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  Washington (AFP) Aug 29, 2019 President Donald Trump launched a new Pentagon command dedicated to warfare in space Thursday, as American armed forces chiefs see China and Russia pressing hard to erode the US advantage in the newest military frontier. "This is a landmark day, one that recognizes the centrality of space to America's security and defense," Trump said in a White House ceremony. "SpaceCom will ensure that America's dominance in space is never threatened." The new command will elevate space - largely the sate ... read more |
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Ma vs Musk: tech tycoons spar on future of AIShanghai (AFP) Aug 29, 2019 Jack Ma believes artificial intelligence poses no threat to humanity, but Elon Musk called that "famous last words" as the billionaire tech tycoons faced off Thursday in an occasionally animated debate on futurism in Shanghai. ... more 
Maxar Technologies to supply US Govt with on-demand access to mission-ready satellite imageryWestminster CO (SPX) Aug 30, 2019 Maxar Technologies, a trusted partner and innovator in Earth Intelligence and Space Infrastructure, has announced that it has been awarded a new, four-year contract with the U.S. National Geospatial ... more  
Russia receives India's advance payment for S-400 air defence systemsZhukovsky (Sputnik) Aug 30, 2019 Washington has repeatedly criticised India's defence cooperation with Russia since it sees the country as its major partner in Southern Asia. The United States made an attempt in 2018 to prevent Ind ... more  
China's satellite tests pulsar navigation for future deep space explorationBeijing (XNA) Aug 23, 2019 Chinese scientists have conducted experiments on pulsar navigation with an X-ray space telescope, and the technology could be used in future deep space exploration and interplanetary or interstellar ... more |
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Interview with Ralf Faller about EDRS operationsMunich, Germany (SPX) Aug 27, 2019 The Data Relay Satellite EDRS-C was successfully launched at 21:30 CEST on 6 August 2019. After receiving the first telemetry data, the German Space Operations Center (GSOC) took over operation of t ... more  
Taiwan warns Pacific islands of China's 'empty promises' on aidKoror, Palau (AFP) Aug 22, 2019 Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu warned Pacific island nations Thursday against "empty promises" of financial aid from China, as the Solomon Islands considers switching diplomatic allegiance from Taipei to Beijing. ... more  
Lockheed to build F-35 maintenance, repair facility for Japanese fleetWashington (UPI) Aug 28, 2019 Lockheed Martin Co. will build a maintenance repair and upgrade facility in Japan for its F-35 fighter plane fleet under a $25.2 million contract announced by the U.S. Defense Department. ... more  
ESA and GomSpace Luxembourg sign contract for continued constellation management developmentAalborg, Denmark (SPX) Aug 27, 2019 GomSpace and have signed a development contract at a value of EUR 1,425,000 for GomSpace Luxembourg SARL's continued development of the Mega-Constellation Operations Platform (MCOP) product. T ... more 
Boeing awarded $999M contract for A-10 Warthog wing replacementsWashington (UPI) Aug 22, 2019 Earlier this month, Boeing completed its first round of wing replacements for the A-10 Thunderbolt II and on Wednesday was awarded a contract to rewing the U.S. Air Force's remaining A-10s. ... more |
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Three B-2 stealth bombers arrive in Britain for exercisesWashington (UPI) Aug 28, 2019 Three U.S. Air Force B-2 stealth bombers arrived in Britain for a deployment to include training and bomber interoperability with European allies. ... more  |
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Israel says Iran seeking to build precision missiles in LebanonJerusalem (AFP) Aug 29, 2019 The Israeli army on Thursday accused Iran of collaborating with Lebanon's Hezbollah to assemble precision-guided missiles that could cause "massive" human casualties in Israel. ... more  
UAE confirms Aden air strikes on 'terrorist militias'Dubai (AFP) Aug 30, 2019 The United Arab Emirates has confirmed launching air strikes on Yemen's interim capital Aden targeting "terrorist militias" after the government there announced the raids hit its troops. ... more  
Trump: US to keep 8,600 troops in Afghanistan after deal with TalibanWashington (AFP) Aug 29, 2019 President Donald Trump said Thursday that the United States will keep a permanent presence in Afghanistan, with 8,600 troops initially, even after a deal is reached with the Taliban. ... more  
Arms dealer handed 30 years' prison by US courtLos Angeles (AFP) Aug 20, 2019 An international arms dealer was sentenced to 30 years in prison by a Los Angeles federal court Monday for conspiring to sell surface-to-air missiles to Libyan militants and other customers in the Middle East. ... more  
Bolsonaro's son heads to Washington to thank Trump for Amazon supportRio De Janeiro (AFP) Aug 30, 2019 Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's son and hopeful ambassador to the United States is set to travel to Washington Friday to thank Donald Trump for his support during the crisis surrounding the fires in the Amazon rainforest. ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Aug 28, 2019 
Japan released more information on the North Korean missile that was launched on Saturday, when Pyongyang tested what it has described as a "super large multiple rocket launcher."
Japanese Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya said Tuesday the missile that flew in an easterly direction from North Korea's coast, facing Japan, was a "new model," Yomiuri Shimbun reported.
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 Jerusalem (AFP) Aug 29, 2019  The Israeli army on Thursday accused Iran of collaborating with Lebanon's Hezbollah to assemble precision-guided missiles that could cause "massive" human casualties in Israel.
Tehran and the Shiite movement plan to convert "stupid rockets into precision-guided missiles", Israeli army spokesman Jonathan Conricus told journalists in a conference call.
He said Iran had tried between 2013 a ... more |
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 Germantown MD (SPX) Aug 22, 2019 
Hughes Network Systems has announced a new joint solutions to extend mobile network connectivity using an integrated combination of VNC's deployable LTE technology with Hughes JUPITER and HM satellite systems. The new solutions support various global applications for government, militaries, first responders, and commercial Mobile Network Operators (MNOs).
"We're excited to work with Hughes ... more |
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 Munich, Germany (SPX) Aug 27, 2019 
The Data Relay Satellite EDRS-C was successfully launched at 21:30 CEST on 6 August 2019. After receiving the first telemetry data, the German Space Operations Center (GSOC) took over operation of the satellite. Now that the first critical launch phase with several orbital manoeuvres has been completed EDRS-C can enter the test phase. The German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 23, 2019 
A consortium of European countries, led by Estonia, agreed to develop unmanned military ground vehicles on Friday.
The Estonian Center for Defense Investments joined representatives from Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Latvia and Spain in Tallinn to sign an agreement for the development of Modular Unmanned Ground Systems, known as MUGS, with funding from the European Defense Fund, an ... more |
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 Los Angeles (AFP) Aug 20, 2019 
An international arms dealer was sentenced to 30 years in prison by a Los Angeles federal court Monday for conspiring to sell surface-to-air missiles to Libyan militants and other customers in the Middle East.
The trafficking operation run by Rami Najm Asad-Ghanem was described as "breathtaking and frightening" by Judge James Otero, who pronounced the sentence.
Ghanem, a 53-year-old natu ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Aug 28, 2019 
China has refused another planned port call by a US warship amid soaring tensions between the Pacific powers on trade, a US official said Wednesday.
"We did recently receive word that it was inconvenient for them to host a previously planned port call to Qingdao," said Randall Schriver, the assistant secretary of defense in charge of Asia.
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 Dublin, Ireland (SPX) Aug 23, 2019 
Theoretical physicists at Trinity College Dublin are among an international collaboration that has built the world's smallest engine - which, as a single calcium ion, is approximately ten billion times smaller than a car engine.
Work performed by Professor John Goold's QuSys group in Trinity's School of Physics describes the science behind this tiny motor. The research, published in intern ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) Aug 29, 2019 
Iraq has condemned comments by Bahrain's top diplomat describing alleged Israeli strikes on the powerful Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary force as "self-defence."
A string of Hashed al-Shaabi bases across Iraq have been hit by explosions and drone sightings over the past five weeks that the force has blamed on Israel and the US.
Earlier this week, Bahraini Foreign Minister Khaled bin Ahmed ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Aug 28, 2019 
US Defense Secretary Mark Esper urged Iran Wednesday to enter discussions with the United States in order to ease tensions in the Gulf region.
"We are not seeking conflict with Iran. We want to engage with them diplomatically," Esper said in his first formal press conference after being confirmed last month.
"The president said once again he is willing to meet with Iran's leaders," he sa ... more |
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 Oslo (AFP) Aug 27, 2019 
Norway, which is part of European Free Trade Agreement (EFTA) grouping four non-EU members, on Tuesday regretted the "awful timing" of a trade pact with Mercosur, as fires rage in the Amazon.
Faced with massive criticism for his handling of the blazes in the rainforests, Brazilian President Jose Bolsonaro on Friday announced the agreement between EFTA, formed by Iceland, Norway, Switzerland ... more |
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 Rio De Janeiro (AFP) Aug 28, 2019 
Scorched forests, government inaction and presidential insults - fires in the Amazon rainforest are having a disastrous effect on Brazil's international image, analysts warn.
"This is the worst crisis Brazil has had for its image in 50 years," former government minister Rubens Ricupero told O Globo newspaper.
The daily Folha de S.Paulo lamented "the worst disaster in the history of B ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Aug 21, 2019 
China's new communication satellite ChinaSat 18, sent into space on Monday, has experienced abnormalities, and space engineers are investigating the cause.
The ChinaSat 18 satellite was launched at 8:03 p.m. (Beijing Time) on a Long March-3B carrier rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province.
The satellite separated with the carrier rocket a ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Aug 30, 2019 
Prominent Hong Kong democracy activists were arrested Friday in a dragnet that came as protesters planned to rally this weekend in defiance of a police ban.
Hong Kong has been locked in a three months of political crisis, with increasingly violent clashes between police and protesters that have prompted an escalating public relations campaign from Beijing.
Protesters planned yet another ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 29, 2019 
Researchers at the University of Surrey in England have developed a way to scan for and identify a wide range of bomb-making materials in just 30 seconds.
The chemical fingerprinting technology requires the swabbing of materials, which can then be tested. The method can identify trace amounts of a variety of chemicals used in explosives, including nitrotoluenes, trinitrotriazine, hexame ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 12, 2019 
German defense contractors Rheinmetall and MBDA Deutschland will build a high-energy laser for installation aboard a German navy ship.
While performance specifications or timetables have not yet been developed by the government Federal Office for Bundeswehr Equipment, the announcement last week is the first time the German military has entered the arena of laser weapon development.
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