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  Washington (UPI) Jun 14, 2019 For the first time, the U.S. Air Force successfully tested its hypersonic air-to-ground weapon on a B-52H Stratofortress bomber from Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. On Wednesday, a sensor-only prototype of the AGM-183A air launched rapid response weapon, or ARRW, was carried externally by a B-52 during the test to gather environmental and aircraft handling data, the U.S. Air Force said Thursday in a news release. Hypersonic denotes a speed of Mach 5, or five times the speed of sound or hi ... read more |
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House committee includes funding for Space Corps in defense billWashington (UPI) Jun 14, 2019 The House Armed Services Committee approved an amendment for funding in the defense spending bill for a Space Corps. ... more  
Iran attacks leave Trump and aides divided, with no clear strategyWashington (AFP) June 14, 2019 To retaliate or show restraint? Toughen sanctions or negotiate? The US administration, divided between hard-line hawks and a Donald Trump who fears plunging the country into another "endless" war, is struggling to define its strategy against Iran - as demonstrated by its uncertain response to recent developments in the Gulf of Oman. ... more  
Beijing denies 'hit-and-run' in South China Sea collisionManila (AFP) June 15, 2019 Beijing confirmed Saturday that a Chinese vessel hit a Philippine fishing boat in a collision which has increased tensions in the disputed South China Sea, but denied claims it was a "hit and run". ... more 
Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong leaves jail, vows to join protestsHong Kong (AFP) June 17, 2019 Leading Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong walked free from prison on Monday and vowed to join historic anti-government protests rocking the city, calling on the city's embattled pro-Beijing leader to quit. ... more |
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Police face mounting brutality claims after Hong Kong clashesHong Kong (AFP) June 13, 2019 Their motto has been "Asia's Finest" since colonial times, but videos of Hong Kong police beating unarmed protesters have fuelled public anger and sparked accusations of brutality. ... more 
Carrie Lam: Hong Kong's divisive, pro-Beijing leaderHong Kong (AFP) June 13, 2019 Carrie Lam vowed to heal divisions and listen to the city's youth when she became Hong Kong's leader, promises that lie in tatters after tear gas and pepper spray sent them running for cover when they dared raise their voice. ... more  
Trudeau going to Washington to seek support in China rowOttawa (AFP) June 13, 2019 Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will pay a visit to the White House next week to discuss trade and ask President Donald Trump to lean on China to release two Canadians he says have been "arbitrarily detained," the government announced Thursday. ... more 
Amid privacy firestorm, Facebook curbs research toolWashington (AFP) June 13, 2019 Facebook has curbed access to a controversial feature allowing searches of the vast content within the social network - a tool which raised privacy concerns but was also used for research and investigative journalism. ... more 
Artillery attack wounds family in east UkraineKiev (AFP) June 14, 2019 A nine-year-old girl and three relatives were wounded Friday in eastern Ukraine in a artillery attack on a Kiev-controlled area close to a rebel hub, Ukrainian police and armed forces said. ... more |
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 Turkey says ceasefire not yet secured in Syria's Idlib  
Syria flare-up kills 35 fighters, 10 civillians: monitorBeirut (AFP) June 15, 2019 At least 10 civilians and 35 combatants, mostly pro-regime forces, were killed Saturday in clashes and air strikes that erupted at dawn in northwestern Syria, a war monitor said. ... more  |
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US unhappy about UN counterterror envoy's Xinjiang visitWashington (AFP) June 14, 2019 The United States on Friday lodged a protest with the United Nations over what it called a "highly inappropriate" visit by its counterterrorism czar to China's restive Xinjiang region, saying it could serve to legitimize Beijing's crackdown on Muslim minorities. ... more 
Israel strikes Gaza after first rocket since early MayJerusalem (AFP) June 13, 2019 Israeli warplanes bombed bunkers at a Hamas base in Gaza early Thursday following the first rocket fire from the territory since early May, the military said. ... more  
IS focus on millennial women is worry for future: EuropolThe Hague (AFP) June 14, 2019 The Islamic State group is targeting women from the millennial generation as it seeks new recruits after the fall of its so-called caliphate, the EU's police agency said Friday. ... more 
Colombian high court withdraws ex-rebel's parliament seatBogota (AFP) June 15, 2019 A Colombian high court on Friday withdrew the parliament seat for a former left-wing guerrilla leader who never assumed office after negotiating the country's historic peace deal. ... more  
Enabling revolutionary nondestructive inspection capabilityWashington DC (SPX) Jun 17, 2019 X-rays and gamma rays have a wide range of applications including scanning suspicious maritime shipping containers for illicit materials, industrial inspection of materials and processes, and medica ... more |
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 Damascus (AFP) June 12, 2019 
Syrian air defence shot down Israeli missiles targeting the south of the country Wednesday, state media said, as a monitor reported positions of the regime's Lebanese ally Hezbollah had been hit.
The attack was launched in the early hours of the morning against the Tall al-Hara sector near the Golan Heights, according to official news agency SANA, which said there had been no casualties.
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 Ankara (AFP) June 16, 2019 
Turkey expects the delivery of the controversial Russian S-400 missile defence system to begin in July, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was quoted as saying in Turkish media on Sunday.
"I believe (S-400s) will begin to arrive in the first half of July. Colleagues in charge of the schedule are following the issue," Erdogan said according to CNN Turk broadcaster.
Ankara's deal with Moscow h ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jun 17, 2019 
A new energy-efficient data routing algorithm developed by an international team could keep unmanned aerial vehicle swarms flying - and helping - longer, report an international team of researchers this month in the journal Chaos, from AIP Publishing.
UAV swarms are cooperative, intercommunicating groups of UAVs used for a wide and growing variety of civilian and military applications. In ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jun 13, 2019 
The Corps recently began fielding a next-generation narrowband satellite communication system that assists warfighters in connecting to networks on the battlefield.
Fielded in the first quarter of 2019, the Mobile User Objective System provides satellite communication capabilities to mobile or stationary Marines. The system enables the warfighter to leverage cellular technology to increase ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 12, 2019 
General Dynamics Land Systems has received a $16.2 million contract modification for technical support in building Abrams M1A1 tanks, both for the U.S. military and for foreign military sales to Morocco, the Defense Department said.
The contract, announced Tuesday, covers systems technical support for the Abrams family of vehicles, with work on the contract to be performed in Sterling H ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) June 12, 2019 
US House of Representatives lawmakers introduced a bipartisan measure Wednesday to block President Donald Trump's weapons sales to Saudi Arabia, after his administration announced it was bypassing Congress to transfer arms to the kingdom and other allies.
The lower chamber's pushback against the White House comes a week after US senators across the political spectrum also moved to prevent th ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) June 11, 2019 
Acting Pentagon chief Patrick Shanahan sent a memorandum to all Department of Defense employees Tuesday requesting that they remain politically neutral, following a controversy over a warship bearing the name of senator John McCain.
"All DoD personnel, service members, and civilian employees alike, swear an oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States," Shanahan said in t ... more |
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 Bochum, Germany (SPX) May 07, 2019 
Nanoparticles can be used in many ways as catalysts. To be able to tailor them in such a way that they can catalyse certain reactions selectively and efficiently, researchers need to determine the properties of single particles as precisely as possible. So far, an ensemble of many nanoparticles is analysed. However, the problem of these investigations is that the contributions of different parti ... more |
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 Wellington (AFP) June 10, 2019  New Zealand will begin scaling back its non-combat mission in Iraq next month and bring home the last of its troops by mid-2020, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Monday.
Wellington deployed troops on a "behind-the-wire" training mission in 2015 to boost the ability of the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) to fight the Islamic State group.
Ardern said the small contingent of troops, currently ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 13, 2019 
The House Armed Services Committee rejected two Republican amendments to the defense appropriations bill for additional funding and deployment of low-yield nuclear warheads.
After a heated debate during markup of the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act on Wednesday,
the committee voted to reject the amendments in two 30-26 votes. Democrats hold a 31-26 majority on the panel. ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) June 14, 2019 
China's economy showed further signs of weakness last month, with industrial output posting its slowest growth in 17 years, placing further pressure on the government as it tries to steady the ship while battling a trade war with the US.
Authorities have for years been attempting to transition the world's number two economy from a reliance on state investment and exports to a more stable mod ... more |
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 Nesconset, United States (AFP) June 16, 2019 
Michael Kidd, now 84 years old, fought in the Korean War. His young German shepherd Millie helps calm him down when things start to swirl, usually at night.
Harry Stolberg - a 42-year-old former Marine who served in Bosnia, Liberia and Nigeria - has a chocolate Labrador named Rocky who wakes him up from his troubled dreams.
And 31-year-old Phil Davanzo - who carried the bodies of fal ... more |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Jun 03, 2019 
Luokung Technology Corp. has announced a strategic partnership with Land Space Technology Corporation Ltd. ("Land Space"). The two parties will work together and take advantage of respective strength on commercial space cooperation with satellite remote sensing data applications as the main target market.
They will jointly develop domestic and foreign markets of products and services which ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) June 14, 2019 
Hong Kong's embattled leader faced mounting pressure on Friday to abandon a deeply unpopular plan to allow extraditions to China as key allies urged a rethink following unprecedented political unrest.
The international finance hub was rocked by the worst political violence since its 1997 handover to China on Wednesday as tens of thousands of protesters were dispersed by riot police firing te ... more |
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 The Hague (AFP) June 14, 2019  The Islamic State group is targeting women from the millennial generation as it seeks new recruits after the fall of its so-called caliphate, the EU's police agency said Friday.
In a report on IS propaganda focussed on women, Europol said that this could "pave the way" for a change in the role of female jihadists in future terror organisations.
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 New York NY (SPX) Jun 12, 2019 
Harry Sinsheimer serves as the Deputy Director to the Joint Directed Energy Transition Office (DE JTO) since February 2017. Harry's experience, knowledge, skills and understanding of laser technology, directed energy weapons, test and evaluation, financial management, logistics, program analysis, organizational and force structure is helping advocate, develop and execute a DE JTO investment stra ... more |
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