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  Washington (UPI) Apr 11, 2019 The United States will temporarily deploy its THAAD anti-missile protection system in Romania this summer, U.S. European Command said Thursday. The land-based THAAD system, which stands for Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, will be used by NATO for its Ballistic Missile Defense systems while the international alliance's existing Aegis Ashore Missile Defense System goes through maintenance and updates starting this summer, European Command said in a news release. The maintenance and up ... read more |
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Senate committee recognizes importance of space while offering divergent views on Space ForceWashington (AFNS) Apr 12, 2019 The Senate Armed Services Committee acknowledged April 11 that maintaining U.S. superiority in space is a national imperative but expressed skepticism that creating a Space Force as a new, sixth bra ... more 
India to draft space doctrine after anti-satellite missile testNew Delhi (Sputnik) Apr 12, 2019 The Indian government has asked national security adviser Ajit Doval to formulate India's space doctrine to put in place protocols for the operationalisation of anti-satellite missile capabilities t ... more 
Planned US Moon Landing Could Be Cover Up to Test Military Tech - Roscosmos HeadMoscow (Sputnik) Apr 12, 2019 US President Donald Trump earlier ordered speeding up the programme to take American astronauts back to the Moon, setting 2024 as the new deadline. Vice President Mike Pence has called the new lunar ... more  
Trump floats idea of third North Korea summitWashington (AFP) April 11, 2019 US President Donald Trump said Thursday he is considering a potential third nuclear summit with North Korea's leader. ... more |
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Russia Maintains High Quality of RD-180 Rocket Engines - ULAColorado Springs (Sputnik) Apr 09, 2019 Russia is maintaining a high quality of its RD-180 rocket engines, President and CEO of the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Tory Bruno told Sputnik on the sidelines of the 35th Space Symposium in Color ... more  
NASA Demos CubeSat Laser Communications CapabilityWashington DC (SPX) Apr 10, 2019 Two NASA CubeSats teamed up on an impromptu optical, or laser, communications pointing experiment. The laser beam is seen as a brief flash of light close to the center of the focal plane, to the lef ... more  
Russia seeks 14 years for Norwegian on spy chargesMoscow (AFP) April 9, 2019 Russian prosecutors on Tuesday called for a 14-year prison sentence for a Norwegian accused by Moscow of spying on its nuclear submarines. ... more 
Facebook to crack down on groups spreading misinformationSan Francisco (AFP) April 10, 2019 Facebook on Wednesday ramped up its battle against misinformation, taking aim at groups spreading lies and adding "trust" indicators to news feeds. ... more  
US Navy pleased with improvement, function of new towed minehunting sonarWashington (UPI) Apr 9, 2019 U.S. Navy personnel believe its new towed minehunting sonar is one step closer to joining the littoral combat ships' fleet. ... more |
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Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group enters European watersWashington (UPI) Apr 9, 2019 The Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group has entered European waters after leaving its former homeport in Norfolk, Va., last week. ... more  |
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Pakistan takes media, diplomats on visit to Indian strike siteIslamabad (AFP) April 11, 2019 Pakistan has escorted a group of foreign journalists and diplomats to the site of an Indian air strike to show that, contrary to Delhi's claims, no infrastructure was damaged, the military spokesman said. ... more 
Syria Kurds announce deal for return of 31,000 displaced IraqisQamishli, Syria (AFP) April 11, 2019 Syrian Kurds on Thursday announced a deal with Baghdad for 31,000 displaced Iraqis, mostly women and children, to return from camps in northeastern Syria to Iraq. ... more  
Iraqi troops destroy holdout IS media centre in northBaghdad (AFP) April 11, 2019 Iraq's elite counter-terrorism force targeted Islamic State group holdouts Thursday in the northern region of Hamreen, including a media centre, more than a year after the country declared IS vanquished. ... more 
New Center for Satellite Industry Security Unveiled at the 35th Space SymposiumColorado Springs CO (SPX) Apr 12, 2019 Kratos Defense and Security Solutions, will serve as the founding member of the Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Space ISAC), which was unveiled during a classified session at the 35th ... more 
Three Teams Qualify to Compete in DARPA Launch ChallengeWashington DC (SPX) Apr 12, 2019 The DARPA Launch Challenge aims to fundamentally shift military space capabilities to enable on-demand, flexible, and responsive launch of small payloads. Three competitors successfully completed th ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 11, 2019 
The United States will temporarily deploy its THAAD anti-missile protection system in Romania this summer, U.S. European Command said Thursday.
The land-based THAAD system, which stands for Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, will be used by NATO for its Ballistic Missile Defense systems while the international alliance's existing Aegis Ashore Missile Defense System goes through mainte ... more |
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 Colorado Springs CO (Sputnik) Apr 10, 2019 
Last week, Army Space and Missile Command chief Lieutenant General James Dickinson said in congressional testimony that the US armed forces were planning five test programs on hypersonic weapons systems in the Marshall Islands in the central Pacific Ocean
The United States is moving quickly to develop hypersonic weapons just as Russia and China are doing, US Strategic Command Commander Gen ... more |
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 Vienna (AFP) April 4, 2019 
It was more of a small step than a giant leap, but the first public outing of a pilotless "drone taxi" in Vienna on Thursday nevertheless offered a glimpse into the possible future of urban travel.
Several big companies such as Boeing and Airbus are working on their own versions of the technology but it was the Chinese firm EHang that unveiled its aircraft to assembled journalists in the Aus ... more |
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 Germantown MD (SPX) Apr 04, 2019 
Hughes Network Systems has been awarded a two-year Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) by the U.S. Army for the third phase of the Blue Force Tracking (BFT-3) program.
Under the agreement, Hughes and other industry participants will conduct research studies to deliver a series of recommendations for modernizing the BFT system architecture to improve interoperability and ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) April 12, 2019 
US President Donald Trump's controversial ban on transgender Americans in the military comes into force on Friday following a protracted legal battle.
Trump's administration has insisted that there is "too great a risk to military effectiveness and lethality" to allow transgender people to serve - reversing a policy enacted under his predecessor Barack Obama.
The Pentagon says the restr ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 4, 2019 
The U.S. Defense Department is developing technology, including submarine-launched nuclear-tipped cruise missiles, to counter increasing threats from Russia and China, Pentagon officials told a Senate subcommittee.
High-level officials appeared before the Senate Armed Services Committee's strategic forces subcommittee Wednesday to describe the importance of increased defense spending in ... more |
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 Dubrovnik, Croatia (AFP) April 12, 2019 
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will meet leaders from eastern and central Europe in Croatia on Friday to talk business, fresh from a key summit with EU where he pledged opening up his country's economy.
The coastal city of Dubrovnik is hosting the eighth annual "16+1 cooperation" - an economic platform for Beijing's investments in 11 eastern European Union states and five Western Balkan countri ... more |
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 Vladivostok, Russia (SPX) Apr 03, 2019 
Scientists of Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) in collaboration with colleagues from Far Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences (FEB RAS), ITMO University and Swinburne University of Technology (Australia) developed a method for efficient mass production of silicon-germanium fully alloyed nanoantennas.
On their basis, optical biosensory platforms and next-generation chemical se ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) April 10, 2019 
Iraq has offered to put on trial hundreds of accused foreign jihadists in Baghdad in exchange for millions of dollars, potentially solving a legal conundrum for Western governments but sparking rights concerns.
Western countries have been rocked by fierce public debate over whether to repatriate citizens who joined the Islamic State group, which held swathes of Iraq and Syria for years befo ... more |
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 Beirut (AFP) April 10, 2019 
The head of Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah on Wednesday condemned as foolish a US decision to designate Iran's Revolutionary Guards a "terrorist group", praising the elite force as a key regional power.
Hezbollah was created at the initiative of Iran's Revolutionary Guards during the Lebanese civil war after Israel overran the capital Beirut in 1982.
It is a key ally of Tehran and h ... more |
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 Kuala Lumpur (AFP) April 12, 2019 
Malaysia said Friday a major Chinese-backed railway had been revived following a deal to cut costs, lifting a suspension slapped on the project when a corruption-plagued regime lost power last year.
The railway was among several infrastructure projects in Malaysia supported by Beijing but put on hold after the shock defeat of a coalition that had ruled the country for six decades.
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 10, 2019  The Defense Department announced its first contracts, totaling $976 million, to build a wall on the border with Mexico.
SLSCO Ltd., headquartered in Texas, received a $789 million contract for wall construction in Santa Teresa, N.M., regarded as part of the El Paso sector of the border. Montana-based Barnard Construction Co. was also awarded a $187 million contract for primary pedestria ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Apr 04, 2019 
China's first carrier rocket for commercial use, the Smart Dragon-1 (SD-1), has finished its engine test, paving way for its maiden flight in the first half of 2019, according to the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT).
The rocket is the first member of the Dragon series commercial carrier rockets family to be produced by CALT. It has a total length of 19.5 meters, a diameter ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) April 11, 2019 
China is planning to send millions of youth "volunteers" back to the villages, raising fears of a return to the methods of Chairman Mao's brutal Cultural Revolution of 50 years ago.
The Communist Youth League (CYL) has promised to despatch more than 10 million students to "rural zones" by 2022 in order to "increase their skills, spread civilization and promote science and technology," accord ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) April 10, 2019 
The United States said Wednesday it has resumed air strikes against the Al-Shabaab Islamist group in Somalia, after a brief pause that followed accusations from Amnesty International that it had tried to hide civilian casualties.
The latest air strike was carried out on Tuesday near Jilib, in the Moyen-Juba region southwest of Mogadishu, and killed one Islamist fighter, the US Africa Comman ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 8, 2019 
Leidos has been awarded a $19.3 million contract for system integration and field testing of a laser weapon system being developed at Kirtland Air Force base in New Mexico.
The contract provides for advancing work on state-of-the-art of laser weapon system technology through research and development of laser weapon systems, as well as evaluate performance in relevant operational environ ... more |
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