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  Washington (UPI) Nov 2, 2018 U.S. Army has signed a deal to supply the Romanian government with three Raytheon defense systems. Romania will use the new Patriot Air and Missile Defense Systems - the country's second order of the systems in the last two years - to deter any any threats to its borders. The Patriot is a surface-to-air missile provides the "backbone" to the missile defense capabilities used by NATO nations to ward off missile and advanced drone attacks, Raytheon said in a press release. The Pat ... read more |
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N. Korea warns of returning to nuclear policySeoul (AFP) Nov 4, 2018 North Korea has warned the United States it will "seriously" consider returning to a state policy aimed at building nuclear weapons if Washington does not end tough economic sanctions against the impoverished regime. ... more 
US Iran sanctions move hits European companiesParis (AFP) Nov 3, 2018 US President Donald Trump's decision to pull the United States out of the 2015 nuclear accord with Iran and reimpose a raft of sanctions puts European businesses on the spot. ... more  
Russia turns up uninvited to major NATO wargamesOn Board Navy Uss Mount Whitney, Norway (AFP) Nov 3, 2018 The whirring of a low-flying Soviet Union-era war plane signalled Russia's uninvited arrival to NATO's biggest military exercise since the end of the Cold War. ... more 
Antifreeze and balaclavas: NATO troops in cold war gamesOppdal, Norvege (AFP) Nov 2, 2018 "This is my second time seeing snow, so it's a rather new experience," said a tank operative, a Florida native more accustomed to ice boxes than ice floes. ... more |
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Boeing contracted for sustainment of Saudi F-15sWashington (UPI) Nov 2, 2018 Boeing has received a $14.5 million award from the U.S. Air Force to repair Aircraft Maintenance Debrief Systems for F-15s flown by the Royal Saudi Air Force. ... more 
Boeing to deliver 4 new MH-47G choppers to Special OpsWashington (UPI) Nov 2, 2018 Boeing has received an award modification from U.S. Special Operations Command to build new helicopters. ... more  
Money moves again in Iraq's Mosul, but not via banksMosul, Iraq (AFP) Nov 4, 2018 Since jihadists were ousted from Mosul last year, taxi driver Abu Aref has ferried more than just people into Iraq's second city: he regularly smuggles envelopes stuffed with cash. ... more  
China faces grilling over internment camps at UN reviewBeijing (AFP) Nov 4, 2018 China will be grilled over its mass detainment of Uighur minorities during a UN human rights review on Tuesday, with Washington leading demands for Beijing to come clean on how many people are held in a sprawling network of camps. ... more 
Iraq reinforces border with Syria, fearing IS spilloverAl-Qaim, Iraq (AFP) Nov 2, 2018 Iraqi troops have reinforced their positions along the porous frontier with neighbouring war-torn Syria, fearing a spillover from clashes there between Islamic State group jihadists and US-backed forces. ... more |
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Sri Lanka court demands arrest of military chiefColombo (AFP) Nov 2, 2018 A Sri Lankan court on Friday ordered the arrest the country's top military officer over the abduction and murder of 11 people during the Tamil civil war. ... more  |
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With eye on aid, Pakistan PM meets Chinese counterpartBeijing (AFP) Nov 3, 2018 China agreed to "firmly move forward" infrastructure projects in Pakistan, following a meeting between Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and his Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang Saturday, as the South Asian nation seeks to stave off a financial crisis with aid and investment from the world's second largest economy. ... more 
US-led coalition strikes kill 14 civilians in east Syria: monitorBeirut (AFP) Nov 3, 2018 At least 14 civilians were killed Saturday in US-led coalition air strikes on the Islamic State group's last holdout in eastern Syria, a monitor said. ... more 
Trump sanctions set to bite Iran, but what next?Washington (AFP) Nov 2, 2018 Six months after President Donald Trump bolted from a nuclear deal on Iran, the United States from Monday will try to strangle the country's economy with sweeping sanctions, but doubts abound on how effective the campaign will be. ... more 
Iran nuclear deal: from US walkout to fresh sanctionsTehran (AFP) Nov 2, 2018 The United States last May quit the landmark 2015 Iran nuclear deal aimed at halting Tehran's nuclear ambitions. ... more 
S. Korea president says North's Kim to visit Seoul 'soon'Seoul (AFP) Nov 1, 2018 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will visit Seoul "soon", the South's President Moon Jae-in said Thursday, amid a rapid diplomatic thaw on the peninsula despite stalled nuclear talks between Pyongyang and Washington. ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Nov 2, 2018 
U.S. Army has signed a deal to supply the Romanian government with three Raytheon defense systems.
Romania will use the new Patriot Air and Missile Defense Systems - the country's second order of the systems in the last two years - to deter any any threats to its borders.
The Patriot is a surface-to-air missile provides the "backbone" to the missile defense capabilities used by ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 31, 2018 
Boeing received an award for $244 million from the U.S. Navy to procure long lead material for Harpoon full-rate production Lot 91 in support of multiple Foreign Military Sales customers
The firm-fixed-price contract was announced Tuesday by the Defense Department.
To date, Boeing has delivered more than 7,000 Harpoons to armed forces in more than 30 countries, according to the B ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Nov 05, 2018 
Finding lost hikers in forests can be a difficult and lengthy process, as helicopters and drones can't get a glimpse through the thick tree canopy. Recently, it's been proposed that autonomous drones, which can bob and weave through trees, could aid these searches. But the GPS signals used to guide the aircraft can be unreliable or nonexistent in forest environments.
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 Adelphi MD (SPX) Nov 02, 2018 
Researchers at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory and the Joint Quantum Institute have created a pristine quantum light source that has the potential to lead to more secure communications and enhanced sensing capabilities for Soldiers.
ARL's Dr. Elizabeth Goldschmidt and JQI's Dr. Sunil Mittal and Prof. Mohammad Hafezi discuss this research in their paper titled "A topological source of qua ... more |
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 Adelphi MD (SPX) Oct 31, 2018 
New research focusing on how brain structure may impact brain activity and ultimately human behavior could one day lead to technology that can be catered to an individual Soldier in a training environment or operational setting.
Researchers at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory and the University at Buffalo are developing a new tool - computational models of the brain - to learn more about ... more |
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 Geneva (AFP) Oct 31, 2018  The Swiss government on Wednesday reversed a decision to loosen restrictions on weapons exports to countries wracked by internal conflict following outcry over the planned move.
Switzerland's government, known as the Federal Council, said in a statement at it had decided "not to amend the War Material Ordinance".
That marked a reversal from its highly controversial decision in mid-June ... more |
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 On Board Navy Uss Mount Whitney, Norway (AFP) Nov 3, 2018 
The whirring of a low-flying Soviet Union-era war plane signalled Russia's uninvited arrival to NATO's biggest military exercise since the end of the Cold War.
Marines on board USS Mount Whitney off the Norwegian coast, had gathered for a group photo on deck when the Tupolev TU-142 soared overhead.
"It's a long-range maritime patrol reconnaissance plane," said one fascinated marine after ... more |
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 Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Oct 31, 2018 
Applied research is not always initiated by industry - but oftentimes it yields results that can swiftly be implemented by companies. A prime example can be seen on the Empa campus in Thun: Tiny watch springs are on display at the Laboratory for Mechanics of Materials and Nanostructures. These springs - the beating heart of every mechanical clock - are not your usual components. They are not mad ... more |
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 Al-Qaim, Iraq (AFP) Nov 2, 2018 
Iraqi troops have reinforced their positions along the porous frontier with neighbouring war-torn Syria, fearing a spillover from clashes there between Islamic State group jihadists and US-backed forces.
For weeks, IS has fought back an assault by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on a key jihadist-held pocket in Syria's eastern Deir Ezzor province near the border with Iraq.
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 Paris (AFP) Nov 3, 2018 
US President Donald Trump's decision to pull the United States out of the 2015 nuclear accord with Iran and reimpose a raft of sanctions puts European businesses on the spot.
While the European Union insists it will stick by the nuclear accord to allow trade to continue with Iran, European companies are wary of being caught out by the US sanctions regime and many have already cut back their ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Nov 2, 2018 
President Donald Trump said Friday that he expects a budding US-China trade war to end with "a very good deal."
"I think we will make a deal with China," he told journalists at the White House. "I think a very good deal will be made with China."
Markets have soared on reports that the two sides are closing in on a deal that would avoid Washington piling on still more tariffs against Chin ... more |
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 United Nations, United States (AFP) Nov 1, 2018 
China has invited the UN Security Council for a visit this month that will showcase its growing support for peacekeeping and include a tour of the modern cities of Shenzhen and Guangzhou, the UN ambassador said on Thursday.
The visit will highlight China's role as a global player at a time when the United States is pulling back from multilateral institutions like the United Nations.
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 Beijing (XNA) Oct 24, 2018 
When German scientists were conducting micro-gravity experiments on China's recoverable satellite in the 1980s, Chinese space engineer Tang Bochang was busy solving technical problems, while carefully keeping Chinese secrets.
Tang joined the China Academy of Space Technology in 1970, the same year China launched its first satellite. He has participated in the development of returnable sate ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Nov 2, 2018  Chinese President Xi Jinping greeted his Dominican counterpart Danilo Medina with a raft of economic deals in Beijing on Friday, meeting a Latin American leader who recently diplomatically ditched Taiwan for a second consecutive day.
Xi met Medina at the opulent Great Hall of the People, where they reviewed Chinese troops before holding talks, a day after treating El Salvador's president to ... more |
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 Rio De Janeiro (AFP) Nov 1, 2018 
The army general tapped by Brazil's far-right President-elect Jair Bolsonaro to be defense minister said Wednesday that snipers should be deployed to take down armed criminal suspects.
His comments came after the far-right governor-elect of Rio de Janeiro, Wilson Witzel, met with criticism after announcing he would deploy police snipers to shoot suspects even if officers' lives are not in da ... more |
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 Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Nov 01, 2018 
The Missile Defense Agency awarded Lockheed Martin a nine month, $25.5 million contract extension to continue development of its Low Power Laser Demonstrator (LPLD) missile interceptor concept. This program, awarded Aug. 31, builds on a 2017 contract to develop an initial LPLD concept.
Lockheed Martin's LPLD concept consists of a fiber laser system on a high-performing, high-altitude airbo ... more |
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