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February 26, 2018
SUPERPOWERS
'Emperor Xi'? -- China gambles on return to lifetime rule



Beijing (AFP) Feb 26, 2018
China's Communist Party has handed President Xi Jinping an open path to indefinite rule - a move analysts warn carries enormous risks by abandoning a succession model that brought stability after turbulent decades under Mao. Xi, who has concentrated power, accumulated titles and purged potential rivals since becoming head of state in 2013, could remain president for life after the party proposed abolishing a rule limiting the top leader to two five-year terms. But giving all the levers of power ... read more

CYBER WARS
Russia hacked Olympics computers, turned blame on N Korea: report
Washington (AFP) Feb 25, 2018
Russian military spies hacked hundreds of computers used by Winter Olympics organizers and tried to make it look like the work of North Korea, the Washington Post reported Sunday, quoting US intelligence sources. ... more
NUKEWARS
Iran's eastern shift shows patience running out with the West
Tehran (AFP) Feb 26, 2018
Iran's supreme leader has signalled a decisive shift in favour of relations with China and Russia, indicating that patience is running out with efforts to improve ties with the West. ... more
NUKEWARS
N. Korea slams latest US sanctions as 'act of war'
Seoul (AFP) Feb 25, 2018
North Korea on Sunday slammed the latest US measures against it as an "act of war", after US President Donald Trump announced the "heaviest sanctions ever" on the nuclear-armed regime. ... more
NUKEWARS
UN faces rival drafts on Iran missiles to Yemen
United Nations, United States (AFP) Feb 25, 2018
The UN Security Council on Sunday was considering two draft resolutions on Yemen after Russia put forward a rival text aimed at blocking action against Iran over missiles sent to the country's Huthi rebels. ... more
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ROCKET SCIENCE
Space-X lobs Spanish military satellite into orbit
Washington (AFP) Feb 22, 2018
Elon Musk's Space-X sent a Spanish military satellite into orbit Thursday in a hitch-less liftoff from California, extending the private space company's record of successful launches. ... more
MISSILE NEWS
Raytheon, Lockheed to sell Javelins to multiple foreign customers
Washington (UPI) Feb 23, 2018
Raytheon and Lockheed Martin were awarded a contract under a foreign military sale for the delivery of Javelin weapon systems. ... more
TECH SPACE
Sixty years of technology in space - what's changed?
McLean VA (SPX) Feb 23, 2018
Sixty years ago, the United States successfully launched the nation's first satellite into space. The satellite, Explorer 1, was tiny by today's standards: 80 inches long, a bit over 6 inches in dia ... more
SPACEWAR
Airbus-built PAZ radar satellite launched
Madrid, Spain (SPX) Feb 26, 2018
The Airbus-built PAZ radar satellite has been successfully launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, in California, USA. Ten minutes after launch, the satellite separated from the launcher and will s ... more
SPACEWAR
Maxwell hosts Space Symposium
Maxwell AFB AK (SPX) Feb 26, 2018
Speakers from NASA, Space X, United Launch Alliance and Air University lined up to discuss the future of space at the Space Symposium here, Feb. 16. The topic of discussion for the symposium w ... more
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TAIWAN NEWS
Taiwan seeks 'new phase' of China ties in reshuffle
Taipei (AFP) Feb 23, 2018
Taiwan replaced its China affairs chief Friday, promoting a minister associated with pro-independence politics in what it said was a bid to forge a "new phase" in relations with rival Beijing. ... more
WAR REPORT
Strikes on east Syria's last IS pocket kill 25 civilians
Beirut (AFP) Feb 26, 2018
Air strikes on the last pocket of Islamic State jihadists in eastern Syria have killed at least 25 civilians, including seven children, a monitor said on Monday. ... more
WAR REPORT
Syria's Ghouta reels from strikes, clashes despite ceasefire call
Douma, Syria (AFP) Feb 26, 2018
Desperate civilians trapped in one of the most ferocious assaults of Syria's civil war awaited aid and medical help Monday after regime air strikes pounded rebel-held Eastern Ghouta despite UN ceasefire demands. ... more
NUKEWARS
Relatives protest visit by N. Korea general blamed for warship sinking
Seoul (AFP) Feb 24, 2018
Angry relatives of sailors killed in the 2010 sinking of a South Korean warship protested Saturday against the impending visit to the Winter Olympics of a North Korean general blamed for the attack. ... more
NUKEWARS
US seeks UN ban on 33 ships, 27 firms over North Korea smuggling
United Nations (AFP) Feb 24, 2018
The United States is seeking to have the United Nations ban 33 vessels from ports worldwide and blacklist 27 shipping businesses for helping North Korea circumvent sanctions. ... more


Three more Iranian environmentalists arrested

NUKEWARS
Trump announces 'heaviest ever' sanctions on North Korea
Washington (AFP) Feb 24, 2018
US President Donald Trump has rolled out fresh sanctions against North Korea-linked shipping assets, hailing the package as the "heaviest sanctions ever" levied on the Pyongyang regime. ... more
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NUKEWARS
Beijing protests US sanctions on Chinese firms over N. Korea ties
Beijing (AFP) Feb 25, 2018
Beijing has protested against Washington's decision to impose sanctions against Chinese companies accused of conducting illicit economic deals with North Korea, the foreign ministry said. ... more
SUPERPOWERS
EU's Tusk warns Poland against 'anti-semitic excesses'
Brussels (AFP) Feb 23, 2018
EU President Donald Tusk warned Poland on Friday against "anti-semitic excesses" and other behaviour that risked ruining Warsaw's global standing. ... more
MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS
Northrop Grumman gets production, support contracts for E-2D Hawkeye
Washington (UPI) Feb 23, 2018
Northrop Grumman has been awarded two contracts for production and support on the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye program. ... more
AEROSPACE
United Technologies Aerospace Systems awarded $2.5B for spare parts
Washington (UPI) Feb 22, 2018
United Technologies Aerospace Systems was awarded $2.5 billion for aviation-related spare parts and related services. ... more
NUKEWARS
Iran sticking to nuclear deal: UN watchdog
Vienna (AFP) Feb 22, 2018
Iran is still sticking to the 2015 nuclear accord, a UN atomic watchdog report showed Thursday, four months ahead of US President Donald Trump's deadline to fix its "disastrous flaws". ... more
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U.S., Israel test Arrow 3 missile system
Washington (UPI) Feb 20, 2018
The United States and Israel successfully tested the Arrow 3 weapons system to defend against ballistic missiles. Israel Aerospace Industries, in collaboration with the Israeli air force and the United States' Missile Defense Agency, conducted the test at 2:30 a.m. Monday at an unidentified site in central Israel, the U.S. Defense Department said in a release. The Israeli Ministr ... more
+ Israel, US Successfully Test Hetz 3 Exoatmospheric Anti-Missile System
+ China to Develop Sea-Based Missile Interceptors
+ Lockheed awarded $523M for Patriot missiles for Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Romania
+ Beijing holds successful missile defense test
+ Saudi says Yemen rebel ballistic missile shot down
+ Lockheed tapped by Army for 10 more THAAD interceptors
+ Raytheon awarded $2.3B to support Patriot missile system
State Department approves potential $3.2B missile sale to Sweden
Washington (UPI) Feb 22, 2018
The U.S. State Department on Wednesday said it has approved a possible foreign military sale to Sweden of Patriot Configuration-3 Modernized Fire Units. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress of the possible $3.2 billion sale, for which Raytheon and Lockheed Martin are the primary contractors. The possible foreign military sale would provide Sweden with four Pa ... more
+ Raytheon, Lockheed to sell Javelins to multiple foreign customers
+ Pentagon looks to counter rivals' hypersonic missiles
+ Navy turns to General Dynamics for anti-missile protection
+ Raytheon awarded $12M for work on Standard Missile
+ Thales to provide rockets for Spanish, German helicopters
+ Russia, India may sign contract on S-400 air defense systems supplies soon
+ Raytheon awarded $44.6M for missile systems research, development


Lockheed Martin Launches software to simultaneously control multiple UAV types anywhere on Earth
Calgary, Canada (SPX) Feb 21, 2018
Lockheed Martin software has been simultaneously flying, on average, at least six unmanned aircraft during every hour of the last 25 years, completing missions as diverse as reconnaisance, inspection, mapping and targeting. Today, Lockheed Martin is launching VCSi, a new vehicle control software, as the culmination of more than two decades of experience and 1.5 million hours of operational use. ... more
+ Orbital ATK contracted for testing of drone missile targets
+ General Atomics enlists Boeing for its MQ-25 Stingray proposal
+ Programming drones to fly in the face of uncertainty
+ Alleged Iranian UAV captured by Israel is 'copy' of US' Sentinel UAV
+ Drones showcase wildlife-counting skills in the EpicDuckChallenge
+ Improving drone performance in headwinds
+ L-3 awarded $8.2M for retrofits to Predator simulators
Studies prove superior performance of HTS for Government customers
McLean VA (SPX) Feb 23, 2018
High-throughput satellite (HTS) constellations have quickly become transformative technology for satellite communications, far surpassing the bandwidth speed and throughput possible with existing satellite communications. Earlier this month SatCom Frontier published a story explaining the difference between open vs. closed HTS architecture. Open architecture systems give government end use ... more
+ SatCom options meet demanding connectivity requirements for helicopters
+ Northrop Grumman gets production, support contracts for E-2D Hawkeye
+ Astrophysicists Warn Us Against Opening Malicious E.T. Messages
+ Northrop Grumman awarded $429M contract for Polar payloads
+ Improve European defence with new commercial space capabilities
+ Military innovation demands state-of-the-art satellite connectivity for maritime applications
+ L-3 to provide advanced optics, sensors to U.S. Air Force
Russia tested 'over 200 new weapons' in Syria: MP
Moscow (AFP) Feb 22, 2018
Russia has tested over 200 new types of arms in Syria during its campaign in support of President Bashar al-Assad, a senior lawmaker said Thursday, as Moscow was accused of taking part in air strikes against rebel-held Eastern Ghouta. "As we helped the brotherly Syrian people, we tested over 200 new types of weapons," said Vladimir Shamanov, a former commander of Russia's airborne troops who ... more
+ Capco, Design West awarded $38M for M205 tripods
+ GenDym awarded contract for Army's Stryker vehicles
+ Marines drink cobra blood in US-Thai war drills
+ Rheinmetall to provide munitions to Navy, Marine Corps
+ Boeing contracted by Air Force for MOP 'bunker busters'
+ Marines successfully test mine plow prototype for assault breacher
+ Oshkosh awarded $476.2M contract for tactical vehicles
BAE profits fall, counts on government defence spend
London (AFP) Feb 22, 2018
BAE Systems, the British maker of military equipment, announced a drop in annual net profit on Thursday but said it expected government defence spending to remain a priority. Profit after tax dropped 6.5 percent to Pounds 854 million ($1.19 billion, 967 million euros) in 2017 compared with a year earlier, with the group hit by a sizeable impairment linked to its cyber security unit, BAE said in an ... more
+ Russia's Kalashnikov becomes majority private-owned
+ Airbus to pay 81 mn euros to end German corruption probe
+ US budget outline calls for huge Pentagon increase, cuts to State
+ France hikes defence spending to hit NATO target
+ Okinawa vote seen as boosting Japan's bid to relocate US base
+ Italy's Leonardo outlook sends shares into tailspin
+ Spain to up defence spending by 73 pct over seven years


EU's Tusk warns Poland against 'anti-semitic excesses'
Brussels (AFP) Feb 23, 2018
EU President Donald Tusk warned Poland on Friday against "anti-semitic excesses" and other behaviour that risked ruining Warsaw's global standing. Tusk, a former Polish premier, said he had told Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki on the sidelines of an EU summit in Brussels that negative opinions about Warsaw were turning into a "tsunami". "I told Mr Morowiecki that the situation i ... more
+ Baltic presidents to visit Trump on April 3
+ Merkel warns against China's influence in Balkans
+ 'Emperor Xi'? -- China gambles on return to lifetime rule
+ Slovenian army fails NATO combat readiness test
+ German army facing 'big gaps' as spending cuts bite
+ Polish PM slams NATO 'free riders' before Berlin visit
+ West's attitude stoking tensions in Balkans: Lavrov
Nanomushroom sensors: One material, many applications
Onna, Japan (SPX) Feb 26, 2018
A small rectangle of pink glass, about the size of a postage stamp, sits on Professor Amy Shen's desk. Despite its outwardly modest appearance, this little glass slide has the potential to revolutionize a wide range of processes, from monitoring food quality to diagnosing diseases. The slide is made of a 'nanoplasmonic' material - its surface is coated in millions of gold nanostructures, e ... more
+ USTC realizes strong indirect coupling in distant nanomechanical resonators
+ Scalable and cost-effective manufacturing of thin film devices
+ Ultra-efficient removal of carbon monoxide using gold nanoparticles on a molecular support
+ Fast-spinning spheres show nanoscale systems' secrets
+ Scientists observe nanowires as they grow
+ More-sensitive DNA nanowires promise better measurements of biological processes
+ On the rebound as nanoparticles self-heal


Yazidi survivor won't return to Iraq for fear of new 'genocide'
Geneva (AFP) Feb 23, 2018
Farida Abbas Khalaf, one of thousands of Yazidi women abducted, raped and brutalised by Islamic State group fighters, says the jihadists' departure has not made it safe to return to Iraq. "Everything is still the same. The same people who joined (IS) are still in those neighbourhoods. How can we return and trust them again?" Khalaf said in an interview with AFP this week. "Who will guara ... more
+ Lebanese president makes landmark visit to Iraq
+ IS ambush kills 27 pro-government fighters in Iraq
+ Iraqi state holds key to Yazidi return to Sinjar: ICG
+ Iraq hands 6-year jail term to German jihadist teen: judiciary
+ Battle to free Mosul of IS 'intellectual terrorism'
+ Romance returns to Iraq's war-torn Mosul
+ Iraq's girl weightlifters also boost family finances
Trump announces 'heaviest ever' sanctions on North Korea
Washington (AFP) Feb 24, 2018
US President Donald Trump has rolled out fresh sanctions against North Korea-linked shipping assets, hailing the package as the "heaviest sanctions ever" levied on the Pyongyang regime. Trump used a speech to conservatives just outside Washington to step up his campaign of "maximum pressure" designed to force North Korea to roll back its weapons programs. "We imposed today the heaviest s ... more
+ China investigates suspected N. Korea sanctions breach
+ Beijing protests US sanctions on Chinese firms over N. Korea ties
+ Three more Iranian environmentalists arrested
+ Iran sticking to nuclear deal: UN watchdog
+ US seeks UN ban on 33 ships, 27 firms over North Korea smuggling
+ N. Korea slams latest US sanctions as 'act of war'
+ UN faces rival drafts on Iran missiles to Yemen


HSBC profits surge as CEO departs
London (AFP) Feb 20, 2018
Profits at HSBC surged during 2017, in part thanks to a strong Asian performance, the global banking giant said Tuesday as it looks to the future without long-serving chief executive Stuart Gulliver. Net profit ballooned to $9.7 billion (7.9 billion euros) last year, from $1.3 billion in 2016 when the Asia-focused bank was hit by huge restructuring charges and writedowns. London-headquar ... more
+ WTO chief urges US to avoid paralysing trade system
+ Funding evaporates for Nicaragua's $50 billion ocean-to-ocean canal
+ Macau sees future in Portuguese past
+ US eyes heavy tariffs on China, Russia to counter steel, aluminum glut
+ After stunning growth streak, Amazon ambitions seem boundless
+ Trump threatens China sanctions, vows to rework S.Korea trade deal
+ Beijing ups trade tensions with new measures on key US chemical
Brazil's senate approves military intervention in Rio
Bras�lia (AFP) Feb 21, 2018
Brazil's Senate overwhelmingly approved the army's takeover of security in Rio de Janeiro following a breakdown of law and order in drug-ravaged neighborhoods. Despite criticism that the military intervention could lead to violations of constitutional rights, while also failing to address the causes of the urban violence, the Senate voted late Tuesday by 55 to 13, with one abstention, in fav ... more
+ The AR-15 and America's love of military-style weapons
+ Hurricane-hit Antigua and Barbuda to vote early
+ Five dead, 15 missing in Indonesia landslide
+ Facebook pulls gun game from conservative gathering
+ Japan welcomes WTO ruling on South Korea Fukushima food row
+ Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands face painful hurricane recovery: NY Fed
+ Military takeover of Rio police stirs dictatorship ghosts


China speeds up research, commercialization of space shuttles
Beijing (XNA) Feb 26, 2018
China will accelerate research and commercial use of rocket upper stages, a carrier rocket official said on Friday. "The Yuanzheng rocket upper stage family will have a new member, Yuanzheng-1S, this year, serving launches for low and medium Earth orbit satellites," said Wang Mingzhe, an upper stage architect of the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT). Upper stages are ... more
+ Long March rockets on ambitious mission in 2018
+ Chinese taikonauts maintain indomitable spirit in space exploration: senior officer
+ China launches first shared education satellite
+ China's first X-ray space telescope put into service after in-orbit tests
+ China's first successful lunar laser ranging accomplished
+ Yang Liwei looks back at China's first manned space mission
+ Space agency to pick those with the right stuff
China rules out arson in Tibetan temple fire
Beijing (AFP) Feb 22, 2018
Chinese authorities have ruled out arson as the cause of a recent fire at Tibetan Buddhism's holiest temple, state media reported Thursday, adding an important Buddha statue had emerged "intact" from the blaze. The report is the first official account of Saturday's fire at the more than 1,300-year-old Jokhang Temple, after authorities suppressed social media accounts of the incident, leadin ... more
+ China investigates former top politician
+ China's Xi takes another stride in Mao's footsteps
+ In China's eSport schools students learn it pays to play
+ China takes over Anbang, prosecutes ex-boss for 'economic crimes'
+ Anbang mess tightens state grip on China Inc: analysts
+ Hong Kong activist on trial over riots
+ China angered by theft of Terracotta Warrior's thumb


Iraq court convicts 'duped' IS foreign widows
Baghdad (AFP) Feb 18, 2018
A court in the Iraqi capital on Sunday sentenced to death a Turkish woman and 11 other foreign widows to life in jail for belonging to the Islamic State group. The 12 women, 11 Turks and an Azeri, some of whom appeared in the dock nursing infants, were convicted despite their pleas that they had been duped or forced by their husbands to join them in Iraq. The women, aged between 20 and 5 ... more
+ Iraq to deport suspected French jihadist who served sentence
+ Another Marawi possible, Philippine rebel chief warns
+ Tunisia intercepts ship with undeclared military cargo
+ Pentagon hopes Guantanamo inmate will 'soon' go to Saudi Arabia
+ Guantanamo trial of Cole bombing suspect halted
+ UK charges ex-soldier for terror training in Iraq, Syria
+ Jihadists looking to Egypt's Sinai for new home base: army
Navy orders laser weapon systems from Lockheed Martin
Washington (UPI) Jan 29, 2018
Naval Sea Systems Command has awarded Lockheed Martin a contract for the Surface Navy Laser Weapon System. The deal, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $150 million under the terms of a cost-plus-incentive-fee contract. The contract taps Lockheed Martin's Aculight Corp. to develop, manufacture and deliver two test units in fiscal 2020 - one uni ... more
+ Lockheed Martin to develop compact airborne high energy laser capabilities
+ Lockheed Martin developing technology to intercept missile threats with Directed Energy
+ Upgraded Lockheed Martin Laser Outguns Threat in Half the Time
+ ATHENA laser testbed system successfully shoots down drones
+ DOD to invest $17M on laser weapons research in New Mexico
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