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  Washington (AFP) Jan 15, 2019 China is on the cusp of fielding some of the world's most advanced weapons systems - and in some cases already has surpassed its rivals, a Pentagon assessment released Tuesday found. An unclassified report by the Defense Intelligence Agency says Beijing has made enormous military strides in recent years, thanks partly to domestic laws forcing foreign partners to divulge technical secrets in exchange for access to China's vast market. As a result of "acquiring technology by any means available," ... read more |
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U.S., Japan participate in joint deployment in East China SeaWashington (UPI) Jan 15, 2019 The United States and Japan conducted a joint two-day deployment in the South China for communication and maneuvering drills. ... more  
Nuclear arms treaty faces collapse after failed US-Russia talksGeneva (AFP) Jan 15, 2019 The survival of a key nuclear arms control treaty was cast further in doubt Tuesday after the US and Russia blamed each other for pushing the agreement to the brink of collapse. ... more 
Report raises fresh doubts over Trump's NATO commitmentWashington (AFP) Jan 15, 2019 Fresh doubts surfaced Tuesday over President Donald Trump's commitment to NATO, after he was reported to have discussed a desire to pull out of the trans-Atlantic military alliance. ... more 
France looks to beef up military space capabilitiesParis (Sputnik) Jan 16, 2019 The development of space industry has become France's priority, CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall told Sputnik, commenting on the government's effort to increase investment in the sector. However, th ... more |
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Seoul drops 'enemy' reference to North KoreaSeoul (AFP) Jan 15, 2019 Seoul crossed out a reference to nuclear-armed North Korea as its enemy in a defence white paper published Tuesday, amid rapidly warming ties despite stalled nuclear talks between Pyongyang and Washington. ... more 
North Korean official heads for talks in Sweden: reportSeoul (AFP) Jan 15, 2019 A top North Korean diplomat was travelling to Sweden Tuesday, she told reporters, as speculation mounts over the next summit between the isolated state's leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump. ... more 
Germany arrests German-Afghan army adviser for 'spying for Iran'Berlin (AFP) Jan 15, 2019 Germany on Tuesday detained a German-Afghan man on suspicion he was spying for Iran while working for the German army as a linguistic and cultural adviser. ... more 
Iran satellite in US row fails to reach orbitTehran (AFP) Jan 15, 2019 Iran launched a satellite criticised by the United States as a breach of a UN resolution on Tuesday but it failed to reach orbit, the telecommunications minister said. ... more  
US Navy and Air Force awards Lockheed Martin Second Production Lot for Long Range Anti-Ship MissilesOrlando FL (SPX) Jan 16, 2019 Lockheed Martin has received a $172 million contract from the U.S. Navy and Air Force for Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) production. The contract continues the production for the air-lau ... more |
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 'Hostage politics': Death sentence heightens China, Canada tensions 
Raytheon taps Phoenix Products for Naval Strike Missile containersWashington (UPI) Jan 15, 2019 Raytheon Co. and Phoenix Products, Inc. signed a $1.6 million contract Tuesday with the U.S. Navy to produce strike missile transport containers as part of the Pentagon's mentor-protege program. ... more  |
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Raytheon to equip classic Hornet with upgraded radarWashington (UPI) Jan 15, 2019 Raytheon will equip the U.S. Marine Corps' classic Hornet fleet with an upgraded APG-79(v)4 AESA radar system. ... more  
USS Gravely becomes flagship of NATO maritime forces groupWashington (UPI) Jan 15, 2019 The USS Gravely was named the flagship for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's Standing Maritime Group 1 during a ceremony in Copenhagen, Denmark. ... more  
French FM visits Iraq holy city in first, pledges loanNajaf, Iraq (AFP) Jan 15, 2019 France's top diplomat Jean-Yves Le Drian met with a leading Shiite cleric in Iraq's Najaf on Tuesday, the first time a French foreign minister has visited the holy city. ... more  
Competition for Young Space Entrepreneurs launchedLondon, UK (SPX) Jan 11, 2019 The UK Space Agency is offering young people expert advice and a share of 50,000 pounds for their ideas of how satellites could improve life on Earth. The SatelLife Competition, now in its th ... more  
Maxar's SSL selected to define small satellite requirements for Environmental Defense FundPalo Alto CA (SPX) Jan 15, 2019 SSL, a Maxar Technologies company, and a leading provider of innovative satellites and spacecraft systems, announced today that it is leveraging Maxar's combined capabilities for a contract to defin ... more |
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 Damascus (AFP) Jan 11, 2019 
Syrian air defences shot down Israeli missiles late Friday, the official SANA news agency reported, citing a military source.
Most of the missiles fired by "Israeli military planes" were intercepted at around 11:00 pm (2100 GMT), the source said.
"Only a ministry of transport warehouse at Damascus international airport was hit," SANA cited the military source as saying.
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 Washington (UPI) Jan 11, 2019 
Raytheon Missile Systems received a $21 million modification of its contract for missile improvement software for the U.S. Air Force.
The modification, announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, covers work on the advanced medium-range air-to-air-missile [AMRAAM] system, brought the initial $50 million contract's value up to $71 million.
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jan 16, 2019 
A new study in Conservation Physiology shows that over time, bears get used to drones. Previous work indicated that animals behave fearfully or show a stress response near drone flights. Using heart monitors to gauge stress, however, researchers here found that bears habituated to drones over a 3 to 4-week period and remained habituated.
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Jan 15, 2019 
The communications satellites will be spread out evenly to provide seamless global coverage. They are equipped with modern Ka and Q-band transponders and support high-speed Internet, telephony and other broadcasting services.
The launch of the fourth and last military communications satellite of Russia's Blagovest constellation is tentatively planned for April, a source in the space indust ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jan 9, 2019  General Dynamics announced the $714 million order for upgrades to 174 additional U.S. Army M1A1 Abrams tanks.
The tanks will be upgraded to state-of-the-art M1A2 System Enhancement Package Version 3 status, the company said on Tuesday.
The SEPv3 configuration includes advancements in communications, reliability, sustainment, fuel efficiency and upgraded armor. The army ordered th ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jan 9, 2019 
Nearly $28 billion in funds appropriated to the Pentagon were left unspent when its authority to spend it expired in 2018, a government watchdog report says.
"If the DoD [Department of Defense] does not spend its funds within the legal timeframes, the funds expire. In FY 2018, the DoD reported $27.7 billion of expired funds, meaning that, generally, the DoD can no longer use those funds ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Jan 15, 2019 
A diplomatic spat between Beijing and Ottawa intensified on Tuesday as Canada warned its citizens of the risk of "arbitrary enforcement" of laws in China after a Canadian drug suspect was sentenced to death.
The Canadian government updated its travel advice hours after a court in northeast China sentenced Robert Lloyd Schellenberg, 36, to death at a retrial after his previous 15-year prison ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 11, 2019  For the first time, researchers used benzene - a common hydrocarbon - to create a novel kind of molecular nanotube, which could lead to new nanocarbon-based semiconductor applications.
Researchers from the Department of Chemistry have been hard at work in their recently renovated lab in the University of Tokyo's Graduate School of Science.
The pristine environment and smart layout af ... more |
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 Mosul, Iraq (AFP) Jan 14, 2019 
Authorities in Mosul have begun demolishing a onetime icon of modern Iraqi architecture used by the Islamic State group to throw men accused of being gay to their deaths.
Labourers and bulldozers on Monday could be seen removing rubble and twisted metal from the gutted ruins of the National Insurance Company in the city's west.
It was designed by celebrated Iraqi architect Rifat Chadirji ... more |
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 Tehran (AFP) Jan 15, 2019 
Iran launched a satellite criticised by the United States on Tuesday but it failed to reach orbit, state television quoted the telecommunications minister as saying.
"The Payam satellite was successfully launched this morning with the Basir satellite carrier. But the satellite unfortunately failed to be placed in orbit in the final stage," Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi said.
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Jan 16, 2019 
For young Hong Kongers like Wilson Leung getting a foothold on the city's property ladder has long been a near impossible task but with the notoriously overpriced housing market facing a downturn, they now have a chance of realising their dream.
The crammed financial hub regularly tops the list of cities with the least affordable housing in the world, with even cheap apartments out of the re ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Jan 15, 2019 
The Pentagon said Monday it would extend until September 30 the deployment of active-duty soldiers and Coast Guard members at the US-Mexico border, while expanding the mission to include surveillance and detection.
Lengthening the troops' mission past a January 31 deadline, the Pentagon said it was "transitioning its support at the southwestern border from hardening ports of entry to mobile ... more |
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 Xichang (XNA) Jan 11, 2019 
China sent Zhongxing-2D satellite into space on a Long March-3B carrier rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province at 1:11 a.m. Friday.
The satellite has entered the preset orbit.
The Chinese-made communication and broadcasting satellite will provide transmission service for the country's radio, television stations and cable television networks.
The Zho ... more |
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 Shanghai (AFP) Jan 15, 2019 
Wearing a bright floral ensemble with her short hair dyed blonde, Chinese model Ma Yinhong struts a Shanghai catwalk with a style and swagger that belie her 56 years.
She made her modelling debut just two years ago and is already in demand, working for leading fashion brands such as Dolce & Gabbana.
Ma is one of a growing number of older models sought after by Chinese and international ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) Jan 8, 2019 
Security forces in Iraqi Kurdistan have been "torturing children" to force them to confess to having links with the jihadist Islamic State group, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday.
The rights group said it interviewed 23 boys aged between 14 and 17 who were charged with, or convicted of, belonging to IS, and that 16 of them said they had been "tortured" during questioning.
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 Washington (UPI) Nov 30, 2018 
The U.S. Army is contracting Radiance Technologies for high energy laser lethality research, assessment and support in the amount of $28.2 million.
Work on the contract, announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, will be performed in Huntsville, Ala., and is expected to be completed by November 2023.
It falls under a small business contract under acquisition rules, though R ... more |
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