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  Beijing (AFP) July 3, 2018 A Chinese firm has developed a laser gun designed for police use that can set fire to protesters' hair or banners from a range of almost one kilometre. The general manager of the ZKZM fiber laser company, who asked to remain anonymous, said the weapon would "immediately" produce a "strong pain response" in the target but stressed it was designed to be "non-lethal". "The weapon is designed to do things such as setting fire to illegal banners at a protest or setting fire to the hair or clothing of ... read more |
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French arms exports halved in 2017, Mideast clients still biggestParis (AFP) July 2, 2018 French weaponry exports fell sharply last year in the absence of major deals to sell new Rafale fighter jets, with Middle Eastern clients again making up the bulk of the orders, the defence ministry said Monday. ... more  
US envoy Pompeo to return to North Korea this weekWashington (AFP) July 2, 2018 US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo heads back to North Korea this week to flesh out the bare bones nuclear agreement between President Donald Trump and Chairman Kim Jong Un. ... more 
Iran president in Europe to rally support for nuclear dealGeneva (AFP) July 2, 2018 Iranian President Hassan Rouhani arrived in Switzerland on Monday at the start of European trip billed as of "prime importance" after the US pulled out of the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers. ... more  
Raytheon to produce Griffin missile for U.S. Special OpsWashington DC (UPI) Jul 02, 2018 Raytheon Company Missile Systems has been awarded a $315 million contract to produce the Griffin missile for U.S. Special Operations Command. ... more |
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Post-Saddam Iraq faces parliamentary vacuum for first timeBaghdad (AFP) June 30, 2018 Iraq's parliament held its final session Saturday, leaving the country without a national assembly for the first time since 2013 as it awaits a vote recount from May parliamentary polls. ... more  
Military's shadow darkens media coverage of Pakistan electionsIslamabad (AFP) June 29, 2018 Facing abductions, censorship and financial ruin, journalists in Pakistan say they are under unprecedented pressure from authorities ahead of nationwide polls, sparking allegations the military is overseeing a "silent coup". ... more 
New arms race undermining landmark nuclear control treaty: expertsParis (AFP) June 29, 2018 Fifty years after the US, Russia and other powers reached a landmark deal to halt the spread of atomic weapons, an arms race and shifting US alliances risk triggering a new scramble for the bomb, experts say. ... more 
N. Korea aiming to hide ongoing nuclear production: reportsWashington (AFP) July 1, 2018 North Korea intends to maintain some of its nuclear stockpile and production facilities while potentially concealing them from the United States, The Washington Post reported Saturday, citing US officials. ... more 
N. Korea's Kim asked China's Xi to help lift sanctions: reportTokyo (AFP) July 1, 2018 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has appealed to China's Xi Jinping to help end sanctions against Pyongyang following his landmark summit with US President Donald Trump, a Japanese newspaper reported Sunday, citing multiple unnamed sources in the two countries. ... more |
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A.Q. Khan: Nuclear hero to Pakistan, villain to WestIslamabad (AFP) June 29, 2018 Pakistani atomic scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan is hailed as a national hero for transforming his country into the world's first Islamic nuclear power but regarded by the West as a dangerous renegade responsible for smuggling technology to rogue states. ... more  |
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US weighs withdrawing troops from Germany: reportWashington (AFP) June 30, 2018 The Pentagon is evaluating the costs of transferring or withdrawing troops from Germany, where the United States has its biggest contingent outside the country, The Washington Post reported Friday. ... more 
Trump writes to NATO allies on defence spendingBrussels (AFP) June 29, 2018 US President Donald Trump has written to eight European NATO members to tell them to stick to their defence spending commitments, Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel said Friday. ... more 
Mattis in Asia, fixing Trump-rattled relationships one by oneWashington (AFP) June 30, 2018 US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis spent four days in East Asia trying to keep on the rails key relationships - two friendly, one adversarial - that his boss President Donald Trump has thrown into confusion. ... more 
Australia passes foreign meddling laws amid China tensionsSydney (AFP) June 29, 2018 New laws to curb meddling by foreign governments in Australia have been passed by parliament ahead of a raft of by-elections, amid heightened fears of Chinese interference in domestic politics. ... more 
Sri Lanka moves navy unit to Chinese-run portColombo (AFP) June 30, 2018 Sri Lanka will move its southern naval command to a port leased to a state-run Chinese firm but China will not use it for military purposes, the prime minister's office said Saturday. ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 27, 2018 
The United States may sell five AEGIS Weapons Systems to Spain, the State Department announced Tuesday.
The deal, which would cost about $860.4 million, requires the approval of Congress before it can be finalized.
The Government of Spain has requested to buy the five AEGIS Weapons Systems MK7 and a variety of other weapons and technologies that come with it - including five shi ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 28, 2018 
The U.S. Navy has awarded BAE Systems with a $224.3 million contract for improved Advanced Precision Kill Weapon Systems II, which turn unguided Hydra 70 rockets into precision, laser-guided munitions.
The contract, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense, comes under the terms of a firm-fixed-price delivery order on indefinite/delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. It allows t ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 27, 2018 
Raytheon Co. has been awarded a contract to produce a Low Cost UAV Swarming Technology, or LOCUST, Innovative Naval Prototype.
The deal, announced by the Navy Tuesday, comes under a $29 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the LOCUST Innovative Naval Prototype.
Work will be performed in Tucson, Arizona, and is expected to be completed by Jan. 25, 2020.
LOCUST can launc ... more |
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 McLean VA (SPX) Jun 14, 2018 
Industrial revolutions leave no sector or industry untouched, and the fourth industrial revolution is no different. We are witnessing the rapid transformation that's blurring the line between the physical and digital worlds through artificial intelligence, machine to machine communications, and the Internet of Things-technologies that are touching every aspect of our lives. For the government an ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Jul 02, 2018 
Oshkosh Defense has been awarded a $484 million contract to produce Joint Light Tactical Vehicles, or JLTV, for the U.S. Army.
The deal, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, is a modification to an existing contract for 1,574 vehicles and 7,538 kits. It includes installed and packaged kits.
The JLTV recently completed Reliability Qualification Testing earlier this year, ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) July 2, 2018 
French weaponry exports fell sharply last year in the absence of major deals to sell new Rafale fighter jets, with Middle Eastern clients again making up the bulk of the orders, the defence ministry said Monday.
In its annual report to parliament, the ministry said the value of exports dropped to 6.9 billion euros ($8 billion) from 14 billion euros the previous year and the record 17 billion ... more |
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 Sydney (AFP) June 29, 2018  New laws to curb meddling by foreign governments in Australia have been passed by parliament ahead of a raft of by-elections, amid heightened fears of Chinese interference in domestic politics.
Canberra last year announced plans to introduce sweeping reforms to espionage and foreign interference laws, with China singled out as a focus of concern.
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 Boston MA (SPX) Jun 18, 2018 
Researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a new technique to squeeze infrared light into ultra-confined spaces, generating an intense, nanoscale antenna that could be used to detect single biomolecules.
The researchers harnessed the power of polaritons, particles that blur the distinction between light and matter. This ultra ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) June 30, 2018  Iraq's parliament held its final session Saturday, leaving the country without a national assembly for the first time since 2013 as it awaits a vote recount from May parliamentary polls.
The manual recount was demanded by the supreme court in polling stations with contested results, in line with a decision by the outgoing parliament following allegations of fraud.
Parliament's deputy spe ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) July 2, 2018 
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo heads back to North Korea this week to flesh out the bare bones nuclear agreement between President Donald Trump and Chairman Kim Jong Un.
Pompeo will leave Washington on Thursday for Pyongyang at the start of a round-the-world diplomatic mission that will bring him to Brussels and a key NATO summit, officials said.
Trump has boasted that a statement he ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) June 28, 2018 
China on Thursday insisted it has "carried out every promise" made in joining the World Trade Organization as Washington and Brussels push Beijing to do away with protectionist policies.
Hitting back at critics like US President Donald Trump, China published a white paper titled "China and the World Trade Organization" outlining reforms Beijing has undertaken since joining the agreement in 2 ... more |
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 Mae Sai, Thailand (AFP) July 3, 2018  The rescuers dubbed it "mission impossible" but they defied the odds to locate the 12 boys and their football coach deep in a cave complex. However the hard part may yet be ahead: getting them out safely.
Here are a few ways the hungry and weak boys could get out, none easy options.
Could they dive out?
In theory yes: but it is an extremely difficult task. Cave diving is already ver ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jul 02, 2018 
China is fast becoming a major space power as both its technology and launching frequency of satellites are improving at a rapid rate.
China became the world's fifth country to send a satellite into space in 1970. So far, a total of 400 satellites have been launched and over 200 are currently in service.
A large family of satellites has been formed in China, covering the fields of co ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) July 1, 2018 
Protesters marched through central Hong Kong on Sunday in one of the city's major annual pro-democracy rallies as organisers said the event was coming under unprecedented pressure from authorities.
Beijing has become increasingly intolerant of signs of dissent in semi-autonomous Hong Kong since massive pro-democracy rallies in 2014 brought parts of the city to a standstill and led to the eme ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jun 28, 2018 
Nerve agents are scary stuff. They are among the most deadly substances on earth, yet can be odorless, tasteless and difficult to detect. But researchers now report in ACS Central Science that they have adapted building materials normally associated with children's toys and a cell phone to help sense these compounds. The new method can sensitively detect these poisons, quantify the amount and di ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) July 3, 2018 
A Chinese firm has developed a laser gun designed for police use that can set fire to protesters' hair or banners from a range of almost one kilometre.
The general manager of the ZKZM fiber laser company, who asked to remain anonymous, said the weapon would "immediately" produce a "strong pain response" in the target but stressed it was designed to be "non-lethal".
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