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  Geneva (AFP) Oct 4, 2018 The United States hinted Thursday it might withdraw from a landmark Cold War nuclear arms reduction treaty if Russia does not stop "violating" the accord. Washington has complained for nearly two years that a ground-launched missile system deployed by Russia breaches the 1987 Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF). "This situation is untenable, and we have to take measures to deal with this continued violation of this very important treaty," US ambassador on disarmament Robert Wood told report ... read more |
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Putin talks arms, nuclear deals in IndiaNew Delhi (AFP) Oct 5, 2018 President Vladimir Putin was expected Friday to sign a deal in India worth more than $5 billion for the S-400 air defence system, despite US warnings of sanctions against countries buying Russian military hardware. ... more 
Paris bomb plot claims cloud Iran president's hopes of EU helpTehran (AFP) Oct 4, 2018 French accusations that Iran was behind a foiled bomb plot near Paris could not have come at a worse time for its moderate president and his hopes of EU support against crippling new US sanctions. ... more 
Seismic data identifies 2017 NK nuke explosion, collapse, earthquakesAlbany CA (SPX) Oct 04, 2018 Careful analysis of data collected after the 3 September 2017 North Korean declared nuclear test explosion has allowed seismologists to distinguish the separate seismic signatures of the explosion, ... more 
Pompeo heads back to N.Korea with historic deal in playWashington (AFP) Oct 5, 2018 US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo heads back this weekend to North Korea as the contours of a potentially historic deal begin to take shape, even if Kim Jong Un's regime publicly stays firm in demands. ... more |
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China used tiny chips on US computers to steal secrets: reportWashington (AFP) Oct 4, 2018 Tiny chips inserted in US computer equipment manufactured in China were used as part of a vast effort by Beijing to steal US technology secrets, a published report said Thursday. ... more 
India plans facial recognition technology at airportsMumbai (AFP) Oct 4, 2018 Indian flyers will soon be able to leave their identification cards and boarding passes at home after the government announced plans Thursday to introduce facial recognition technology at airports. ... more 
Amid Russia hacks, US offers cyber expertise to alliesWashington (AFP) Oct 5, 2018 After years of ceaseless attacks from state-sponsored hackers, the US is taking toughening its stance in the cyber fight against Russia, China and other nations. ... more  
Russia, India set to sign S-400 deal; Russia completed S-300 delivery to SyriaMoscow (AFP) Oct 2, 2018 Russian President Vladimir Putin will oversee the signing of a $5 billion deal this week to supply Delhi with S-400 air defence systems, a top Kremlin aide said on Tuesday ahead of Putin's trip to India. ... more 
US, Chinese unease as Putin seeks India arms dealsNew Delhi (AFP) Oct 4, 2018 Russian President Vladimir Putin headed for India on Thursday looking to tie up billions of dollars in arms deals with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, likely irking the US, China and Pakistan in one fell swoop. ... more |
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SpaceX uses dumping to drive Russia out of space launch market claims RoscosmosMoscow (Sputnik) Oct 02, 2018 Elon Musk, the co-owner and CEO of the US aerospace manufacturer SpaceX, has been using dumping on the space launch market in order to crowd out Russia, head of Russia's State Space Corporation Rosc ... more  |
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ISS astronauts return to Earth amid US-Russia tensionsAstana, Kazakhstan (AFP) Oct 4, 2018 Two American astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut returned to Earth on Thursday wrapping up a six-month mission at the International Space Station as tensions between Washington and Moscow threaten a rare area of cooperation. ... more  
Murders of trailblazing Iraqi women spark conspiracy fearsBaghdad (AFP) Oct 1, 2018 Over the last few weeks, four go-getting Iraqi women have separately met premature deaths - two falling victim to men firing automatic weapons into their vehicles. ... more  
Iraqi Kurds vote for new parliamentArbil, Iraq (AFP) Sept 30, 2018 Iraqi Kurds voted on Sunday for a new parliament in their autonomous region, which is mired in an economic crisis a year after an independence referendum that infuriated Baghdad. ... more 
Amid trade spat, US-China military tensions soarWashington (AFP) Oct 3, 2018 The bitter trade dispute between China and the US is increasingly spilling into the military domain, with a risky incident in the South China Sea highlighting the dangers of souring relations. ... more 
S.Korean minister proposes US-N.Korea tradeoffWashington (AFP) Oct 4, 2018 An end to the Korean War in return for the verified dismantling of its major North Korean nuclear facility: South Korea's foreign minister on Wednesday proposed this tradeoff to unblock stalled negotiations between the United States and North Korea. ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 2, 2018 
Raytheon has received a $22.7 million contract for engineering, travel costs and other services for AN/SPY-6 Air and Missile Defense Radar production.
The AMDR is being developed for air defense requirements of several classes of ships. The suite includes a S-Band and X-band radar and a Radar Suite Controller. AMDR is capable of long range conventional radar, exoatmospheric detection, t ... more |
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 Moscow (AFP) Oct 2, 2018 
Russia has sent S-300 air defence systems to the Syrian military, its defence minister said Tuesday, in line with new security measures after a Russian military plane was mistakenly shot down by Syria's Soviet-era missile.
Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said at a meeting of the Russian security council that the military on Monday "finished the deliveries of S-300 systems" including a total o ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 1, 2018 
General Atomics has received a $441.6 million contract for technical services for U.S. Army Gray Eagle Unmanned Aircraft Systems.
Work locations and funding for the contract, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, will be based on each order, with an estimated completion date of September 2023.
The Gray Eagle is a derivative of the Predator unmanned aerial drone designed ... more |
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 Washington DC (AFNS) Oct 01, 2018 
In his remarks during this year's Air Force Association's Air, Space, and Cyber Conference in National Harber, Maryland, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein explained the importance of Multi-Domain Command and Control in executing the nation's next fight.
In this fight, Goldfein said, the Air Force must master MDC2 to empower commanders to dominate the air, space, and cyber dom ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 26, 2018 
Lockheed Martin has received an order for Sniper Advanced Targeting Pods in two foreign military sales for Bahrain and Taiwan.
The Royal Bahraini Air Force has ordered 19 Sniper ATPs for the F-16 Block 70 platform, and Taiwan has ordered 18 pods for the mid-life upgrades of their F-16 platform.
"Sniper ATP continues to be a must-have product on platforms worldwide for its superio ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Sept 26, 2018 
The US House passed an $854 billion spending bill Wednesday that ramps up military funding but does not include President Donald Trump's cherished border wall, sending him the measure days before the government runs out of money.
The bipartisan measure, which passed 361-61, funds the department of defense and a handful of agencies, and includes a short-term extension of funding for other ope ... more |
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 Barcelona (AFP) Oct 4, 2018 
Catalonia's separatist leader urged Madrid to consider foreign mediation in the conflict over his region's demand for independence, in a letter made public Thursday and also sent to Russia, China and others.
Media published the leaked letter addressed by Quim Torra to the Spanish government. Copies were also sent to the presidents of several countries that have faced violent separatist crise ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 01, 2018 
Researchers in Japan have found a way to create innovative materials by blending metals with precision control. Their approach, based on a concept called atom hybridization[1], opens up an unexplored area of chemistry that could lead to the development of advanced functional materials.
Multimetallic clusters - typically composed of three or more metals - are garnering attention as they exh ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) Oct 1, 2018  Over the last few weeks, four go-getting Iraqi women have separately met premature deaths - two falling victim to men firing automatic weapons into their vehicles.
The deaths have sparked fear among women who dare to break the mould and visibly achieve in the conservative country.
The latest to die was 22-year-old social media influencer and model Tara Fares.
Her bloody demise at th ... more |
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 Brussels (AFP) Oct 3, 2018  NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday demanded Moscow prove it is complying with a landmark Cold War nuclear arms reduction treaty, as concerns grow over a new Russian missile system.
Washington has complained for nearly two years that a ground-launched missile system deployed by Russia breaches the 1987 Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF).
NATO defence ministers will discuss the ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Oct 4, 2018 
The United States is uniting with other major economies to take on China's unfair trade practices, a senior White House economic adviser said Thursday.
National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow also said there was a possibility US President Donald Trump could meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Group of 20 summit in Argentina at the end of November.
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 Palu, Indonesia (AFP) Oct 4, 2018  An international aid effort to help tens of thousands of victims of Indonesia's quake-tsunami disaster swung into gear Thursday after days of delays, with planes flying in vital supplies for shattered communities.
A total of 1,424 people have been confirmed dead and over 2,500 injured after the monster earthquake struck Friday, sending destructive waves barrelling into Sulawesi island.
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 Jiuquan (XNA) Oct 01, 2018 
China launched its Centispace-1-s1 satellite on a Kuaizhou-1A rocket from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 12:13 p.m. Saturday.
This is the second commercial launch by the Kuaizhou-1A rocket. The first launch in January 2017 sent three satellites into space.
The Kuaizhou-1A was developed by a rocket technology company under the China Aerospace Science and Industr ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 28, 2018  Hundreds gathered in Hong Kong Friday to mark the fourth anniversary of the mass pro-democracy Umbrella Movement rallies as concerns grow that freedoms are disappearing under an assertive Beijing.
The subdued gathering comes days after the Hong Kong government banned a political party which promotes independence, calling it a threat to national security.
Britain and the United States exp ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Oct 2, 2018 
The US-led military alliance battling the Islamic State group faces "a tough fight" to oust the jihadists from their last holdouts in Syria, US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Tuesday.
While the extremists have lost almost all of the self-declared "caliphate" they held across Iraq and Syria four years ago, Mattis warned that destroying the group completely was "still going to take some tim ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 4, 2018 
Lockheed Martin, General Atomics and Boeing have received contract modifications for drone-mounted Low Power Laser Demonstrator system missile defense testing.
Lockheed Martin's contract has increased to a total value of $37.7 million, while General Atomics and Boeing's have been increased to $34 million and $29.4 million respectively, the Department of Defense announced on Friday.
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