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  Ankara (AFP) Nov 27, 2019 Turkey on Wednesday rejected criticism from the United States over its testing of a newly-acquired Russian missile defence system. "You don't buy a product to keep it in a box," Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told a press conference. Turkey's acquisition of the S-400 missile defence system from Russia this summer was met with consternation by its NATO allies and threats of sanctions from Washington. US officials had lately suggested Turkey could be spared sanctions - automatic for cou ... read more |
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Israel's drone industry becomes global forceAirport City, Israel (AFP) Nov 28, 2019 In a fierce battle for market share against world superpowers China and the United States, Israel's drone industry likes to say it has a secret weapon - military experience. ... more  
Russian Defence Ministry says military satellite launched from Plesetsk enters orbitMoscow (Sputnik) Nov 27, 2019 The Russian military-purpose satellite that was launched from the Plesetsk space centre in the north of the country on Monday evening has entered into orbit, the Russian Defence Ministry has announc ... more 
ISRO launches Indian civil and military earth observation satelliteNew Delhi (Sputnik) Nov 27, 2019 India has successfully launched Cartosat-3 and 13 additional small satellites using the nation's polar launch vehicle. Cartosat-3 is an advanced satellite having a resolution of 25 cm which enables ... more  
Ariane 6 parts come together, Europe's Spaceport preparesParis (ESA) Nov 27, 2019 The first test models of Ariane 6 are being manufactured while Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, is preparing to test the launch vehicle and all systems involved with launch. Under ... more |
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Lockheed awarded $1.2B for F-35As for U.S. Air Force, AustraliaWashington (UPI) Nov 27, 2019 Lockheed Martin has been awarded contracts totaling $1.2 billion to deliver 63 more F-35As, in production Lots 14 and 15, for the U.S. Air Force and for the government of Australia. ... more  
India opts for advanced Akash Prime Missile to 'protect' its airspace from China, PakistanNew Delhi (Sputnik) Nov 28, 2019 The Indian defence ministry claimed that by introducing the basic version of the Akash missile system, the country had saved $5.3 billion with more orders in the pipeline from the army and the India ... more  
Court to decide fate of Pakistan's top generalIslamabad (AFP) Nov 28, 2019 Pakistan's Supreme Court will decide Thursday on whether to force the country's army chief to retire, in an unprecedented challenge to the nuclear-armed nation's most powerful institution. ... more  
Prague draws Moscow's ire over war memorial planPrague (AFP) Nov 27, 2019 A district of Prague has sparked a row with the Kremlin over plans for a memorial honouring Russian troops who broke ranks with the Soviet Union to collaborate with - then fight against - Nazi Germany during World War II. ... more  
Eight Iraq protesters killed in clashes: medics, security sourcesNasiriyah, Iraq (AFP) Nov 28, 2019 At least eight Iraqi protesters were shot dead Thursday in clashes with security forces in the southern city of Nasiriyah amid a crackdown on anti-government unrest, medical and security sources said. ... more |
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General Dynamics receives $730M for next-gen satcom systemFairfax VA (SPX) Nov 28, 2019 General Dynamics Mission Systems has been awarded a $731.8 million cost-plus-award-fee and firm-fixed-price indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity sole-source contract for the Mobile User Objective ... more  |
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Under pressure, Apple shows annexed Crimea as Russia on appsMoscow (AFP) Nov 27, 2019 US tech giant Apple has complied with Moscow's demands to show Crimea, annexed from Ukraine in 2014, as Russian territory on its apps, lawmakers said Wednesday. ... more  
Video shows Chinese 'spy' who defected to Australia in courtBeijing (AFP) Nov 27, 2019 A Chinese newspaper on Wednesday published a video aiming to discredit the self-styled Chinese spy who recently defected to Australia with an apparent mountain of sensitive intelligence. ... more 
Black boxes from crashed helicopters found in MaliParis (AFP) Nov 27, 2019 The black boxes from two French military helicopters that collided in Mali killing 13 soldiers have been found, a French military spokesman said Wednesday. ... more  
Austal awarded $7.9M contract for USS Oakland deficiencies, maintenanceWashington (UPI) Nov 27, 2019 Austal USA was awarded a $7.9 million contract for shipboard support for the Navy's littoral combat ship the USS Oakland. ... more 
Beijing Says It Is Interested in Further Development of Strategic Cooperation With Russia in SpaceMoscow (Sputnik) Nov 26, 2019 Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Le Yucheng said on Monday at a press conference in Moscow that Beijing is interested in further strategic cooperation with Russia in the space industry, noting that NAT ... more |
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 Ankara (AFP) Nov 27, 2019 
Turkey on Wednesday rejected criticism from the United States over its testing of a newly-acquired Russian missile defence system.
"You don't buy a product to keep it in a box," Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told a press conference.
Turkey's acquisition of the S-400 missile defence system from Russia this summer was met with consternation by its NATO allies and threats of sanctions ... more |
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 New Delhi (Sputnik) Nov 28, 2019 
The Indian defence ministry claimed that by introducing the basic version of the Akash missile system, the country had saved $5.3 billion with more orders in the pipeline from the army and the Indian Air Force (IAF).
India's defence ministry has given the nod to purchase a locally-made short range surface-to-air missile to protect its airspace along the border with China and Pakistan. The ... more |
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 Airport City, Israel (AFP) Nov 28, 2019 
In a fierce battle for market share against world superpowers China and the United States, Israel's drone industry likes to say it has a secret weapon - military experience.
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are used daily by Israel's military in and around its borders, whether dropping tear-gas canisters on Palestinian demonstrators, monitoring Hezbollah positions in Lebanon or striking Isla ... more |
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 London, UK (SPX) Nov 25, 2019 
Airbus is celebrating a remarkable 50 years of providing global secure military satellite communications to the UK Ministry of Defence with the 50th anniversary of the first Skynet satellite. And it's a double celebration as this year Airbus is also celebrating its 50th birthday.
Skynet 1A was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida on 22 November 1969 into a geostationary orbit and it was f ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Nov 25, 2019 
Defense contractor Northrop Grumman has opened an office in Poland, the first foreign customer of its air and missile command-and-control system.
The 12,000-square-foot office, opened last week, is expected to allow the company to provide better service on what it sees as a major partnership, as well as to work more closely with potential clients in Europe.
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 Washington (UPI) Nov 18, 2019 
Despite U.S. sanctions, Russian arms sales are on pace to match 2018's export revenue of about $13.7 billion, the head of Russia's state-owned defense export company said Monday.
Sergei Chemezov, chief executive officer of Rostec, said at the Dubai Air Show that Russia has confirmed sales of $11 billion so far this year, and expects to end 2019 with between $13.5 billion and $13.7 billi ... more |
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 Strasbourg, France (AFP) Nov 27, 2019  The new EU chief insisted Wednesday the bloc would not replace NATO as guarantor of European security as the backlash to French President Emmanuel Macron's criticism of the alliance rumbles on.
Ursula von der Leyen, the incoming European Commission president, became the latest major European leader to distance herself from a pugnacious Macron interview in which he said NATO was suffering "br ... more |
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 Singapore (SPX) Nov 06, 2019 
Researchers from SMART, MIT's research enterprise in Singapore, have made a groundbreaking discovery that allows scientists to 'look' at the surface density of dispersed nanoparticles. This revolutionary technique enables researchers to 'characterise' or understand the properties of nanoparticles without disturbing the nanoparticle, and also at a far lower cost and far quicker too.
The new ... more |
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 Copenhagen (AFP) Nov 26, 2019 
Denmark's government on Tuesday offered to lead a NATO mission to train Iraqi forces, saying it was prepared to send 200 troops to Iraq at the end of next year.
The year-old NATO mission, which provides around 500 soldiers that advise and train Iraqi troops, is currently led by Canada, whose time in charge ends in late 2020.
"We have told NATO we could take the lead" in the operation, Da ... more |
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 Brussels (AFP) Nov 26, 2019 
The five-nation commission overseeing the Iran nuclear deal will meet in Vienna next week, the EU said Tuesday, with fears growing the accord could collapse.
Officials from Britain, France, Germany, China and Russia will meet Iranian delegates on December 6, two weeks after the UN nuclear watchdog demanded Tehran explain the presence of uranium particles at an undeclared site near Tehran. ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Nov 27, 2019 
China's growth could drop below six percent in the current quarter as the local economy dealt with its "biggest difficulties and challenges ever", a senior government adviser said Wednesday.
China posted its worst economic performance for 27 years in the last quarter on the back of a bruising trade war with Washington, and negotiators have yet to reach a deal to end the tussle between the wo ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Nov 27, 2019 
In the aftermath of the notorious accidents in the history of nuclear energy at Three Mile Island (1979), Chernobyl (1986) and Fukushima (2011), where all three have turned into devastating disasters due to meltdown in the core of a reactor, leading in turn to the release of radiation into the environment, many countries around the world have already pledged to a nuclear power phase-out.
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 Wuhan, China (XNA) Nov 22, 2019 
A Chinese company on Wednesday launched a satellite service platform to make satellite resources more accessible for users.
China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC), the platform's designer, announced the news at the 5th China (International) Commercial Aerospace Forum in Wuhan.
A common satellite operating business focuses on satellites rather than services, which ma ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Nov 26, 2019 
Chinese state media on Tuesday sought to downplay and discredit the results of Hong Kong elections that delivered a stunning victory for pro-democracy candidates and a stinging rebuke to the pro-Beijing establishment.
Local elections in the semi-autonomous city revealed broad public support for a protest movement that has stirred months of violence, as candidates seeking to loosen control by ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Nov 20, 2019 
The number of global deaths from terrorism fell 15.2 percent in 2018, even as the number of countries affected by extremist violence continued to grow, the 2019 Global Terrorism Index showed.
From a high of 33,555 deaths in 2014, when the Islamic State (IS) group lured tens of thousands of jihadists to the Middle East, the number of terrorism deaths has more than halved to 15,952 in 2018, th ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Nov 07, 2019 
Members of the U.S. Air Force used the Advanced Test High Energy Asset, referred to as ATHENA, to shoot down a variety of drones in a Lockheed Martin demonstration of the technology.
In the latest test of the ground-portable laser weapon system, Airmen engaged and shot down multiple fixed wing and rotary drones at a government test range in Fort Sill, Okla., Lockheed said on Thursday. / ... more |
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