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  Beijing, China (Sputnik) Aug 20, 2018 Officials in China's Hainan province are preparing to send a series of satellites into space starting in 2019 in order to keep track of "every reef and ship" within the contested waters of the South China Sea. The project is headed by the Sanya Institute of Remote Sensing in Hainan and has been sponsored by the provincial government, according to the China News Service. In total, 10 satellites will be launched into low-Earth orbit by the end of 2021. According to the institute, the first thr ... read more |
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US 'concerned' with 'abnormal' Russian satelliteGeneva, Switzerland (Sputnik) Aug 20, 2018 The US is raising hue and cry about a Russian satellite exhibiting what it considers "abnormal" behavior, heavily implying it is a weapon of some sort. However, the US has repeatedly rejected out of ... more  
Europe must 'pay price' to save nuclear deal: Iran FMTehran (AFP) Aug 19, 2018 Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Sunday that Europe had not yet shown it was willing to "pay the price" of defying Washington in order to save the nuclear deal. ... more 
N. Korea urges Trump to be 'bold' on denuclearisationSeoul (AFP) Aug 18, 2018 North Korean state media blamed Donald Trump's political opponents for the "deadlock" over denuclearisation on Saturday, urging the US President to act boldly to make progress on the thorny issue. ... more  
SSL to define next-generation secure satellite communications for the USAFHerndon VA (SPX) Aug 20, 2018 SSl/Maxar Technologies has been selected to help define next generation protected communications for the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center. SSL will develop, test and analyze ant ... more |
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No place to hide: exiled Chinese Uighurs feel state's long reachParis (AFP) Aug 17, 2018 Sitting on the terrace of a Paris cafe, a young Chinese woman glances nervously at her mobile phone as a message from a police officer in her native Xinjiang region pops up. ... more 
Cricket hero Imran Khan sworn in as PM, taking power in PakistanIslamabad (AFP) Aug 18, 2018 Pakistan's new Prime Minister Imran Khan was sworn in at a ceremony in Islamabad on Saturday, ushering in a new political era as the World Cup cricket hero officially took the reins of power in the nuclear-armed country. ... more  
US supplied bomb that killed Yemeni children: reportWashington (AFP) Aug 18, 2018 The bomb that killed 40 children and 11 others in a Saudi-led coalition air strike on a bus in rebel-held northern Yemen was sold by the United States under a State Department deal with Riyadh, CNN has reported. ... more 
Tehran museum lionises war in which Iran took on 'world'Tehran (AFP) Aug 18, 2018 With its air raid simulator and battlefield reconstructions, the state-of-the-art Holy Defence Museum in Tehran seeks to glorify the Iran-Iraq war as a time when the country faced down "the whole world". ... more 
Iran announces new fighter jetTehran (AFP) Aug 19, 2018 Iran will unveil this week a new jet fighter and upgrade its missile defences to meet threats from Israel and the US, Tasnim news agency said Sunday quoting the defence minister. ... more |
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 Trump says DC rained on military parade, will go to Paris instead  
War may have become the dominion of men by chanceWashington (UPI) Aug 15, 2018 Until recent, war was almost exclusively the dominion of men. But why? ... more  |
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Chinese police nab suspects after $87 mn cryptocurrency theftBeijing (AFP) Aug 19, 2018 Chinese police have arrested three suspects alleged to have stolen assets worth 600 million yuan ($87 million) through hacking, state media reported Sunday, as cyber criminals target holders of bitcoin and other virtual currencies. ... more  
Air strikes kill 18 IS fighters in Syria: monitorBeirut (AFP) Aug 17, 2018 Air strikes on a holdout of the Islamic State group in Syria near the Iraqi border have killed 18 jihadists, including a senior Iraqi commander, a monitor said Friday. ... more  
Iraqi girls take up swimming in IS-free MosulMosul, Iraq (AFP) Aug 18, 2018 Her father and grandfather gained fame in the pool. Now, 12-year-old Rama Omar hopes to do the same - a bold move in Mosul, a former jihadist stronghold in Iraq where swimming was never for women. ... more  
TOTE Services contracted for SBX-1 ballistic missile tracking radarWashington (UPI) Aug 16, 2018 TOTE Services of Jacksonville, Fla., has received an $11 million contract for operation and maintenance of the Sea-Based X-Band Radar vessel. ... more 
US creates 'Iran Action Group' to up pressure on TehranWashington (AFP) Aug 16, 2018 US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced a new high-level team to focus US and international efforts to increase diplomatic and economic pressure on Iran. ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 16, 2018 
TOTE Services of Jacksonville, Fla., has received an $11 million contract for operation and maintenance of the Sea-Based X-Band Radar vessel.
The contract, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense, will last one year with four-and-a-half years worth of possible options, which could bring the cumulative value of this contract to $65.3 million, the Pentagon said.
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 Tehran (AFP) Aug 13, 2018 
Iran unveiled a next generation short-range ballistic missile on Monday and vowed to further boost its capabilities, Iranian media said, at a time of rising tensions with the United States.
State broadcaster IRIB said the new Fateh Mobin missile had "successfully passed its tests" and could strike targets on land and sea.
"As promised to our dear people, we will not spare any effort to i ... more |
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 Mamiraua Reserve, Brazil (AFP) Aug 16, 2018 
A hoarse sound abruptly wakes visitors staying at a floating house that serves as a base for environmentalists on the Jaraua river in the Amazon rainforest.
During flood season, the Mamiraua Sustainable Development Reserve - located 500 kilometers (310 miles) from the Amazonas state capital Manaus - fills with water.
For researchers from the Mamiraua Institute and WWF-Brazil, that mean ... more |
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 Herndon VA (SPX) Aug 20, 2018 
SSl/Maxar Technologies has been selected to help define next generation protected communications for the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center.
SSL will develop, test and analyze antenna subsystem prototypes through a contract with the Space Enterprise Consortium, managed by Advanced Technology International. The award highlights SSL's ability to contribute to U.S. leadership in ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 16, 2018 
Chemring Sensors and Electronic Systems has received a $92.6 million contract from the U.S. Army for Husky Mounted Detection System systems and associated spare parts.
Work locations and funding on the contract, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense, will be determined with each individual order. The work is expected to be completed by August 2022.
The Husky Mounted De ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Aug 18, 2018 
The bomb that killed 40 children and 11 others in a Saudi-led coalition air strike on a bus in rebel-held northern Yemen was sold by the United States under a State Department deal with Riyadh, CNN has reported.
The numbers on shrapnel, of which images were taken shortly after the attack this month, indicate that it was a laser-guided Mk 82 bomb manufactured by defense contractor Lockheed Ma ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Aug 18, 2018 
China on Saturday rejected what it called an "irresponsible" Pentagon report claiming Beijing's bombers are likely training for strikes against US and allied targets in the Pacific.
The Thursday report said China was leveraging its growing military, economic and diplomatic clout to rapidly establish regional dominance, while its bombers were developing capabilities to hit targets as far from ... more |
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 Thuwal, Saudi Arabia (SPX) Aug 14, 2018 
By combining multiple nanomaterials into a single structure, scientists can create hybrid materials that incorporate the best properties of each component and outperform any single substance. A controlled method for making triple-layered hollow nanostructures has now been developed at KAUST. The hybrid structures consist of a conductive organic core sandwiched between layers of electrocatalytica ... more |
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 Mosul, Iraq (AFP) Aug 18, 2018 
Her father and grandfather gained fame in the pool. Now, 12-year-old Rama Omar hopes to do the same - a bold move in Mosul, a former jihadist stronghold in Iraq where swimming was never for women.
Even before the Islamic State group made Mosul the heart of its self-proclaimed caliphate in Iraq in 2014, conservatism and tradition in the ancient mercantile city meant its pools were only for m ... more |
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 Seoul (AFP) Aug 17, 2018 
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attacked "hostile forces" over "brigandish" sanctions, state media reported Friday, as Washington seeks to maintain pressure on Pyongyang over its nuclear programme.
Kim and US President Donald Trump held a groundbreaking summit in Singapore in June, which the US leader touted as a historic breakthrough.
But there has been little movement since and the Nor ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Aug 16, 2018 
China will send a senior negotiator to the United States in late August to resume trade talks, its commerce ministry said Thursday, the first public meeting on the dispute in weeks as the trade conflict intensifies.
Beijing and Washington have slapped tariffs on tens of billions of dollars worth of each other's goods since they held their last high-level meeting in June, raising fears that t ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Aug 17, 2018 
The US government on Friday hit four Myanmar military commanders and two military units with punitive sanctions, accusing them of "serious human rights abuses" and "ethnic cleansing" in violently expelling minority Rohingya from their homes.
Military and border guard commanders Aung Kyaw Zaw, Khin Maung Soe, Khin Hlaing, and Thura San Lwin were accused of leading violent campaigns against th ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Aug 17, 2018 
China's moon lander and rover for the Chang'e-4 lunar probe, which is expected to land on the far side of the moon this year, was unveiled Wednesday.
Images displayed at Wednesday's press conference showed the rover was a rectangular box with two foldable solar panels and six wheels. It is 1.5 meters long, 1 meter wide and 1.1 meters high.
Wu Weiren, the chief designer of China's lun ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Aug 17, 2018 
Two Chinese academics have proposed a controversial idea to encourage childbirth as their country faces an ageing population: Make people with no or fewer than two children pay into a "maternity fund".
The suggestion sparked a furious social media debate in a country whose population has faced drastic family planning policies under the Communist Party, which enforced a one-child policy for d ... more |
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 United Nations, United States (AFP) Aug 13, 2018 
Between 20,000 and 30,000 Islamic State fighters remain in Iraq and Syria despite the jihadist group's defeat and a halt in the flow of foreigners joining its ranks, according to a UN report released Monday.
The report by UN sanctions monitors estimates that between 3,000 and 4,000 IS jihadists were based in Libya while some of the key operatives in the extremist group were being relocated t ... more |
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 Huntsville AL (SPX) Aug 07, 2018 
The U.S. Army awarded Dynetics, Lockheed Martin and its partners a $10 million contract to continue development for the next phase of the High Energy Laser Tactical Vehicle Demonstrator (HEL TVD) program, a 100-kilowatt class laser weapon system.
Laser weapons are ideally suited to address high volume, low cost threats because of their inexpensive cost per shot and deep magazine. Team Dyne ... more |
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