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  Moscow (Sputnik) Nov 05, 2019 Russia plans to launch into orbit a spherical glass satellite for measuring Earth's gravity field by the end of December, documents revealed. The BLITS-M retroreflector satellite will be launched together with three Gonets-M communications satellites using the Rokot carrier rocket, scheduled to take off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome on December 25. The BLITS-M satellite is an improved version of the Russian BLITS (Ball Lens In The Space) satellite. It is a glass sphere designed to obtain sate ... read more |
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British hypersonic engine passes key testBethesda MD (SPX) Nov 01, 2019 Reaction Engines, a UK-based company formed in 1989 to design and develop the technologies needed for a new class of innovative hypersonic propulsion system, claims a breakthrough in aerospace engin ... more  
Russian top diplomat says US refuses to discuss Russian-Chinese idea against militarisation of spaceMoscow (Sputnik) Nov 05, 2019 The United States has been refusing to launch negotiations on the initiative of Russia and China on preventing an arms race in space, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said. "The United S ... more 
Iran to launch three domestically-made satellites in near futureMoscow (Sputnik) Nov 05, 2019 In October, the Minister of Information and Communications Technology Mohammad-Javad Azari Jahromi said that Iran intended to send an astronaut into space, adding that Tehran would hold talks with R ... more  
N.Korea says chance of talks with US 'narrowing'Seoul (AFP) Nov 5, 2019 The possibility of talks between nuclear-armed North Korea and Washington is "narrowing", Pyongyang said Tuesday after the US State Department reaffirmed its designation as a state sponsor of terrorism. ... more |
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On Ukraine's frontline, fears and hopes after troops pull backKaterynivka, Ukraine (AFP) Nov 3, 2019 The chickens pecking around the rural Ukrainian village of Katerynivka paint a tranquil atmosphere. But a closer look reveals bullet holes on the houses of residents hopeful that peace can finally return following a long-awaited troop withdrawal. ... more  
US troop level in Syria stable despite announced withdrawalWashington (AFP) Nov 4, 2019 The number of US troops in Syria remains roughly stable at just under 1,000 three weeks after President Donald Trump announced their withdrawal, a US official said Monday. ... more  
Sisi suggests floating Egypt military firms on stock exchangeCairo (AFP) Oct 31, 2019 Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi suggested Thursday listing military-owned companies on the stock exchange, along with other state-run firms and assets. ... more 
Gorbachev warns world in 'colossal' danger from nuclear weaponsLondon (AFP) Nov 4, 2019 Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev says the world is in "colossal" danger from nuclear weapons held by global powers amid continued tensions since the end of the Cold War. ... more 
As Iraq and Lebanon protests flare, Iran clings to hard-earned swayBaghdad (AFP) Nov 3, 2019 Iran has worked to turn sweeping anti-government protests in Iraq from a threat to its hard-earned influence over its neighbour into an opportunity for political gains, analysts say. ... more |
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 Amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli completes acceptance trials  
Navy's USS Detroit departs for first deployment to Central AmericaWashington (UPI) Nov 4, 2019 The Freedom-class littoral combat ship USS Detroit departed Naval Station Mayport, Miss., last week for its first deployment, the U.S. Navy announced. ... more  |
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Israel's F-35 fighters to join multinational trainingJerusalem (AFP) Nov 1, 2019 Israel's F-35 stealth fighters will join a multinational manoeuvre starting in the Jewish state next week, the military said Friday. ... more  
Iraq forces fire on Baghdad protesters after 4 killed in KarbalaBaghdad (AFP) Nov 4, 2019 Iraqi security forces fired live rounds Monday at anti-government protesters in Baghdad, hours after four demonstrators were shot dead outside the Iranian consulate in the holy city of Karbala. ... more  
China gets into blockchain race with USBeijing (AFP) Nov 3, 2019 China has launched an ambitious effort to challenge the US dominance in blockchain technology, which it could use for everything from issuing digital money, to streamlining a raft of government services and tracking Communist Party loyalty. ... more 
From Tahrir to Twitter, Iraqi protests rely on social mediaBaghdad (AFP) Oct 31, 2019 Live-streaming from the protest camps, posting on Facebook to counter state media and tweeting in English to reach the world: the story of Iraq's anti-government rallies is being told online. ... more  
China drawing up plan for manned lunar explorationXiamen, China (XNA) Oct 29, 2019 China is carrying out in-depth demonstration and long-term planning for its manned lunar exploration, and has formed an overall consensus and a preliminary plan, according to a senior space engineer ... more |
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 Moscow (AFP) Oct 24, 2019 
Moscow has sent a S-400 missile system battalion and a Pantsir anti-aircraft gun and missile system to Belgrade for their first joint drills in Serbia, the defence ministry said.
The systems will be deployed at Batajnica base, outside the capital, as part of the exercises that will take place on October 23-29, a statement said.
It is the first time that the S-400 and Pantsir systems will ... more |
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 Seoul (AFP) Oct 31, 2019  North Korea fired two short-range projectiles on Thursday, the South's military said, with nuclear talks between Pyongyang and Washington at a deadlock.
The weapons were launched from South Pyongan province in an easterly direction over the sea, Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement.
They flew 370 kilometres (230 miles) at a maximum altitude of 90 kilometres, they said, addin ... more |
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 Jerusalem (AFP) Oct 31, 2019  An anti-aircraft missile was fired Thursday at an Israeli drone over Lebanon, the Israeli army said, adding that the unmanned aircraft was not hit.
"A short while ago, an anti-aircraft missile was launched over Lebanese territory towards an IDF (Israeli army) UAV. The UAV was not hit," the military said in a statement posted on Twitter. It gave no further details.
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 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 25, 2019 
DARPA has announced that GatorWings, a team of undergraduate students, Ph.D. candidates, and professors from the University of Florida are the winners of the Spectrum Collaboration Challenge (SC2) - a three-year competition to unlock the true potential of the radio frequency (RF) spectrum with artificial intelligence (AI).
DARPA hosted the championship event at Mobile World Congress 2019 ( ... more |
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 Wright-Patterson AFB CO (SPX) Oct 28, 2019 
Acoustics researchers in the Air Force Research Laboratory's 711th Human Performance Wing are collecting and delivering acoustics data from hardened aircraft shelters around the world-data that customers can then use to certify that F-35 fast-jet airframes and the personnel working inside are safe.
Hardened aircraft shelters are reinforced hangars that store and protect military fighter ai ... more |
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 Cairo (AFP) Oct 31, 2019 
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi suggested Thursday listing military-owned companies on the stock exchange, along with other state-run firms and assets.
"There must be an opportunity for the armed forces' companies. They must enter the stock market and there should be a chance for Egyptians to buy their shares," Sisi said in televised remarks.
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 Bangkok (AFP) Nov 3, 2019 
Beijing said Sunday it is "ready to work" with Southeast Asian nations on a code of conduct in the flashpoint South China Sea, where it is accused of building up military installations and bullying fellow claimants.
China claims most of the resource-rich waterway, a major global shipping route that has long been a source of tension in the region.
For years, the 10-member Association of S ... more |
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 Chicago IL (SPX) Oct 31, 2019  Northwestern University chemists have used visible light and extremely tiny nanoparticles to quickly and simply make molecules that are of the same class as many lead compounds for drug development.
Driven by light, the nanoparticle catalysts perform chemical reactions with very specific chemical products - molecules that don't just have the right chemical formulas but also have specific a ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Nov 1, 2019 
French warplanes bombed "several caches and tunnels" belonging to the Islamic State (IS) group in northeast Iraq, the government said Friday, reiterating France's determination to continue hunting the radicals after the US pullout from neighbouring Syria.
Writing on Twitter, Defence Minister Florence Parly said that Paris was giving "no respite" to IS, which was behind several deadly attacks ... more |
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 Tehran (AFP) Nov 1, 2019 
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Friday that the latest round of US sanctions against the Islamic republic show the "maximum failure" of Washington's anti-Iran policy.
Washington extended its sanctions on Iran on Thursday by targeting its construction sector, which the US linked to the country's Revolutionary Guards.
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Oct 31, 2019  Hong Kong on Thursday confirmed it had plunged into its first recession since the global financial crisis as months of seething pro-democracy protests and the US-China trade war exact a heavy toll on the financial hub.
The semi-autonomous Chinese city has been upended by nearly five months of huge, often violent, pro-democracy demonstrations with little end in sight as Beijing and city leade ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Nov 01, 2019  Efforts to cull wild dogs in New South Wales, a state on the east coast of Australia, are killing dingoes, according to a new genetic survey.
The survey's findings, published this week in the journal Conservation Genetics, contradict the assumption that there are no more pure dingoes in New South Wales.
For the study, scientists collected and analyzed genetic samples from 783 wil ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Nov 05, 2019 
Thirty-six healthy male volunteers lay on beds with their heads low and feet high for 90 days for an experiment to simulate weightlessness that will pave the way for Chinese astronauts' long-term stay in space.
The number of people simultaneously participating in such an experiment was a world record, Li Yinghui, deputy chief designer for the astronaut system of China's manned space progra ... more |
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 Xuzhou, China (AFP) Nov 1, 2019 
With winter approaching, Xu Yan brought some warm clothes and money for her husband to a detention centre in eastern China, though she's not even sure the arrested human rights lawyer is still being held there.
Xu, 37, has travelled some 20 times from Beijing to Xuzhou in Jiangsu province in a vain struggle to get any information about Yu Wensheng after he was taken into custody last year. ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Nov 4, 2019  The number of US troops in Syria remains roughly stable at just under 1,000 three weeks after President Donald Trump announced their withdrawal, a US official said Monday.
The withdrawal of American troops from Syria's northern border opened the way for Turkey's military incursion against Kurdish forces in the country.
Trump's decision to protect oil fields in the eastern province of Dei ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Oct 22, 2019 
Raytheon Co. announced the delivery, to the U.S. Air Force, of the first high-energy laser system to counter drone threats.
The system will be tested in a year-long overseas deployment, the company said on Tuesday.
Raytheon received a $23.8 million contract in August to build two high-energy laser systems, as well as a $16 million contract for a microwave counter-drone system kno ... more |
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