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  Sydney (AFP) June 5, 2017 China and other nations must strengthen efforts to curb North Korea's nuclear weapons programme, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Monday, while also calling out Beijing over its South China Sea activities. America's top diplomat, speaking after talks in Sydney, also gave a brief response to the unfolding crisis in the Gulf, where Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt have all announced they are severing ties with gas-rich Qatar. In the Asia-Pacific region, the United ... read more |
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Japan holds evacuation drills as N.Korea missile fears growTokyo (AFP) June 4, 2017 Hundreds of residents of a small Japanese coastal town took part in an evacuation drill Sunday as fears grow that a North Korean missile could hit the country. ... more 
N. Korea slams 'mean' targeted UN sanctionsSeoul (AFP) June 4, 2017 North Korea on Sunday slammed the latest UN sanctions as "mean" and vowed to press ahead with its missile and nuclear weapons programmes. ... more  
China rejects 'irresponsible' US remarks on S China SeaBeijing (AFP) June 5, 2017 China has expressed "firm opposition" to remarks made by US Pentagon chief Jim Mattis during a regional defence summit over the weekend, after he criticised Beijing's "militarisation" of the South China Sea. ... more  
Ariane 5 launches its heaviest telecom payloadParis (ESA) Jun 05, 2017 The Ariane 5 rocket, operated by Arianespace, has carried its heaviest telecommunications payload ever to deliver the ViaSat-2 and Eutelsat-172B satellites into their planned orbits. Liftoff c ... more |
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Mitsubishi Electric Completes New Satellite Component Production FacilityTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jun 02, 2017 Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) announced that it has completed construction of a facility that will double the satellite component production capacity of its Kamakura Works' Sagami Fa ... more 
BAE Systems, Helios to collaborate on liquid armorWashington DC (UPI) Jun 2, 2017 BAE Systems and Helios Global Technologies have signed an agreement under a Memorandum of Understanding to develop liquid armor for ground troops. ... more  
SeaGlass brings transparency to cell phone surveillanceSeattle WA (SPX) Jun 05, 2017 Modern cell phones are vulnerable to attacks from rogue cellular transmitters called IMSI-catchers - surveillance devices that can precisely locate mobile phones, eavesdrop on conversations or send ... more 
'Tallinn Manual 2.0' -- the rulebook for cyberwarTallinn (AFP) June 3, 2017 With ransomware like "WannaCry" sowing chaos worldwide and global powers accusing rivals of using cyberattacks to interfere in domestic politics, the latest edition of the world's only book laying down the law in cyberspace could not be more timely. ... more  
Jihadists occupy civilian homes as Mosul battle ragesMosul, Iraq (AFP) June 4, 2017 After jihadists turned the roof of his house into a sniper position, Owayid Mohammed and his family fled west Mosul in an escape that made him feel "reborn". ... more  
US, Australian officials warn of returning foreign fightersSydney (AFP) June 5, 2017 Top US and Australian officials warned on Monday that battle-hardened and angry foreign fighters may return to Southeast Asia from the Middle East and take up arms in their own countries. ... more |
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 Iraqi forces retake area near Syrian border from IS  
Pakistani forces 'kill dozen IS fighters' in raid: officialsQuetta, Pakistan (AFP) June 4, 2017 Pakistani forces on Sunday said they had killed around a dozen Islamic State militants in a three-day raid prompted by intelligence reports that the group were holding two recently kidnapped Chinese nationals. ... more  
Cyprus talks to resume this month: UN chiefUnited Nations, United States (AFP) June 5, 2017 Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders agreed Sunday to resume talks later this month on reunifying the divided island, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said. ... more 
FARC slams Colombian government for 'repeatedly breaking' peace pact termsBogota (AFP) June 5, 2017 Colombia's Marxist FARC rebels accused the government Sunday of "repeatedly breaking" terms of their peace deal, and threatened to delay their demobilization. ... more 
UN confirms Iran compliance to nuke dealVienna (AFP) June 2, 2017 Iran is still sticking to the 2015 nuclear accord with major powers even as tensions rise between Tehran and US President Donald Trump, a UN atomic watchdog report showed Friday. ... more |
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  Washington (AFP) May 31, 2017  The US military will follow up its experimental shoot-down of an intercontinental ballistic missile by firing two interceptors simultaneously at an incoming dummy warhead in a "real world" test next year, a Pentagon official said Wednesday.
The high-tech, extremely costly tests of US missile defenses come as North Korea continues to push ahead with development of potentially nuclear-tipped I ... more Washington (UPI) May 31, 2017U.S. firms tout missile defense test  Saint Petersburg (AFP) June 3, 2017Russia nears deal to sell air-defence system to Turkey  Washington DC (Sputnik) May 26, 2017Lockheed Martin Wins $46 Million for Infrared Missile Warning Satellite |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Jun 2, 2017 
Lockheed Martin has received a $413.8 million contract for Lot 15 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles - Extended Range, or JASSM-ER.
The contractor will deliver 360 missiles, along with engineering and testing equipment. The work is to be performed in Orlando, Fla.
The contract is a sole-source acquisition and the program is expected to be completed by August 21, 2020.
... more Washington (UPI) May 31, 2017Raytheon contracted for testing of joint standoff weapon  Washington (UPI) May 26, 2017Lockheed Martin drops out of over-the-horizon missile competition  Tehran (AFP) May 25, 2017Iran says it has built third underground missile factory |
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 Monrovia CA (SPX) Jun 02, 2017 
AeroVironment reports the selection of the company's Wasp AE small unmanned aircraft system by the Australian Defence Force (ADF). The ADF Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contract calls for the delivery of Wasp AE systems over a three-year period, as well as training and logistics support for up to ten years, for a total AeroVironment contract value of up to USD $36.5 million. ... more Seattle WA (SPX) May 31, 2017Drone vs. truck deliveries: Which create less carbon pollution?  McLean VA (SPX) May 29, 2017UAS Update with NSR Analyst Prateep Basu  Washington (UPI) May 26, 2017SkyGuardian drone tops 48 hours in air |
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 Singapore (SPX) May 30, 2017 
Airbus has added Planet Communications Asia Public Co., Ltd. (PlanetComm) to its channel partner programme for Skynet 5 military satellite communication services and expanded the partnership with Speedcast. Under this channel partner agreement, both PlanetComm and Speedcast will be offering Skynet X-band and UHF services as part of their extensive satellite communications portfolios.
Speed ... more Washington (UPI) May 17, 2017Radio communications have surprising influence on Earth's near-space environment  Washington DC (UPI) May 15, 2017Navy receiving data terminal sets from Leonardo DRS  Washington DC (UPI) May 11, 2017European country orders Harris tactical radios |
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 Washington (UPI) May 30, 2017 
Elbit Systems Ltd of Israel reports it is to supply an array of ground electronic intelligence systems to an unidentified European country.
The systems, which will include command-and-control capabilities, comes through a three-year contract with an estimated value of $390 million.
"Our wide and synergetic range of capabilities allows us to provide our customers with a unique and ... more Washington (UPI) May 23, 2017Boeing awarded $1B contract for Redesigned Kill Vehicle  Washington (UPI) May 25, 2017Orbital ATK supplying Army with .50-caliber ammunition  Washington DC (UPI) May 22, 2017Oshkosh secures Marine Corps P-19R contract |
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 New Delhi (AFP) May 24, 2017  India's cabinet on Wednesday approved a long-awaited policy to boost local manufacturing of high-tech defence equipment and cut down reliance on expensive imports.
Under the new Strategic Partnership model, the government will pick Indian companies to tie up with foreign organisations to manufacture fighter jets, armoured vehicles, helicopters and submarines locally.
Prime Minister Naren ... moreWashington (UPI) May 25, 2017BAE receives contract for Royal Australian Navy SATCOM upgrades  (UPI) May 24, 2017Trump military budget proposal aims to increase readiness  Washington DC (UPI) May 22, 2017Raytheon in partnership with Saudi company |
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 Brussels (AFP) June 2, 2017  Dismayed EU and Chinese leaders meet Friday at a Brussels summit in a bid to fill a void in the global push to fight climate change left by the US pullout from the Paris pact.
In a potentially dramatic shift in diplomatic roles, the European Union now aims to join heavyweight China in trying to galvanise the world into implementing the landmark 2015 agreement - but minus the planet's second ... more Beijing (AFP) June 2, 2017US backsliding on Paris deal a gift for China  Hanoi (AFP) June 2, 2017John McCain visits 'Big Bad John' US destroyer in Vietnam  Berlin (AFP) June 1, 2017France, Germany 'certain' Trump would honour NATO pledges |
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 Munich, Germany (SPX) May 30, 2017 
An international team of physicists has monitored the scattering behavior of electrons in a non-conducting material in real-time. Their insights could be beneficial for radiotherapy. We can refer to electrons in non-conducting materials as 'sluggish'.
Typically, they remain fixed in a location, deep inside an atomic composite. It is hence relatively still in a dielectric crystal lattice. T ... more Stanford CA (SPX) May 24, 2017Stanford scientists use nanotechnology to boost the performance of key industrial catalyst  Chicago IL (SPX) May 24, 2017Researchers create first significant examples of optical crystallography for nanomaterials  Nuremberg, Germany (SPX) May 23, 2017Molecular Lego for nanoelectronics |
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 Mosul, Iraq (AFP) June 2, 2017 
Iraqi forces have recaptured one neighbourhood in west Mosul and nearly half of another that are targets of a broad offensive against jihadists launched last week, officers said on Friday.
Iraqi security forces are more than seven months into a massive operation to retake Mosul from the Islamic State group, which overran the city and swathes of other territory nearly three years ago.
Now ... more Basra, Iraq (AFP) June 1, 2017Football: Iraq play first post-ban friendly at home  Baghdad (AFP) June 1, 2017Iraq forces move on IS in Mosul but civilians slow advance Mosul, Iraq (AFP) June 4, 2017Jihadists occupy civilian homes as Mosul battle rages |
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 Seoul (AFP) May 31, 2017 
North Korea warned Wednesday it was prepared to launch intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) at any time, as the US successfully tested a system designed to intercept them.
The fresh sabre-rattling from Pyongyang appeared to up the stakes as the Pentagon announced Tuesday it had intercepted a mock-up of an ICMB in a first-of-its-kind test.
The success of the test is a watershed mom ... moreVienna (AFP) June 2, 2017UN confirms Iran compliance to nuke deal  Singapore (AFP) June 3, 2017Mattis reassures allies as US turns to China on N. Korea  Washington (AFP) June 2, 2017CIA names former bin Laden hunt chief to run Iran spying |
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 Brussels (AFP) June 2, 2017 The EU and China failed Friday to formally endorse a joint statement on the Paris climate deal due to a lingering but separate trade row, a European source said.
The EU source said leaders from both sides had no problem with on the climate issue as both sides want to boost efforts to implement the 2015 Paris agreement following President Donald Trump's decision to pull Washington out of the ... more Beijing (AFP) June 1, 2017China manufacturing down for 1st time in 11 months: Caixin  New York (AFP) June 1, 2017Goldman Sachs CEO defends Paris deal in first-ever tweet  Washington (AFP) June 4, 2017Trump saw Paris climate pact as economic straitjacket |
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 Washington (AFP) June 2, 2017 
Attacks on Islamic State group targets by US-led coalition forces have killed 484 civilians since mid-2014, the US military reported Friday.
The Operation Inherent Resolve coalition added 132 civilians to the total in its April report, including 105 who died when a US aircraft dropped a bomb on an IS sniper target in west Mosul on March 17.
The bomb inadvertently set off a large cache of ... more Colombo (AFP) June 3, 2017Sri Lanka targets unauthorised builders after monsoon deaths  Washington DC (UPI) Jun 2, 2017European Reassurance Initiative requests billion-dollar budget increase  Madrid, Spain (SPX) Jun 05, 2017GMV to supply Copernicus services in support to EU external action |
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 Washington DC (Sputnik) May 24, 2017 
A woman in the US state of California was arrested Tuesday for allegedly conspiring to smuggle space communications technology to China, the US Department of Justice said in a press release.
"A Pomona woman was arrested this morning on federal charges that accuse her of conspiring to procure and illegally export sensitive space communications technology to her native China," the release st ... more Beijing (XNA) May 12, 2017A cabin on the moon? China hones the lunar lifestyle  Beijing (AFP) May 11, 2017China tests 'Lunar Palace' as it eyes moon mission  Beijing (XNA) May 01, 2017China to conduct several manned space flights around 2020 |
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 Beijing (AFP) June 1, 2017 
The US returned a fugitive to China Thursday, the Ministry of Public Security said, in what appears to be the first such instance of cooperation between the two countries since the election of Donald Trump.
The suspect, referred to only by the last name Zhu, was repatriated with the assistance of US immigration authorities, the statement said, and is accused of a "violation of personal right ... more Beijing (AFP) May 31, 2017Beijing's rickshaws teeter between tradition, survival  Beijing (AFP) May 28, 2017Young Chinese in the red as easy credit drives up debt  Hong Kong (AFP) May 28, 2017Better times? Hong Kong's British nostalgia trip |
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 Marawi, Philippines (AFP) June 3, 2017 
Scores of people ran to freedom through a terrifying gauntlet of military air strikes and Islamist gunmen Saturday, nearly two weeks after being trapped in a deadly battle for a Philippine city.
They included one of Marawi city's most respected politicians, who hid 71 Christians in his home and led 144 people through downtown streets held by self-styled Islamic State fighters and strewn with ... more Marawi, Philippines (AFP) June 1, 2017Philippine friendly fire airstrikes kill 11 troops Sydney (AFP) June 5, 2017US, Australian officials warn of returning foreign fighters Marawi, Philippines (AFP) May 31, 201789 gunmen killed in Philippine urban battle: military |
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 Washington (AFP) April 8, 2017  A sci-fi staple for decades, laser weapons are finally becoming reality in the US military, albeit with capabilities a little less dramatic than at the movies.
Lightsabers - the favored weapon of the Jedi in "Star Wars" films - will remain in the fictional realm for now, but after decades of development, laser weapons are now here and are being deployed on military vehicles and planes.
... more Washington (UPI) Apr 3, 2017Researchers create Star Wars 'superlaser' in the lab  Washington (UPI) Mar 23, 2017German scientists focus radiation of 10,000 suns with new light array  Washington (UPI) Mar 23, 2017Scientists find out where laser energy goes when a beam is fired into plasma |
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