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November 17, 2016
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Researchers question if banning of 'killer robots' actually will stop robots from killing

China's first aircraft carrier 'combat ready'

A month into Mosul assault, tough fighting still ahead

Balkan weapon trafficking still a major problem; 2015 terror deaths fall

Turkey seks 30,000 new soldiers after post-coup purge: report

Britain rules out resettlement of US naval base islands

Time to tackle the UK's plutonium mountain

US troops train in Philippines despite Duterte threat

Maverick Macron enters French presidential race

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Signs of infighting as Trump weighs key posts

Russian New Generation Satellites to Undergo First Flight Tests in 2020

Ariane 5 at launch zone for Nov 17 mission with four Galileo satellites

Big dreams ahead for pro-Trump site Breitbart

MBDA demos laser effector

Pie in the sky: New Zealand makes pizza drone delivery



Thales Australia delivers Hawkei military vehicles

India's Rustom-II combat UAV completes first flight test

U.S. Air Force develops solution for F-22 weapon issue



Saudis intercept missile fired from Yemen

US general says missile system in S. Korea in 8-10 months

Yemen rebel missile shot down near Mecca: coalition

US to deploy missile defense to South Korea 'soon'

China, Russia blast US missile defence at regional forum

Officials announce missile cooperation between U.K., France

Iran missile programme 'non-negotiable': spokesman

USS Carl Vinson test-fires Rolling Airframe Missile, Phalanx

Is China's new short-range missile system designed to compete with Iskander

Raytheon receives Rolling Airframe Missile contract modification

A tethered drone-based asset management solution

LDS unveils SpectroDrone to find explosives

AeroVironment Launches Integrated Commercial Information Solution

DARPA doubles down on Tern by funding 2nd test vehicle

India's Rustom-II combat UAV completes first flight test

NSA gives Type1 certification to Harris radio

Intelsat General to provide satellite services to RiteNet for US Army network

Upgraded telecommunications network for Marines

Unfurlable mesh reflectors deploy on 5th MUOS satellite

Ultra Electronics, GigaSat becomes channel partner for Milspace comms in Indonesia



Elbit launches wide-area and persistent intelligence gathering system

European Defense Agency helps tackle IEDs

CACI providing ISR services to Navy

MBDA demos laser effector

Thales Australia delivers Hawkei military vehicles

U.S. Foreign Military Sales hit $33.6 billion for 2016

After State Dept. blocks the sale, Rodrigo Duterte cancels order for 26,000 U.S. M16s

UK ex-minister says MoD misled him over Saudi arms deal

Turkish foreign minister hits back at 'weak' Iraq PM

Pentagon suspends clawback of decade-old enlistment bonuses



US troops train in Philippines despite Duterte threat

Britain deepens defence ties with France, despite Brexit

Signs of infighting as Trump weighs key posts

Britain rules out resettlement of US naval base islands

Maverick Macron enters French presidential race

Researchers use acoustic waves to move fluids at the nanoscale

Researchers use graphene templates to make new metal-oxide nanostructures

Nano-scale electronics score laboratory victory

First time physicists observed and quantified tiny nanoparticle crossing lipid membrane

Shedding light on the formation of nanodroplets in aqueous



A month into Mosul assault, tough fighting still ahead

Iraqis move on airports in month-old Mosul battle

At Iraq's Nimrud, remnants of fabled city IS sought to destroy

Iraq Christians tell tales of survival in the 'caliphate'

'Take cover!' Tackling IS car bombs in Iraq

UN watchdog chides Iran on nuclear deal

North Korea to top US agenda at final Obama-Xi meeting

UN slams North Korea for diverting funds to missiles

Citywide test of DARPA's radioactive threat detection system complete

Next-Gen S-500 to Defend Russia Against Hypersonic Weapons and ICBMs



Asia-Pacific leaders talk trade in a Trump world

JP Morgan Chase to pay $264 mn to settle China bribe scandal

Finland pining for post-Nokia economic champion

Italy cracks down on illegal Chinese immigration as Xi visits

China weakens yuan to eight-year low

Foreign medics treat wounded children in Iraq's Mosul

New Zealand navy ships 'shellshocked' quake tourists to safety

International warships to help New Zealand quake relief

Giant safety arch begins sliding over Chernobyl

Natural disasters push 26 million into poverty annually



Chinese astronauts accept 1st earth-space interview

China launches pulsar test satellite

China's Chang'e-2 a success

Long March-5 reflects China's "greatest advancement" yet in rockets

New heavy-lift carrier rocket boosts China's space dream

China's most-wanted corruption fugitive returns from US

Voting in an election 'with Chinese characteristics'

Anti-China lawmakers disqualified from Hong Kong parliament

China executes man who killed official after home demolished

Buying peace? Chinese money brings Tibet growth, apathy

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Balkan weapon trafficking still a major problem; 2015 terror deaths fall

European 'concern' over returning jihadist fighters: Belgium

Watchdog slams Syria, IS for toxic arms use

Tunisia says jihadist group head killed

Three US troops fatally shot in Jordan

Northrop Grumman to develop next-gen fighter laser system

UK to start laser gun program

Russia's Ray Guns: The Military Capability of Moscow's Secret Laser Weapons

US Navy keeps electromagnetic cannon in its sights

US Army Hopes to Have Laser Weapons on the Battlefield by 2024



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