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  Brussels (AFP) Jan 26, 2017 Montenegro's NATO membership will send a strong signal of commitment to regional security, secretary general Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday, amid growing Western concern about Russian influence in the Balkans. "Your NATO membership will send a clear signal of stability and security in the whole region, which is the basis for prosperity," Stoltenberg told Montenegro Prime Minister Dusko Markovic at the alliance's headquarters in Brussels. "NATO membership will strengthen Montenegro's sovereignty, ... read more |
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Russia restores radar field securing all-round defense against missile attacksThe Russian Aerospace Forces have restored the united radar field, which provides control and warns of missile launches and attacks outside the state borders, media reported Thursday, citing Russian ... more 
Moscow's air defense registered a dozen missile launches in 2016In 2016 the crew of a Don-2N radar facility, one of many keeping an eye on the skies over Moscow and the Central Industrial Region, registered nearly a dozen ballistic and space rocket launches, Ros ... more 
Trump aide: media is 'opposition,' should shut upA top aide to President Donald Trump is blasting the news media as the "opposition," saying it should "keep its mouth shut" after being humiliated by failing to foresee his election win, according to an interview published Thursday. ... more  
Pentagon chief holds fast against tortureUS defense chief James Mattis still favors the current rules banning the use of torture in prisoner interrogations, the Pentagon said Thursday, the day after President Donald Trump reaffirmed his belief it "absolutely" works. ... more |
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New tests for David's Sling weapon systemIsrael and the United States have completed a fifth series of tests on the David's Sling missile defense system. ... more  
Netanyahu expects Trump to end Iran silenceIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday he was hopeful the election of US President Donald Trump would end the world's "deafening silence" on Iranian aggression. ... more  
Airbus delivers propulsion test module for the Orion programme to NASAAirbus Defence and Space delivered to NASA a propulsion test module for the Orion programme. The Propulsion Qualification Test Model (PQM) will be used to check that the Orion European Service Modul ... more  
Making AI systems that see the world as humans doA Northwestern University team developed a new computational model that performs at human levels on a standard intelligence test. This work is an important step toward making artificial intelligence ... more  
U.S. Navy notes progress on 2 expeditionary fast transportsThe U.S. Navy is one step closer to receiving two new expeditionary fast transport vessels, the branch announced. ... more |
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Symbolic 'Doomsday Clock' moves closer to midnightComments by US President Donald Trump on nuclear weapons and climate change have helped make the world less safe, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists warned Thursday, moving its symbolic "Doomsday Clock" 30 seconds closer to midnight. ... more 
Poland inks deal with France's DCNS to build subsPoland's state-owned defence consortium PGZ on Wednesday said it had signed a partnership agreement with French naval shipbuilder DCNS, notably to build submarines. ... more |
   North Korea's nuclear and missile capabilities are accelerating at an "unprecedented" pace, the South's acting president said Monday, urging the swift deployment of a US anti-missile system that has infuriated Beijing.
Seoul and Washington agreed last year to install the Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) system in the South after a string of North Korean nuclear and missile tests - ... more New tests for David's Sling weapon system Russia restores radar field securing all-round defense against missile attacks Moscow's air defense registered a dozen missile launches in 2016 |
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  A top European court on Wednesday rejected an appeal by Russian missile-maker Almaz-Antey against EU sanctions imposed for its role in the Ukraine conflict.
As the crisis deepened in 2014, the European Union imposed asset freezes and travel bans on Russian and Ukrainian individuals and entities held responsible for supporting pro-Moscow rebels in eastern Ukraine.
The Luxembourg-based Gen ... more Pakistan test-fires long-range Ababeel missile Raytheon wins $235 million SM-6 production contract B-52 bomber drops unarmed nuclear cruise missiles in demo |
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 The German military has signed a one-year lease extension with Airbus DS Airborne Solutions for the Heron 1 reconnaissance drone system used in Afghanistan.
The lease extension contract is worth about $37.5 million, the Bundeswehr said.
German troops are part of an international military effort to help Afghanistan in its battle against Islamist Taliban insurgents. The Heron unman ... more AUDS counter-UAV system achieves TRL-9 status GenDyn offers Bluefin SandShark mini-drone for sale online UAV performs first ever perched landing using machine learning algorithms |
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Japan on Tuesday launched a satellite to modernise its military communications and reportedly to better monitor North Korean missile launches.
The Kirameki-2 will enable ground, sea and air units of the military - known as the Self-Defense Forces - to communicate directly with each other, a defence ministry official said.
"We'll be able to exchange a large amount of data more quickly," ... more Phasor teams with Thales to develop advanced broadband Smart Terminal Airbus to supply French satellite communication systems Northrop Grumman receives $140m BACN contract modification |
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Germany's Rheinmetall and Austria's Steyr Mannlicher have partnered to manufacture and market a new and modular military assault rifle.
The RS556 - 5.56x45 mm - is based on Steyr Mannlicher's STM556, which Steyr Mannlicher first unveiled in 2012. It fires NATO's standard 5.56 mm rounds.
It has a standard 16-inch barrel and features a 30-round magazine. It weighs just over nine ... more BAE Systems producing howitzers for India Pentagon chief holds fast against torture U.S. Army contracts Sig Sauer for M9 handgun replacement |
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  The second in command of Canada's military, Vice Admiral Mark Norman, was relieved of duty Monday, reportedly after leaking highly classified information.
The daily Globe and Mail said Norman's removal followed an investigation into leaked top-secret documents.
It was not clear what information might have been revealed, and whether the alleged leaks might have gone to a foreign power or ... more Rolls-Royce to pay 671 pounds million in bribery settlement Leonardo forms new U.K. company, consolidates businesses Damascus says Israel missiles caused airbase explosions |
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  Montenegro's NATO membership will send a strong signal of commitment to regional security, secretary general Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday, amid growing Western concern about Russian influence in the Balkans.
"Your NATO membership will send a clear signal of stability and security in the whole region, which is the basis for prosperity," Stoltenberg told Montenegro Prime Minister Dusko Marko ... more US faces stiff China pushback in S. China SeaChina says it will not back down on South China Sea Trump aide: media is 'opposition,' should shut up |
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Sometimes old-school methods provide the best ways of studying cutting-edge tech and its effects on the modern world. Giving a 65-year-old laboratory technique a new role, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have performed the cleanest separation to date of synthetic nanoparticles from a living organism.
The new NIST method is expected to significantly ... more Nanocavity and atomically thin materials advance tech for chip-scale light sources Ultra-precise chip-scale sensor detects unprecedentedly small changes at the nanoscale New low-cost technique converts bulk alloys to oxide nanowires |
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  They have been waiting for two and half years and the children of Iraq's east Mosul are flocking to enrol in their reopened schools, eager not to waste another day.
"It's a great day, today we are giving our children their right to receive an education," said Ghassan Ahmed, queueing with his seven-year-old in the yard of Farahedi primary school.
The red-and-yellow walls of the school in ... more Fears for Mosul civilians as Iraq plans west bank assault As dust of war settles, east Mosul buries its dead anewIS expel residents to defend river bank in Mosul |
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  Britain hit back on Monday against reports of a failed test of its nuclear weapons deterrent last year when an unarmed missile reportedly misfired, possibly in the direction of the United States.
"Contrary to reports in the weekend press, HMS Vengeance and her crew were successfully tested," Defence Minister Michael Fallon told lawmakers, responding to the Sunday Times article.
"We do no ... more Days of N. Korea's Kim are numbered: defector China must expand nuclear arsenal in response to Trump Israel nuclear whistle-blower convicted over release terms |
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  Australia said Tuesday it was working to recast the Trans-Pacific Partnership without the United States and opened the door for China to sign up after President Donald Trump ditched the huge trade pact.
The deal included a dozen Asia-Pacific nations which together account for 40 percent of the global economy, but Trump declared Monday he had "terminated" it in line with election pledges to s ... more Japan posts first annual trade surplus since Fukushima EU envoy says China must open market to match soaring words Trump trade moves chilling, could hurt US business: trade experts |
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  In the anxious days since an avalanche engulfed the Hotel Rigopiano in Italy on January 18, wrenching scenes and heart-stirring strokes of luck have riveted the country.
The death toll hit 25 on Wednesday, with four people still missing.
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Central Italy was the scene of chaos after the region was struck by record snowfall and four magnitude five earthquakes in the ... moreItaly avalanche toll at 15 as helicopter crash adds to pain Haitians face deportation as 2010 quake reprieve expires Archaeologists shed new light on collapse of Mayan civilization |
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China's first cargo spacecraft will leave the factory, according to the website of China's manned space mission.
A review meeting was convened last Thursday, during which officials and experts unanimously concluded that the Tianzhou-1 cargo spacecraft had met all the requirements to leave the factory.
The take-off weight of Tianzhou-1 is 13 tonnes and it can ship material of up to si ... more China launches commercial rocket mission Kuaizhou-1A China Space Plan to Develop "Strength and Size" Beijing's space program soars in 2016 |
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 US president Donald Trump will strut through the Year of the Rooster, thriving as Hong Kong geomancers predict 2017 will be marked by the arguments and aggression that are characteristic of the animal.
With Trump at the top of the pecking order, the volatile traits of the rooster - combined with the year's signature element of fire - mean rocky times ahead, particularly in the western wor ... more Hong Kong leadership favourite testifies in corruption trial 2016 baby bump after China relaxes one-child ruleHong Kong's 'Mr Pringles' announces leadership bid |
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The Philippine defence chief said Monday that 25 hostages are still being held by Islamic militants in the southern Philippines but urged that no ransom be paid for their release.
Delfin Lorenzana also told a security forum in Singapore that President Rodrigo Duterte has been under pressure to declare martial law in at least three southern islands where jihadists operate, but he did not thin ... more Fears of mass killings as IS advances in Syria's Deir Ezzor Scramble to treat wounded after botched Nigeria air strike Lebanon foils bomber in busy Beirut district: security sources |
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Britain's Ministry of Defense has awarded MBDA and other industry partners a $36 million contract to produce a Laser Directed Energy Weapon demonstrator.
The contract, which aims to allow Britain's first laser weapon to enter service by the mid-2020s, will task contractors to assess the technology's capabilities. Project leaders hope to demonstrate the system in 2019.
"The U.K. h ... more U.S. Air Force issues RFP for aircraft laser weaponsNorthrop Grumman to develop next-gen fighter laser system UK to start laser gun program |
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