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  Zhuhai, China (AFP) Nov 9, 2018 China is unleashing stealth drones and pilotless aircraft fitted with AK-47 rifles onto world markets, racing to catch up to US technology and adding to a fleet that has already seen combat action in the Middle East. Combat drones were among the jet fighters, missiles and other military hardware shown off this week at Airshow China, the country's biggest aerospace industry exhibition. A delta-winged stealth drone received much attention, highlighting China's growing production of sophisticated u ... read more |
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US delays UN approval of aid for North Korea; As NK delays talksUnited Nations, United States (AFP) Nov 8, 2018 The United States is delaying approval of several requests for sanctions exemptions to deliver tractors, spare parts and other goods needed for humanitarian relief in North Korea, according to documents seen by AFP on Thursday. ... more 
'No plans' for new US missiles in Europe despite treaty pulloutBrussels (AFP) Nov 8, 2018 The US has "no plans" to deploy new missiles to Europe, a senior official said Thursday, despite announcing it will pull out of a landmark nuclear arms control treaty with Russia. ... more 
US delays UN approval of North Korean aid requestsUnited Nations, United States (AFP) Nov 8, 2018 The United States is delaying approval of several requests for sanctions exemptions to deliver tractors, spare parts and other goods needed for humanitarian relief in North Korea, according to documents seen by AFP on Thursday. ... more  
Berlin to press China on 'space, robotic weapons' rulesBerlin (Sputnik) Nov 09, 2018 While China is not a signatory to the INF treaty, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas certainly hopes he will be able to drag Beijing into new agreements that will curb military development. Ge ... more |
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Iraq gets US sanctions break to keep the lights onBaghdad (AFP) Nov 8, 2018 Iraq has won an exemption allowing it to buy Iranian electricity despite US sanctions, as the country plagued by chronic power shortages walks a tightrope between rivals Washington and Tehran. ... more  
US 'war on terror' has killed 500,000 people: studyWashington (AFP) Nov 8, 2018 About half a million people have died violently in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan due to the US "war on terror" that was launched following the September 11 attacks in 2001, according to a study released Thursday. ... more 
Three dead in first car bomb in Mosul since IS ouster: officialsMosul, Iraq (AFP) Nov 8, 2018 A car bomb killed three people in Iraq's Mosul on Thursday, medical and security officials said, the first such attack since jihadists were ousted from the city last year. ... more 
Two Iraq ministers risk sack over Saddam-era posts: officialsBaghdad (AFP) Nov 8, 2018 Two ministers approved by Iraq's parliament may lose their jobs before the rest of cabinet is agreed, officials said Thursday, after a commission found they were members of Saddam Hussein's regime. ... more  
Yemen president names new defence chiefsAden (AFP) Nov 8, 2018 The Yemeni president replaced the defence minister and the army chief of staff on Thursday, as government forces press a five-month assault on the rebel-held port of Hodeida, state media said. ... more |
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 Taiwan navy gets two new warships as China tensions grow  
Army looks to DRS for Joint Assault Bridge armored bridging unitsWashington (UPI) Nov 7, 2018 The U.S. Army has awarded DRS Sustainment Systems $17.2 million for acquisition of Joint Assault Bridges. ... more  |
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Australian FM raises Xinjiang interment camps on China visitBeijing (AFP) Nov 8, 2018 Australia's foreign minister raised China's internment of Uighur minorities in Xinjiang at a meeting with her Chinese counterpart on Thursday as Beijing comes under increasing international scrutiny over its controversial security policy. ... more  
HII contracted by GenDyn for early work on Columbia-class submarineWashington (UPI) Nov 7, 2018 General Dynamics has awarded Huntington Ingalls' Newport News Shipbuilding division with a $197 million contract for material and advance construction for the first Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine. ... more 
New mast installed on HMAS Arunta by BAE Systems AustraliaWashington (UPI) Nov 7, 2018 HMAS Arunta has completed the installation of its new mast as part of the ship's Mid Life Capability Assurance Program at BAE Systems Australia's Henderson site, the company announced on Wednesday. ... more  
Dunford warns that Russia, China are near-peer military competitionWashington (UPI) Nov 7, 2018 Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told an audience at Duke University that Russia and China are near-peer competitors that the U.S. needs to match, according to the Pentagon. ... more 
New Okinawa governor plans US tour to raise military base issuesTokyo (AFP) Nov 9, 2018 The newly elected governor of Japan's Okinawa said Friday he will take the island's long-running concerns about US military bases there directly to Americans when he visits the country next week. ... 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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 (UPI) Nov 6, 2018 
The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $350 million contract for production support of Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile low-observable long range cruise missiles and all of its variants.
Lockheed Martin will provide lifecycle support related to the JASSM, the Long Range Anti-Ship Missile JASSM-Extended Range variants and any JASSM support concerning upgrades, production and logistics, ac ... more |
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 Guildford UK (SPX) Nov 08, 2018 
In the first study of its kind, published in the Annals of Tourism Research, academics from the University of Surrey and the University of Oxford have examined how Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) may have a substantial impact on the future of urban tourism.
When we think of automated vehicles it seems to be a topic that sits firmly in science fiction, from cars with character in The Love Bug (19 ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Nov 06, 2018 
Raytheon has been awarded an $11.5 million contract for development work on the Millimeter-Wave Digital Arrays program, an effort by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Activity program to enhance military communication security.
The contract, announced Monday by the Department of Defense, will see Raytheon focus on digital tile architecture and scalable apertures with transmit and r ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Nov 7, 2018 
The U.S. Army has awarded DRS Sustainment Systems $17.2 million for acquisition of Joint Assault Bridges.
The award, announced Tuesday by the Department of Defense, is a modification to an existing contract, with manufacturing taking place in West Plains, Mo.
The production run is expected to be completed by May 2024 and has been funded using fiscal 2018 Army procurement funds. / ... 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".
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 Tokyo (AFP) Nov 9, 2018 
The newly elected governor of Japan's Okinawa said Friday he will take the island's long-running concerns about US military bases there directly to Americans when he visits the country next week.
Denny Tamaki, born to a Japanese mother and an American US Marine father, said he wanted to see Tokyo and Washington spread the burden of hosting US troops more evenly across Japan.
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 Philadelphia PA (SPX) Nov 07, 2018 
When choosing materials to make something, trade-offs need to be made between a host of properties, such as thickness, stiffness and weight. Depending on the application in question, finding just the right balance is the difference between success and failure
Now, a team of Penn Engineers has demonstrated a new material they call "nanocardboard," an ultrathin equivalent of corrugated paper ... more |
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 Mosul, Iraq (AFP) Nov 8, 2018 
A car bomb killed three people in Iraq's Mosul on Thursday, medical and security officials said, the first such attack since jihadists were ousted from the city last year.
The Islamic State group, which once controlled a cross-border "caliphate" home to millions of people, lost control of Mosul and the rest of its urban strongholds in 2017 but it has continued to wage guerilla-style attacks ... more |
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 United Nations, United States (AFP) Nov 8, 2018 
The United States is delaying approval of several requests for sanctions exemptions to deliver tractors, spare parts and other goods needed for humanitarian relief in North Korea, according to documents seen by AFP on Thursday.
Russia asked the Security Council to discuss the delays during a meeting to be held behind closed doors on Thursday, diplomats said.
North Korea is under cripplin ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Nov 8, 2018 
China's exports to the United States and the rest of the world saw a surprise jump in October, data showed Thursday, suggesting businesses are ramping up trans-Pacific shipments before higher tariffs kick in.
Relations between the world's top two economies have soured sharply this year as US President Donald Trump slapped higher taxes on roughly half of Chinese imports and threatened to hit ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Nov 8, 2018 
A chemical spill that dumped nearly seven tonnes of toxic waste in the seas off Fujian province in east China has left 52 people ill, local authorities said Thursday.
The incident happened in the early hours of Sunday when a tube connecting a transport vessel to the wharf broke, spilling 6.9 tonnes of C9 aromatics into the sea.
A product of refining crude oil, C9 is typically used to p ... more |
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 Zhuhai, China (AFP) Nov 6, 2018  China unveiled on Tuesday a replica of its first permanently crewed space station, which would replace the international community's orbiting laboratory and symbolises the country's major ambitions beyond Earth.
The 17-metre (55-foot) core module was a star attraction at the biennial Airshow China in the southern coastal city of Zhuhai, the country's main aerospace industry exhibition.
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Nov 9, 2018 
Rights campaigners Friday denounced Hong Kong's barring of a senior Financial Times journalist as another blow to press freedom in the city which has come under increasing pressure from an assertive China.
The refusal by immigration officials to let in the FT's Asia news editor Victor Mallet Thursday came hours after an arts centre hosting the city's high-profile literary festival cancelled ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Nov 8, 2018 
Materials Engineering and Technical Support Services has received a $9.8 million contract for research on countermeasures against chemical and biological weapons and hazards.
The contract, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense, provides for policy and technology analysis, laboratory work, field studies and modeling to better understand the impact of various chemical and biolo ... 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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