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China's first electromagnetic satellite bears fruitful results Beijing (XNA) Dec 03, 2019 China's first seismo-electromagnetic satellite Zhangheng 1 has obtained fruitful electromagnetic data, according to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC). The satellite has enabled China to obtain a global geomagnetic map and an ionospheric map with its own intellectual property rights. It has obtained information about global ground artificial sources, magnetic storms and signals of earthquakes above 7 magnitude. It also helps with understanding the coupling mechanis ... read more |
Japan to buy $146 million island for US military drills Tokyo (AFP) Dec 2, 2019 Japan said Monday it had agreed to buy an uninhabited island off its southwest coast for $146 million, eyeing it for US military drills. ... more Kiev (AFP) Dec 2, 2019 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday took to a treadmill to stress the country will remain in stalemate until he talks to Russian leader Vladimir Putin at a key summit next week. ... more London (AFP) Dec 2, 2019 US President Donald Trump landed in Britain on Monday ahead of the NATO summit, arriving in London just 10 days before a crucial general election. ... more Watford, United Kingdom (AFP) Dec 3, 2019 NATO leaders gather Tuesday for a summit to mark the alliance's 70th anniversary but with leaders feuding and name-calling over money and strategy, the mood is far from festive. ... more |
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Australia launches anti-espionage task force amid China spy concerns Sydney (AFP) Dec 2, 2019 Australia on Monday launched a high-level intelligence task force to combat what officials say is rampant foreign interference in the country and after claims of bold Chinese spying operations Down Under. ... more Beijing (AFP) Dec 2, 2019 China suspended US warship visits and imposed sanctions on American NGOs on Monday in retaliation for the passage of a bill backing pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong. ... more Washington (UPI) Dec 2, 2019 The strike group of ships and planes led by the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman is in the Atlantic Ocean with the 6th Fleet, the Navy announced on Monday. ... more Washington DC (UPI) Dec 03, 2019 Raytheon has been awarded a $74.7 million contract for services on the U.S. Navy's amphibious transport dock ships. ... more Washington (UPI) Dec 2, 2019 The Bell Boeing Joint Project Office has received a new one-year contract for logistics and support on the V-22 Osprey platform. ... more |
Air raids in Libyan capital kill five: ministry Washington (AFP) Dec 2, 2019 President Donald Trump's administration said Monday it has released $100 million in military assistance to Lebanon that had been quietly frozen for months amid US complaints about the clout of Hezbollah. ... more |
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Iraq parties in talks over new PM amid unrelenting protests Baghdad (AFP) Dec 2, 2019 Iraq's rival parties were negotiating the contours of a new government on Monday, after the previous cabinet was brought down by a two-month protest movement insisting on even more deep-rooted change. ... more Athens (AFP) Dec 1, 2019 Greece will seek support from NATO at an alliance summit in London this week following a military deal signed by Turkey and Libya's UN-recognised government, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Sunday. ... more Beijing (AFP) Dec 2, 2019 One of China's highest-ranking Uighur officials and the former head of the troubled northwest Xinjiang region was sentenced Monday to life in prison over graft charges, a court said. ... more Maaret Al-Numan, Syria (AFP) Dec 2, 2019 Air strikes killed 19 civilians Monday in Syria's last major opposition bastion, the site of the deadliest clashes between regime forces and armed groups since an August ceasefire, a monitor said. ... more Tehran Dec 1, 2019 Iran warned Sunday it may "seriously reconsider" its commitments to the UN atomic watchdog if European parties to a nuclear deal trigger a dispute mechanism that could lead to sanctions. ... more |
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Turkey didn't buy Russian defence system 'to keep in box': FM 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 |
India opts for advanced Akash Prime Missile to 'protect' its airspace from China, Pakistan 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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Polish firm's drones, from lifesaver to invisible model, take to the skies Mikolow, Pologne (AFP) Nov 28, 2019 Silently the eight propellers of the Hermes V8MT drone begin to spin and the large yellow aircraft rises up, locates its direction and moments later disappears into the sky in southern Poland. Today the drone is making a successful 8.5-kilometre (5.3-mile) test flight near the headquarters of the Polish firm Spartaqs in the town of Mikolow; soon it will be making journeys between a blood ba ... more |
General Dynamics receives $730M for next-gen satcom system Fairfax 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 System (MUOS) ground system sustainment. MUOS is a next-generation satellite communications system that provides secure voice and data communications for U.S. forces worldwide. General Dynamics ... more |
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Army develops hearing protection for military working dogs (UPI) Nov 28, 2019 From Ephesian war dogs to Conan, the dog honored this week for her role in the capture of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, dogs have been members of the battlefield since ancient times. But the effects of combat on dogs' longterm health - including their hearing - weren't closely examined until recently. And this week, the Army announced it has developed the Canine Auditory ... more |
Canada declines to raise defense spending above 2 percent NATO benchmark Washington DC (UPI) Dec 03, 2019 As leaders of NATO countries prepare to convene in London, Canada remains below the benchmark of two percent of GDP, NATO data indicate. Each NATO member nation agreed in 2014 to spend two percent of its gross domestic product on defense, but statistics released Friday indicate that Canada will spend 1.31 percent of its GDP on defense in 2019, a figure similar to that of 2018. Th ... more |
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Macron, Erdogan go head-to-head in 'brain death' row Paris (AFP) Nov 29, 2019 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan lashed out on Friday at Emmanuel Macron over his criticism of Turkey's military intervention in Syria, saying the French president was suffering "brain death", a phrase Macron recently used to describe NATO. Erdogan used a televised speech to launch a stunning attack on Macron, just days before the two men join other NATO leaders in England for events t ... more |
SMART discovers breakthrough way to look at the surface of nanoparticles 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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Iraq's embattled PM bows out as protesters mourn dead Baghdad (AFP) Dec 1, 2019 The government of Iraq's Prime Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi ended Sunday after two months of violent unrest that has left more than 420 people dead and thousands mourning them in nationwide marches. As anti-government demonstrators across the strife-torn country massed to honour the fallen activists, parliament met to accept the resignation which the 77-year-old had offered two days before. ... more |
N. Korea blasts Japan's Abe, warns of 'real ballistic missile' Seoul (AFP) Nov 30, 2019 North Korea on Saturday warned Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that he could soon see a "real ballistic missile" while excoriating him as the "most stupid man ever known in history". The colourful condemnation comes two days after the isolated state tested what it called a "super-large multiple launch rocket system", with South Korea reporting that two projectiles came down in the Sea of ... more |
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Germany aims to shield tech firms from foreign takeovers Frankfurt Am Main (AFP) Nov 28, 2019 Germany's economy ministry said Thursday it planned to tighten rules on non-EU takeovers of hi-tech firms, against a backdrop of growing alarm about Chinese firms buying up German know-how. The ministry said it had drafted an amendment to the Foreign Trade Regulation that would allow the government to review or block foreign purchases of stakes as low as 10 percent in "critical technology" c ... more |
NASA develops second-generation search and rescue beacon technology Greenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 03, 2019 NASA's Search and Rescue (SAR) office, technology development lead for the international Cospas-Sarsat program, has developed second-generation emergency beacons that offer users improved accuracy and quicker response times. Artemis astronauts returning from the Moon will be the first users of these beacons, which will be commercially available to the general public in the coming years. NASA's ... more |
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China launches satellite service platform 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 |
China retaliates against US over Hong Kong unrest Beijing (AFP) Dec 2, 2019 China suspended US warship visits and imposed sanctions on American NGOs on Monday in retaliation for the passage of a bill backing pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong. The financial hub has been rocked by nearly six months of increasingly violent unrest demanding greater autonomy, which Beijing has frequently blamed on foreign influence. Last week US President Donald Trump signed the ... more |
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More countries affected by terrorism even as deaths fall: index 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 |
Air Force tests ATHENA laser weapon against multiple drones 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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