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  New Delhi (Sputnik)Dec 06, 2019 The satellite holds immense significance for the armed forces, as an Indian Air Force (IAF) official reportedly said one Mirage 2000 had missed its target during India's air strike in Pakistan's Balakot area while aiming suspected terror camps on 26 February due to inclement weather. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is set to launch an earth observation satellite "RISAT-2BR1", days after sending a similar CARTOSAT-3 satellite from the state of Andhra Pradesh on 11 December. It's a rad ... read more |
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Developing a digital twinAustin TX (SPX) Dec 06, 2019 In the not too distant future, we can expect to see our skies filled with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) delivering packages, maybe even people, from location to location. In such a world, th ... more  
AFRL illuminates flight lines with next generation light cartWright-Patterson AFB OH (SPX) Dec 06, 2019 The U.S. Air Force has an inventory of approximately 5,500 diesel light carts that provide flight line and perimeter illumination. This lighting is a necessity for aircraft maintenance, troubleshoot ... more  
N.Korea warns Trump it will use 'corresponding' force if attackedSeoul (AFP) Dec 4, 2019 North Korea on Wednesday warned that if the United States used military force against Pyongyang it would take "prompt corresponding actions at any level", in response to comments by US President Donald Trump. ... more 
Iran says still ready for talks if US lifts sanctionsTehran (AFP) Dec 4, 2019 Iran is willing to return to the negotiating table if the United States first drops sanctions, President Hassan Rouhani said Wednesday, after a fuel price hike sparked deadly violence ahead of elections. ... more |
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China gifts El Salvador stadium, library after Taiwan switchBeijing (AFP) Dec 4, 2019 China has agreed to pay for a new national stadium and library in El Salvador as part of an infrastructure package promised to the country after it switched allegiance from Taiwan to Beijing. ... more  
Virtual reality becomes more realMoscow, Russia (SPX) Dec 03, 2019 Scientists from Skoltech ADASE (Advanced Data Analytics in Science and Engineering) lab have found a way to enhance depth map resolution, which should make virtual reality and computer graphics more ... more  
China's Long March-8 rocket successfully passes engine testBeijing (XNA) Dec 04, 2019 China has successfully tested the second stage engine of the Long March-8 rocket, preparing for its maiden flight in 2020, according to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC). ... more 
'Brain dead' NATO's summit dominated by leaders' feudsWatford, United Kingdom (AFP) Dec 4, 2019 The leaders of the world's most powerful military alliance clashed over personality and policy on Wednesday as NATO's summit ended with an effort to paper over their sharp divisions. ... more  
UK's Johnson stresses US ties in Huawei decisionWatford, United Kingdom (AFP) Dec 4, 2019 Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday emphasised the importance of intelligence ties with the United States in Britain's decision on whether to exclude Chinese firm Huawei from building new 5G wireless networks. ... more |
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HII awarded $11.5M for further repairs on USS Gerald R. FordWashington (UPI) Dec 4, 2019 Hungtington Ingalls of Newport News, Va., was awarded an $11.5 million contract for further repairs on the troubled USS Gerald Ford aircraft carrier. ... more  |
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China warns US of a 'price' for Uighur billBeijing (AFP) Dec 4, 2019 China warned Wednesday that a "price must be paid" after the US House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed legislation seeking sanctions against senior Chinese officials over the crackdown on mainly Muslim Uighurs in Xinjiang. ... more  
Still in streets, Iraqis say problem is povertyDiwaniyah, Iraq (AFP) Dec 4, 2019 Chants demanding complete regime change have echoed across Iraq for weeks, but what first brought demonstrators onto the street was the profound poverty of one of the world's most oil-rich countries. ... more 
Iraq revolution will be dramatised, written, read, and paintedBaghdad (AFP) Dec 5, 2019 The pops of gunfire rang out across the protest camp in Iraq's capital. Blood-stained bodies writhed on the pavement, and smoke from burning tyres smarted the captive audience's eyes. ... more 
Victims and prosecutors urge Afghan war crimes probeThe Hague (AFP) Dec 4, 2019 International prosecutors and victims of violence in Afghanistan began a "historic" appeal on Wednesday against a decision to block a probe into war crimes that include possible offences by US forces. ... more  
Macron says 'no consensus' with Turkey on terrorismWatford, United Kingdom (AFP) Dec 4, 2019 French President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday that no consensus could be reached with Turkey on defining terrorism, amid a row with Ankara over Kurdish militia groups. ... 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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 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 older systems with Voronezh by 2020.
Russian will create an all-round radar field to cover its borders, the Ministry of Defence said on Monday. According to the statement, it will allow for the ... more |
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 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 |
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 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.
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 (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 |
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 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.
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 Washington (UPI) Dec 4, 2019 
Pentagon and congressional sources confirmed Wednesday that President Donald Trump will seek at least another $250 million in security aid for Ukraine in his 2020 budget request.
Undersecretary of Defense for Policy John Rood told reporters that, pending congressional authorization, the administration intends to continue lethal aid assistance to the country, which Pentagon spokeswoman C ... 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.
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 Kirkuk, Iraq (AFP) Dec 3, 2019 
The head of Iraq's Chaldean Catholic Church announced Tuesday the community would not hold public celebrations of Christmas out of respect for those killed and wounded in recent anti-government protests.
The mass rallies rocking Iraq's capital and south have been met with violence by security forces and armed groups, leaving nearly 430 dead and 20,000 wounded.
The protest have been conce ... more |
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 Tehran (AFP) Dec 4, 2019  Iran is willing to return to the negotiating table if the United States first drops sanctions, President Hassan Rouhani said Wednesday, after a fuel price hike sparked deadly violence ahead of elections.
European countries have been pushing for talks with Iran to salvage a 2015 nuclear deal that has all but collapsed since the United States withdrew and reimposed sanctions last year.
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 London (AFP) Dec 3, 2019 
US President Donald Trump and Emmanuel Macron exchanged fire over the future of NATO on Tuesday, as the French leader attacked Turkey and demanded the alliance rethink its strategy.
The three-way battle overshadowed the start of the alliance's 70th anniversary summit in London, threatening to derail efforts to show unity in the face of Russia and China.
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 Paris (AFP) Dec 2, 2019  Rights groups hailed on Monday a French decision to drop plans to offer six boats to Libya's coast guard.
French officials confirmed they had cancelled the delivery after eight NGOs filed a lawsuit against the move, criticising Libya's treatment of migrants.
Lola Schulmann of Amnesty France - one of the NGOs involved in the case - told AFP she hoped the decision would mark "a turning p ... more |
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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) 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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 Tirana (AFP) Dec 3, 2019 
After media interest helped mobilise the evacuation of an Albanian boy from northern Syria last month, families of other children of Islamic State fighters are pleading with Tirana to redouble its efforts and bring the rest home.
Alvin Berisha, an 11-year-old Albanian boy from Italy, was rescued from a Kurdish-run prison camp in Syria in November after a popular Italian TV show whipped up su ... 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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