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  Tehran (AFP) Dec 21, 2021 Iran fired missiles from land and sea Tuesday as part of five days of military exercises in three provinces, including near its only nuclear power plant, the Revolutionary Guards said. The military manouevres come after the United States said it was preparing "alternatives" in case negotiations to revive a deal to curb Iran's nuclear programme collapse in Vienna. "We have carried out exercises to destroy the enemy before they approach the Hormuz islands," Guards navy commander Rear Admiral Alire ... read more |
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Only weeks left to revive Iran nuclear deal: US negotiatorWashington (AFP) Dec 21, 2021 There are only "some weeks" left to revive the nuclear deal with Iran if it continues its nuclear activities at the current pace, US negotiator Rob Malley said Tuesday. ... more 
Iran, unlike West, upbeat about nuclear talks, say expertsTehran (AFP) Dec 21, 2021 Iran believes it has scored points in the Vienna talks meant to revive its tattered 2015 nuclear deal by managing to include sanctions relief in discussion documents for the next round, experts say. ... more  
Putin warns West of military measures over Ukraine threatsMoscow (AFP) Dec 21, 2021 President Vladimir Putin warned Tuesday that Russia was prepared to take military steps in response to "unfriendly" Western actions over the Ukraine conflict, in a sharp escalation of rhetoric. ... more 
US expects January talks with Russia over Ukraine, Europe securityWashington (AFP) Dec 21, 2021 The United States said Tuesday it expects talks with Russia over Ukraine tensions and European security more broadly to start in January, while warning Moscow some of its proposals are "unacceptable." ... more |
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Saudi-led strikes halt aid flights into rebel-held Yemen capitalSanaa (AFP) Dec 21, 2021 UN aid flights into Yemen's rebel-held capital Sanaa have been halted by air strikes carried out by the Saudi-led coalition which supports the government, an airport official said on Tuesday. ... more  
China sanctions US religious freedom commission officials over XinjiangBeijing (AFP) Dec 21, 2021 China blacklisted four members of a US federal commission on religious freedom on Tuesday in the latest tit-for-tat response to Washington's own sanctions targeting alleged perpetrators of genocide in Xinjiang. ... more 
China hits out at criticism over Xinjiang, Tibet and Hong KongBeijing (AFP) Dec 21, 2021 China blacklisted four members of a US federal commission on religious freedom on Tuesday in the latest tit-for-tat response to Washington's own sanctions targeting alleged perpetrators of "genocide" in Xinjiang. ... more  
Nigeria air strikes 'kill more than 100 jihadists'Kano, Nigeria (AFP) Dec 21, 2021 More than 100 jihadist fighters were killed in air strikes by the Nigerian military last week, security sources and residents told AFP on Tuesday. ... more  
Myanmar used helicopters in raid on anti-coup fighters; As UN calls for 'urgent access'Bangkok (AFP) Dec 20, 2021 Myanmar junta troops launched a helicopter raid on anti-coup fighters in a restive region, locals and a spokesman said Monday, as the military struggles to break resistance to its rule. ... more |
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Virgin Orbit Expands Space Solutions Business With Hypersat InvestmentParis, France (SPX) Dec 20, 2021 Virgin Orbit, the responsive launch and space solutions company that has announced a planned business combination with NextGen Acquisition Corp. II, has announced an agreement to acquire a 17.5% sta ... more  
Honeywell, SES and Hughes demonstrate Multinetwork Airborne ConnectivityPhoenix AZ (SPX) Dec 21, 2021 Honeywell, SES and Hughes have successfully demonstrated multinetwork, multiorbit high-speed airborne connectivity for military customers, a technological breakthrough that will enable government an ... more  
Spire Global deploys and operates US-made battery in orbit for US Space ForceVienna VA (SPX) Dec 20, 2021 Spire Global has successfully delivered a U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command (SSC) payload to space aboard its 3U LEMUR CubeSat. The satellite has been operating nominally since July 2021 and is ... more 
SPAINSAT NG program successfully passes Critical Design ReviewMadrid, Spain (SPX) Dec 21, 2021 The SPAINSAT NG programme has successfully passed another important milestone, the critical design review (CDR) of the payload and the complete satellite, including the CDR elements of the Pacis 3 p ... more  
UAP: SkyCAM Searches the SkyWurzburg, Germany (SPX) Dec 21, 2021 Time and again, people see strange luminous phenomena or other phenomena in the sky that they cannot explain. "Most of these observations concern known phenomena or objects such as birds, airc ... more |
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 Melbourne FL (SPX) Dec 21, 2021 
L3Harris Technologies has completed the final major design milestone on the U.S. Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor (HBTSS) program Phase IIb On-orbit Prototype Demonstration and has already begun building the demonstration satellite.
Completing the CDR is the final design milestone ensuring performance, cost and schedule requirements can be met b ... more |
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 Los Angeles AFB CA (SPX) Dec 20, 2021 
A unique partnership with Norway and the U.S. Space Force's Space Systems Command will extend satellite communications for U.S. polar forces and save taxpayers millions of dollars.
SSC's Enhanced Polar Systems-Recapitalization (EPS-R) program successfully completed the ready-to-ship review at the end of September for the first of two payloads to begin the integration process onto Space Nor ... more |
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 Palmdale CA (SPX) Dec 20, 2021 
Northrop Grumman Corporation recently completed a significant milestone in the production of Australia's first MQ-4C Triton high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) aircraft when the aircraft fuselage was mounted onto Triton's unique one-piece wing. Once completed and delivered, Triton's powerful payload and endurance will provide the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) with the ability to detect and ... more |
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 Madrid, Spain (SPX) Dec 21, 2021 
The SPAINSAT NG programme has successfully passed another important milestone, the critical design review (CDR) of the payload and the complete satellite, including the CDR elements of the Pacis 3 partnership project with the European Space Agency (ESA). The review was declared successful after verifying the good progress of the tests performed on the development models of the X-band payload. ... more |
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 Edwards AFB CA (SPX) Dec 17, 2021 
The Air Force Research Laboratory's complementary position, navigation, and timing (PNT) AgilePod prototype achieved three important objectives in flight tests conducted here November 1-10.
The test team - representing a broad base of Air Force, Navy, and vendor organizations - successfully executed eight sorties aboard a T-38C aircraft, which included the first test of the PNT AgilePod on ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Dec 14, 2021 
The United Arab Emirates threatened Tuesday to scrap its mega-purchase of US F-35 fighter jets, protesting stringent conditions amid Washington's concerns on China, but both sides said they hoped to resolve the dispute.
President Joe Biden has pledged greater oversight over the state-of-the-art planes after the $23 billion arms package was pushed through by his predecessor Donald Trump in wh ... more |
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 Rukla, Lithuania (AFP) Dec 19, 2021 
German Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht travels to Lithuania on Sunday to visit troops stationed in the Baltic NATO member, her first trip abroad since taking office.
The visit comes as Lithuania and fellow Baltic nations Estonia and Latvia worry about regional security after Russia deployed tens of thousands of troops near its border with Ukraine.
Lambrecht, who was named defence mi ... more |
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 Groningen, Netherlands (SPX) Oct 27, 2021 
It is an intuitive rule of thumb: if you reduce the density of a material, its stiffness will also be reduced. But scientists from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the US noticed that materials that are based on sandwich nanotubes retained their stiffness at lower densities.
Modelling by materials scientists from the University of Groningen (The Netherlands) revealed how this ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) Dec 19, 2021 
Iraq has signed agreements with two Chinese companies to build 1,000 schools in the country in the space of two years, an Iraqi government official said on Sunday.
The country needs a total of 8,000 schools "to fill the gap in the education sector", a housing ministry official, Hassan Mejaham, was quoted as saying by the official Iraqi News Agency.
The deals were signed on Thursday in th ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Dec 21, 2021  There are only "some weeks" left to revive the nuclear deal with Iran if it continues its nuclear activities at the current pace, US negotiator Rob Malley said Tuesday.
Malley, in an interview with CNN, warned of a "period of escalating crisis" if diplomacy failed to restore the 2015 nuclear agreement between Iran and world powers known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Dec 17, 2021 
Hong Kong's stock exchange announced Friday that it will allow the listing of an increasingly popular investment vehicle called special purpose acquisition companies (SPAC) starting next month.
SPACs, which are sometimes called "blank cheque" companies, raise funds through an initial public offering to acquire an existing entity.
They have been a popular way for companies to go public in ... more |
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 General Luna, Philippines (AFP) Dec 22, 2021 
Resort and bar owners on a Philippine island popular with surfers and tourists were expecting a bumper Christmas holiday after Covid-19 restrictions finally eased. Then Super Typhoon Rai wiped them out.
The strongest storm to hit the archipelago this year cut a swathe through Siargao, a tropical paradise known for its sandy beaches, big waves and relaxed vibe.
Packing wind speeds of 195 ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Dec 20, 2021 
Chinese astronauts live and work more conveniently and comfortably in orbit with the application of advanced information technology, said the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC).
There are smart home systems in China's space station core module Tianhe, Bai Linhou, deputy chief designer of the space station at the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) under the CASC ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Dec 16, 2021 
The US Senate on Thursday confirmed veteran diplomat Nicholas Burns as ambassador to Beijing, filling a position vacant for more than a year despite Washington's growing focus on China.
The Senate reached the key 50-vote threshold to approve Burns in an ongoing confirmation that took place after Senator Marco Rubio lifted objections. The final vote was 75-18.
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 Beirut (AFP) Dec 19, 2021 
Six people, including four women, were killed in Syria's Al-Hol camp for displaced persons by the Islamic State group in December, a Britain-based war monitor group said Sunday.
The camp, which is controlled by the Kurdish-led autonomous administration in northeastern Syria, houses about 62,000 displaced persons, including relatives of IS fighters.
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 Kirtland AFB NM (SPX) Nov 04, 2021 
The Air Force Research Laboratory's Directed Energy Directorate is partnering with The University of New Mexico (UNM) to establish a center for directed energy studies, a congressionally-funded endeavor.
The Directed Energy Center will be based at UNM and jointly managed by UNM's School of Engineering and UNM's Center for High Technology Materials (CHTM). AFRL is recognized as the nation's ... more |
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