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  Moscow (AFP) Dec 18, 2019 Russia on Wednesday lifted the veil on its tightly guarded space-based missile warning system, ahead of a vote in the US Congress on President Donald Trump's plan to create a new space force. The new system, named Kupol or dome, is designed to detect launches of ballistic missiles and track them to their landing site, according to documents presented by the general staff to military attaches and visible in photographs on the defence ministry website. As part of the programme, three warning satel ... read more |
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Homeward bound? Deadline looms for North Korea's overseas workersSeoul (AFP) Dec 19, 2019 The waitress at the North Korean restaurant in Beijing has no concerns about a deadline this weekend for Pyongyang's overseas workers to be returned. "I'll go home for the holidays," she says. "But I'll come back." ... more 
China, S. Korea and Japan leaders to discuss N. Korea tensionsBeijing (AFP) Dec 19, 2019 Chinese, Japanese and South Korean leaders will discuss a potential free-trade deal and tensions over the North Korean nuclear issue when they meet in southern China next week, officials said Thursday. ... more  
Turkey warns of 'escalation' if US ends Cyprus arms embargoAnkara (AFP) Dec 18, 2019 Turkey has warned that US moves to lift a decades-old arms embargo on Cyprus would be a "dangerous escalation", as relations deteriorated further between the NATO allies. ... more  
Merkel says 'no pressure' from Beijing to accept Huawei in 5G rolloutBerlin (AFP) Dec 18, 2019 Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday said she was not aware of any pressure from Beijing to include Huawei in Germany's 5G rollout, amid concerns that the Chinese telecoms giant could be used for spying. ... more |
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Nightforce nabs $53.7M contract to deliver rifle scopes for NavyWashington (UPI) Dec 13, 2019 Nightforce Optics has received a $53.7, five-year contract to deliver precision-variable power scopes for the U.S. Navy, the Pentagon announced. ... more 
HII launches USS John F. Kennedy ahead of further construction, testingWashington (UPI) Dec 17, 2019 Huntington Ingalls Industries launched the USS John F. Kennedy into the James River for the first time on Monday. ... more  
US, Russian military leaders meet in Switzerland on SyriaWashington (AFP) Dec 18, 2019 The top US and Russian military chiefs met Wednesday in Switzerland for talks on Syria, where both countries are militarily engaged and maintain regular contact to avoid accidental confrontations. ... more  
China envoy to Australia defends Uighur treatmentSydney (AFP) Dec 19, 2019 China's ambassador to Australia held a rare press conference Thursday to defend his government against charges of human rights abuses, espionage and political meddling which have frayed relations between the major trade partners. ... more  
Iraqi parties debate PM candidates, already rejected by the streetBaghdad (AFP) Dec 18, 2019 The day before the deadline to designate a new Iraqi prime minister, political parties were wrangling Wednesday over three candidates: all insiders and all rejected by a months-old anti-government protest movement. ... more |
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Drinking water, on demand and from airWashington DC (SPX) Dec 16, 2019 Providing potable drinking water to deployed troops operating in low resource or contested environments is no simple undertaking. Logistics teams face great risk delivering water and often incur wha ... more  |
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Scientists see defects in potential new semiconductorColumbus OH (SPX) Dec 09, 2019 A research team has reported seeing, for the first time, atomic scale defects that dictate the properties of a new and powerful semiconductor. The study, published earlier this month in the jo ... more 
Second China aircraft carrier enters serviceBeijing (AFP) Dec 17, 2019 China's second aircraft carrier entered service on Tuesday, adding major firepower to its military ambitions as it faces tensions with self-ruled Taiwan as well as the US and regional neighbours around the disputed South China Sea. ... more  
Aerojet Rocketdyne selected to provide solid rocket motor for Hypersonic Conventional Strike WeaponHuntsville AL (SPX) Dec 18, 2019 Building upon its pioneering work in hypersonics, Aerojet Rocketdyne is supporting a Lockheed Martin effort to develop a hypersonic conventional missile for the U.S. Air Force under a subcontract va ... more 
Iran's Rouhani to meet Japan PM amid tension with USTokyo (AFP) Dec 20, 2019 President Hassan Rouhani will make the first visit to Japan by an Iranian head of state for two decades Friday, as Tokyo seeks to mediate between Tehran and Washington amid spiralling nuclear tensions. ... more 
Trudeau to US: don't sign China trade deal unless Canadians freedMontreal (AFP) Dec 20, 2019 Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called Thursday on the United States not to sign a trade deal with China unless Beijing agrees to release two Canadians detained since last year. ... more |
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 Moscow (AFP) Dec 18, 2019 
Russia on Wednesday lifted the veil on its tightly guarded space-based missile warning system, ahead of a vote in the US Congress on President Donald Trump's plan to create a new space force.
The new system, named Kupol or dome, is designed to detect launches of ballistic missiles and track them to their landing site, according to documents presented by the general staff to military attaches ... more |
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 Dallas TX (SPX) Dec 12, 2019 
Lockheed Martin has tested its next-generation long-range missile designed for the U.S. Army's Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) program at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. All test objectives were achieved.
During the flight test, the PrSM was fired from Lockheed Martin's High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) launcher and flew approximately 240 kilometers to the target area. ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Dec 19, 2019 
France has officially deployed its first armed drones, three American-built Reapers fitted with laser-guided missiles, in its fight against a jihadist insurrection in Africa's Sahel region, Defence Minister Florence Parly announced Thursday.
The drones, which have already since 2014 provided surveillance support to the French anti-jihadist Barkhane mission in Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso, wi ... 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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 Wright-Patterson AFB OH (SPX) Dec 17, 2019 
The Air Force Research Laboratory continues to provide U.S. Air Force combat aviators with specialized research and partner with the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center to provide technical support when called upon by the nation's warfighters.
Earlier this year, the 20th Fighter Wing at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, requested assistance with assessing cabin pressure, oxygen conce ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Dec 17, 2019 
The US Congress voted Tuesday to lift a decades-old arms embargo on Cyprus, defying Turkey by seeking warmer ties at a time of renewed tensions.
The Senate approved the measure as part of a massive defense spending bill that passed 86 to eight and already went through the House of Representatives, with President Donald Trump likely to sign it.
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 Moscow (AFP) Dec 19, 2019 
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday dropped a cryptic hint seen by some as a sign he may not serve another term while also staunchly defending his Kremlin policies in a marathon news conference.
Clocking in at four hours and twenty-five minutes, the question-and-answer session was one of the longest ever held by Putin in a format that has become an annual end-of-year tradition for t ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 16, 2019 
Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) developed a new methodology that allows researchers to assess the chemical composition and structure of metallic particles with a diameter of only 0.5 to 2 nm. This breakthrough in analytical techniques will enable the development and application of minuscule materials in the fields of electronics, biomedicine, chemistry, and more.
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 Baghdad (AFP) Dec 19, 2019  Iraqi political leaders agreed Thursday to delay appointing a new prime minister, after the constitutional deadline expired in a country shaken by months of unprecedented protests that have left hundreds dead.
Parliament was due to propose a candidate before midnight to replace premier Adel Abdel Mahdi, who quit in November as the death toll mounted in massive demonstrations against official ... more |
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 Tokyo (AFP) Dec 20, 2019 
President Hassan Rouhani will make the first visit to Japan by an Iranian head of state for two decades Friday, as Tokyo seeks to mediate between Tehran and Washington amid spiralling nuclear tensions.
The trip comes after violent protests last month over petroleum price hikes in Iran, as Washington-imposed sanctions over its nuclear programme hit the Iranian economy.
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 Montreal (AFP) Dec 16, 2019 
Investors in a cryptocurrency exchange who lost access to tens of millions of dollars when the website's Canadian founder died abruptly, are demanding his body be exhumed to rule out any chance that he faked his own death.
The case focuses on the sudden death of QuadrigaCX founder Gerald Cotten, who passed away aged 30 from Crohn's disease, an inflammatory bowel condition, in December 2018 w ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Dec 17, 2019 
In a new paper, a team of researchers led by scientists at the University of Queensland have laid out a roadmap for how to end the continued loss of nature.
The study, published this week in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution, suggests some countries are better positioned to restore natural vegetation, while other countries can only hope to limit ecosystem losses.
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 Xichang (XNA) Dec 19, 2019 
The Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province will host around 20 launch missions in 2020, including two satellites of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS), according to an official from the center.
Wang Zemin, deputy director of the launch center, made the remarks after China successfully sent two BDS satellites into space from Xichang on Monday.
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Dec 18, 2019  Malaysian student Celia Cheng's first semester in Hong Kong began with being tear-gassed outside parliament and ended with her evacuation from campus as protesters hurled petrol bombs at police.
The 20-year-old wants to continue her degree in a city rocked by six months of democracy protests, despite her family's reservations.
"If my parents don't allow me to go back to Hong Kong, I migh ... more |
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 Sarajevo (AFP) Dec 19, 2019 
A group of 25 Bosnians including suspected Islamic State militants, women and children were repatriated from camps in Syria to Sarajevo on Thursday, authorities said.
Seven men among the group were detained upon arrival and are accused of fighting "on the side of terrorist organisations in Syria and Iraq," the security ministry said in a statement.
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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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