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  Washington (UPI) Apr 18, 2019 The Department of Defense denied a request to release information on the nation's nuclear stockpile, ending a practice that started a decade ago with little explanation. The Pentagon refused to comply with an Oct. 1 request by the Federation of American Scientists to provide the number of active warheads and those dismantled through the end of Fiscal Year 2019 "After careful consideration. . . it was determined that the requested information cannot be declassified at this time," wrote An ... read more |
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North Korea slams Bolton for 'stupid' remarks: KCNASeoul (AFP) April 20, 2019 A senior North Korean official slammed US National Security Advisor John Bolton on Saturday, accusing him of making "stupid" comments on stalled denuclearisation talks and warning "nothing good" would come of them. ... more  
Hungary will lead NATO's Baltic Air Policing next monthWashington (UPI) Apr 18, 2019 Hungary will lead NATO's Baltic Air Policing mission beginning next month at Siauliai Air Base in Lithuania with assistance by Britain and Spain. ... more  
Turkey says understands NATO concerns over Russian missile dealIstanbul (AFP) April 19, 2019 Turkey is "taking into account" NATO concerns over its Russian missile deal, the country's foreign minister said on Friday, in more conciliatory remarks over a purchase stoking tensions between Washington and Ankara. ... more 
US says N.Korean test not a ballistic missileWashington (AFP) April 18, 2019 A weapons test announced by North Korea was not of a ballistic missile, the US defense chief said Thursday, adding that US forces have not changed their posture in response. ... more |
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Peace hopes suffer setback as Taliban-Afghan talks derailedDoha (AFP) April 19, 2019 Hopes for a breakthrough in a push to end Afghanistan's gruelling conflict suffered a major setback Friday after a key summit between the Taliban and Afghan officials was indefinitely postponed. ... more  
Islamic State's 'caliphate' in Syria, IraqBeirut (AFP) April 21, 2019 Ousted a month ago from the territory it controlled across Iraq and Syria, Islamic State jihadists remain scattered in the Syrian desert and still carry out attacks. ... more  
Amid security worries, gun sales thrive in Iraq's MosulMosul, Iraq (AFP) April 21, 2019 Hunting rifles, pistols and towers of ammunition magazines: new gun shops are popping up in Iraq's Mosul, where residents are keen to own personal firearms in the unpredictable aftermath of jihadist rule. ... more 
Iraq frees Frenchman, says entered Syria to 'support Yazidis'Baghdad (AFP) April 18, 2019 An Iraqi court said Thursday it had released a French national who spent two months in detention after being transferred from war-ravaged Syria as it found no proof he fought there. ... more  
GenDyn awarded $125M for MK80, BLU-109 bomb componentsWashington (UPI) Apr 18, 2019 General Dynamics has received a $125 million contract for MK80 general purpose and BLU-109 Tritonal bomb components, including for Iraq, Bahrain and Singapore. ... more |
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 Top regional officials in Iraq for symbolic summit 
Iraq parliament to host regional rivals in BaghdadBaghdad (AFP) April 19, 2019 Iraq will host senior officials from neighbouring countries including regional arch-rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran on Saturday, as it carves out a role as a mediator in the deeply divided region. ... more  |
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India suspends Kashmir border trade with PakistanNew Delhi (AFP) April 19, 2019 India has suspended trade across its disputed Kashmir border with Pakistan, alleging that weapons and drugs are being smuggled across the route, as tensions simmer between the nuclear-armed neighbours. ... more 
Suspected jihadists kill 11 Mali soldiers: ministryBamako (AFP) April 21, 2019 Suspected jihadists killed at least 11 soldiers in an attack Sunday in central Mali, the defence ministry said. ... more 
'Unpatriotic' Afghan war film angers Russian veteransMoscow (AFP) April 17, 2019 Russian veterans want to ban a film about Soviet troops in Afghanistan they say is "unpatriotic," while the director insists it is an honest account of a disastrous conflict. ... more  
Virgin Orbit adds Guam as low inclination launch site for Launcherone Smallsat launch serviceLong Beach CA (SPX) Apr 12, 2019 Virgin Orbit, Sir Richard Branson's small satellite launch company, announced that the Pacific island of Guam will become an additional launch site for the company's LauncherOne service. With ... more  
ESA oversees teaching of Europe's next top solderersParis (ESA) Apr 08, 2019 Satellites are among the most complex machines ever designed, but in key respects they are still hand-made. A set of ESA-approved training schools train and certify the best solderers in Europe, to ... 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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 Washington (UPI) Apr 17, 2019 
The U.S. Navy awarded Boeing a contract modification for Standoff Land Attack Missiles to support Saudi Arabia.
The Department of Defense announced the $30.14 million cost-plus-incentive-fee contract Tuesday.
The initial $64 million contract in April 2018 enabled Boeing to "restart" its AGM-84 Standoff Land Attack Missile-Expanded Response production line and expand the pro ... more |
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 Ottawa, Canada (SPX) Apr 17, 2019 
Kongsberg Geospatial, an Ottawa-based geospatial visualisation software company, and MicroPilot, world leader in professional UAV autopilots, announced that the Kongsberg Geospatial IRIS UxS Fleet Control Station has been integrated with the MicroPilot MP2x28 series of autopilots to enhance the ability of UAV operators using MicroPilot autopilots to conduct safe BVLOS operations.
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 Menlo Park CA (SPX) Apr 16, 2019 
A new type of pocket-sized antenna, developed at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, could enable mobile communication in situations where conventional radios don't work, such as under water, through the ground and over very long distances through air.
The device emits very low frequency (VLF) radiation with wavelengths of tens to hundreds of miles. These waves ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 19, 2019 
The U.S. Marine Corps plans to replace its light-armored vehicle, which has been around since the 1980s, with a modern armored reconnaissance vehicle late in the next decade.
The life cycle of the LAV is set to expire in the mid-2030s and the Corps wants to replace the vehicle before then, the branch said in a news release this week.
The eight-wheeled amphibious vehicle has suppo ... more |
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 Jerusalem (AFP) April 17, 2019 
Israel's defence exports exceeded $7.5 billion (6.6 billion euros) in 2018, with the bulk going to Asia and the Pacific region, the government said Wednesday.
A defence ministry spokeswoman told AFP that the total was down from $9.2 billion in 2017 but that had been an exceptionally strong year.
The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute put Israel in eighth place in its 2017 t ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 18, 2019 
Hungary will lead NATO's Baltic Air Policing mission beginning next month at Siauliai Air Base in Lithuania with assistance by Britain and Spain.
This will be the 50th Baltic Air Policing deployment, NATO said in a news release Wednesday.
NATO member countries have taken turns safeguarding Baltic airspace since Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania joined the alliance in 2004. Other part ... more |
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 Usurbil, Spain (SPX) Apr 17, 2019 
Compared to so-far used global heating schemes, which are slow and energy-costly, light-controlled heating, using optical degrees of freedom such as light wavelength, polarisation, and power, allows to implement local, efficient, and fast heating schemes for the use in nanomagnetic computation or to quantify collective emergent phenomena in artificial spin systems.
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 Baghdad (AFP) April 19, 2019 
Iraq will host senior officials from neighbouring countries including regional arch-rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran on Saturday, as it carves out a role as a mediator in the deeply divided region.
The one-day summit will bring together parliament heads from Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria, and Kuwait, a parliamentary spokesman told AFP.
Iran, one of Iraq's closest allies but a fierce f ... more |
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 Traverse City MI (SPX) Apr 18, 2019 
ATLAS Space Operations, Inc., a leading innovator in ground communications for the space industry, has announced an agreement to develop its LINKS platform with the Department of Defense's Defense Innovation Unit (DIU).
The competitively awarded rapid prototyping program will run for 12 months, and will deliver a complete satellite communications platform tailored to the Air Force's Multi- ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) April 17, 2019 
China's economy expanded more than expected in the first three months of the year as government moves to kickstart growth helped offset weak global demand and a US trade war, data showed Wednesday.
The 6.4 percent reading was the latest in a string of figures indicating the world's number-two economy and key driver of global growth is stabilising after decelerating every quarter last year, t ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) April 19, 2019 
The International Monetary Fund board on Friday approved an $118.2 million credit that will be rushed out for cyclone-devastated Mozambique to help with the recovery efforts.
The zero-interest, 10-year loan will help shore up the country's budget amid the reconstruction efforts after the massive damage caused last month by Cyclone Idai, the IMF said in a statement.
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 Beijing (XNA) Apr 18, 2019 
China will promote aerospace development, strengthen international cooperation and contribute Chinese wisdom, plans and strength in man's peaceful utilization of outer space, said an official with China National Space Administration (CNSA) on Wednesday.
Zhao Jian, deputy director of the Department of System Engineering of CNSA, said at a press conference that the "Forum on Space Solutions: ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) April 22, 2019  Some 100 Chinese workers suffering from a work-related disease have signed a petition demanding the release of three prominent activists in southern China amid a crackdown on labour activism.
Wei Zhili and Ke Chengbing, editors of a labour rights news site that reported on the workers' cases, were arrested last month for "picking quarrels and provoking trouble" - a broad charge that Chinese ... more |
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 Colombo (AFP) April 21, 2019  A series of eight devastating bomb blasts ripped through high-end hotels and churches holding Easter services in Sri Lanka on Sunday, killing at least 207 people, including dozens of foreigners.
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe condemned the attacks - the worst act of violence since the end of Sri Lanka's civil war a decade ago - as "cowardly", as the government imposed an immediate and ... 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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