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  San Francisco CA (SPX) Oct 17, 2018 Underwater explosions detonated by the U.S. Navy to test the sturdiness of ships' hulls have provided seismologists with a test opportunity of their own: how much can we know about an underwater explosion from the seismic and acoustic data it generates? In a study published in the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, a team of researchers led by Ross Heyburn of AWE Blacknest in the United Kingdom compared the "ground-truth" data available from the Navy on the location, size and depth ... read more |
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Lockheed Martin reaches technical milestone for Long Range Discrimination RadarMoorestown NJ (SPX) Oct 17, 2018 Lockheed Martin's Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) has completed a closed loop satellite track with tactical hardware and software marking a significant achievement as the program continues to ... more  
China woos Bhutan, to India's displeasureThimphu, Bhutan (AFP) Oct 17, 2018 A peep into a Thimphu toy shop shows stacks of Pokemons, all made in China, a testimony to the quiet overtures Beijing is making in Bhutan at rival India's expense. ... more  
Taiwan to hold independence rally in challenge to BeijingTaipei (AFP) Oct 17, 2018 Taiwan independence campaigners will take to the streets Saturday for what they hope will be a major rally in a rebuke to Beijing and a challenge to the island's already embattled government. ... more 
Chinese bishops invite Pope Francis for historic visitVatican City (AFP) Oct 16, 2018 Two Chinese Catholic bishops attending a Vatican meeting for the first time following a landmark deal between Beijing and the Holy See said Tuesday they have invited Pope Francis to visit. ... more |
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At least 11 Iran troops seized on Pakistan borderTehran (AFP) Oct 16, 2018 At least 11 Iranian security personnel, including Revolutionary Guards intelligence officers, were abducted on the southeastern border with Pakistan on Tuesday, state media reported. ... more  
Gaza clashes 'cannot continue': Israeli defence ministerReim, Israel (AFP) Oct 16, 2018 Israel's defence minister said Tuesday that months of violent Palestinian protests on the Gaza border cannot be allowed to go on, urging cabinet colleagues to back tougher measures. ... more 
450 jihadists killed in Egypt Sinai offensive: armyCairo (AFP) Oct 16, 2018 The Egyptian army said Tuesday that 450 jihadists are estimated to have been killed in its eight-month offensive against the Islamic State group in the Sinai Peninsula. ... more 
Mattis to visit toxic Agent Orange site in VietnamHo Chi Minh City (AFP) Oct 16, 2018 The toxic legacy of the Vietnam War will come under the spotlight again Wednesday when US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis visits a former storage site for Agent Orange, which is blamed for birth defects and cancers among a million Vietnamese. ... more  
China's Belt and Road tempts states, but comes with risksNusa Dua, Indonesia (AFP) Oct 13, 2018 China's massive "Belt and Road Initiative" building push may create debt risks but is also responding to major infrastructure gaps in Asia and could boost global trade, World Bank officials say. ... more |
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 Chinese premier urges protection of free trade as US spat grows 
US alarmed by China's 'predatory' practices: MattisHanoi (AFP) Oct 16, 2018 The United States is alarmed by China's increasingly muscular military presence and "predatory economic practices" towards smaller countries in Asia, defence chief James Mattis has said on his way to the region. ... more  |
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Saudi Arabia minister offers to continue to serve as oil cushion, calming marketsWashington DC (UPI) Oct 15, 2018 Saudi Arabia has enough spare capacity to cover potential disruptions and will continue to use it, the country's Energy minister Khalid Al-Falih said Monday during an industry event in India amid market concern about the consequences of any potential U.S. sanction. ... more  
Koreas and UN Command discuss demilitarising borderSeoul (AFP) Oct 16, 2018 The two Koreas and the US-led United Nations Command held talks Tuesday on demilitarising a section of the heavily fortified border dividing the peninsula, as a diplomatic thaw gathers pace. ... more 
US defence chief Mattis says Trump is '100 percent' with himHo Chi Minh City (AFP) Oct 16, 2018 US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said President Donald Trump has assured him of his full support, one day after Trump appeared to cast doubt over the Pentagon chief's fate. ... more 
N. Korea slams US for 'evil' sanctions pushSeoul (AFP) Oct 16, 2018 North Korea's state media on Tuesday slammed the United States for an "evil" attempt to maintain sanctions against Pyongyang, accusing President Donald Trump of blocking progress in inter-Korean relations. ... more  
Most F-35s cleared for flight operations after grounding last weekWashington DC (UPI) Oct 15, 2018 After grounding all F-35s worldwide last week over concerns of a suspect fuel tube in engines, the Joint Program Office said Monday that more than 80 percent of aircraft have been cleared to return to flight operations. ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Oct 12, 2018 
Lockheed Martin has delivered the 300th interceptor for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system, the only system in the world designed to intercept threats both inside and outside the atmosphere. The production maturity milestone comes as demand for the company's hit-to-kill missile defense system and interceptors continues to grow.
"The Missile Defense Agency, industry and ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 8, 2018 
Lockheed Martin has been tapped for Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile production, and test vehicles, for foreign military sales customers, though the Department of Defense did not specify what country was buying the missiles.
The $390 million deal, comes under a firm-fixed-price, fixed-price-incentive-fee contract, announced Friday by the Pentagon.
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 Washington DC (SPX) Oct 15, 2018 
DARPA's OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics (OFFSET) envisions swarms of 250 collaborative autonomous systems providing critical insights to small ground military units in urban areas where vertical structures, tight spaces, and limited sight lines constrain communications and mobility. DARPA is soliciting proposals for its third swarm sprint, which will focus on the topics of human-swarm teaming an ... more |
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 Toulouse, France (SPX) Oct 12, 2018 
SATConsult, a leading satellite engineering consultancy and member of Euroconsult Group, has been selected by ESA to lead a consortium, composed of RHEA Group, Airbus and Space Hellas, to help develop a secure, independent, and centralized digital platform for Pooling and Sharing (P and S) satellite communication resources.
ESA has identified an increasing demand for secure satellite commu ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Oct 13, 2018 
Forget about the high-tech military challenges from China and Russia, the Pentagon is facing a fast-growing national security threat that could be even trickier to tackle: America's obesity crisis.
A study released this week has found that nearly one-third of young Americans are now too overweight to join up, a worrying statistic for military officials already facing recruitment challenges. ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Oct 15, 2018 
Harris Corp. and L3 Technologies announced a merger, making the combined company the sixth largest defense contractor in the United States.
The deal, forming a new company with a combined market value of over $33 billion, was announced on Sunday.
With little overlap between products, the new L3 Harris Technologies is set to capitalize on an increase in Pentagon spending, after fi ... more |
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 Thimphu, Bhutan (AFP) Oct 17, 2018 
A peep into a Thimphu toy shop shows stacks of Pokemons, all made in China, a testimony to the quiet overtures Beijing is making in Bhutan at rival India's expense.
China's annexation of Tibet in 1951 and an unresolved border dispute have long been irritants in ties with Bhutan, and India would prefer they remain estranged.
India jumped to Bhutan's defence last year when Chinese troops s ... more |
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 Newark DE (SPX) Oct 09, 2018 
From photonics to pharmaceuticals, materials made with polymer nanoparticles hold promise for products of the future. However, there are still gaps in understanding the properties of these tiny plastic-like particles.
Now, Hojin Kim, a graduate student in chemical and biomolecular engineering at the University of Delaware, together with a team of collaborating scientists at the Max Planck ... more |
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 Damascus (AFP) Oct 15, 2018 
A border crossing between Syria and Iraq is to re-open soon, Damascus and Baghdad's top diplomats said Monday, hours after other Syrian frontier posts reopened with Jordan and the Israeli-occupied Golan.
"We are now looking at the interest of the Syrian and Iraqi people in opening up the Albu Kamal crossing... as soon as possible," Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem said at a press confer ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Oct 15, 2018 
South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Monday that world powers needed to reassure North Korea's Kim Jong Un that he had taken the right decision in committing to scrap his nuclear weapons programme.
Moon, who has met Kim three times this year, is on a seven-day tour of Europe where he is expected to update leaders in Paris, Rome and Brussels on the rapidly thawing relations between Seoul a ... more |
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 Hanoi (AFP) Oct 16, 2018 
The United States is alarmed by China's increasingly muscular military presence and "predatory economic practices" towards smaller countries in Asia, defence chief James Mattis has said on his way to the region.
Speaking as he flew out for a diplomatic tour that will take him to Vietnam and Singapore, the US Defense Secretary said Washington was not trying to hold back its Pacific rival. ... more |
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 Nusa Dua, Indonesia (AFP) Oct 14, 2018 
The World Bank on Sunday announced funding of up to $1 billion for Indonesia after it was rocked by a string of recent disasters, including a deadly earthquake-tsunami that killed thousands.
CEO Kristalina Georgieva unveiled the funds at Indonesian holiday island Bali, where the Bank and the International Monetary Fund have been holding their annual meetings.
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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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 Shanghai (AFP) Oct 15, 2018 
A popular Chinese live-streamer has been sentenced to five days detention for "insulting" China's national anthem by waving her arms and mimicking a conductor as she sung the song during a broadcast to millions of her followers.
The woman, Yang Kaili, was detained by authorities in Shanghai Saturday for violating a national anthem law that was enacted last year.
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 Washington (AFP) Oct 16, 2018  The United States conducted its largest air strike in nearly two years against militants in Somalia, killing about 60 Al-Shabaab fighters, the US military said Tuesday.
"This precision air strike was the largest air strike against Al-Shabaab since November 21, 2017," when air-dropped US munitions targeted one of the group's training camps, killing about 100 extremists, US Africa Command said ... 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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