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  Tehran, Iran (SPX) Jan 28, 2020 Mohammad-Javad Azari-Jahromi made the remarks through a twitter message on the threshold of putting Zafar 1 and 2 satellites into orbit in coming days. Speed of production has accelerated, so the speed of sending satellites into orbit should get faster, Azari-Jahromi wrote. He then asked people to select a name for a geometric satellite with one-meter precision to start being built by Amir Kabir University scholars as of today. Further, he described such a move as unique. On Janu ... read more |
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AFRL XQ-58A Valkyrie expands flight envelope in fourth testWright-Patterson AFB CO (SPX) Jan 27, 2020 The Air Force Research Laboratory, along with partner Kratos Defense and Security Solutions, Inc., completed the successful fourth flight test of the XQ-58A Valkyrie low-cost unmanned air vehicle de ... more 
Navy's first MQ-4C Triton drones arrive in GuamWashington DC (UPI) Jan 27, 2020 The first squadron of the U.S. Navy's MQ-4C Triton unmanned aerial system arrived in Guam for their initial deployment, the Navy announced on Monday. ... more  
US military jet crashes in Taliban territory in AfghanistanGhazni, Afghanistan (AFP) Jan 27, 2020 A US military jet crashed in mountainous territory in eastern Afghanistan, where there is a heavy Taliban presence, the Pentagon confirmed Monday, rejecting the insurgents' suggestions that it was shot down. ... more  
Companies chosen to pitch ideas for Army's artillery autoloader programWashington DC (UPI) Jan 27, 2020 Six companies were selected to prepare concepts and designs for an Extended-Range Cannon Artillery autoloader, the U.S. Army announced. ... more |
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Israeli defense minister approves five-year military readiness planWashington DC (UPI) Jan 27, 2020 A five-year readiness overhaul of the Israel Defense Force, known as the Momentum Plan, was approved by Defense Minister Naftali Bennett. ... more  
Kuwait summons Iran envoy over Soleimani killing claimKuwait City (AFP) Jan 24, 2020 Kuwait's foreign ministry summoned Iran's ambassador Friday after a high-level Iranian official implicated the emirate in the US drone attack that killed top general Qasem Soleimani, official news agency KUNA reported. ... more 
Iran accuses Europe of 'racism' over nuclear deal moveTehran (AFP) Jan 27, 2020 Iran's foreign minister on Monday said Britain, France and Germany had shown "racism" by activating a dispute mechanism in the 2015 nuclear deal. ... more  
IS vows 'new phase' of attacks focused on Israel: audio messageBeirut (AFP) Jan 27, 2020 The Islamic State group vowed to shift its focus from the remnants of its "caliphate" towards Israel, in its first audio statement since confirming the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. ... more  
One protester killed in south Iraq as anti-govt tents torchedBaghdad (AFP) Jan 27, 2020 One protester was killed early Monday in Iraq's flashpoint city of Nasiriyah, a medic told AFP, as gunmen stormed the square where anti-government demonstrators had been camped out for months. ... more |
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UN says six civilians killed in Afghanistan airstrikeKabul (AFP) Jan 27, 2020 At least six civilians were killed in an airstrike in northern Afghanistan over the weekend, the UN confirmed Monday, as fighting continues to rage across the country despite hopes the US and Taliban were hammering out a ceasefire. ... more  |
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Iran ready to send 6 satellites into orbitTehran, Iran (Sputnik) Jan 26, 2020 Iran has prepared six satellites to be launched into space, while one more satellite is in the process of being assembled, the country's Minister of Information and Communications Technology, Mohamm ... more 
China now world's second biggest weapons producer: researchersStockholm (AFP) Jan 26, 2020 The opaque Chinese arms industry has made the Asian nation the world's second largest producer of munitions, a clear shift from a decade ago when China relied on imports, researchers said in a new report Monday. ... more  
Russia invites NATO members to take part in war gamesMoscow (AFP) Jan 24, 2020 Russia's defence minister said Friday it is sending out invitations to NATO states to take part in annual Moscow-led military drills called the "International Army Games." ... more  
NASA awards contract for intelligent systems researchMoffett Field CA (SPX) Jan 23, 2020 NASA has selected Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies, LLC, a KBRwyle business unit, of Greenbelt, Maryland, for a contract for intelligent systems research and development support services at the agenc ... more 
In Davos, the spectre of a tech cold warDavos, Switzerland (AFP) Jan 23, 2020 China and the United States may have laid down their arms for now in a trade truce, but their technological rivalry is still raging, raising the spectre of a high tech cold war. ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Jan 23, 2020 
The Russian capital's air and missile defence system is one of the most sophisticated in the world, and includes a dense layer of anti-aircraft missile launchers, interceptor systems, and a unique tetrahedral truncated pyramid radio-radar station so powerful it can detect space debris.
In the event of an enemy attack, Moscow's air defences would intercept and destroy enemy missile targets ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Jan 15, 2020 
New video footage has emerged showing two Iranian missiles tearing through the night sky and hitting a Ukrainian passenger plane, sending the aircraft down in flames and killing all 176 passengers and crew on board.
The projectiles were fired 30 seconds apart and explain why the plane's transponder was not working as it hurtled to the ground - it was disabled by the first strike, before bei ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Jan 27, 2020 
The first squadron of the U.S. Navy's MQ-4C Triton unmanned aerial system arrived in Guam for their initial deployment, the Navy announced on Monday.
The two-aircraft squadron, with two more aircraft expected to join, is stationed at Guam's Andersen Air Force Base under control of the Navy's Task Force 72. The Northrop Grumman-built drones will provide real-time intelligence, surveillan ... more |
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 White Sands Missile Range NM (SPX) Jan 22, 2020 
Two U.S. Air Force F-35s were integrated with the U.S. Army Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System (IBCS), providing an airborne sensor capability to successfully detect, track and intercept near simultaneous air-breathing threats in a test at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.
The December 2019 test marked the first time F-35s were used as sensors during an IBCS live ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Jan 23, 2020 
Northrop Grumman Systems was awarded a $217.2 million modification to provide operation and support for Battlefield Airborne Communications Node payload operations, the Pentagon has announced.
Under the deal, Northrup Grumman will support payload equipment and services for the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node, a U.S. Air Force relay and gateway system carried by the EQ-48 and Bo ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Jan 27, 2020 
A five-year readiness overhaul of the Israel Defense Force, known as the Momentum Plan, was approved by Defense Minister Naftali Bennett.
The plan, known in Hebrew as Tenufa, was designed by Defense Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochlavi to make the Israeli military "more flexible, smarter and deadlier."
It calls for quick deployment of troops and equipment, and wars won as rapidl ... more |
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 Davos, Switzerland (AFP) Jan 23, 2020 
NATO and key member Turkey have failed to find common ground over Russia's controversial delivery of a S-400 air defence system to Ankara, the military alliance's chief Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday.
The delivery of the system by Russia to Turkey, in a deal strongly backed by President Vladimir Putin and Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has deeply troubled Ankara's NATO allies and ... more |
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 Sapporo, Japan (SPX) Jan 24, 2020 
Researchers have discovered a method to control biomolecular machines over a wide temperature range using deep-sea osmolyte trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO). This finding could open a new dimension in the application of artificial machines fabricated from biomolecular motors and other proteins.
Biomolecular motors are the smallest natural machines that keep living organisms dynamic. They can ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) Jan 26, 2020 
Thousands of students flooded Iraqi streets Sunday to keep up their anti-government movement despite a crackdown, while rockets landed near the US embassy in Baghdad.
Medical sources told AFP one protester was killed by live fire in the capital Sunday, while another was killed in the southern hotspot of Nasiriyah, as demonstrators defied gunshots and tear gas fired by riot police seeking to ... more |
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 Jerusalem (AFP) Jan 23, 2020 
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged action against "the tyrants of Tehran" in a Holocaust memorial speech Thursday, comparing what he considers the Iranian threat to that once posed by Nazi Germany.
"There will not be another Holocaust," Netanyahu told world leaders in Jerusalem.
He lamented that "we have yet to see a unified and resolute stance against the most anti-Semitic ... more |
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 Davos, Switzerland (AFP) Jan 23, 2020 
The United States' financial chief on Thursday told Swedish teen Greta Thunberg to go study before calling for a fossil fuel halt, prompting the climate campaigner to reply it doesn't "take a degree" to understand the science.
The spat between US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Thunberg again highlighted the tensions over climate change at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, where ... more |
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 Frankfurt Am Main (AFP) Jan 26, 2020 
German police on Sunday said experts had safely defused seven World War II bombs found on the future location of Tesla's first European factory, just outside Berlin.
The defusing operation was completed "without any problems", a police spokesman told DPA news agency.
The bombs in question were relatively small and dropped by the US air force during the war.
Some 75 years after the wa ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jan 28, 2020 
China plans to launch more space science satellites in the coming three to four years, according to the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).
The satellites will be used to detect electromagnetic signals associated with gravitational waves, solar eruption activities, astronomy and the interaction between solar wind and the Earth's magnetosphere.
Four new missions include the Gravitation ... more |
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 Barcelona (AFP) Jan 25, 2020 
Escalating protest violence is not the way to bring about change, Hong Kong democracy activist Jason Ng has said, urging demonstrators to embrace non-violent means in the struggle to throw off a feared tightening of Beijing's control.
With the movement in a less frenetic and ferocious stage after seven months of unrest, Ng, who is also a lawyer, said people in Hong Kong were taking time to p ... more |
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 Beirut (AFP) Jan 27, 2020 
The Islamic State group vowed to shift its focus from the remnants of its "caliphate" towards Israel, in its first audio statement since confirming the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
In a purported audio message by its spokesman Abu Hamza al-Quraishi, the jihadist organisation called for sabotaging a so-called peace plan US President Donald Trump is due to unveil.
The spokesman said IS l ... more |
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 Kirtland NM (SPX) Jan 14, 2020 
The Air Force Research Laboratory has developed a unique directed energy weapon demonstrator called the High-power Adaptive Directed Energy System, or HADES, that completed field testing in 2019."HADES technology was designed with the warfighter in mind," said the AFRL program manager Dan Marker. "The system works by combining a large number of high power fiber lasers in a fashion that corrects ... more |
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