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  Washington (UPI) Jan 30, 2019 The U.S. State Department has approved Japan's $2.15 billion purchase of two land-based Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense systems. On Tuesday, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of the possible sale. Defense News reported it was the first foreign military sales announcement since the end of a 35-day partial government shutdown. The Defense Department was not closed during the shutdown, but the State Department, which was shuttere ... read more |
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US calls for Russian, Chinese nuclear transparencyBeijing (AFP) Jan 30, 2019 The United States accused Russia and China of not fully reporting their nuclear programmes Wednesday and called for more transparency, amid US threats to withdraw from a key arms control treaty. ... more 
8 Iran environmentalists accused of 'spying' appear in courtTehran (AFP) Jan 30, 2019 Eight environmentalists accused of "spying" on Iranian military bases appeared in court Wednesday for a closed-door trial, the official news agency IRNA reported. ... more 
Iran's Rouhani tells critics: blame 'oath-breaker' USTehran (AFP) Jan 30, 2019 Iran's President Hassan Rouhani slammed his critics on Wednesday, defending the political achievements of a landmark 2015 nuclear deal and calling the US an "oath-breaker". ... more 
Democratic White House hopeful Warren offers law barring first use of nukesWashington (AFP) Jan 30, 2019 Democratic presidential hopeful Senator Elizabeth Warren proposed legislation Wednesday that would bar the US government from using nuclear weapons first in a conflict. ... more |
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Czechs exclude Huawei from tender amid security concernsPrague (AFP) Jan 30, 2019 The Czech Republic's tax directorate has excluded Chinese telecoms giant Huawei from a tender worth over 20 million euros ($22 million), Czech media said Wednesday. ... more  
Keel authenticated for USNS Newport at Alabama shipyardWashington (UPI) Jan 30, 2019 The U.S. Navy laid the keel for its 12th Expeditionary Fast Transport, the future USNS Newport, at Austal USA's shipyard in Mobile, Ala. ... more 
HII delivers first 3D-printed metal part for an aircraft carrierWashington (UPI) Jan 30, 2019 For the first time, Huntington Ingalls Industries has delivered a 3-D-printed metal part to the U.S. Navy for installation on an aircraft carrier --- a piping assembly for the USS Harry S. Truman. ... more  
Boeing bullish on 2019 despite US-China tensionsNew York (AFP) Jan 30, 2019 Boeing reported a strong fourth quarter on Wednesday and offered a bullish 2019 outlook as executives expressed measured confidence in the prospects for a US-China trade agreement. ... more  
Three Iraqis held for 'Islamist attack' plot in GermanyBerlin (AFP) Jan 30, 2019 German police commandos Wednesday arrested three Iraqis suspected of planning an Islamist attack using explosives, a gun and a vehicle. ... more |
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King of Spain visits Iraq, first in 40 years: diplomatBaghdad (AFP) Jan 30, 2019 Spain's King Felipe VI on Wednesday visited special forces helping Iraq fight jihadists, during the first trip by a Spanish monarch to the war-ravaged country in four decades, a diplomat said. ... more  |
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UN pressures Cyprus leaders to go back to talksUnited Nations, United States (AFP) Jan 30, 2019 The UN Security Council on Wednesday pressed all sides in Cyprus to resume talks on reuniting the divided island as the United States warned that peacekeepers would not remain there without progress toward a settlement. ... more 
New rival to Netanyahu steps into the lightJerusalem (AFP) Jan 30, 2019 Bullish on security, conservative in diplomacy - ending weeks of silence, retired Israeli general Benny Gantz has launched his campaign to become prime minister. ... more  
Kabul control slips in Afghanistan amid US talks with TalibanWashington (AFP) Jan 31, 2019 The Kabul government is steadily losing its grip over parts of Afghanistan even as American forces intensify their air campaign against insurgent groups, a US government watchdog said Thursday. ... more  
China's Long March-5 rocket to resume flight in JulyBeijing (XNA) Jan 30, 2019 China plans to launch the third one of its large carrier rocket Long March-5 in July, said Yang Baohua, vice president of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) on Tuesday. ... more  
Is the world ready for the 'digital transformation'?Davos, Switzerland (AFP) Jan 24, 2019 The annual business rendezvous in Davos is a hothouse of insider tech jargon, but this year's buzzword of "digital transformation" could translate into profound and painful changes for companies and workers. ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jan 30, 2019 
The U.S. State Department has approved Japan's $2.15 billion purchase of two land-based Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense systems.
On Tuesday, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of the possible sale.
Defense News reported it was the first foreign military sales announcement since the end of a 35-day partial government shu ... more |
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 Tehran (AFP) Jan 29, 2019  Iran has "no intention of increasing the range" of its missiles, a senior defence official said Tuesday, amid threats of European as well as US sanctions over its ballistic programme.
Iran has voluntarily limited the range of its missiles to 2,000 kilometres (1,250 miles), sufficient to reach Israel and Western bases in the Middle East.
But Washington and its allies have accused Tehran o ... more |
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 Miami FL (SPX) Jan 30, 2019 
Airborne Response, the South Florida-based provider of Mission Critical Unmanned Solutions for industry and government, completed Exercise Lightning Shield - a full-scale training exercise held on Thursday, January 24 at the Homestead-Miami Speedway. Airborne Response provided aerial support for the U.S. Army National Guard and specialized elements of the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department.
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 Washington (UPI) Jan 29, 2019 
Britain's Defense Ministry has awarded a $1.2 million contract for satellite antennas as an alternative to the Galileo satellite constellation project because of its impending departure from the European Union.
Oxford Space Systems, a startup, was awarded the contract for a lightweight "wrapped-rib" that can be transported to space more efficiently at a lower cost, the ministry said in ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jan 29, 2019 
The Land UK subsidiary of BAE Systems was awarded a $21 million contract to supply 155mm smoke and illuminating artillery rounds to Britain's Defense Ministry.
The contract, which was awarded globally through the Defense Ministry's tender process, offers flexibility to add additional quantities in later years, the company said in a news release Tuesday.
Smoke and Illuminating rou ... 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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 Washington (AFP) Jan 30, 2019  US President Donald branded his own intelligence services "naive" on Iran and in need of schooling in a deepening and unusually public row Wednesday.
The Twitter broadside was a riposte to the more sober but equally emphatic rejection by the intelligence community Tuesday of many of Trump's foreign policy claims.
Insisting that Iran's nuclear program remains dangerous, Trump said his int ... more |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Jan 29, 2019 
In the movie Avengers: Infinity War, one of the coolest scenes occurs when Iron Man activates his nanotech armor and controls nanoparticles to form the armor upon his skin. Actually, developing such a technique to assemble nanomaterials into macroscopic bulk materials that maintain their unique nanoscale properties is still a challenging task for scientists in the real world. Meanwhile, it is al ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) Jan 30, 2019 
Spain's King Felipe VI on Wednesday visited special forces helping Iraq fight jihadists, during the first trip by a Spanish monarch to the war-ravaged country in four decades, a diplomat said.
The king, whose country is a member of an international coalition battling the Islamic State group, also later met President Barham Saleh.
Iraq in 2017 declared victory over IS following a bruising ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Jan 29, 2019 
North Korea is not likely to give up all of its nuclear weapons even if President Donald Trump's efforts to negotiate a deal with Pyongyang bear fruit, US Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats said Tuesday.
"We continue to assess that North Korea is unlikely to give up all of its nuclear weapons and production capabilities, even as it seeks to negotiate partial denuclearization steps t ... more |
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 Geneva (AFP) Jan 28, 2019 
The World Trade Organization decided Monday to investigate the tariffs Washington slapped on $250 billion worth of Chinese goods, as the two countries prepare to meet for renewed trade talks.
The WTO's Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) has agreed to establish an expert panel to review US President Donald Trump's decision to hit China with tariffs on a quarter of a trillion dollars' worth of good ... more |
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 Brumadinho, Brazil (AFP) Jan 27, 2019  Fears of a second dam breach at a Brazilian mining complex receded Sunday, enabling a search to resume for the more than 300 people still missing two days after a dam collapse that has killed at least 58 people.
Loudspeakers rang out at 5:30 am (0730 GMT) among homes surrounding the Corrego do Feijao mining complex in southeastern Brazil, warning of dangerously high water levels, according ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jan 31, 2019 
China is going to send more than 50 spacecraft into space via over 30 launches this year, according to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) on Tuesday.
The major missions include the third Long March-5 large carrier rocket to be launched in July, said Yang Baohua, vice president of the CASC, at a press conference.
The second Long March-5 rocket was launched f ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Jan 28, 2019  Prominent Chinese human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang was sentenced on Monday to four and a half years in prison for state subversion, sealing the fate of another attorney swept up in a 2015 crackdown.
Wang, 42, who defended political activists and victims of land seizures, disappeared in a sweep aimed at courtroom critics of Communist authorities known as the "709" clampdown because the arre ... more |
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 Berlin (AFP) Jan 30, 2019 
German police commandos Wednesday arrested three Iraqis suspected of planning an Islamist attack using explosives, a gun and a vehicle.
Two of the men had "decided in late 2018 to carry out an Islamist attack in Germany,a" prosecutors said in a statement.
"According to the investigation so far, the accused had not yet chosen a target for their attack.
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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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