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  Washington DC (Sputnik) Jan 25, 2019 A new report released by the US National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) on Wednesday is claiming that Chinese and Russian military forces are using advanced and counterspace technologies for warfighting strategies in an effort to "challenge US superiority." The 25-page document, which includes graphics, assessments and projections, notes that Chinese military units have already begun training with anti-satellite missiles, and that Russia is "probably also developing an anti-satellite mi ... read more |
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Soros calls China's Xi 'most dangerous' foe of free societiesDavos, Switzerland (AFP) Jan 24, 2019 Billionaire investor George Soros on Thursday said Chinese President Xi Jinping was "the most dangerous enemy" of free societies for presiding over a high-tech surveillance regime. ... more 
Information wars endanger civilization, say 'Doomsday' expertsWashington (AFP) Jan 24, 2019 Information warfare is amplifying major worldwide threats like climate change and nuclear warfare, endangering the future of civilization, US experts said Thursday as the symbolic Doomsday Clock stayed at two minutes to midnight. ... more  
Ties between US, Russia and China 'dysfunctional': UNDavos, Switzerland (AFP) Jan 24, 2019 The world is facing worrying "fragmentation", UN chief Antonio Guterres said Thursday, warning that the relationship between the United States, Russia and China was worryingly out of kilter. ... more  
Doomsday Clock remains at two minutes to midnightWashington (UPI) Jan 24, 2019 The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists announced Thursday that the Doomsday Clock would remain at two minutes until midnight. ... more |
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Gulfstream tapped for C-20, C-37 fleet supportWashington (UPI) Jan 24, 2019 Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. has been awarded a contract modification for continued support of the C-20 and C-37 fleets for all four branches of the U.S. military and the Coast Guard. ... 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 largest ever for the oil-rich country. ... more  
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 
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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Swedish army orders Rheinmetall trucks for Patriot missile systemsWashington (UPI) Jan 23, 2019 German defense contractor Rheinmetall has been awarded a "double-digit million-euro" contract by the Swedish armed forces for vehicles to transport Patriot missile systems, the company announced. ... 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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 Washington (UPI) Jan 23, 2019 
German defense contractor Rheinmetall has been awarded a "double-digit million-euro" contract by the Swedish armed forces for vehicles to transport Patriot missile systems, the company announced.
Forty high-mobility trucks will be built by Rheinmetall's Munich-based MAN Military Vehicles division, including 16 tractor trucks and 24 transport vehicles based on the company's HX series. ... 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 (Sputnik) Jan 24, 2019 
Tehran is planning to carry out a new satellite launch in the near future, IRNA reported on Wednesday, citing Iranian Defense Minister Brig. Gen. Amir Hatami, just one week after the country failed to launch its Payam satellite into orbit.
Following a cabinet session, Hatami confirmed to reporters that the launch, which Iranian President Hassan Rouhani announced last week, would take place ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Jan 24, 2019 
Washington and Beijing are "miles and miles" from resolving their trade war, US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said Thursday.
A high-level Chinese delegation is due in Washington next week for talks to resolve the dispute by March 1, when US duty rates on Chinese imports are due to rise sharply, but Ross tried to tamp down expectations to those meetings.
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 Kathmandu (AFP) Jan 24, 2019 
The United Nations cautioned Nepal Thursday that it risked failing war crimes victims as a deadline for investigating atrocities during its decade-long Maoist conflict draws near without a single case being resolved.
Nepal established two commissions in 2015 to probe abuses by government forces and Maoist rebels during the civil war that left 17,000 dead and others missing without a trace. ... 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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 Sydney (AFP) Jan 24, 2019 
Australia on Thursday demanded China handle the case of detained author Yang Hengjun "transparently and fairly," amid a growing row about the fate of the Chinese-Australian.
Yang - a novelist, democracy advocate and former Chinese diplomat - was detained shortly after he made a rare return to China from the United States last week.
Friend and colleague Chongyi Feng told AFP he believes ... 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.
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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 mi ... more |
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