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  Moscow (AFP) March 29, 2018 Russia on Thursday condemned what it called Poland's "progressive militarisation" after Warsaw said last week it had signed a deal on buying a US Patriot anti-missile system. "We are concerned at the progressive militarisation of this country," foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said, adding that "the signing of a contract to supply the American Patriot system served as recent confirmation for this". Poland has signed an offset deal with the United States ahead of a final agreement to ... read more |
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Trump ties South Korea trade deal to North Korea talksRichfield, United States (AFP) March 29, 2018 US President Donald Trump warned Thursday that he may delay implementation of a renegotiated trade deal with South Korea until after planned nuclear talks with North Korea. ... more  
China's aircraft carrier spotted in huge naval drillBeijing (AFP) March 30, 2018 Beijing flexed its military muscle this week as its sole operational aircraft carrier apparently took part in a huge naval drill with dozens of other vessels in the South China Sea, satellite images showed. ... more  
American, British soldiers killed in Syria; Trump signals exit 'very soon'Beirut (AFP) March 30, 2018 Two members of the US-led anti-jihadist coalition - an American and a Briton - were killed by an improvised explosive device in the northern Syrian city of Manbij, US and British officials said Friday. ... more  
Funds shortage pulls the brakes on India's crucial space programsNew Delhi (Sputnik) Mar 29, 2018 India's four strategically important space programs, including one of the world's most successful PSLV mission, are reportedly facing a severe fund shortage which may force the space scientists of t ... more |
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General Dynamics awarded $61M contract for Abrams tank supportWashington (UPI) Mar 29, 2018 General Dynamics has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Army for Abrams systems technical support. ... more 
L-3 to provide mortar fuzes to Afghanistan, BahrainWashington (UPI) Mar 29, 2018 L-3 Fuzing and Ordnance System Inc. has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Army for mortar round ammunition. ... more  
Raytheon awarded contract for AN/ALR-69A radar receiver systemWashington (UPI) Mar 30, 2018 The U.S. Air Force has awarded a contract to Raytheon Self Protect Services for work on its AN/ALR-69A digital Radar Warning Receiver system. ... more  
Fearing worst, French 'preppers' gear up for the Day AfterParis (AFP) March 23, 2018 When the end comes, ex-army signaller Daniel will calmly fire up the generator, flip on the water purifier, gather eggs from his chickens and watch in serene self-sufficiency as society tears itself apart. ... more  
Jailed Taiwan activist denied correspondence rights by China, wife saysTaipei (AFP) March 28, 2018 The wife of a Taiwanese democracy activist jailed in China said Wednesday he is denied "basic correspondence rights" after visiting him in prison for the first time in a case that has strained cross-strait relations. ... more |
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Boeing tapped for F-15 radar upgradesWashington (UPI) Mar 30, 2018 The U.S. Air Force has awarded a contract to Boeing for the company's work on radar upgrades to F-15 aircraft. ... more  |
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Navy taps Boeing for services on Hornet, Growler aircraftWashington (UPI) Mar 28, 2018 Boeing has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Navy for services in support of the the F/A-18A-F and EA-18G fighter jets for the U.S. and foreign countries. ... more 
N. Korea's Kim shows unity with China's Xi in first foreign tripBeijing (AFP) March 28, 2018 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was given a lavish welcome by Chinese President Xi Jinping during a secretive trip to Beijing as both sides try to repair frayed relations before Pyongyang's landmark summits with Seoul and Washington. ... more 
Trump says 'good chance' Kim will give up nukesWashington (AFP) March 28, 2018 US President Donald Trump, who has agreed to meet with Kim Jong Un, said Wednesday there is a now a good chance the North Korean leader will give up his country's nuclear weapons. ... more 
Two Koreas agree to hold summit on April 27Seoul (AFP) March 29, 2018 The two Koreas on Thursday set a date for a rare inter-Korean summit, following a high-level meeting that was held days after the nuclear-armed North's leader Kim Jong Un made his international debut with a surprise trip to China. ... more 
Kim, Xi break the ice with wine and secret pageantryBeijing (AFP) March 28, 2018 For a hush-hush "unofficial visit", North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's trip to China bore all the trappings of a state reception: honour guards, bouquets, red carpets, and a banquet served on imperial yellow porcelain. ... more |
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 Warsaw (AFP) March 28, 2018 
Poland signed on Wednesday a $4.75 billion (3.8-billion-euro) contract to purchase a US-made Patriot anti-missile system, a move that is likely to irk Russia as East-West tensions rise.
The weapons deal is the largest-ever by NATO-member Poland. The first deliveries are expected in 2022 with the system due to become operational a year later.
The Patriot is a mobile air-defence system mad ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 26, 2018 
Raytheon was awarded a contract from the U.S. Air Force for advanced medium range air to air missiles, also known as AMRAAMs.
The deal, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $523.1 million under the terms of a fixed-price incentive contract, which is a modification to a previous award.
The agreement enables Raytheon to to provide AMRAAMs, along wit ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 29, 2018 
Insitu Inc. has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Navy for eight ScanEagle unmanned aircraft systems.
The deal, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $47 million under the terms of a firm-fixed-price delivery order contract, which is a modification to a previous basic order agreement, the Pentagon said.
The agreement enables Insitu Inc. to pro ... more |
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 New Delhi (Sputnik) Mar 29, 2018 
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is set to launch a high power S-band communication satellite GSAT-6A on Thursday at the behest of the country's armed forces. The 2,000 kg satellite will provide mobile connectivity anywhere in India using multi-beam coverage.
It will complement the GSAT-6, which has been orbiting since August 2015 at a longitude of 83 degrees East; its planned ... more |
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 Raleigh NC (SPX) Mar 27, 2018 
New research from North Carolina State University and the U.S. Army's Aviation Applied Technology Directorate shows that stainless steel composite metal foam (CMF) can block blast pressure and fragmentation at 5,000 feet per second from high explosive incendiary (HEI) rounds that detonate only 18 inches away.
"In short, we found that steel-CMF offers much more protection than all other exi ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) March 26, 2018 
Three out of four French people believe it is "unacceptable" to sell military weapons to Saudi Arabia, according to a poll published Monday.
The study by independent research group YouGov was commissioned by the anti-corporation lobby group SumOfUs to mark the third anniversary of the Saudi-led military intervention in Yemen.
Several NGOs including Amnesty International are seeking to r ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) March 29, 2018  A historic agreement between the Vatican and Beijing on the appointment of bishops in China could be signed as early as this Saturday, a Chinese government-approved bishop said in a report published Thursday.
Negotiations have reached "the final stages," Bishop Guo Jincai, secretary-general of the Bishops Conference of the Catholic Church in China, was quoted as saying by the state-owned Glo ... more |
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 Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Mar 21, 2018 
2D materials, which consist of a few layers of atoms, may well be the future of nanotechnology. They offer potential new applications and could be used in small, higher-performance and more energy-efficient devices. 2D materials were first discovered almost 15 years ago, but only a few dozen of them have been synthesized so far.
Now, thanks to an approach developed by researchers from EPFL ... more |
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 London (AFP) March 28, 2018 
A reconstruction, made from date syrup cans, of an ancient Iraqi statue destroyed by Islamic State jihadists was unveiled in London's Trafalgar Square on Wednesday.
The artwork will stand for two years on the empty fourth plinth in the British capital's central square as a monument to the destruction of Iraqi culture since the 2003 US-led invasion.
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 Washington (AFP) March 28, 2018 
US President Donald Trump, who has agreed to meet with Kim Jong Un, said Wednesday there is a now a good chance the North Korean leader will give up his country's nuclear weapons.
"For years and through many administrations, everyone said that peace and the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula was not even a small possibility," Trump wrote in an early morning tweet.
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 Shanghai (AFP) March 27, 2018 
Two of China's big state-owned banks said Tuesday their profits rebounded in 2017 after a pair of moribund years thanks to an accelerating domestic economy, and analysts expect further gains as a government credit clampdown favours big lenders.
The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), the world's biggest lender in terms of total assets, said full-year profit grew 2.8 percent to 28 ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) March 23, 2018 
When the end comes, ex-army signaller Daniel will calmly fire up the generator, flip on the water purifier, gather eggs from his chickens and watch in serene self-sufficiency as society tears itself apart.
"I'm preparing myself for risks, floods, earthquakes, avalanches or social breakdown," says the sixty-something father, hunter and self-styled survivor from the French Alps.
Daniel, wh ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) March 27, 2018 
An uncontrolled Chinese space station weighing at least seven tonnes is set to break up as it hurtles to Earth on or around April 1, the European Space Agency has forecast.
"It will mostly burn up due to the extreme heat generated by its high-speed passage through the atmosphere," it said in a statement.
Some debris from the Tiangong-1 - or "Heavenly Palace" - spacelab will likely fal ... more |
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 Vatican City (AFP) March 27, 2018
A Chinese bishop recognised by the Vatican has been arrested in his diocese just as Beijing and the Holy See are set to confirm a historic agreement on the appointment of bishops, a Vatican-linked website reported.
AsiaNews, run by the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions - a missionary society recognised by the Vatican - wrote on Tuesday that Vincent Guo Xijin, bishop of the diocese ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) March 27, 2018 
A 43-year-old man has been arrested after around a dozen packages containing potentially explosive material were posted to military and intelligence facilities around the US capital, the FBI said Tuesday.
Thanh Cong Phan, who lives near the northwestern city of Seattle, was taken into custody after the FBI "determined that the packages contained potential destructive devices and appeared to ... 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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