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  Washington (AFP) Jan 31, 2019 US President Donald Trump on Thursday said the details of his upcoming summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will be announced next week - and that a date and place had been settled. "We're going to announce it very soon. We'll be announcing early next week and they very much want the meeting," Trump told reporters in the White House. "I think most of you know where the location is. I don't think it's a great secret," he added, touting what he called the "tremendous progress" made with Py ... read more |
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Lockheed awarded $559.6M for Trident II D5 missiles, system supportWashington (UPI) Jan 31, 2019 Lockheed Martin Space was awarded a $559.6 million contract for production and system support of submarine-launched Trident II D5 missiles. ... more 
US seeks full account of N.Korea weapons, offers tiesWashington (AFP) Feb 1, 2019 A US negotiator called Thursday on North Korea to provide a detailed account of its weapons to seal a peace deal, saying President Donald Trump was ready to offer a future that includes diplomatic relations and economic aid. ... more 
Facebook takes down vast Iran-led manipulation campaignSan Francisco (AFP) Jan 31, 2019 Facebook said Thursday it took down hundreds of accounts from Iran that were part of a vast manipulation campaign operating in more than 20 countries. ... more  
Air Force sends two B-52 bombers over East China SeaWashington (UPI) Jan 31, 2019 The U.S. Air Force flew two B-52 bombers over the East China Sea and Sea of Japan in what it described as a "routine training" amid trade tensions with China. ... more |
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Maxar/SSL ends participation in DARPA's robotic satellites servicing programPalo Alto CA (SPX) Jan 31, 2019 SSL, a Maxar Technologies company reports it has exercised its right to terminate participation in the Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS) program, a public-private partnership wit ... more  
Asgardia Micro-Nation to Launch 10,000 Satellites to Make Web FreeMoscow (Sputnik) Jan 31, 2019 Asgardia, a micro-nation that calls itself a space kingdom whose territory currently consists of one satellite orbiting around the Earth, seeks to make the Internet nearly free for all users by laun ... more  
China to launch 10 BeiDou satellites in 2019Beijing (XNA) Jan 31, 2019 China will send 10 satellites to join the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) through seven separate launches this year, the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) announced ... more  
US X-37B space plane flies past mission's 500-day markWashington DC (Sputnik) Jan 31, 2019 The US Air Force's unmanned X-37B space plane recently passed its 500-day mark on its fifth flight as part of the mysterious Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) program. All previous OTV flights have e ... more  
Denmark, France, Netherlands receive first land munitions through NATO pactWashington (UPI) Jan 31, 2019 Denmark, France and the Netherlands have become the first nations to receive shipments of new anti-tank weapons under a NATO multinational sharing project that is expected to reduce defense expenses. ... more |
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Navy to commission submarine USS South Dakota on SaturdayWashington (UPI) Jan 31, 2019 The U.S. Navy plans to commission the future USS South Dakota, a fast attack submarine, on Saturday at Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, Conn. ... more  |
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US-Taliban talks 'on the right path', says US envoyKabul (AFP) Jan 31, 2019 US-Taliban talks are "on the right path", special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad said Thursday, but warned there was more work to be done, adding: "you can't eat an elephant in one bite". ... 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 
Trump deepens public row with his 'naive' intelligence servicesWashington (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. ... 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.
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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.
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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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 Hamburg, Germany (SPX) Jan 28, 2019 
Platinum, a noble metal, is oxidised more quickly than expected under conditions that are technologically relevant. This has emerged from a study jointly conducted by the DESY NanoLab and the University of Vienna.
Devices that contain platinum, such as the catalytic converters used to reduce exhaust emissions in cars, can suffer a loss in efficacy as a result of this reaction. The team aro ... 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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 Beijing (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.
A senior US official made the remarks as the five permanent members of the UN Security Council - all of them nuclear-armed powers - met in Beijing for talks on nuclear disarmament and non-prolifera ... more |
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 Shanghai (AFP) Jan 31, 2019  Hundreds of listed Chinese companies have slashed their forecasts for 2018 earnings this week in a sign that an economic slowdown and worries over US-China trade friction are beginning to bite.
Companies across a range of sectors from livestock producers to airlines to securities firms have submitted updated guidance to the country's two stock exchanges, warning that their balance sheets det ... more |
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 Aiken SC (SPX) Feb 01, 2019 
A scavenger study that used fish carcasses as bait provides additional evidence that wildlife is abundant in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, University of Georgia researchers said.
A one-month camera study prompted the sighting of 10 mammal and five bird species, according to James Beasley, associate professor at the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory and the Warnell School of Forestry and Na ... 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 29, 2019 
Detentions, visa delays, and suspected phone bugging are among the challenges faced by foreign journalists in China, who say working conditions are getting worse with many reporting being watched and harassed.
A survey of 109 journalists published Tuesday "painted the darkest picture of reporting conditions inside China in recent memory", the Foreign Correspondents' Club of China said in a s ... 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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