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  Washington DC (SPX) Oct 07, 2019 DARPA's Operational Fires (OpFires) program has reached a major program milestone, completing booster preliminary design review of an innovative two-stage tactical missile system. OpFires aims to develop and demonstrate a ground-launched hypersonic weapon system to engage critical, time-sensitive targets in contested environments. "U.S. ground-based forces currently are limited in effective range of surface-to-surface precision fires. The goal for OpFires is to provide the combatant commander with ... read more |
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Alleged satellite images show Iranian tanker Adrian Darya anchored off Syrian coastWashington DC (Sputnik) Oct 04, 2019 Earlier, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that he suspects the Iranian tanker of transporting oil to Syria, referring to the relevant images from the tracking service Tanker Trackers, which in ... more  
Europeans urge strict sanctions enforcement on North KoreaUnited Nations, United States (AFP) Oct 8, 2019 European members of the UN Security Council called Tuesday for the strict enforcement of international sanctions against North Korea, after a closed door meeting prompted by Pyongyang's latest missile test. ... more 
US, Japan, SKorea discuss NKorea denuclearizationWashington (AFP) Oct 9, 2019 Officials from the United States, Japan and South Korea met in Washington on Tuesday to discuss North Korean denuclearization, just days after negotiations between the US and North Korea broke down in Sweden. ... more  
Canadian police illegally shared info on Huawei exec: lawyersVancouver (AFP) Oct 4, 2019 Canadian police illegally shared details of Meng Wanzhou's phone with US authorities, lawyers said Thursday, in a bid to have an extradition case against the top Huawei executive thrown out. ... more |
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India confirms China summit, with just two days to goNew Delhi (AFP) Oct 9, 2019 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will host Chinese President Xi Jinping for an "informal summit" later this week, New Delhi confirmed Wednesday, just 48 hours ahead of the meeting. ... more  
A filament fit for space - silk is proven to thrive in outer space temperaturesOxford UK (SPX) Oct 03, 2019 Their initial discovery had seemed like a contradiction because most other polymer fibres embrittle in the cold. But after many years of working on the problem, the group of researchers have discove ... more  
NASA takes delivery of first all-electric experimental aircraftEdwards AFB CA (SPX) Oct 04, 2019 The first all-electric configuration of NASA's X-57 Maxwell now is at the agency's Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. The X-57, NASA's first all-electric experimental air ... more 
India takes first delivery in controversial French jet dealParis (AFP) Oct 8, 2019 India received Tuesday the first of 36 Rafale fighter jets ordered from France in 2016 in a multi-billion-dollar deal that Paris hopes will unlock more sales despite being tainted by suspicion of corruption. ... more  
Even in death, Uighurs feel long reach of Chinese stateShayar, China (AFP) Oct 9, 2019 China is destroying burial grounds where generations of Uighur families have been laid to rest, leaving behind human bones and broken tombs in what activists call an effort to eradicate the ethnic group's identity in Xinjiang. ... more |
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 Turkey ready for Syria offensive as Northern Iraq Kurdish positions struck  
Ex-president Bush's paintings tell of toll on those he sent to warWashington (AFP) Oct 9, 2019 In some paintings, the wounds are plain to see: an arm or leg lost to war. In others, the injuries that US veterans suffered are hidden from view. ... more  |
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Xinjiang: The making of China's farwest police stateBeijing (AFP) Oct 9, 2019 China's all-encompassing security crackdown in Xinjiang has turned the northwest region - home to most of the country's ethnic Uighur population - into a place activists describe as an open air prison. ... more 
US curbs China officials' visas, demands end to Uighur 'repression'Washington (AFP) Oct 9, 2019 The United States said Tuesday it would curb visas for Chinese officials until Beijing ends its "repression" of Uighurs and other Muslims in the western region of Xinjiang, a day after imposing commercial restrictions. ... more  
US condemns Iraq violence, urges govt to exercise 'restraint'Washington (AFP) Oct 9, 2019 US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has condemned deadly violence during protests in Iraq and called on the country's government to "exercise maximum restraint," the State Department said Tuesday. ... more  
French former govt officials on trial over alleged arms deals kickbacksParis (AFP) Oct 7, 2019 Three top former French government aides went on trial Monday charged with arranging a system of kickbacks on arms deals with Pakistan and Saudi Arabia in the 1990s. ... more 
'Arms deal revenge' theory discounted in 2002 Karachi bomb probeParis (AFP) Oct 8, 2019 French investigators do not believe the 2002 bombing of a bus transporting French engineers in the Pakistani city of Karachi was revenge for the non-payment of arms deal bribes, intelligence documents seen by AFP on Tuesday show. ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 4, 2019 
Russia is aiding China in building a missile defense system able to counter ballistic and cruise missiles, Russian President Vladimir Putin confirmed.
He added that Russian involvement will give China a measure of protection which only the United States and Russia currently have. China now has only a small, Russian-made S-300 system regarded as a modest deterrent.
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 Washington DC (SPX) Oct 07, 2019 
DARPA's Operational Fires (OpFires) program has reached a major program milestone, completing booster preliminary design review of an innovative two-stage tactical missile system. OpFires aims to develop and demonstrate a ground-launched hypersonic weapon system to engage critical, time-sensitive targets in contested environments.
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 National Harbor MD (SPX) Sep 30, 2019 
With small unmanned aircraft systems - frequently called drones, becoming more common every day, the Air Force Research Laboratory Directed Energy Directorate at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, has developed a counter-swarm high power weapon that should cause those with nefarious intentions of using drones against United States forces at U.S. military installations at home or overseas to th ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Sep 23, 2019 
DARPA has announced the 10 teams that have qualified for the Championship Event of the Spectrum Collaboration Challenge (SC2) - a three-year contest to unlock the potential of the radio frequency (RF) spectrum using artificial intelligence (AI). The teams will head to Mobile World Congress Los Angeles on October 23, 2019, where their radio designs will go head to head during a live competition. ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 2, 2019  Two companies share a $600 million contract to produce cases for the U.S. air Force's BLU-136/B next-generation area attack warhead, the Defense Department announced.
Faxon Machining Inc. of Cincinnati and Major Tool & Machine Inc. of Indianapolis received the seven-year, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract on Tuesday, which calls for manufacture of 15,000 warhead cases ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Oct 8, 2019 
French investigators do not believe the 2002 bombing of a bus transporting French engineers in the Pakistani city of Karachi was revenge for the non-payment of arms deal bribes, intelligence documents seen by AFP on Tuesday show.
The theory of a revenge attack, carried out after former president Jacques Chirac cancelled the payment of bribes on arms deals signed with Pakistan and Saudi Arab ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 7, 2019  U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's weekend visit to Greece yielded a revised defense agreement and a warning to Turkey.
Greece has become a mainstay of stability in the Eastern Mediterranean region, and Pompeo announced his disapproval of Turkish drilling for hydrocarbons in the water, as well as its provocative actions in the economic zone of Cyprus, the Greek newspaper Kathimerini ... more |
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 Bath UK (SPX) Sep 23, 2019 
A new nanomaterial developed by scientists at the University of Bath could solve a conundrum faced by scientists probing some of the most promising types of future pharmaceuticals.
Scientists who study the nanoscale - with molecules and materials 10,000 smaller than a pinhead - need to be able to test the way that some molecules twist, known as their chirality, because mirror image molecul ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) Oct 7, 2019  A spree of attacks and threats against media outlets in Iraq has alarmed the United Nations, journalists and monitors, who demand the government prevent the "silencing" of journalists covering mass protests.
Raids over the weekend carried out by unidentified gunmen have added to concerns for freedom of expression that were first flagged when authorities implemented a near-total internet blac ... more |
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 United Nations, United States (AFP) Oct 7, 2019 
North Korea warned Monday it would not "sit idle" if any attempt is made at the UN Security Council to raise the subject of its "self-defensive measures," an apparent reference to its recent missile tests.
Three European countries - Britain, France and Germany - called for a closed door Security Council meeting Tuesday to discuss North Korea's test last week of a sea-launched missile, sayi ... more |
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 Geneva (AFP) Oct 8, 2019  A prominent US economist called Tuesday on countries to save the multilateral global trading system which he said was facing deliberate attack by Washington as part of US President Donald Trump's "fantasy world".
"The trading system is under stress right now for one overwhelming reason, and that is my country, the United States," Jeffrey Sachs told the opening of a large conference at the Wo ... more |
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 Manchester UK (SPX) Oct 03, 2019 
Researchers from The University of Manchester are developing chemical sensors that can be mounted on to 'worm robots', as part of a project involving partners in four European countries to improve detection of people trapped under debris after a disaster.
In the face of natural or man-made disaster, urban search and rescue teams and other first responders like police, medical units or civi ... more |
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 Jiuquan, China (XNA) Sep 02, 2019 
Two satellites for technological experiments were sent into space by a Kuaizhou-1A, or KZ-1A, carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Saturday.
The rocket blasted off at 7:41 a.m. and sent the two satellites into their planned orbit.
Kuaizhou-1A, meaning speedy vessel, is a low-cost solid-fuel carrier rocket with high reliability and a short prep ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Oct 8, 2019 
A top online gamer from Hong Kong who was expelled from an international eSports tournament after showing support for the city's protest movement said on Tuesday he has no regrets.
Ng Wai Chung, who represents the Asia-Pacific region under the name Blitzchung, had just won a crucial match at the Hearthstone Grandmasters tournament when he exclaimed in Mandarin "Liberate Hong Kong, revolution ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Sept 30, 2019 
The US military command for Africa announced Monday it had killed seven suspected Islamic State jihadists in an air strike in southern Libya, the fourth such operation in two weeks.
"Our pursuit of ISIS-Libya and other terrorist networks degrades their ability to effectively conduct operations against the Libyan people," said Africa Command director of operations William Gayler, using an alt ... 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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