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  Washington (UPI) Jan 23, 2019 The U.S. Air Force announced it is planning future experiments involving laser and microwave energy weapons after recent successes in testing sessions. Future experiments in the Directed Energy Experimentation Campaign are planned at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, the Air Force said Tuesday in a statement. The tests by the 704th Test Group, essentially the use of microwaves or lasers to bring down aerial targets, come after a first successful experiment in October. T ... read more |
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Taiwan unveils new drone as China tensions mountPingtung, Taiwan (AFP) Jan 24, 2019 Taiwan's navy showed off its latest long-range surveillance drone Thursday as the island's outgunned armed forces push to counter China's increasingly muscular rhetoric and military exercises. ... more  
Russia wheels out key missile in bid to save US arms treatyKubinka, Russia (AFP) Jan 23, 2019 Russia on Wednesday unveiled a missile system that Washington claims is in violation of a key arms control treaty, in a last-minute bid to counter US criticism and save the Soviet-era agreement. ... more 
German FM says up to Russia to save missile treatyWashington (AFP) Jan 24, 2019 Germany said Wednesday that it was up to Russia to salvage a key Cold War arms treaty with days to go before the United States plans to start pulling out. ... more  
Beijing says China, US are 'mutually indispensable'Davos, Switzerland (AFP) Jan 23, 2019 China and the United States cannot do without one another, one of Beijing's most senior officials said Wednesday, as the world's two biggest economies struggle to end a damaging trade war. ... more |
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ESA says there are 'big beasts' among 20,000 pieces of space junkMoscow (Sputnik) Jan 23, 2019 Since the 1950s, humanity has been firing rockets and satellites into orbit around the Earth, but most of this is now "space junk". Dr Holger Krag, the head of the European Space Agency's space debr ... more  
BAE awarded $474M for support of Army's M109 Family of VehiclesWashington (UPI) Jan 23, 2019 BAE Systems has been awarded a $474 million contract for support of the newest version of its M109 family of vehicles for the U.S. Army. ... more  
China blasts US 'bullying' with Huawei CFO extradition bidBeijing (AFP) Jan 23, 2019 China on Wednesday accused the United States of "bullying behaviour" after US authorities confirmed plans to seek the extradition of a top Chinese telecom executive detained in Canada. ... more 
Microsoft's Bing search engine inaccessible in ChinaBeijing (AFP) Jan 24, 2019 Microsoft's Bing search engine was inaccessible in China on Thursday, with social media users fearing it could be the latest foreign website to be blocked by censors. ... more  
Iraq parliament approves 2019 budget, one of largest everBaghdad (AFP) Jan 24, 2019 Iraqi lawmakers on Thursday approved the government's 2019 budget, which at $111.8 billion is one of the oil-rich country's largest ever spending bills. ... more |
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 Australia demands China treat detained national 'fairly'  
Lockheed nets $542M contract for F-35 equipment, sparesWashington (UPI) Jan 23, 2019 Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $542 million contract for F-35 equipment and spares for the U.S. military and partners in the program. ... more  |
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Afghan spy agency says it killed Taliban base attack mastermindKabul (AFP) Jan 23, 2019 The Taliban "mastermind" behind an attack which left 65 dead has been killed in an airstrike, Afghanistan's intelligence agency said Wednesday - a claim the insurgents deny. ... more  
Parade to mark wartime siege stirs anger in Saint PetersburgSaint Petersburg (AFP) Jan 24, 2019 Plans for a military parade in Saint Petersburg marking the 75th anniversary of the end of the siege of Leningrad have provoked an outcry in the city, including among survivors. ... more 
Netanyahu warns of 'lethal' reaction to any Gaza escalationJerusalem (AFP) Jan 23, 2019 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Wednesday of a "lethal" reaction if Palestinian armed groups resume hostilities as tensions rise over Gaza. ... more 
U.S. destroyer Donald Cook arrives in Black Sea region for NATO drillsWashington (UPI) Jan 22, 2019 The U.S. destroyer USS Donald Cook has docked in western Georgia to participate in joint drills under the observation of Russian vessels in the Black Sea. ... more 
Franco-German treaty a step toward 'European army': MerkelAachen, Germany (AFP) Jan 22, 2019 The leaders of France and Germany on Tuesday laid out their commitment to a future joint European Army, an idea that has sparked angry reactions from US President Donald Trump. ... more |
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 Jerusalem (AFP) Jan 22, 2019 
Israel said it carried out a successful test Tuesday with the United States of ballistic missile interceptors jointly developed by the allies, in the face of growing tensions with Iran.
The test came a day after the latest deadly exchange of fire between Israel and Iranian forces operating in Syria.
The Arrow 3 interceptor system, designed to shoot down missiles above the atmosphere, was ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jan 16, 2019  The MBDA Missile Systems' medium-range missile was successfully deployed in Mali by the French Army for the first time, the company announced.
The Picardy Battle Group used the missile, called the Missile Moyenne Portable, or MMP, for the first time in a combat environment in December, MBDA announced Wednesday.
A six-person crew delivered the system by armored car, then installed ... more |
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 Shanghai (AFP) Jan 21, 2019 
Chinese drone maker DJI has placed 45 employees under investigation for alleged fraud that could cost the company more than one billion yuan ($150 million) in losses, the firm said Monday.
The world's top civilian drone maker said in an internal memo that most of the employees involved in the fraud worked in the supply chain, and 29 were fired while 16 were reported to the police.
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jan 23, 2019 
DARPA's Radio Frequency Risk Reduction Deployment Demonstration (R3D2) is set for launch in late February to space-qualify a new type of membrane reflectarray antenna. The antenna, made of a tissue-thin Kapton membrane, packs tightly for stowage during launch and then will deploy to its full size of 2.25 meters in diameter once it reaches low Earth orbit.
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 Washington (UPI) Jan 23, 2019 
BAE Systems has been awarded a $474 million contract for support of the newest version of its M109 family of vehicles for the U.S. Army.
The contract, announced Tuesday by the Department of Defense, covers system technical support and sustainment, systems engineering, program management, logistics support, and software maintenance and management for the M109 family of vehicles.
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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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 Washington (UPI) Jan 22, 2019 
The U.S. destroyer USS Donald Cook has docked in western Georgia to participate in joint drills under the observation of Russian vessels in the Black Sea.
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer arrived Monday in Batumi for a scheduled port visit ahead of the exercises with NATO allies, the Navy announced in a news release.
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 Basque Country, Spain (SPX) Jan 23, 2019 
Nanotechnology and nanoscience are disciplines in which minute molecular structures with special physical and chemical properties are designed, manufactured and studied. One of the types of particles that are studied in these disciplines are quantum dots; they are semiconductor nanocrystals the size of which ranges between 2 nm and 10 nm and which have excellent optical and electronic properties ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) Jan 22, 2019 
From the halls of parliament to the lightning-fast rumour mills of social media, pro-Iran factions are demanding US troops withdraw from Iraq in a challenge to the country's fragile government.
The political wrangling is another indication of Iraq's precarious position as it tries to balance ties between two key allies - the United States and the Islamic republic of Iran.
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 Moscow (AFP) Jan 23, 2019 
Moscow on Wednesday insisted the range of a missile system that has prompted Washington to say it will withdraw from a key Cold War arms treaty is allowed under the agreement.
Russian artillery chief Mikhail Matveevsky told a briefing that the 9M729 missile's maximum range is 480 kilometres (300 miles).
The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty bans missiles with a range above 500 kil ... more |
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 Davos, Switzerland (AFP) Jan 23, 2019 
China and Europe take centre stage at Davos on Wednesday, a day after Brazil's hard-right President Jair Bolsonaro promised reform and respect for the environment to the world's business elite.
Top billing at the World Economic Forum will go to Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan, a key member of the communist leadership in Beijing who is tasked with negotiating a truce in the US-China trade ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Jan 22, 2019 
A hotel employee arrested after a window she was cleaning fell onto a busy Hong Kong street and killed a tourist was released on bail Tuesday as investigators try to work out what caused the fatal tragedy.
Police said a 24-year-old female tourist from the Chinese mainland was struck by the window which fell from the 16th floor of the Mira Hotel in the busy Tsim Sha Tsui shopping district on ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jan 14, 2019 
As the Chang'e-4 probe made the first-ever soft landing on the far side of the moon, a senior Chinese space expert said China will deepen its lunar exploration and venture further into the unknown.
China's current lunar program includes three phases: orbiting, landing, and returning. The first two phases have been accomplished, and the next step is to launch the Chang'e-5 probe to collect ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Jan 22, 2019 
A group of more than 100 former diplomats and academics have signed an open letter to Chinese President Xi Jinping calling for the release of two Canadians who have been detained on allegations of espionage.
Former diplomat Michael Kovrig and businessman Michael Spavor were on December 10 arrested for activities that "endanger China's security" - a phrase often used by Beijing when alleging ... more |
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 London (AFP) Jan 17, 2019 
A heavily-armed man seen working with Kenyan forces and helping victims during the Nairobi attack this week was a member of Britain's special forces, British media reported on Thursday, citing officials.
"Without this British special forces soldier, many more lives would have been lost," the Daily Mirror quoted a senior British military source as saying.
"His selfless action will be reme ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jan 23, 2019 
The U.S. Air Force announced it is planning future experiments involving laser and microwave energy weapons after recent successes in testing sessions.
Future experiments in the Directed Energy Experimentation Campaign are planned at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, the Air Force said Tuesday in a statement.
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