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  Adelaide, Australia (SPX) Nov 27, 2017 A war in outer space sounds like the stuff of science fiction but it is something we need to consider. Its impact on everybody on Earth and its implications for future human space exploration would be devastating. Right now, there are laws that are relevant to the prospect of war in space, but currently it is unclear exactly how these might be applied. We and our colleagues from around the world - including experts from Australia, Canada, the United States, Russia and China - are undertakin ... read more |
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USAF hopes to dominate space, but faces growing challengesMoscow (Sputnik) Nov 27, 2017 Despite Congress officially banning the creation of a US Space Corps, the incentive to put more effort into space technology has not disappeared. There will be no Space Corps for a time being, ... more  
From Myanmar to Zimbabwe, China's global footprint growsBeijing (AFP) Nov 24, 2017 China has traditionally rejected US-style interventionism, but its deepening economic involvement in volatile countries like Myanmar and Zimbabwe is thrusting Beijing towards a more assertive global role, analysts say. ... more 
China forges 'strategic' ties with Djibouti after opening baseBeijing (AFP) Nov 23, 2017 Chinese President Xi Jinping and Djibouti's visiting leader Omar Ismail Guelleh, whose African nation is hosting China's first overseas military base, agreed on Thursday to elevate their nations' diplomatic relations. ... more 
Spain's first radar satellite ready to ship to VandenbergMadrid, Spain (SPX) Nov 27, 2017 The high resolution radar, Earth observation PAZ satellite, intended primarily to address civilian surveillance needs and to cover many different applications including defence and security, will sa ... more |
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Australia calls for US engagement in region amid China riseSydney (AFP) Nov 23, 2017 Australia warned on Thursday against American disengagement from Asia at a time of rising Chinese power as traditional US allies grow nervous about President Donald Trump's isolationist tilt. ... more  
US send F-22 jets to SKorea in show of force; China bridge close temporarilySeoul (AFP) Nov 24, 2017 The US will send F-22 Raptor stealth fighter jets to South Korea for a joint drill, reports said Friday, in a new show of force aimed at Pyongyang. ... more  
Russia test-fires new interceptor missileMoscow (Sputnik) Nov 27, 2017 The A-135 system is part of the Russian Aerospace Forces. It protects Moscow from missiles strike and also plays an important role in the country's early warning and space control system. A new syst ... more  
3rd SES bids farewell to ANGELS satelliteSchriever AFB CO (SPX) Nov 27, 2017 Members of the 3rd Space Experimentation Squadron gathered to say goodbye to the Automated Navigation and Guidance Experiment for Local Space satellite during a final command ceremony at Schriever A ... more  
'Explosion' dashes last hopes for missing Argentine sub with 44 aboardMar Del Plata, Argentina (AFP) Nov 24, 2017 Argentina's navy confirmed Thursday that an unusual noise heard in the Atlantic near the last known position of a missing submarine appeared to be an explosion, dashing the last hopes of finding the vessel's 44 crew members alive. ... more  
US ends search for sailors after Philippine Sea air crashTokyo (AFP) Nov 24, 2017 The US Navy on Friday called off its search for three American sailors missing since their plane crashed in the Philippine Sea. ... more |
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 Greek government faces questions over botched Saudi arms sale 
Huntington Ingalls launches 8th National Security Cutter for Coast GuardWashington (UPI) Nov 22, 2017 Huntington Ingalls Industries launched its eighth National Security Cutter vessel, Midgett, for the U.S. Coast Guard on Wednesday. ... more  
Baghdad cafe marks 100 years as intellectual hubBaghdad (AFP) Nov 24, 2017 Seated at tables with glasses of tea in the heart of Baghdad's bookshop district, the customers of Shabandar cafe have watched 100 years of Iraq's tumultuous history pass by. ... more  
Syria opposition picks head of unified delegation for peace talksRiyadh (AFP) Nov 25, 2017 Syria's opposition on Friday selected a chief negotiator for a unified delegation to next week's UN-brokered peace talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime in Geneva. ... more  
Pakistan protests grow as military stays silentW/LLLIslamabad (AFP) Nov 26, 2017 Thousands more protesters massed in Pakistan's major cities Sunday after attempts to disperse an Islamist rally in Islamabad ended in deadly violence, with the military hesitant to respond to a government appeal for help. ... more |
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  Moscow (Sputnik) Nov 27, 2017 
The A-135 system is part of the Russian Aerospace Forces. It protects Moscow from missiles strike and also plays an important role in the country's early warning and space control system. A new system has long been in development and is undergoing tests now.
The Russian Defense Ministry has published footage showing the modernized missile defense system being tested. During the test conduc ... more Washington DC (Sputnik) Nov 20, 2017US Scrambles to Assemble Space-Based Missile Defense System Washington (UPI) Nov 8, 2017Boeing meets 2017 ballistic missile defense installation goal early  Stockholm (AFP) Nov 7, 2017Sweden picks US Patriot missile system over European rival |
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 Washington (UPI) Nov 21, 2017 
Officials at the U.S. State Department have approved a potential foreign military sale to Georgia for Javelin Missiles and Command Launch Units pending final contract approval from the U.S. Congress.
The $75 million deal was announced Monday by the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, calling for the sale of 410 FGM-148 Javelin Missiles and 72 Javelin Command Launch Units. The Javelin i ... more Washington (UPI) Nov 20, 2017State Dept. approves potential missile sale to Poland  Washington (UPI) Nov 16, 2017Raytheon awarded contract for Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile program  Washington (UPI) Nov 14, 2017Lockheed Martin to test AGM-158 JASSM |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 23, 2017 
Drone racing is a high-speed sport demanding instinctive reflexes - but humans won't be the only competitors for long.
Researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, put their work to the test recently. Timing laps through a twisting obstacle course, they raced drones controlled by artificial intelligence (A.I.) against a professional human pilot.
The race, ... more Washington (AFP) Nov 17, 2017Pentagon steps up Somalia drone strikes  Dubai UAE (SPX) Nov 16, 2017Lockheed Martin Integrates New Engine for Fury Unmanned Air Vehicle  Madrid, Spain (SPX) Nov 16, 2017Alpha Unmanned Systems teams with Sightec for image stabilization and object tracking. |
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 Point Mugu CA (SPX) Nov 17, 2017 
The U.S. Navy's Communications Satellite Program Office, PMW 146, and Lockheed Martin handed over full operational control of the fifth Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite to the Naval Satellite Operations Center (NAVSOC).
The October 11 milestone followed the successful completion of the MUOS-5 satellite's on-orbit testing and delivery of all operational products needed to "fly" ... more Luxembourg (SPX) Nov 03, 2017SES GS Awarded US Government Satellite Solutions Contract  Peterson AFB CO (SPX) Oct 31, 201716th SPCS Defenders of critical satellite communications  Washington (UPI) Oct 31, 2017First order for Elta ELK-1882T SATCOM network system |
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 Washington (UPI) Nov 22, 2017 
The U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command announced Wednesday that they have begun rolling out new upgraded Light Armored Vehicle Anti-Tank, or LAV-AT, weapon systems to its fleet Marine force.
The program office achieved its initial operational goals in September by completing field tests for four upgraded LAV-ATs with 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, which is based out of Marin ... more Washington (UPI) Nov 20, 2017Saab to supply South African forces with field kitchens  (UPI) Nov 9, 2017Raytheon, Saab to develop improved shoulder-launched weapon systems  Washington (UPI) Nov 1, 2017MBDA Inc. to produce parts for Small Diameter Bomb |
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 Athens (AFP) Nov 24, 2017 
The Greek government has come under fire over a planned arms sale to Saudi Arabia that fell through amid accusations of incompetence against the defence minister, a key ally of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.
Opposition lawmakers say the botched deal for surplus military stock cost Greece 66 million euros ($78 million), while ruling party officials have questioned the sale of munitions to Sau ... more Washington (AFP) Nov 16, 2017Congress sends $700 bn defense bill for Trump's signature  Washington (UPI) Oct 26, 2017Lockheed, Navantia renew collaborative agreement  Manila (AFP) Oct 25, 2017Philippines' Duterte receives Russian assault rifles |
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 Sydney (AFP) Nov 23, 2017 
Australia warned on Thursday against American disengagement from Asia at a time of rising Chinese power as traditional US allies grow nervous about President Donald Trump's isolationist tilt.
In a major Foreign Policy White Paper - the first to be issued by the Australian government in 13 years - Canberra outlined its approach to the "Indo-Pacific" region amid "changing power balances". ... moreBeijing (AFP) Nov 24, 2017From Myanmar to Zimbabwe, China's global footprint grows Beijing (AFP) Nov 23, 2017China forges 'strategic' ties with Djibouti after opening base  Vatican City (AFP) Nov 21, 2017Forbidden City and Vatican try 'art diplomacy' |
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 Karlsruher, Germany (SPX) ov 27, 2017 
Exhaust gas cleaning of passenger cars, power generation from sunlight, or water splitting: In the future, these and other applications may profit from new findings relating to ceria. At Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), scientists have studied ceria nanoparticles with the help of probe molecules and a complex ultrahigh vacuum-infrared measurement system and obtained partly surprising new ... more Washington DC (SPX) Nov 27, 2017Semiconducting carbon nanotubes can reduce noise in interconnects  Joensuu, Finland (SPX) Nov 17, 2017Manganese dioxide shows potential in micromotors  Moscow, Russia (SPX) Nov 15, 2017Promising sensors for submarines, mines and spacecraft |
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 Baghdad (AFP) Nov 24, 2017 
Iraq is to resume paying war reparations to Kuwait at the start of 2018, in UN-endorsed compensation for Saddam Hussein's 1990 invasion of the emirate, the president's office announced Friday.
It said the two countries had agreed during a visit to Kuwait City by President Fuad Masum on Monday for Iraq "to resume payment of the five-percent tax on oil sales and to try to settle border dispute ... more Baghdad, Iraq (AFP) Nov 22, 2017Iraq attacks at lowest since IS 'caliphate' declared: study  Baghdad (AFP) Nov 23, 2017'Child marriage' bill stirs outrage in Iraq Baghdad (AFP) Nov 24, 2017Baghdad cafe marks 100 years as intellectual hub |
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 Seoul (AFP) Nov 22, 2017  Dramatic footage of a North Korean soldier's defection released Wednesday showed him racing across the border under fire from former comrades, and then being hauled to safety by South Korean troops.
The footage also showed a North Korean guard briefly crossing the border in hot pursuit before retreating - an incident the US-led United Nations Command described as a serious breach of the 19 ... more Washington (AFP) Nov 22, 2017New US sanctions on North Korea ships, Chinese traders Seoul (AFP) Nov 24, 2017US send F-22 jets to SKorea in show of force; China bridge close temporarily  Seoul (AFP) Nov 22, 2017N. Korea calls US terror listing a 'serious provocation' |
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 Paris (AFP) Nov 24, 2017 
Billions of euros will change hands over Black Friday weekend sales across Europe, but despite increasingly accepting the US import, the promotions will be marked by strikes, protests and concerns about over-consumption.
Here is how the sales, which stretch four days from Black Friday to Cyber Monday, are expected to fare in some of the continent's big spenders:
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After sta ... more Manila (AFP) Nov 20, 2017Philippines offers China chance to run third telecom service  Hong Kong (AFP) Nov 21, 2017Got a spare $71m? How about a single Hong Kong apartment?  Washington (UPI) Oct 20, 2017Studies suggests link between testosterone, stock market instability |
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 Tripoli (AFP) Nov 25, 2017 
More than 30 migrants died and 200 were rescued on Saturday after their boats foundered off Libya's western coast, the Libyan navy said.
The coastguard conducted two rescue operations off the city of Garabulli, 60 kilometres (40 miles) east of Tripoli, spokesman Colonel Abu Ajila Abdelbarri said.
He added that patrols had found 31 bodies and 60 survivors from one boat, while all 140 pass ... more Seoul (AFP) Nov 23, 2017South Korea quiet for quake-delayed college entrance exam  Athens (AFP) Nov 22, 2017Aid groups urge Greece to improve refugee camps before winter  The Hague (AFP) Nov 24, 2017Dutch St Martin's PM quits after pressure over Irma aid |
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 Beijing (XNA) Nov 27, 2017 
China is now the world leader in remote sensing technologies for scientific purposes and is able to provide an unprecedented amount of data to support research and development for the world, officials said on Tuesday.
Remote sensing refers to aerial or satellite-based technologies to detect and measure objects on Earth's surface, atmosphere and oceans.
On Tuesday, the Ministry of Sci ... more Beijing (XNA) Nov 19, 2017China plans for nuclear-powered interplanetary capacity by 2040  Beijing (Sputnik) Nov 16, 2017China plans first sea based launch by 2018  Beijing (XNA) Nov 02, 2017China's reusable spacecraft to be launched in 2020 |
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 Shenyang, China (AFP) Nov 21, 2017 
When Xiaoxiong and her lesbian lover wanted to hide their relationship from their parents, they decided to find men willing to marry them. They had a specific type in mind: Gay.
Searching out suitors for such a marriage of convenience proved difficult, so she created an online matchmaking forum to help others like her conform with family and societal pressures in China, where same-sex marria ... more Beijing (AFP) Nov 22, 2017Three dead, six wounded in rare shooting in China  Beijing (AFP) Nov 21, 2017Chinese human rights lawyers jailed for two years  Shenyang, China (AFP) Nov 21, 2017Secrets and wives: Gay Chinese hide behind 'sham marriage' |
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 Cairo (AFP) Nov 25, 2017 
Egypt on Saturday mourned 235 worshippers killed in a gun and bomb assault on a mosque in the Sinai Peninsula, where warplanes struck militant hideouts in retaliation for the country's deadliest attack in recent memory.
Special prayers were planned nationwide a day after gunmen detonated a bomb and mowed down worshippers fleeing the Rawda mosque in North Sinai, where security forces are batt ... more Riyadh (AFP) Nov 26, 2017Saudi vows new Islamic alliance 'will wipe terrorists from the earth'  Brussels (AFP) Nov 22, 2017NATO welcomes Mladic war crimes verdict  Tehran (AFP) Nov 22, 2017Iran's supreme leader hails end of IS 'tumour' |
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 Bothell WA (SPX) Nov 07, 2017 
The US Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) has awarded Lockheed Martin $26.3 million for the design, development and production of a high power fiber laser. AFRL plans to test the laser on a tactical fighter jet by 2021.
The contract is part of AFRL's Self-protect High Energy Laser Demonstrator (SHiELD) program, and is a major step forward in the maturation of protective airborne laser systems. ... more Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Oct 09, 2017Lockheed Martin developing technology to intercept missile threats with Directed Energy  White Sands Missile Range NM (SPX) Sep 21, 2017Upgraded Lockheed Martin Laser Outguns Threat in Half the Time Washington (UPI) Sep 20, 2017ATHENA laser testbed system successfully shoots down drones |
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