... more		Three missing after S. Korea helicopter crashes at sea Three people were missing after a South Korean naval helicopter crashed into the sea off the country's east coast Monday night during a joint military drill with the US, the defence ministry said. ... more		Yemen air strike kills 9 family members: witnesses A Saudi-led coalition air strike in Yemen killed nine members of the same family, including several children, on Sunday in the southwestern rebel-held city of Ibb, witnesses and medics said. ... more		Aleppo battered as Russia slams 'unacceptable' rhetoric Syria's Aleppo faced worsening food and medical shortages and warplanes again pounded the city as Russia condemned what it called "unacceptable" Western rhetoric after allegations of war crimes. ... more

	On Baghdad street, a struggle between life and death It had become something they just had to do: whenever the main shopping street in Baghdad's Karrada district was bombed, Hussein al-Fatlawi and his brother would rush to help. ... more		Colombia, FARC rebels sign historic peace deal Colombia's leftist FARC rebel force signed a historic peace accord with the government Monday and apologized to the countless victims of the country's half-century civil war. ... more

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China eyes five percent growth despite US trade war

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Taiwan 'double agent' gets 18 years for spying for China		Angry Taiwan blames China for UN aviation meet snub		NASA Spacecraft Fly in Record-setting Formation		UK increases investment in Magna Parva in-space manufacturing tech		Building the Space Launch System's core stage

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GenDyn features Bluefin Robotics underwater drone

U.S. Navy's Zumwalt destroyer sidelined after engineering casualty

Larsen and Toubro signs $99 million Vietnamese ship deal

Engility to aid Marines with new command-and-control gear

Bid to prosecute Dutch Srebrenica commanders thrown out

Syria's Aleppo reels from new wave of air strikes

Rouhani uses UN to hit US over nuclear deal

Japan PM seeks Cuba's help amid N. Korea nuclear 'provocations'

India signs deal for acquisition of 36 Rafale fighter jets

India needs more than Rafale to match China: experts

US lawmakers: Russian hackers aim to disrupt election

STRATCOM nominee vows to end US reliance on Russian RD-180 engines

NASA collision avoidance system saves unconscious F-16 Pilot

Washington Post takes heat for Snowden prosecution call

Ukraine, rebels agree troop pullbacks in three areas: OSCE

Safran, Urban Aeronautics sign deal for Cormorant drone

Sukhoi T-50 jet cannon test-fired in Russia

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