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  Washington (UPI) Mar 20, 2019 The United States and Israel announced the successful completion of testing of an advanced missile interception system known as "David's Sling." The test series completed Tuesday in southern Israel was the sixth series of David's Sling tests, and the Missile Defense Agency, a division of the U.S. Defense Department, and the Israel Missile Defense Organization each called the tests a success. Davids Sling was developed by the U.S. company Raytheon and Israel's Rafael Advanced Defense Syst ... read more |
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Trump drops new N.Korea sanctions because he 'likes' KimWashington (AFP) March 23, 2019 President Donald Trump on Friday abruptly announced the cancellation of sanctions imposed by his own Treasury Department to tighten international pressure on North Korea. ... more 
US sanctions Iran nuclear researchers, warns of future workWashington (AFP) March 22, 2019 The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on Iranian nuclear researchers, saying it wanted to warn young scientists to steer clear of any future effort to build a bomb. ... more 
Russia to respond to planned US tests of SM-3 Block II Interceptor MissileWashington DC (Sputnik) Mar 24, 2019 Moscow will take all necessary response measures if the United States implements its plans to test the SM-3 Block IIA interceptor missile against intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM), the Russ ... more  
Radioactive material detected remotely using laser-induced electron avalanche breakdownNewark MD (SPX) Mar 24, 2019 Physicists at the University of Maryland have developed a powerful new method to detect radioactive material. By using an infrared laser beam to induce a phenomenon known as an electron avalanche br ... more |
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General Atomics contracted for four Reaper drones for NetherlandsWashington (UPI) Mar 22, 2019 General Atomics Aeronautical Systems received a $123.2 million contract to build MQ-9 Reaper drones for the Netherlands, the Defense Department announced. ... more 
Raytheon tests EASR all-purpose surveillance radar for U.S. NavyWashington (UPI) Mar 20, 2019 The Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar sensor, the U.S. Navy's newest radar, has completed subtesting, its builder, Raytheon Co., announced. ... more  
Taiwan president shores up dwindling allies on Pacific tourKoror, Palau (AFP) March 23, 2019 Visiting Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen has pledged a tourism boost and gifted a coast guard vessel to the remote Pacific microstate of Palau, as she works to check a push for regional influence by rival China. ... more  
IS loss affirms Pentagon plan, but end game vague as US pulls outWashington (AFP) March 23, 2019 Now that the Islamic State group has officially lost its geographic "caliphate," the Pentagon is marking a historic moment in its years-long campaign to defeat the jihadists. ... more 
Islamic State: pioneers of the 'digital caliphate'Paris (AFP) March 23, 2019 The Islamic State may have lost its self-styled caliphate, but its barbaric back catalogue of grisly execution videos will continue to haunt the global imagination and serve as a template for how to sow terror, analysts say. ... more |
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 IS digging roots in Iraq as 'caliphate' crumbles in Syria 
As 'caliphate' ends where is its leader Baghdadi?Baghdad (AFP) March 23, 2019 The world's most wanted man who has so far eluded capture, Islamic State group chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has seen his "caliphate" crumble and its last shred of territory in Syria evaporate on Saturday. ... more  |
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Xi, Macron hold talks as France seeks EU unity on ChinaParis (AFP) March 25, 2019 Chinese President Xi Jinping and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron were due to hold talks in Paris on Monday with the host leader seeking to forge a united European front to contend with Beijing's advances. ... more 
Harsh rules, violent punishments under IS ruleBaghdad (AFP) March 24, 2019 For the millions forced to endure the Islamic State group's brutal rule, life in the "caliphate" was a living hell where girls were enslaved, music was banned and homosexuality was punishable by death. ... more  
Serbian downed US stealth jet, then befriended pilotSkorenovac, Serbia (AFP) March 22, 2019 Twenty years ago, Zoltan Dani achieved a miraculous military feat: wielding outdated missile equipment, his army unit shot down an American F117 "stealth fighter" flying over Serbia as part of NATO's 1999 air strike assault. ... more  
Malaysia threatens EU fighter jet boycott over palm oilKuala Lumpur (AFP) March 24, 2019 Malaysia may retaliate against an EU plan to curb palm oil use by purchasing new fighter jets from China instead of European arms companies, its leader said Sunday. ... more  
BAE nabs $41.8M for work on USS AnchorageWashington (UPI) Mar 22, 2019 BAE Systems San Diego Ship Repair received a $41.8 million contract for maintenance and repair of the transport dock ship USS Anchorage. ... more |
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 Washington DC (Sputnik) Mar 24, 2019 
Moscow will take all necessary response measures if the United States implements its plans to test the SM-3 Block IIA interceptor missile against intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM), the Russian Foreign Ministry said Friday.
"These plans cannot but cause concern as the threat becomes a reality," the ministry said in a statement.
The ministry went on to note that Russia will ha ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 15, 2019 
The U.S. Army awarded Lockheed Martin a $506.9 million contract to build the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missiles.
The contract is for incidental services, hardware, facilities, equipment, as well as all technical, planning, management, manufacturing and testing efforts to produce the Patriot, which is an acronym for the Phased Array Tracking Radar to Intercept on Target, the Departme ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 21, 2019 
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded BAE Systems a new contract for its work on an autonomous air mission planning system for the U.S. military.
The $3.1 million contract, announced Wednesday by BAE, is for development work on the Resilient Synchronized Planning and Assessment for the Contested Environment, or RSPACE, system.
RSPACE is meant to develop softwa ... more |
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 Cape Canaveral AFS FL (SPX) Mar 15, 2019 
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV rocket carrying the tenth Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellite for the U.S. Air Force lifted off from Space Launch Complex-37 on March 15 at 8:26 p.m. EDT. ULA has been the exclusive launch provider for all ten WGS satellites.
"We are very proud to deliver this critical asset to orbit in support of the U.S. and Allied warfighters deployed around th ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 21, 2019 
DARPA aims to apply the power of social networks to research and development via a novel social media platform purpose-built to quicken the pace of U.S. technology development. Polyplexus, which was recently launched as a public platform, is designed to increase access to scientific evidence and accelerate hypothesis development, research proposal generation, and research sponsor engagement. The ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) March 21, 2019 
A group of NGOs on Thursday urged France to suspend the sale of arms to Saudi Arabia and to work for a political solution in Yemen which has been ravaged by four years of conflict.
"I don't know how many more Yemenis have to die, be injured or go hungry before the world decides that the war must end," Radhya Almutawakel, head of Yemen Mwatana human rights organisation told a press conference ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) March 25, 2019  Chinese President Xi Jinping and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron were due to hold talks in Paris on Monday with the host leader seeking to forge a united European front to contend with Beijing's advances.
Xi's official visit to Paris will mark 55 years since Charles de Gaulle established diplomatic relations with Beijing.
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 Houston TX (SPX) Mar 15, 2019 
Even the smallest mechanical pumps have limitations, from the complex microfabrication techniques required to make them to the fact that there are limits on how small they can be. Researchers have announced a potential solution - a laser-driven photoacoustic microfluidic pump, capable of moving fluids in any direction without moving parts or electrical contacts.
The work is described in th ... more |
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 Sinjar, Iraq (AFP) March 21, 2019 
For decades, his land was his life. Now, like other Sunni Arab farmers in Iraq's diverse north, Mahdi Abu Enad is cut off from his fields, fearing reprisal attacks.
He hails from the mountainous region of Sinjar, which borders Syria and is home to an array of communities - Shiite and Sunni Arabs, Kurds, and Yazidis.
That patchwork was ripped apart when the Islamic State group rampaged ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) March 23, 2019 
President Donald Trump on Friday abruptly announced the cancellation of sanctions imposed by his own Treasury Department to tighten international pressure on North Korea.
"It was announced today by the U.S. Treasury that additional large scale Sanctions would be added to those already existing Sanctions on North Korea. I have today ordered the withdrawal of those additional Sanctions!" Trump ... more |
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 Rome (AFP) March 22, 2019 
Chinese President Xi Jinping kicked off a whistlestop European tour in Rome on Friday amid growing Western unease over Italy joining the ever-expanding Asian giant's new Silk Road project.
Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte is to sign a memorandum of understanding with Xi on Saturday for Italy to join the $1 trillion Belt and Road Initiative, the first G7 member to do so, despite apparent divisio ... more |
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 Mosul, Iraq (AFP) March 22, 2019 
The capsizing of a Tigris river ferry packed with Iraqi families celebrating Kurdish New Year in Mosul left at least 100 people dead, mostly women and children, the interior ministry said Friday, as grief and anger swept the Iraqi city.
Residents of the northern city, scarred by years of jihadist rule, demanded justice as Prime Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi decreed three days of national mournin ... more |
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 Xichang (XNA) Mar 12, 2019 
Chinese scientists are designing what is expected to be the world's most powerful rocket, according to a senior researcher.
Li Hong, deputy general manager at China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, said the Long March 9 super heavy-lift carrier rocket will be capable of lifting 140 metric tons of payload into a low-Earth orbit, or a 50-ton spacecraft to a lunar transfer orbit. The gi ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) March 22, 2019 
Growing restrictions on Hong Kong's freedoms are hurting business confidence, the United States warned in a report Friday, accusing the city's government of sacrificing human rights to support mainland Chinese priorities.
Hong Kong enjoys liberties unseen on the mainland under the "one country, two systems" framework, and has a special trading status with the US based on its autonomy from th ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) March 23, 2019 
The Islamic State may have lost its self-styled caliphate, but its barbaric back catalogue of grisly execution videos will continue to haunt the global imagination and serve as a template for how to sow terror, analysts say.
At the height of its reign over a vast chunk of Iraq and Syria in 2014-2015, the Sunni jihadist group had a huge digital footprint, flooding social media with slick vide ... 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.
The tests by the 704th Test Group, essentially the use of mi ... more |
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