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December 03, 2019
SPACEWAR
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

WATER WORLD
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
SUPERPOWERS
On treadmill, Zelensky says Ukraine stuck without Putin summit
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
SUPERPOWERS
Trump in London for NATO summit amid election race
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
SUPERPOWERS
Squabbles overshadow NATO 70th anniversary summit
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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MISSILE NEWS
Russia to create new radar field against cruise missiles
Moscow (Sputnik) Dec 03, 2019
At the moment, the country is using several types of early-warning radars, providing long-distance monitoring of airspace against ballistic missile attacks. The military reportedly plans to replace ... more
MILPLEX
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. ... more
MILPLEX
Greece threatens to expel Libya envoy over Turkey deal
Athens (AFP) Dec 2, 2019
Greece's foreign minister on Monday threatened to expel the Libyan ambassador to Athens unless provided with details of a military deal that Tripoli signed with Ankara last week. ... more
NUKEWARS
Pompeo says Iran the common villain in Mideast protests
Washington (AFP) Dec 2, 2019
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday that Iran was the uniting factor behind protests around the Middle East, saying demonstrators in Iraq, Lebanon and Iran itself opposed the clerical regime. ... more
SINO DAILY
Australia slams China's 'unacceptable' treatment of jailed writer
Sydney (AFP) Dec 2, 2019
Australia's foreign minister on Monday said the treatment of a writer detained in China was "unacceptable", after reports emerged of torture and daily interrogation. ... more
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SINO DAILY
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
SINO DAILY
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. ... more
FLOATING STEEL
USS Harry S. Truman, carrier strike group join 6th Fleet in Atlantic Ocean
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
FLOATING STEEL
Raytheon wins $74.7M Navy contract for landing platform dock work
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
AEROSPACE
Bell Boeing awarded $218.7M for V-22 Osprey support
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

WAR REPORT
US ends freeze on $100 million in Lebanon aid
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 WARS
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
WAR REPORT
Greece to ask for NATO support over Turkish-Libyan military agreement
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
THE STANS
Former head of Xinjiang jailed for life over graft
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
WAR REPORT
Thirty civillians killed across Syria as violence rages
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
NUKEWARS
Iran says may 'reconsider' atomic watchdog commitments
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
+ Pompeo: Turkey test of Russian defense system 'concerning'
+ Turkey tests Russian missile defences despite US threats
+ US Government designates Lockheed Martin's latest generation radar
+ Turkey says will use Russian S-400 defence system
+ Raytheon nabs $209.6M contract to upgrade parts on Aegis Weapon System
+ Erdogan says would buy Patriots but won't give up S-400s
+ EU to create own early missile warning system
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
+ Russia to create new radar field against cruise missiles
+ Raytheon awarded an $84.7M contract modification for Evolved Sea Sparrow
+ Syria downs Israeli missiles over Damascus: state media
+ Pentagon says Iran's missiles unrivaled in Middle East
+ North Korea fires short-range projectiles: South's military
+ S. Korea to buy AMRAAM missiles in $253M deal
+ OpFires program advances technology for upper stage with PDR completion


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
+ UBC research highlights need to safeguard drones and robotic cars against cyber attacks
+ Israel's drone industry becomes global force
+ FLIR introduces StormCaster Payload Family for its SkyRaider and SkyRanger UAVs
+ Iris Automation and Kansas DOT complete historic beyond-visual-line-of-sight drone flight
+ GMV presents dronelocus for the safety and management of USpace
+ Mosquito courting strategies could inspire quieter drones
+ Israeli drone overflying Lebanon targeted by missile: army
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
+ Airbus' marks 50 years in Skynet secure satellite communications for UK
+ Lockheed Martin gets $3.3B contract for communications satellite work
+ GenDyn nets $783M for next-gen Navy MUOS operations
+ F-35 to Space? US Air Force looks to connect stealth fighters to X-37B Spacecraft
+ U.S. Air Force testing secure data links between F-22, F-35
+ GatorWings wins DARPA Spectrum Collaboration Challenge
+ EPS completes multiservice operational test, declared fully operational
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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
+ Northrop Grumman opens Warsaw office for IBCS battle command system
+ Raytheon awarded additional $386M for foreign Paveway bomb buys
+ Trump forbids US Navy from expelling SEAL accused of war crimes
+ Record number of IED casualties last year: monitor
+ Catapults, flaming arrows: Hong Kong protesters' medieval tech
+ Clark Construction lands $570 million contract for Walter Reed renovations
+ AFRL tests in-house, rapidly developed small engine
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
+ Greece threatens to expel Libya envoy over Turkey deal
+ Exporter: Russian foreign military sales on pace to hit $13.7B despite U.S. sanctions
+ EU adopts 13 new projects under PESCO defense-cooperation program
+ Taiwan seeks return of 'criminal income' from frigate scandal
+ Sisi suggests floating Egypt military firms on stock exchange
+ Pentagon awards $10 bn cloud contract to Microsoft, snubbing Amazon
+ AFRL enhances safety for survival specialists with wearable health technology


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
+ NATO's birthday overshadowed by top-level feuding
+ Squabbles overshadow NATO 70th anniversary summit
+ India offers funds to Sri Lanka in bid to outdo China
+ On treadmill, Zelensky says Ukraine stuck without Putin summit
+ US to cut spending on NATO budget, Germany to pay more
+ Trump in London for NATO summit amid election race
+ Pro-Russian separatists lay claim to more land in Ukraine
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
+ Visible light and nanoparticle catalysts produce desirable bioactive molecules
+ Flexible, wearable supercapacitors based on porous nanocarbon nanocomposites
+ Scientists create a nanomaterial that is both twisted and untwisted at the same time
+ Physicists create world's smallest engine
+ DNA origami joins forces with molecular motors to build nanoscale machines
+ DARPA Announces Microsystems Exploration Program
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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
+ Iraq's Adel Abdel Mahdi, consensus leader brought down by street fury
+ Iraq parties in talks over new PM amid unrelenting protests
+ Iraqis keep up anti-regime demos despite PM's vow to quit
+ Eight Iraq protesters killed in clashes: medics, security sources
+ Iraqi protesters torch Iran consulate amid deadly protests
+ Denmark offers to lead NATO training mission in Iraq
+ Six dead in blasts in Iraqi capital amid deadly protests
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
+ Macron says EU must be part of any future US-Russia nuclear missile treaty
+ Iran: Europeans cannot invoke nuclear deal dispute mechanism
+ Pompeo says Iran the common villain in Mideast protests
+ North Korea fires two 'unidentified projectiles' on Thanksgiving
+ Iran says may 'reconsider' atomic watchdog commitments
+ Pope to list nuclear weapons as immoral in Catholic manual
+ Iran deal committee to meet next week: EU


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
+ US threatens 100 percent tariffs on French goods over digital tax
+ China factory activity expands in November after 6-month losing streak
+ Furious China threatens retaliation over US law on Hong Kong
+ Hong Kong set to record first budget deficit in 15 years
+ China growth could drop below 6% this quarter: govt adviser
+ China, US to continue talks on 'phase one' trade deal: Xinhua
+ Trump lukewarm on Hong Kong as trade talks enter 'final' stage
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
+ Libya navy says over 200 migrants rescued from Med
+ Three French flood rescuers killed in helicopter crash
+ Nuclear reactors with a newly proposed barrier could've withstood Chernobyl and Fukushima
+ NASA space data can cut disaster response times, costs
+ AFRL sponsors service academy and university design challenge
+ Pope to comfort victims of Japan's 2011 'triple disaster'
+ European court condemns Russia over asylum seekers' plight
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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 plans to complete space station construction around 2022: expert
+ China conducts hovering and obstacle avoidance test in public for first Mars lander mission
+ Beijing eyes creating first Earth-Moon economic zone
+ China conducts simulated weightlessness experiment for long-term stay in space
+ China plans more space science satellites
+ China's absence from global space conference due to "visa problem" causes concern
+ China prepares for space station construction
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
+ Australia launches anti-espionage task force amid China spy concerns
+ Australia slams China's 'unacceptable' treatment of jailed writer
+ Protests test sympathies of Chinese mainlanders in Hong Kong
+ 'Still angry': Hong Kong protesters return to the streets
+ China accuses UN rights chief of 'inappropriate' interference
+ Hotpot vs bread: the culinary symbols of Hong Kong's political divide
+ Hong Kong leader offers mea culpa, but no concessions


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
+ France takes in 27 more Yazidi women victims of IS
+ Denmark to end consular assistance to Islamist fighters
+ US says 'irresponsible' to ask Iraq to prosecute Western jihadists
+ Trump says Baghdadi successor in US crosshairs
+ New Islamic State chief 'a nobody': US official
+ France claims death of top jihadist leader in Mali
+ US troop level in Syria stable despite announced withdrawal
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
+ First anti-drone laser delivered to Air Force for year-long test deployment
+ Rheinmetall, MBDA start work on ship-mounted laser for German navy
+ Raytheon to produce drone-killing lasers for Air Force testing
+ US Air Force seeks wargame simulators for battles with laser weapons
+ France to develop anti-satellite laser weapons: minister
+ United Kingdom enters laser weapons race
+ The Future of Directed Energy: Insights from the U.S. Army and Air Force
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