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  Washington (AFP) Jan 23, 2018 CIA Director Mike Pompeo said Tuesday that North Korea is intent on developing a reliable arsenal of nuclear weapons to threaten America, not just "a showpiece" to preserve Kim Jong-Un's regime. "Kim Jong-Un will not rest with a single successful test," Pompeo said in a speech at the American Enterprise Institute. "The logical next step would be to develop an arsenal of weapons that is not one, not a showpiece, not something to drive on a parade route," he said. Kim seeks "the capacity to de ... read more |
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Drones learn to navigate autonomously by imitating cars and bicyclesZurich, Switzerland (SPX) Jan 24, 2018 All today's commercial drones use GPS, which works fine above building roofs and in high alti-tudes. But what, when the drones have to navigate autonomously at low altitude among tall buildings or i ... more  
Egypt military accuses Sisi presidential rival of committing crimesCairo (AFP) Jan 23, 2018 Egypt's military on Tuesday accused a former armed forces chief of staff who plans to challenge President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in March elections of forgery and other crimes linked to his candidacy announcement. ... more  
Philippines to deport Hamas 'rocket scientist'Manila (AFP) Jan 22, 2018 The Philippines said Monday it would deport an elderly Iraqi man described as a scientist for Hamas and accused of helping the Palestinian militant group lob missiles at Israel. ... more  
Micius satellite enables intercontinental quantum communicationsBeijing, China (SPX) Jan 23, 2018 Private and secure communications are fundamental human needs. In particular, with the exponential growth of Internet use and e-commerce, it is of paramount importance to establish a secure network ... more |
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Rocket Lab successfully sends rocket into orbitWellington, NZ (AFP) Jan 21, 2018 Aerospace company Rocket Lab said Sunday it had successfully fired a rocket into orbit for the first time from its New Zealand launch base. "Electron is orbital. Successful payload deployment, ... more  
NASA Tests New Alloy to Fold Wings in FlightEdwards AFB CA (SPX) Jan 23, 2018 NASA has successfully applied a new technology in flight that allows aircraft to fold their wings to different angles while in the air. The recent flight series, which took place at NASA's Arm ... more 
Kilopower: What's Next?Cleveland OH (SPX) Jan 19, 2018 When astronauts someday venture to the Moon, Mars and other destinations, one of the first and most important resources they will need is power. A reliable and efficient power system will be essenti ... more 
ISRO hopes GSAT-11 is the last Indian satellite to be launched by a foreign space agencyNew Delhi (IANS) Jan 23, 2018 If things pan out as intended, the 5.7-tonne GSAT-11 will be most probably the last heavy Indian satellite to be launched by a foreign space agency, according to K. Sivan, Chairman of the Indian Spa ... more 
Challenges and research for an evolving aviation systemWashington DC (SPX) Jan 23, 2018 A comprehensive aviation safety system as envisioned by NASA would require integration of a wide range of systems and practices, including building an in-time aviation safety management system (IASM ... more  
US electronics innovation leaps forward via joint university microelectronics programWashington DC (SPX) Jan 24, 2018 DARPA is all about developing advanced technologies that could underpin decisive national security capabilities in the years to come. A typical sequence that leads to new technology starts with fund ... more  
DARPA Program Aims to Extend Lifetime of Quantum SystemsWashington DC (SPX) Jan 19, 2018 Whether it is excited electrons emitting photons in a lightbulb or the vibrational frequency of atoms in an atomic clock, quantum phenomena are simultaneously fundamental aspects of nature and the b ... more |
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Navy's newest Littoral Combat Ship stuck in CanadaWashington (UPI) Jan 22, 2018 The $440-million-dollar USS Little Rock, the Navy's newest Freedom-variant littoral combat ship, has been iced-in since Christmas Eve on the St. Lawrence Seaway in Canada - and is not expected to get moving until spring. ... more 
U.S. Air Force taps general to investigate ongoing oxygen incidentsWashington (UPI) Jan 22, 2018 The U.S. Air Force has created a new team to record and research ongoing cases of oxygen deprivation and other physiological incidents, the service announced Monday. ... more  
US-led strikes kill up to 150 IS fighters in Syria: coalitionWashington (AFP) Jan 23, 2018 The US-led coalition has killed as many as 150 Islamic State fighters in an operation in the middle Euphrates River Valley in Syria, officials said Tuesday. ... more |
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Turkey strikes Kurdish militants in Iraq 'planning attack'Ankara (AFP) Jan 23, 2018 Turkey launched air strikes in northern Iraq on Kurdish militants planning an attack, the army said on Tuesday, just days after Ankara began an offensive against a Kurdish militia in Syria. ... more  
Three French female jihadists risk death sentence in IraqParis (AFP) Jan 23, 2018 Three French women who joined the Islamic State group before being captured by Iraqi forces could be facing the death penalty as they await trial in Baghdad, sources close to their cases told AFP. ... more 
'Warthogs' to join air campaign in Afghanistan this monthWashington (UPI) Jan 23, 2018 A squadron of Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II "Warthogs" has joined the fight against the Taliban and Islamic State militants in Afghanistan for targeting of revenue sources and counter-terrorism operations, the Air Force announced on Tuesday. ... more 
Pentagon funded Afghan units accused of rights abuses: reportWashington (AFP) Jan 23, 2018 The US military funded Afghan police and security units even though American officials knew members were implicated in gross human rights violations, according to a watchdog report released Tuesday. ... more 
US will 'never allow' Iran to have a nuclear weapon: PenceJerusalem (AFP) Jan 22, 2018 US Vice President Mike Pence vowed Monday in an address to the Israeli parliament that Washington will never allow Iran to develop a nuclear weapon. ... more 
China's doorway to N. Korea feels sanctions pinchDandong, China (AFP) Jan 21, 2018 Rows of sewing machines in one Chinese garment factory on the border with North Korea are now silent, unmanned after UN sanctions sent home their seamstresses from the secretive country. ... more 
Mattis heads to Asia to draw a contrast with assertive ChinaWashington (AFP) Jan 21, 2018 US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Sunday began a one-week trip to Asia, hoping to strengthen defense cooperation with Indonesia and Vietnam as regional Chinese military power looms ever larger. ... more |
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 Exiled Maldives leader warns over China, radical Islam 
Defector soldier 'committed murder in North': reportSeoul (AFP) Jan 23, 2018 A North Korean soldier who defected to the South under a hail of bullets in November has confessed to committing murder in the North, a news report said Tuesday. ... more 
US hopes for progress with Europeans on Iran: TillersonLondon (AFP) Jan 22, 2018 US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Monday he hoped to make progress with European signatories to the Iran nuclear deal on how to overhaul the landmark accord. ... more 
French FM to visit Iran on March 5Paris (AFP) Jan 21, 2018 French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian will visit Iran on March 5 after cancelling a January trip following violent anti-regime protests, French daily Le Figaro quoted him Sunday as saying. ... more |
 Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD (SPX) Jan 23, 2018 
Scientists from the U.S. Army Research Laboratory and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory found a solution to a significant challenge in making high-energy explosives. They safely improved the overall chemical yield derived from diaminoglyoxime, known as DAG, and significantly increased the amount of material made per reaction.
Scientists traditionally synthesize DAG by reacting a m ... more |
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 London (AFP) Jan 18, 2018 
Britain's Serious Fraud Office on Thursday said it had launched a criminal probe into the activities of defence company Chemring and one of its subsidiaries.
The probe concerns both the parent group and its British-based Chemring Technology Solutions Limited (CTSL) division, an agency statement said.
"The SFO confirms it has opened a criminal investigation into bribery, corruption and mo ... more |
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 London (AFP) Jan 23, 2018  Former defence secretary Michael Fallon joined calls Monday for more British military spending, as the head of the army said the country may struggle to match Russian battlefield capabilities and another security chief warned a major cyber-attack on the UK is likely by 2020.
Fallon, speaking at the Defence and Security Forum in his first speech since resigning from the Cabinet over a sexual ... more |
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 Onna, Japan (SPX) Jan 19, 2018 
Electronic devices are getting smaller and smaller. Early computers filled entire rooms. Today you can hold one in the palm of your hand. Now the field of molecular electronics is taking miniaturization to the next level. Researchers are creating electronic components so tiny they can't be seen with the naked eye.
Molecular electronics is a branch of nanotechnology that uses single molecul ... more |
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 Basra, Iraq (AFP) Jan 19, 2018 
Daud Salman and his family stayed put in their Iraqi village despite years of regular clashes between tribes, but when a stray bullet wounded his son, it was time to move.
In the north of Basra province, "bullets talk," he said.
Feuds between the region's half-dozen tribes often flare into pitched battles with assault rifles and machineguns, killing bystanders and driving a never-ending ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Jan 17, 2018 
The US military wants to overhaul its atomic arsenal and develop a new type of low-yield weapon that experts worry could lead to greater proliferation and heighten the risk of nuclear war.
The proposed changes to the nuclear weapons program, outlined in a draft version of the Pentagon's Nuclear Posture Review, mark a significant break from the vision for America's nuclear future under Barack ... more |
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