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  Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 07, 2019 Russia has test-launched an RS-24 Yars intercontinental ballistic missile from the Plesetsk space centre, the set tasks have been implemented in full, the Russian Defence Ministry said in a statement Wednesday. "On February 6, at 11:31 Moscow time, the Plesetsk state test space centre conducted a test launch of a Yars... solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) equipped with multiple warheads", the statement said. It said the test warheads arrived at a given area at the Kura rang ... read more |
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US Army to buy two Israeli Iron Dome air defense systemsWashington (AFP) Feb 6, 2019 The US Army said Wednesday it wants to purchase a pair of Iron Dome short-range air defense systems, an interceptor technology developed by Israel with US support. ... more  
Defending Against Adversarial Artificial IntelligenceWashington DC (SPX) Feb 07, 2019 Today, machine learning (ML) is coming into its own, ready to serve mankind in a diverse array of applications - from highly efficient manufacturing, medicine and massive information analysis to sel ... more  
Intelligent Healing for Complex WoundsWashington DC (SPX) Feb 07, 2019 Blast injuries, burns, and other wounds experienced by warfighters often catastrophically damage their bones, skin, and nerves, resulting in months to years of recovery for the most severe injuries ... more  
Billionaire's ban seen as pushback against Chinese foreign influence opsSydney (AFP) Feb 7, 2019 Australia's decision to ban a well-connected Chinese businessman for his political activity is being seen as a potential watershed moment, the start of pushback against Beijing's long-running operations to buy influence overseas. ... more |
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Arianespace Rejects Russia Offer to Fix Seam Rupture in Fregat BoosterMoscow (Sputnik) Feb 05, 2019 Arianespace has not accepted the offer by the Russian Lavochkin Research and Production Association to "patch up" the rupture in the pipeline that supplies helium to fuel tanks of the Fregat booster ... more 
France to tighten 5G security: ministerParis (AFP) Feb 6, 2019 France will soon make proposals to reinforce the security of mobile telephone networks, Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire said Wednesday after the US stepped up pressure on Europe to block China's Huawei from building 5G networks. ... more  
Navy awards $90M to Lockheed to cut cost of F-35 air systemWashington (UPI) Feb 6, 2019 Lockheed Martin was awarded a $90 million contract modification to reduce the cost of F-35 fighter aircraft, the U.S. Navy announced. ... more 
Brazil's Embraer sells 12 military aircraft to NigeriaRio De Janeiro (AFP) Feb 6, 2019 Brazil's aircraft maker Embraer said Wednesday it has finalized a contract to sell 12 light attack aircraft to Nigeria's air force, which is fighting an insurgency by Boko Haram jihadists. ... more  
Trump says 'it's time' to end Afghan war - can he?Washington (AFP) Feb 6, 2019 After 17 years, countless thousands of civilian and military deaths, and more than $1 trillion in US cash, President Donald Trump has declared that "it's time" to end the Afghanistan war. ... more |
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 US promises to keep IS fight after '100 percent' defeat  
Italy's Conte discusses IS 'insurgency' with Iraqi leadersBaghdad (AFP) Feb 6, 2019 Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte visited Baghdad on Wednesday, meeting his Iraqi counterpart Adel Abdel Mahdi and President Barham Saleh for talks on the fight against the Islamic State group. ... more  |
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US special envoy for N. Korea going to Pyongyang: officialWashington (AFP) Feb 5, 2019 The US special envoy for North Korea will head to Pyongyang on Wednesday for talks ahead of a much-anticipated second summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un, the State Department said Monday. ... more 
UN experts say North Korea shielding missiles at airportsUnited Nations, United States (AFP) Feb 5, 2019 North Korea's nuclear and ballistic missile programs remain intact and Pyongyang is using airports and other facilities to shield its weapons from possible US military strikes, according to a UN panel of experts. ... more 
Russia to develop new missile systems in 2 years after treaty pulloutMoscow (AFP) Feb 5, 2019 Russia's defence minister Sergei Shoigu on Tuesday said the country must develop new types of missile systems in the next two years after Washington and Moscow ripped up a key arms control treaty. ... more 
Latvia seeks international treaty after ill-fated missile pactWashington (AFP) Feb 5, 2019 Latvia's foreign minister called Tuesday for long-term diplomacy to reach a new international agreement on intermediate-range missiles after the collapse of a landmark treaty between Russia and the United States. ... more 
Top general not consulted before Trump's Syria pull-out decisionWashington (AFP) Feb 5, 2019 The top general overseeing US military actions in the Middle East said Tuesday that President Donald Trump did not consult him ahead of the decision to pull US troops from Syria. ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Feb 4, 2019 
Lockheed Martin Corp. and Raytheon Co. have been awarded separate U.S. Army contracts totaling nearly $45 million for foreign customers of Patriot missile systems.
The Phased Array Tracking Radar to Intercept on Target Advanced Capability-3, or Patriot PAC-3, are used to defend against incoming threats, including tactical ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and aircraft. The PAC-3 missi ... more |
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 Tehran (AFP) Feb 2, 2019  Iran announced the "successful test" of a new cruise missile with a range of over 1,350 kilometres on Saturday, coinciding with celebrations for the country's 1979 Islamic revolution.
"The test of the Hoveizeh cruise missile was carried out successfully at a range of 1,200 kilometres (840 miles) and accurately hit the set target," Defence Minister Amir Hatami said, quoted on state television ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 05, 2019 
German forces recently began a training course at the Tel Nof airbase in Rehovot, Israel, in an effort to learn the surveillance capabilities of the costly Heron TP unmanned surveillance drone.
The German officials, a pilot and sensor operator, began the eight-week training session in late January, according to the Jerusalem Post, which reported that the drone training is expected to conti ... more |
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 Annapolis Junction, MD (SPX) Jan 30, 2019 
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a Prototype Project Agreement through an Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) with Consortium Management Group (CMG) on behalf of Consortium for Command, Control and Communications in Cyberspace (C5)valued at $18 million to design, develop and test a cyber/electronic warfare podded system for the "Air Large" component of the U.S. Army's Multi-Function Electronic War ... more |
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 Washington (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.
The program, called Land Battle Decisive Munition, involves 16 allies and three NATO partners as a way to strengthen NATO's collective defense, NATO said in a news release.
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 Washington (UPI) Feb 6, 2019 
The U.S. government's budget for fiscal year 2020 is expected to be released beginning on March 11, the Department of Defense expecting a spending plan in the range of $750 billion.
Although no formal announcement has been made, White House officials notified legislators that summaries of President Donald Trump's message and top priorities will be released on March 11 or 12.
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 Washington (AFP) Feb 5, 2019 
The top general overseeing US military actions in the Middle East said Tuesday that President Donald Trump did not consult him ahead of the decision to pull US troops from Syria.
Trump last month claimed the Islamic State group had been defeated in Syria and said all US troops were "coming back now."
The president had long questioned America's multiple and seemingly interminable wars, bu ... more |
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 Houston TX (SPX) Feb 06, 2019 
A ceramic that becomes more electrically conductive under elastic strain and less conductive under plastic strain could lead to a new generation of sensors embedded into structures like buildings, bridges and aircraft able to monitor their own health.
The electrical disparity fostered by the two types of strain was not obvious until Rice University's Rouzbeh Shahsavari, an assistant profes ... more |
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 Sheikhan, Irak (AFP) Feb 5, 2019 
Some prayed while others cried as a dozen men surrounded by a sea of mourners carefully lowered the coffin of the Yazidi spiritual leader into a freshly dug grave on Tuesday.
Prince Tahseen Said Ali, the longtime head of the world's Yazidi minority brutally targeted by Islamic State group jihadists in Iraq, died in Germany at the end of January aged 85.
For many he was a "symbol" and a " ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 07, 2019 
Russia has test-launched an RS-24 Yars intercontinental ballistic missile from the Plesetsk space centre, the set tasks have been implemented in full, the Russian Defence Ministry said in a statement Wednesday.
"On February 6, at 11:31 Moscow time, the Plesetsk state test space centre conducted a test launch of a Yars... solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) equipped with mu ... more |
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 Berlin (AFP) Feb 5, 2019 
Fear of China appears set to divert Germany from decades of hands-off economic policy, as Berlin plans a public investment fund to block hostile takeovers of high-tech firms from abroad and calls for new mega-mergers.
Aware he was making a rare break with conventional wisdom, Economy Minister Peter Altmaier took pains to set limits to his public investment scheme, one element of the "nationa ... 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) Feb 05, 2019 
An experiment that saw the first-ever plant sprouting on the moon last month was born in a natural disaster that devastated China's cotton-industry almost three decades ago.
Li Fuguang was one of the Chinese agricultural scientists whose years of hard work might one day help lead to a base and long-term human residence on the moon.
He was on the team that developed the cotton seeds c ... more |
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 Sydney (AFP) Feb 6, 2019 
A prominent Chinese billionaire political donor has been stripped of his Australian residency and barred from returning to the country after scrutiny of his Communist Party ties, media reported Wednesday.
Huang Xiangmo was reportedly left stranded outside of Australia after Home Affairs cancelled his permanent residency and rejected his application for citizenship.
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 London (AFP) Feb 5, 2019 
A British photographer kidnapped by the Islamic State group more than six years ago could still be alive and in captivity, media reports said on Tuesday citing Britain's Security Minister Ben Wallace.
"Wallace told reporters in London that the British government believes (John) Cantlie is still being held by ISIS," CNN reported, using another name for the IS jihadist group.
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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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