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  Beijing (AFP) March 20, 2018 President Xi Jinping delivered a blistering nationalist speech Tuesday, warning against any attempts to split China and touting the country's readiness to fight "the bloody battle" to regain its rightful place in the world. Xi's address capped an annual session of the National People's Congress that paved the way for him to rule for life, as China's most powerful leader since Mao Zedong pushes through his vision of guiding the country through a "new era" of unrivalled global military and economic su ... read more |
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Putin pledges to reduce Russia military spending this yearMoscow (AFP) March 19, 2018 President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that Russia would cut its military spending, a day after he won a presidential election with a landslide. ... more  
US pushes on with NKorea summit prep, but what is Kim's plan?Washington (AFP) March 19, 2018 President Donald Trump's administration is pushing forward with plans for a historic nuclear summit with North Korea's Kim Jong Un, but some in Washington are concerned by Pyongyang's silence on the idea. ... more  
US Air Force to begin fighter-mounted laser testing this summerWashington (AFP) March 19, 2018 The US Air Force will this summer begin testing a laser that will be mounted on an F-15 warplane, an official said Monday. ... more  
China launches land exploration satelliteJiuquan, China (XNA) Mar 18, 2018 China launched a land exploration satellite into a preset orbit from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi desert of the country's northwest at 3:10 p.m. Saturday. The satellite is t ... more |
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GovSat-1 satellite goes operationalLuxembourg (SPX) Mar 20, 2018 GovSat-1 enters operational service today, to provide secure communications to governmental and institutional users. GovSat-1 is the first satellite of GovSat, a public private partnership between t ... more  
Lockheed Martin's Long Range Anti-Ship Missile marks sixth successful flight missionOrlando FL (SPX) Mar 20, 2018 Lockheed Martin has tested a production-configuration Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) from a U.S. Air Force B-1B bomber. During the test, a B-1B from the 337th Test Squadron at Dyess Air Force ... more 
The U.S. Space ForceBethesda, MD (SPX) Mar 20, 2018 Bethesda, MD - The concept of a U.S. Space Force seems to be in vogue at this time. The President mentioned it last week in a speech at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego. He claimed this ... more  
Scientists mimic neural tissue in Army-funded researchResearch Triangle Park NC (SPX) Mar 18, 2018 U.S. Army-funded researchers at Brandeis University have discovered a process for engineering next-generation soft materials with embedded chemical networks that mimic the behavior of neural tissue. ... more  
Qualcomm says former chairman exploring buyout effortSan Francisco (AFP) March 17, 2018 Qualcomm said Friday that Paul Jacbos, its chairman until a week ago, was considering a buyout effort for the California chipmaking giant just days after it fended off a hostile bid from Singapore rival Broadcom. ... more |
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New laws unlock exciting space era for UKLondon, UK (SPX) Mar 18, 2018 New laws are set to get Royal Assent today (15 March 2018) which will unlock an exciting era of British space innovation, exploration and investment. The Space Industry Bill will enable the fi ... more  |
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China plans to develop a multipurpose, reusable space planeBeijing (XNA) Mar 18, 2018 China is developing its homegrown reusable space plane, which observers said could be used to attack foreign aircraft, space stations and even intercept missiles if used for military purposes. ... more  
US warns Turkey over Syria assault; Ghouta strikes kills 15 childrenWashington (AFP) March 19, 2018 The United States warned its NATO ally Turkey on Monday it is "deeply concerned" after a Turkish-led assault on the Syrian city of Afrin triggered an exodus of Kurdish civilians. ... more  
Baghdad resumes paying salaries of Kurds frozen over voteBaghdad (AFP) March 19, 2018 Iraq's federal government said Monday it has resumed paying the salaries of Kurdish civil servants and peshmerga security forces which had been frozen for months over an independence referendum. ... more  
Tunisian man chased by police 'blows himself up': ministryTunis (AFP) March 19, 2018 A Tunisian man "blew himself up" as he was being chased Monday by police in a border region near Libya and his companion was shot dead, the interior ministry said. ... more 
Nine suspected FARC dissidents killed in Colombia military operationBogota (AFP) March 19, 2018 Nine suspected FARC dissidents were killed Monday in a military operation in southern Colombia, the defense ministry said. ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 16, 2018 
Raytheon has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Army for services in support of Qatar's patriot missile system.
The deal, announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $150.4 million under the terms of a cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed-price, foreign military sales contract.
The agreement enables Raytheon to provide the government of Qatar with staff ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 15, 2018 
Orbital Sciences Corp., has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Navy for GQM-163A Coyote Supersonic Sea Skimming Target base vehicles and spares.
The deal, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $67.5 million under the terms of a firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost contract.
The agreement enables Orbital Sciences Corp., to provide the Nav ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 19, 2018 
Bell Helicopter has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Navy for three Bell 407 variant commercial airframes in support of the MQ-8 Fire Scout unmanned aerial system.
The deal, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $9.8 million under the terms of an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract.
The agreement between Naval Air Systems Command a ... more |
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 McLean VA (SPX) Mar 14, 2018 
Our first Intelsat EpicNG satellite has been in space a little over two years now, and we have launched four more since then. With five of these high-throughput satellites (HTS) in orbit and being used by our customers, we have gained quite a bit of both test data and real-world experience demonstrating the capabilities and versatility of the EpicNG technology.
We recently published a whit ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 16, 2018 
An emergent type of conflict in recent years has been coined "gray zone," because it sits in a nebulous area between peace and conventional warfare. Gray-zone action is not openly declared or defined, it's slower, and is prosecuted more subtly-using social, psychological, religious, information, cyber and other means to achieve physical or cognitive objectives with or without violence. The lack ... more |
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 Rome (AFP) March 15, 2018 
Lebanon received increased military support from the international community Thursday with France opening a 400 million euro ($492 million) line of credit to the country's army.
Prime Minister Saad Hariri thanked Paris at an international conference held in Rome to drum up money to bolster the armed forces of the country, long a proxy battleground for its bigger neighbours.
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 Moscow (AFP) March 19, 2018 
President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that Russia would cut its military spending, a day after he won a presidential election with a landslide.
"We have plans to decrease our defence spending both this year and next. But this will not lead to any decline in the country's defence capacity," he said during a meeting with other candidates.
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 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 14, 2018 
A research team led by UCLA scientists and engineers has developed a method to make new kinds of artificial "superlattices" - materials comprised of alternating layers of ultra-thin "two-dimensional" sheets, which are only one or a few atoms thick. Unlike current state-of-the art superlattices, in which alternating layers have similar atomic structures, and thus similar electronic properties, th ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) March 18, 2018 
At the heart of a Baghdad flea market, nostalgia for Iraq's royal past is on full display as collectors and investors gather to buy relics from a bygone era.
Inside the Moudallal cafe, Arabic for "pampered", a hundred men from across the country carefully follow the auction of momentos from the nearly four decades of monarchic rule that ended with a bloody coup in 1958.
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 Tehran (AFP) March 17, 2018  Iran will not accept any changes to the nuclear deal, a senior official insisted Saturday, after the United States said it was seeking a "supplemental" accord with European powers.
"We will not accept any changes, any interpretation or new measure aimed at limiting" the 2015 deal between Iran and major powers, said Ali Shamkhani in remarks carried by ISNA news agency.
Shamkhani, secreta ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) March 20, 2018  Chinese Premier Li Keqiang called on the United States Tuesday to not act "emotionally" and to avoid a trade war, as President Donald Trump considers new punitive measures against Beijing.
After announcing tariffs on global steel and aluminium imports, Trump is now mulling new actions against China over its "theft" of US intellectual property.
Washington has long accused Beijing of forci ... more |
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 Sydney (AFP) March 18, 2018 
Australia and its ASEAN neighbours vowed to boost defence ties while stressing the importance of non-militarisation in the disputed South China Sea Sunday at a summit where the "complex" Rohingya crisis took centre stage.
Leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, at the three-day meeting in Sydney, also agreed to work more closely to tackle the growing menace of violent extrem ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Mar 18, 2018 
China is developing its homegrown reusable space plane, which observers said could be used to attack foreign aircraft, space stations and even intercept missiles if used for military purposes.
The reusable spacecraft can transport people or payloads in orbit from any airport and return to earth, CCTV reported.
Unlike rockets which have to be recycled, the space plane will revolutioni ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) March 18, 2018 
Millions of Chinese public sector workers will be exposed to the harsh policing tactics of the Communist Party as President Xi Jinping brings his corruption crackdown to China's sprawling bureaucracy.
The campaign to clean up the party's pervasive corruption has arguably been Xi's most popular initiative, pressuring its 89 million members to toe the line - with more than 1.5 million officia ... more |
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 Tunis (AFP) March 19, 2018 
A Tunisian man "blew himself up" as he was being chased Monday by police in a border region near Libya and his companion was shot dead, the interior ministry said.
Spokesman Khalifa Chibani told AFP the National Guard had received information concerning "two male suspects" in the southern Ben Guerdane region.
They tracked them down in the Magroun area, a desert zone near a nature reser ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) March 19, 2018 
The US Air Force will this summer begin testing a laser that will be mounted on an F-15 warplane, an official said Monday.
The Pentagon last year awarded a $26 million contract to Lockheed Martin for a laser program called SHiELD (Self-protect High Energy Laser Demonstrator.)
The idea is to put a laser system on aircraft with an output of about 50 kilowatts to test their ability to zap ... more |
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