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  Washington (AFP) July 27, 2019 The warnings were unambiguous, and now so is the retreat: after threatening to hit Turkey with sanctions for buying a Russian missile defense system, the Trump administration is looking for a way to avoid doing so. Theoretically the sanctions were to be automatic, mandated by Congress, if NATO member Turkey opted to buy the S-400 system from NATO's main adversary Russia. But since Ankara began taking delivery of the system, designed to protect the country from air attacks, on July 12, President ... read more |
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Erdogan says Russian S-400 operational by April 2020Ankara (AFP) July 26, 2019 Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday that it planned to start using the Russian S-400 missile defence system - a bone of contention with the United States - in April 2020. ... more 
Bulgaria MPs overrule president's veto on fighter jet dealSofia (AFP) July 26, 2019 Bulgarian MPs voted Friday for a second time in favour of a $1.3-billion deal to buy eight F-16 fighter jets from the US, overriding a presidential veto on the purchase. ... more  
Iran links tanker row to ailing nuclear dealVienna (AFP) July 28, 2019 Iran said Sunday it considered Britain's seizure of an Iranian oil tanker a breach of the ailing 2015 nuclear deal, after the remaining parties to the accord met in Vienna in another attempt to salvage the agreement. ... more 
Trump says N.Korea missile tests no threat to USWashington (AFP) July 26, 2019 President Donald Trump on Friday brushed off the bellicose language accompanying North Korea's latest short-range missile test, saying it referred to ally South Korea, not the United States. ... more |
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China accuses FedEx of 'holding up' Huawei parcelsBeijing (AFP) July 26, 2019 China accused FedEx of deliberately "holding up" the delivery of more than 100 Huawei packages after the US firm misrouted some parcels from the telecom giant, state media said Friday. ... more  
Taiwan presidential smuggling scandal engulfs China AirlinesTaipei (AFP) July 26, 2019 A smuggling scandal implicating Taiwan's presidential bodyguards has engulfed China Airlines after the island's largest carrier revealed huge quantities of duty-free cigarettes were routinely sold to staff accompanying the island's leader on visits overseas. ... more  
Two Hong Kong police officers cleared in 2014 beating of protesterHong Kong (AFP) July 26, 2019 Hong Kong's appeal court on Friday overturned the conviction of two police officers - and reduced the sentence of five others - over the 2014 beating of a pro-democracy protester that was caught on video. ... more  
3D printing transforms rocketry in FloridaOrlando FL (SPX) Jul 24, 2019 On the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, 3D printing technology is changing the way rockets are made and the way Florida space companies do business. Significant new space compan ... more  
Automating complex design of universal controller for hybrid dronesChicago IL (SPX) Jul 22, 2019 Hybrid unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs, are drones that combine the advantages of multi-copters and fixed-wing planes. These drones are equipped to vertically take off and land like multi-copters, ... more |
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Lockheed contracted by Northrop Grumman for E-2D Hawkeye radarsWashington (UPI) Jul 25, 2019 Lockheed Martin has been contracted to produce APY-9 radars for the U.S. Navy's E-2D Advanced Hawkeye airborne early warning surveillance aircraft. ... more  |
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What do dragonflies teach us about missile defense?Albuquerque NM (SPX) Jul 26, 2019 Be grateful you're not on a dragonfly's diet. You might be a fruit fly or maybe a mosquito, but it really wouldn't matter the moment you look back and see four powerful wings pounding through the ai ... more 
Iran Guards report clashes, deaths near western borderTehran (AFP) July 26, 2019 Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they lost one soldier and killed a number of "anti-revolutionaries" in clashes Friday near the western border with Iraq. ... more  
Navy test fires Hellfire missile from littoral combat shipWashington (UPI) Jul 26, 2019 A successful test-firing by an Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship Mission Modules program will prompt further development tests, the Naval Sea Systems Command said. ... more  
US approves sales to support Pakistan's F-16s, India's C-17sWashington (AFP) July 26, 2019 Washington on Friday approved $125 million worth of support for Pakistan's F-16 warplanes, and also $670 worth of support for India's C-17 transport planes. ... more  
Afghan-Taliban talks could happen within two weeksKabul (AFP) July 27, 2019 Direct talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban could begin in Norway within the next two weeks, officials and sources said Saturday, marking a potentially crucial step in efforts to end the war. ... more |
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 Ankara (AFP) July 26, 2019 
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday that it planned to start using the Russian S-400 missile defence system - a bone of contention with the United States - in April 2020.
"In the coming spring, God willing in April 2020, we will be able to start using this system," he told a gathering of his Justice and Development Party (AKP) in Ankara.
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 Seoul (AFP) July 25, 2019  North Korea fired two short-range missiles into the sea on Thursday, complicating efforts to resume stalled nuclear talks with Washington and signalling its anger over planned US-South Korea joint military exercises.
It was Pyongyang's first missile test since an impromptu meeting between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un last month that produced an agreement to r ... more |
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 Chicago IL (SPX) Jul 22, 2019 
Hybrid unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs, are drones that combine the advantages of multi-copters and fixed-wing planes. These drones are equipped to vertically take off and land like multi-copters, yet also have the strong aerodynamic performance and energy-saving capabilities of traditional planes. As hybrid UAVs continue to evolve, however, controlling them remotely still remains a challenge. ... more |
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 Research Triangle Park NC (SPX) Jul 26, 2019 
A U.S. Army project exploring novel applications of superconducting resonators has discovered these systems may be used to simulate quantum materials impossible to otherwise fabricate. Additionally, they may provide insights to open and fundamental questions in quantum mechanics and gravity.
Scientists at Princeton University, led by electrical engineering Professor Andrew Houck, built an ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 15, 2019 
BAE Systems received a $45 million contract to improve the firing capabilities of the howitzers of the U.S. Army, the company announced Monday.
The company will work to increase the range and rate of fire of current and future M109A7 self-propelled howitzers in the Extended Range Cannon Artillery Increment 1 prototype series. ERCA will be integrated onto the M109A7, replacing its curren ... more |
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 Sofia (AFP) July 26, 2019 
Bulgarian MPs voted Friday for a second time in favour of a $1.3-billion deal to buy eight F-16 fighter jets from the US, overriding a presidential veto on the purchase.
President Rumen Radev, himself a former pilot and air force commander, had rejected the controversial deal on Tuesday, saying the deal was too expensive and that it was not clear whether Bulgaria would receive the necessary ... more |
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 Hanoi (AFP) July 25, 2019 
Vietnam on Thursday called for the "immediate withdrawal" of a Chinese ship in the South China Sea, as the standoff over the disputed waters intensified.
Beijing last week issued a new call for Hanoi to respect its claims to the resource-rich region - which have historically been contested by Vietnam as well as Taiwan, the Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei.
Hanoi responded by saying it h ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Jul 22, 2019 
Every year, robots get more and more life-like. Solar-powered bees fly on lithe wings, humanoids stick backflips, and teams of soccer bots strategize how to dribble, pass, and score. And, the more researchers discover about how living creatures move, the more machines can imitate them all the way down to their smallest molecules.
"We have these amazing machines already in our bodies, and t ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) July 27, 2019 
Hazem Tahsin Bek on Saturday succeeded his late father as prince of the Yazidi religious minority that was brutalised by the Islamic State group in northern Iraq.
He was enthroned in a ceremony in Lalish, the Yazidis' holiest site in Iraq's mountainous northwest, after having been named by their five-member High Spiritual Council which includes Baba Sheikh, their religious chief.
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 Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jul 26, 2019 
Pundits and boffins are debating how to interpret a recent sequence of North Korean missile tests, which coincide with a period of strong diplomatic engagement between North Korea and the USA.
Eyebrows were first raised in May, when North Korea tested a new type of short-range missile.
Boffins debated whether it was a nice copy of a Russian Iskander missile or an Iskander itself. Ano ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) July 23, 2019 
Global trade tensions, continued uncertainty and rising prospects for a no-deal Brexit are sapping the strength of the world economy, which faces a "precarious" 2020, the International Monetary Fund warned on Tuesday.
Trade conflicts are undercutting investment and weakening manufacturing, and the IMF urged countries to avoid using tariffs to resolve their differences.
In the quarterly u ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 24, 2019 
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has adopted NASA's Search and Rescue (SAR) office's recommendations regarding the installation and maintenance of Emergency Locator Transmitters (ELTs), the NASA-designed, satellite-aided search and rescue beacons installed in planes. These recommendations will improve aviation safety and result in more lives saved by the international satellite-aided se ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) July 25, 2019 
A Chinese startup successfully launched the country's first commercial rocket capable of carrying satellites into orbit Thursday, as the space race between China and the US heats up.
Beijing-based Interstellar Glory Space Technology - also known as iSpace - said it launched two satellites into orbit around 1:00 pm Beijing time (0500 GMT) from Jiuquan, a state launch facility in the Gobi de ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) July 26, 2019 
Hong Kong's appeal court on Friday overturned the conviction of two police officers - and reduced the sentence of five others - over the 2014 beating of a pro-democracy protester that was caught on video.
The ruling comes at a time of intense public anger towards the city's police force over its handling of a renewed round of protests that have seen tear gas and rubber bullets wielded agai ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 23, 2019 
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has contracted Arizona State University to develop a deployable device to determine if a person has been exposed to weapons of mass destruction or their precursors.
ASU was awarded a $9.1 million contract to start work on a device that can detect WMD-related chemicals on a person within 30 minutes or less. The device is expected to be capabl ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) July 25, 2019  France plans to develop anti-satellite laser weapons, its defence minister said Thursday, laying out French ambitions to close the gap on rivals who are developing new arms and surveillance capabilities in space.
The United States, Russia and China have been heavily investing in technology for space, which is seen as a new military frontier.
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