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  Washington (AFP) Sept 17, 2017 North Korea's latest missile launch over Japan set sirens blaring and triggered alerts telling people to seek shelter - yet neither Tokyo nor Washington tried to shoot the rocket down. The test follows one in August that saw another rocket soar over Hokkaido. In that case too, much-vaunted Japanese and US missile-intercept capabilities were not used. Now some in the United States are wondering why all this sophisticated weaponry isn't being used, especially as North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un ac ... read more |
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'Take cover' - but where? Japanese helpless over N.Korea threatTokyo (AFP) Sept 16, 2017 Take cover in a sturdy building or get underground. ... more  
North Korea seeks military 'equilibrium' with USSeoul (AFP) Sept 16, 2017 North Korea said Saturday it was bent on nothing less than military "equilibrium" with arch-enemy the United States with a full nuclear arsenal, forcing UN powers into fresh crisis talks. ... more 
UN condemns 'highly provocative' N. Korea missile launchUnited Nations, United States (AFP) Sept 15, 2017 The UN Security Council on Friday strongly condemned North Korea's "highly provocative" launch of a missile that flew over Japan as US President Donald Trump scheduled talks with leaders of Japan and South Korea to address the crisis. ... more 
Moon, Trump vow stronger pressure against N. KoreaSeoul (AFP) Sept 17, 2017 US President Donald Trump and his South Korean counterpart have pledged "stronger pressure" on Pyongyang, Seoul said Sunday, after North Korea defied tough new sanctions with a missile test and said it wanted to match American nuclear strength. ... more |
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Will China turn off North Korea's oil?Beijing (AFP) Sept 15, 2017 China feeds North Korea's energy needs through the "Sino-DPRK Friendship Oil Pipeline", but Washington wants Beijing to turn off the tap to pressure its neighbour into abandoning its nuclear programme. ... more  
Iraq forces seize IS outpost ahead of Euphrates push; Kirkuk car bomb kills 3Baghdad (AFP) Sept 16, 2017 Iraqi forces on Saturday captured a desert outpost of the Islamic State group near the Syrian border in preparation for a drive up the Euphrates Valley towards the frontier, commanders said. ... more  
UN urges Iraqi Kurds to drop referendum, hold talksBaghdad (AFP) Sept 16, 2017 The United Nations has urged Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani to drop plans for a controversial independence referendum and enter talks with Baghdad aimed at reaching a deal within three years. ... more  
Satcube Demonstrates New Carry-On 20Mbps Terminal with Embedded UHP ModemMontreal, Canada (SPX) Sep 15, 2017 Satcube AB is showing its new Ku band lightweight terminal with an integrated UHP-200 modem at Hall 3, C16 and demonstrating it outside in the Broadcast Solutions booth. The integrated UHP-200 ... more  
Infostellar closes new funding for satellite antenna sharing platform with Airbus VenturesTokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 15, 2017 Infostellar has announced a $7.3 million Series A investment, led by Airbus Ventures, with additional funds from WERU Investment, D4V, Sony Innovation Fund, and existing investors, FreakOut Holdings ... more 
Two new satellites now operational to expand US space situational awarenessPeterson AFB CO (SPX) Sep 14, 2017 The 1st Space Operations Squadron at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado, accepted two new satellites into operation Sept. 12 to expand their Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program's abil ... more |
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 Arianespace to orbit four Galileo satellites on two Ariane 62 launches  
Spacecraft passes docking testBeijing (XNA) Sep 15, 2017 China's cargo spacecraft Tianzhou 1 completed an automated fast-docking operation with the Tiangong II space laboratory late on Tuesday night, according to the China Manned Space Agency. Tianz ... more  
China touts military drone helicopter at exhibitionWashington (UPI) Sep 15, 2017 China is displaying its unmanned reconnaissance and attack helicopter drone to possible foreign military buyers at an exhibition in Tianjin. ... more 
SES opens new era in global connectivity with O3b mPOWERLuxembourg (SPX) Sep 14, 2017 SES has announced the beginning of a new era in global cloud-scale connectivity and high power data services with the launch of O3b mPOWER, a revolutionary and powerful networks system that will del ... more  
Crewed Missions Beyond LEOBethesda, MD (SPX) Sep 13, 2017 Sending humans to Mars has been a dream of scientists and a large part of the population ever since Nicolaus Copernicus first postulated that it was a planet, about 500 years ago. Even before that f ... more |
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  Washington (AFP) Sept 17, 2017 
North Korea's latest missile launch over Japan set sirens blaring and triggered alerts telling people to seek shelter - yet neither Tokyo nor Washington tried to shoot the rocket down.
The test follows one in August that saw another rocket soar over Hokkaido. In that case too, much-vaunted Japanese and US missile-intercept capabilities were not used.
Now some in the United States are wo ... moreTokyo (AFP) Sept 16, 2017'Take cover' - but where? Japanese helpless over N.Korea threat  Washington (UPI) Sep 11, 2017Navy tests AN/SPY-6(V) Air and Missile Defense Radar  Seoul (AFP) Sept 7, 2017S. Korea, US deploy missile defence amid China protest |
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 13, 2017 
Leonardo and Thales will continue efforts to integrate and demonstrate their respective threat-warning and missile infrared counter-measure systems.
The continued work is being commissioned by Britain's Defense Science and Technology Laboratory and will lead to evaluation of the resultant system during trials next year, Leonardo said in a news release Wednesday.
The companies are ... more Washington (UPI) Sep 11, 2017Sales deals for TOW missiles, boats for Bahrain in works  Istanbul (AFP) Sept 12, 2017Turkey signs deal to buy Russian S-400 missile systems  Washington (UPI) Sep 7, 2017Atlantic Diving Supply receives $17.6 million contract for rocket launchers |
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 15, 2017 
China is displaying its unmanned reconnaissance and attack helicopter drone to possible foreign military buyers at an exhibition in Tianjin.
The aircraft is the AV500W, a 24.6-feet long autonomous aircraft developed and produced at the AVIC Helicopter Research and Development Institute.
The drone has a flight ceiling of about 13,000 feet, a maximum speed of about 105 miles per ho ... more Sydney, Australia (SPX) Sep 08, 2017X-37B Flies Again In First SpaceX Launch  Riga, Latvia (SPX) Sep 07, 2017Atlas Dynamics Introduces Fixed Wing UAV with 5-Hour Flight Time, 150 Kilometer Operational Range  Riga, Latvia (SPX) Sep 07, 2017Atlas Dynamics Unveils NEST Smart Protective Charging Station for Enhanced Performance of Atlas Pro Platform |
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 Paris (SPX) Sep 12, 2017 
Airbus has been contracted by the European Space Agency (ESA) to produce a demonstrator for the future European Governmental Satellite Communications (GOVSATCOM) programme. Supported by the European Commission, the European Defence Agency (EDA) and ESA, GOVSATCOM aims to provide key European countries, organisations and operators with secured satellite communication services. The programme shoul ... more Washington (UPI) Jul 21, 201782nd Airborne tests in-flight communication system for paratroopers  London, UK (SPX) Sep 12, 2017Spectra Airbus SlingShot Partnership Extension  Washington (UPI) Sep 5, 2017Northrop awarded contract for support of Air Force communications system |
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 6, 2017 
The U.S. Army announced on Wednesday that it is rapidly procuring more than 1,000 shoulder-fired 84mm recoilless rifles from Saab for deployment as soon as possible.
The weapon is the Carl-Gustaf M4, known as the M3E1 in the United States.
Through the use of titanium, the Multi-Role Anti-Armor Anti-Personnel Weapon System, or MAAWS, is more than six pounds lighter than its earlie ... more Washington (UPI) Sep 7, 2017Australia developing wearable 'Fight Recorder' for soldiers  Washington (UPI) Sep 8, 2017Marines use freeze-dried plasma to save foreign ally  Washington (UPI) Sep 6, 2017Mobile Camouflage System displayed at DSEI 17 |
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 New York (AFP) Sept 18, 2017 
US defense group Northrop Grumman is poised to buy out smaller rival Orbital ATK in a deal worth $7.5 billion, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The deal, which comes around two weeks after industrial conglomerate United Technologies acquired aerospace supplier Rockwell Collins in a $30 billion deal, could be formalized by Monday, the paper said, quoting sources close to the matter.
... more Washington (UPI) Sep 12, 2017L3 Technologies acquires Adaptive Methods Inc.  Washington (AFP) Sept 6, 2017Trump pushes hardware to allies -- and ups pressure on N.Korea  Washington (UPI) Sep 5, 2017United Technologies buying Rockwell Collins for $30 billion |
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 Moscow (AFP) Sept 14, 2017  Russia on Thursday began major joint military exercises with Belarus along the European Union's eastern flank - a show of strength that has rattled nervous NATO members.
Named Zapad-2017 (West-2017), the manoeuvres, scheduled to last until September 20, are taking place on the territory of Moscow's closest ally Belarus, in Russia's European exclave of Kaliningrad and in its frontier Pskov a ... more Washington (AFP) Sept 14, 2017Trump plans to visit China, Japan, S. Korea in November Istanbul (AFP) Sept 12, 2017Turkey signs landmark Russian weapons deal  Washington (AFP) Sept 15, 2017Trump's generals look to provide a steady hand |
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 Eindhoven, Netherlands (SPX) Aug 28, 2017 
In Nature an international team of researchers from Eindhoven University of Technology, Delft University of Technology and the University of California - Santa Barbara presents an advanced quantum chip that will be able to provide definitive proof of the mysterious Majorana particles. These particles, first demonstrated in 2012, are their own antiparticle at one and the same time. The chip, whic ... more Amherst MA (SPX) Aug 31, 2017UMass Amherst environmental chemist flashes warning light on new nanoparticle  Bethlehem PA (SPX) Aug 28, 2017A more complete picture of the nano world  Washington DC (SPX) Aug 28, 2017What the world's tiniest 'monster truck' reveals |
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 Baghdad (AFP) Sept 16, 2017  Iraqi forces on Saturday captured a desert outpost of the Islamic State group near the Syrian border in preparation for a drive up the Euphrates Valley towards the frontier, commanders said.
The capture of Akashat, a former mining town in mainly Sunni Arab Anbar province, some 100 kilometres (60 miles) south of the jihadists' border bastion of Al-Qaim, came just hours after the forces assaul ... more Nasiriyah, Iraq (AFP) Sept 14, 2017Dozens dead in Iraq attack claimed by IS Al-Sagra, Irak (AFP) Sept 13, 2017Iraq readies to retake IS bastion near Syria border  Baghdad (AFP) Sept 11, 2017Iraq holds 1,300 IS women, children: security official |
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 Washington (AFP) Sept 15, 2017 
The head of the US military's Strategic Command is "assuming" North Korea's nuclear test earlier this month was of a hydrogen bomb, Defense News reported Thursday.
Pyongyang insisted the September 3 nuclear test was a hydrogen bomb but western powers have been reluctant to verify the claim.
The reported acknowledgement is the nearest the US has come to confirming it was an H-bomb, with a ... moreUnited Nations, United States (AFP) Sept 15, 2017UN condemns 'highly provocative' N. Korea missile launch Seoul (AFP) Sept 17, 2017Moon, Trump vow stronger pressure against N. Korea Seoul (AFP) Sept 16, 2017North Korea seeks military 'equilibrium' with US |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 15, 2017 
Chinese bank loans rebounded in August to hit 1.09 trillion yuan ($166 billion), beating analysts' expectations as demand was buoyed by home buyers.
The figure was up from 825.5 billion yuan in July according to the Chinese central bank, and exceeded forecasts from analysts surveyed by Bloomberg, although it remains far below the 1.54 trillion yuan loaned by banks in in June.
However, th ... more Strasbourg, France (AFP) Sept 13, 2017Europe must seize Brexit 'window of opportunity', says Juncker  Beijing (AFP) Sept 14, 2017Top Chinese bitcoin exchange shuts down  Tallinn (AFP) Sept 15, 2017France slams Silicon Valley for skirting tax in Europe |
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 Miami (AFP) Sept 14, 2017 
Shocked Americans were struggling on Thursday to understand how eight elderly people in a Florida retirement home - directly across the street from a hospital - could have died in the days following Hurricane Irma's devastating passage.
The matter is now in the hands of the law.
Making the drama even more shocking, the deaths could perhaps have been prevented by hooking up an emergency ... more Naples, United States (AFP) Sept 14, 2017Trump views flooding's aftermath in hurricane-ravaged Florida  Pointe-a-Pitre (AFP) Sept 16, 2017France's hurricane-hit St Martin on guard for health threats  Dar Al Kabirah, Syria (AFP) Sept 17, 2017Russia plays up role as peacemaker, donor in Syria |
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 Beijing (XNA) Sep 15, 2017 
China's cargo spacecraft Tianzhou 1 completed an automated fast-docking operation with the Tiangong II space laboratory late on Tuesday night, according to the China Manned Space Agency.
Tianzhou 1 began its approach to the space lab at 5:24 pm and spent six and a half hours for the docking, which was completed at 11:58 pm, the agency said in a news release.
It was the third docking ... more Washington DC (Sputnik) Aug 31, 2017China, Russia to Have Smooth Space Cooperation, Says Expert  Beijing (XNA) Aug 31, 2017Kuaizhou-11 to send six satellites into space Moscow (Sputnik) Aug 29, 2017Russia, China May Sign 5-Year Agreement on Joint Space Exploration |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 16, 2017 
The jailing of Hong Kong's best-known democracy activists has pushed a new wave of young leaders to take the helm as they seek to keep the movement's message alive.
Joshua Wong and Nathan Law, who carved out international reputations with their campaigning, were both sent to prison last month in what rights groups slammed as politically motivated prosecutions.
Alongside fellow activist A ... more Beijing (AFP) Sept 8, 2017China tightens restrictions on religious freedom  Beijing (AFP) Sept 9, 2017Pregnant woman's suicide roils China  Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 7, 2017Student backlash in Hong Kong independence row |
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 Manila, Philippines (AFP) Sept 15, 2017 
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte may declare nationwide martial law next week if threatened massive protests by communists and other leftists against his rule turn violent or disrupt the country, his defence chief said Friday.
"He said, if the left will try to have a massive protest, start fires on the streets, they will disrupt the country, then I might (declare martial law)," Defence S ... more Washington (AFP) Sept 13, 2017US kills six in Shabaab air strikes in Somalia  Moscow (AFP) Sept 8, 2017Russia claims killing of IS 'minister of war' in Syria  Damascus (AFP) Sept 7, 2017Israel hits Syria site reportedly used for chemical weapons |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 24, 2017 
The Department of Defense is investing $17 million in directed energy laser weapons, Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., announced at the Boeing facility in Albuquerque, N.M., on Wednesday.
"With our state's unique expertise in directed energy work, this funding will jump start the deployment of this critical technology and bring more high-paying jobs to the state," said Heinrich, a member of ... more Washington DC (AFNS) Jul 25, 2017'Eyes in space' and more powerful lasers will enhance US Army's arsenal  Washington (UPI) Jun 26, 2017Raytheon successfully fires high-energy laser from helicopter  Washington (UPI) Jun 14, 2017Missile Defense Agency seeks laser-armed drone |
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