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  Washington (AFP) April 5, 2018 Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid called for US Patriot missiles and troops to be deployed to her small Baltic state Wednesday, telling AFP it was necessary to make deterrence "believable" for Russia. In an interview coinciding with her visit to the White House, the conservative leader said the deployment of American materiel and personnel would bolster existing NATO troop deployments - launched in response to Russia's more bellicose posture. "We want to be sure that both NATO's territory and ... read more |
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The Problem With Space Junk is We Don't Know Where Most Objects AreMoscow (Sputnik) Apr 04, 2018 China's unresponsive Tiangong-1 space lab has come down over the South Pacific, it broke up while re-entering the Earth's atmosphere at 17,000 miles per hour according to Chinese reports. Sputnik di ... more 
Space Maid: Robot Harpoon and Net System to Attempt Space CleanupMoscow (Sputnik) Apr 05, 2018 Humanity has grown accustomed to autonomous cleaning robots since the Roomba's debut in 2002. Now, we might have an upgrade: scientists have sent a prototype satellite equipped with a net and harpoo ... more  
Pentagon hustles to jump in line with Trump's border directiveWashington (AFP) April 4, 2018 Pentagon planners scrambled Wednesday to find ways to support President Donald Trump's surprise edict that he would send "the military" to guard America's southern border. ... more  
US to sell European allies $4.7bn in military aircraftWashington (AFP) April 4, 2018 The United States on Wednesday approved $4.7 billion in deals for American firms to sell jet fighters to Slovakia, military helicopters to Spain and armed drones to Britain. ... more |
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No Space for Partnership: Analyst Predicts Dark Future for ISS Joint ProjectMoscow (Sputnik) Apr 05, 2018 Why the European nations don't cooperate with Russia in the space industry and manned spacecraft is a question which puzzles space industry expert Gerhard Kowalski. He told Sputnik in an interview w ... more 
Anticipating the dangers of spaceAustin TX (SPX) Apr 04, 2018 Alongside the well-known hazards of space - freezing temperatures, crushing pressures, isolation - astronauts also face risks from radiation, which can cause illness or injure organs. Though n ... more  
BAE delivers Armored Multipurpose Vehicles to Army for testingWashington (UPI) Apr 4, 2018 BAE Systems has delivered all five variants of its Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle to the U.S. Army for testing. ... more  
Man Booker reverts author's nationality to "Taiwan" after outcryTaipei (AFP) April 4, 2018 The Man Booker International Prize has reversed a move to change a Taiwanese author's nationality to "Taiwan, China", after the literary award was criticised for bowing to pressure from Beijing. ... more 
Researchers develop nanoparticle films for high-density data storageWashington DC (SPX) Apr 04, 2018 As we generate more and more data, the need for high-density data storage that remains stable over time is becoming critical. New nanoparticle-based films that are more than 80 times thinner than a ... more |
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US F-16 crashes near Las Vegas, third crash in two daysWashington (AFP) April 4, 2018 An American F-16 fighter jet crashed on Wednesday near Las Vegas, the third US military aircraft crash in two days. ... more  |
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NASA X-Plane construction set to beginWashington DC (SPX) Apr 04, 2018 NASA's aeronautical innovators are ready to take things supersonic, but with a quiet twist. For the first time in decades, NASA aeronautics is moving forward with the construction of a piloted ... more 
Navy taps General Electric for F/A-18 enginesWashington (UPI) Apr 4, 2018 The U.S. Navy has exercised a contract option with Generic Electric for engines in its F/A-18 fighter aircraft. ... more  
Israel arrests 10 Gazans accused of planning naval attackJerusalem (AFP) April 4, 2018 Israeli authorities said Wednesday they had arrested 10 Palestinians from the Gaza Strip over alleged plans to carry out a missile attack and hostage taking against a navy ship. ... more  
Chinese, North Korean foreign ministers meet ahead of major summitsBeijing (AFP) April 3, 2018 China's foreign minister told his North Korean counterpart on Tuesday that Beijing appreciates Pyongyang's efforts to ease nuclear tensions ahead of planned summits between the isolated country's leader Kim Jong Un and the South Korean and US presidents. ... more 
Is North Korea Preparing Controversial Satellite LaunchMoscow (Sputnik) Apr 04, 2018 As the White House and Pyongyang keep their lips sealed as to exactly when and where their respective leaders will meet, fears abound that North Korea will violate the spirit of the deal before it's ... 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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 Istanbul (AFP) April 4, 2018 
Turkey and Russia have agreed to bring forward to July 2019 the delivery of S-400 air defence missile systems to Ankara, a Turkish official said, in a purchase that has raised eyebrows among NATO allies.
"We brought forward the delivery date in the contract signed with Russia for the acquisition of S-400 systems and got an earlier date of July 2019," Ismail Demir, Turkish Defence Industries ... more |
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 Jerusalem (AFP) March 31, 2018 
An Israeli drone has crashed in southern Lebanon due to a technical malfunction, the military said on Saturday, after Hezbollah media labelled it a "spy" device.
The Israeli military said that the drone crash in an open area on Friday night posed "no risk of leaked information." It provided no further details.
Hezbollah television station Al-Manar reported that the "spy drone" fell betwe ... more |
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 New Delhi (AFP) April 1, 2018  India's national space agency has lost contact with a satellite days after it was launched into orbit with much fanfare, authorities said Sunday.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) lost communication with the GSAT-6A satellite as it prepared to undertake its third and final orbiting manoeuvre on Saturday.
"Efforts are underway to establish the link with the satellite," ISRO s ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 4, 2018 
BAE Systems has delivered all five variants of its Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle to the U.S. Army for testing.
The AMPV is a highly flexible vehicle designed to replace the Vietnam War-era M113 family of vehicles.
The 29 vehicles delivered were built under the $383 million contract signed in December 2014 for the Engineering and Manufacturing Design phase for the development and ... 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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 Washington (AFP) April 4, 2018 
Pentagon planners scrambled Wednesday to find ways to support President Donald Trump's surprise edict that he would send "the military" to guard America's southern border.
The commander-in-chief's seemingly off-the-cuff directive blindsided officials Tuesday, when Trump said the military would guard the frontier until "we can have a wall and proper security."
It took hours for the White ... 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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 Baghdad (AFP) April 2, 2018  A Baghdad court on Monday sentenced six Turkish women to death and a seventh to life in prison for membership of the Islamic State jihadist group, a judicial source said.
The source told AFP that the women, all accompanied by small children in the court, had surrendered to Kurdish peshmerga fighters after having fled Tal Afar, one of the last IS bastions to fall to Iraqi security forces last ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) April 3, 2018 
China's foreign minister told his North Korean counterpart on Tuesday that Beijing appreciates Pyongyang's efforts to ease nuclear tensions ahead of planned summits between the isolated country's leader Kim Jong Un and the South Korean and US presidents.
North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho met China's chief diplomat Wang Yi in Beijing just a week after Kim made a surprise trip to the Ch ... more |
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 Geneva (AFP) March 29, 2018 
An international organisation that Donald Trump demeans, undermines and then embraces when it suits his interests: probably sounds familiar within NATO, or the UN.
Now it's time to add the World Trade Organization to the list.
The early signs of the US president's intentions towards the Geneva-based trade body all pointed towards hostility.
As a candidate he called it a "disaster" an ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) April 5, 2018  President Donald Trump's shock order to send National Guard troops to the frontier with Mexico Wednesday came after data showed that illegal immigration has sharply rebounded following a plunge in his first year in office.
Data on border apprehension for March released late Wednesday indicates undocumented immigrants are pouring into the country at the highest level in four years.
Trump' ... 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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 Beijing (AFP) April 3, 2018  China's culture watchdog has slapped fines on websites that posted parodies of "Communist classics and heroes", as the authorities further restrict what people can say - or even laugh at - online.
Major video sites iQiyi and Sina were handed undisclosed fines for "distorting or mocking" classic works, the culture ministry said, less than two weeks after new rules were issued to ban online ... 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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