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  Seoul (AFP) Jan 30, 2022 North Korea confirmed it had fired a Hwasong-12 "mid-range ballistic missile", state media reported Monday, the first time it has tested a weapon that powerful since 2017. Seoul's military said it had detected the launch Sunday of an intermediate-range ballistic missile - Pyongyang's seventh weapons test in January. North Korea has never test-fired this many missiles in a calendar month before and last week threatened to abandon a nearly five-year-long self-imposed moratorium on testing long-ra ... read more |
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Russia says wants 'respectful' ties with USMoscow (AFP) Jan 30, 2022 Russia said Sunday it wants "mutually respectful" relations with the United States and denied posing a threat to Ukraine, as the UK said it was preparing fresh sanctions against Moscow. ... more  
Macron says need to 'accelerate' Iran nuclear talksParis (AFP) Jan 30, 2022 French President Emmanuel Macron stressed the "need to accelerate" efforts to achieve progress in the Iranian nuclear talks, during a telephone call with his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi, aides said Sunday. ... more  
UAE intercepts Yemen rebel ballistic missile: defence ministryDubai (AFP) Jan 30, 2022 The UAE said Monday it intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile launched by Yemen's Huthi rebels towards the Gulf country with no casualties reported, the third such incident this month. ... more 
North Korea test-fires most powerful missile since 2017Seoul (AFP) Jan 30, 2022 North Korea on Sunday tested its most powerful missile since 2017, ramping up the firepower for its record-breaking seventh launch this month as Seoul warned nuclear and long-range tests could be next. ... more |
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Iran nuclear talks paused, 'political decisions' needed: EUVienna (AFP) Jan 28, 2022 The latest round of talks to salvage the Iran nuclear deal in Vienna have been put on pause, the European Union coordinator Enrique Mora said Friday, calling for "political decisions" to break the deadlock. ... more 
Russian invasion of Ukraine would be 'horrific': PentagonWashington (AFP) Jan 28, 2022 The Pentagon said Friday that the destruction and human cost of a full-scale incursion by Russian forces into Ukraine would be "horrific," but that there was still time for diplomacy to avoid a war. ... more 
A Ukrainian mother vows to take up gun if Russia invadesKyiv (AFP) Jan 29, 2022 Standing in the dining room of her Kyiv flat, mother-of-three Mariana Zhaglo pulls her long rifle out of its khaki case. ... more 
US, NATO boost Eastern European deploymentsWashington (AFP) Jan 28, 2022 President Joe Biden said Friday he will soon send a small number of US troops to bolster the NATO presence in Eastern Europe as tensions rise over Russia's military buildup on the borders of Ukraine. ... more 
New push for diplomacy as Ukraine urges calm over Russia threatWashington (AFP) Jan 28, 2022 Top Pentagon officials on Friday backed a renewed push for diplomacy to avert conflict in Ukraine, after President Volodymyr Zelensky urged Western leaders to avoid stirring "panic" over the Russian troop buildup on his country's borders. ... more |
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France to send 'several hundred' troops to RomaniaParis (AFP) Jan 29, 2022 France plans to send several hundred soldiers to Romania as part of a possible deployment on NATO's eastern flank, Defence Minister Florence Parly said Saturday amid fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine. ... more 
Estonian PM warns against 'any steps towards Russia'Tallinn (AFP) Jan 28, 2022 Europe and the US should be "very careful" not to make concessions to Russia, Estonia's prime minister told AFP on Friday, insisting that Moscow alone can de-escalate the situation. ... more  
Cheap and nasty: Yemen's home-grown drones pose challenge for UAEDubai, UAE (AFP) Jan 29, 2022 Domestically assembled drones that can fly hundreds of miles (kilometres) are proving a security headache for the United Arab Emirates after consecutive attacks by Yemen's rebel warriors. The ... more  
DARPA researchers use light on chip to drive next-generation RF PlatformsWashington DC (SPX) Jan 28, 2022 Radio frequency (RF) and microwave signals invisibly permeate the environment around us, carrying everything from radar signatures to the data from our mobile phones. Within RF systems, electronic o ... more  
China welcomes intl cooperation in space station, explorations: White paperBeijing (XNA) Jan 28, 2022 China will employ its space station for carrying out astronomical observations, Earth science and research, and space science experiments in the next five years, according to a white paper published ... more |
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 Dubai (AFP) Jan 30, 2022 
The UAE said Monday it intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile launched by Yemen's Huthi rebels towards the Gulf country with no casualties reported, the third such incident this month.
The defence ministry said in a statement that United Arab Emirates "air defences intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile launched by the Huthi terrorist group towards the country".
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 Seoul (AFP) Jan 30, 2022  North Korea confirmed it had fired a Hwasong-12 "mid-range ballistic missile", state media reported Monday, the first time it has tested a weapon that powerful since 2017.
Seoul's military said it had detected the launch Sunday of an intermediate-range ballistic missile - Pyongyang's seventh weapons test in January.
North Korea has never test-fired this many missiles in a calendar month ... more |
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 New Delhi (AFP) Jan 29, 2022 
India ended a week of military pageantry on Saturday with a synchronised drone display showcasing its homegrown tech industry, in patriotic celebrations marking a milestone in the country's independence history.
A thousand aircraft flew in formation in the night skies above the capital New Delhi, flashing the saffron, white and green of the national flag, before rearranging themselves into a ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jan 28, 2022 
Radio frequency (RF) and microwave signals invisibly permeate the environment around us, carrying everything from radar signatures to the data from our mobile phones. Within RF systems, electronic oscillators can act as precise clocks or directly generate the baseline microwave tones.
While an ideal oscillator provides a tone at a singular frequency, component imperfections and coupling to ... 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) Jan 27, 2022 
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered Pentagon officials Thursday to undertake reforms to reduce the number of civilian deaths from military strikes after multiple unjustified fatal incidents.
"The protection of civilians is fundamentally consistent with the effective, efficient and decisive use of force in pursuit of US national interests," Austin said in a directive issued to Departmen ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Jan 29, 2022 
France plans to send several hundred soldiers to Romania as part of a possible deployment on NATO's eastern flank, Defence Minister Florence Parly said Saturday amid fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine.
French President Emmanuel Macron had recently expressed France's "readiness to go further, and within the framework of NATO to commit to new missions... in particular in Romania".
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jan 26, 2022 
Named for a Roman god, Janus particles refer to nanoparticles that possess surfaces with two or more distinct physical chemical properties. The special nanoparticles were introduced to the scientific community by 1991 Nobel Prize winner Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, who pointed out that "objects with two sides of different wettability have the unique advantage of densely self-assembling at liquid-liq ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) Jan 29, 2022 
Iraqi air strikes on Saturday killed nine suspected "terrorists" implicated in a deadly Islamic State group attack on an army base earlier this month, the military said.
The January 21 attack, which killed 11 soldiers in Hawi al-Azim in the eastern province of Diyala, was the deadliest claimed by the jihadists in Iraq this year.
In a statement released late Saturday, the military said i ... more |
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 Seoul (AFP) Jan 30, 2022  North Korea on Sunday tested its most powerful missile since 2017, ramping up the firepower for its record-breaking seventh launch this month as Seoul warned nuclear and long-range tests could be next.
Pyongyang has never test-fired this many missiles in a calendar month before and last week threatened to abandon a nearly five-year-long self-imposed moratorium on testing long-range and nucle ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Jan 27, 2022 
Equity markets tanked Thursday following a late sell-off on Wall Street in reaction to a surprisingly hawkish turn by Federal Reserve boss Jerome Powell, who signalled the bank would begin lifting interest rates in March.
After one of the Fed's most highly anticipated meetings, he said the world's number one economy was well on the recovery path with unemployment largely under control, allow ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 22, 2022 
In 2021, NASA technology saved 330 lives in the U.S. network region of the international satellite-aided search and rescue effort, Cospas-Sarsat. NASA has lent technical expertise to the Cospas-Sarsat program since its founding, aiding in the rescue of over 48,000 individuals globally.
Users purchasing commercially available 406 MHz frequency Cospas-Sarsat beacons have free access to the n ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jan 28, 2022 
China will explore the moon's polar regions and is mulling over a manned lunar landing in the coming five years, according to a white paper released on Friday.
The white paper, titled "China's Space Program: A 2021 Perspective," said China will continue its studies and research "on the plan for a human lunar landing."
A new-generation manned spacecraft will be developed to support it ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Jan 29, 2022 
Hong Kong's oldest university covered up one of the last public tributes to the deadly 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown on Saturday, as Beijing continues to muzzle dissent in the financial hub.
Hong Kong was the only place in China where mass remembrance of Tiananmen was tolerated, but authorities have driven such activities underground after imposing a sweeping national security law on the c ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Jan 29, 2022 
An American woman who allegedly led an all-female Islamic State battalion in Syria has been charged with providing material support to a foreign terrorist group, the US Justice Department announced Saturday.
The woman, identified as Allison Fluke-Ekren, formerly of the US state of Kansas, had been named in a sealed criminal complaint filed in 2019 in a federal Virginia court, the government ... more |
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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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