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  Washington (AFP) March 3, 2022 The Russian military's initial invasion of Ukraine has been a surprising strategic and tactical blunder marked by food and fuel shortages, abandoned armored vehicles, aircraft losses and troop deaths, US experts say. But the failures of the first days, including vastly underestimating the Ukrainians' willingness to fight back, could lead to a frustrated Moscow deciding to unleash all its power and indiscriminately destroying large swathes of Ukraine, they said. US specialists who study the Russi ... read more |
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Roscosmos Chief warns cyberattacks against Russian satellites sre 'Casus Belli'Moscow (Sputnik) Mar 03, 2022 It was earlier claimed that a hacker group called "NB65" had "shut down" the control centre of Russia's space agency Roscosmos. Attempts by hackers to attack Russian satellites are "casus bell ... more  
In Israel, Germany's Scholz says Iran deal 'cannot be postponed'Jerusalem (AFP) March 2, 2022 Germany's Olaf Scholz said Wednesday that a new Iran nuclear agreement "cannot be postponed any longer", during his first visit as chancellor to Israel which staunchly opposes efforts to forge a deal with Tehran. ... more 
Russian invasion of Ukraine upends international relationsWashington (AFP) March 2, 2022 Russia's war against Ukraine is a week old, but its consequences are already reverberating across the globe: it has upended international relations, left Moscow isolated, united a previously divided West, and raised the specter of a nuclear standoff. ... more 
Previous wars point to Putin's tactics in Ukraine; Day seven situation on the groundParis (AFP) March 2, 2022 From wars in Chechnya to Syria, Vladimir Putin has overseen military campaigns that have inflicted vast and often indiscriminate damage on civilian infrastructure, raising fears he might repeat the tactics in Ukraine, observers say. ... more |
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Russian military says has control of Ukraine's KhersonMoscow (AFP) March 2, 2022 The Russian army claimed on Wednesday it had taken control of the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson as Moscow's invasion of the pro-Western country entered its seventh day. ... more  
Russian space agency says it will hold up British-owned OneWeb's launchWashington DC (UPI) Mar 2, 2021 Russia's invasion of Ukraine hit the space industry harder Wednesday after Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, said it would hold up the launch of satellites for a company with British ownership. ... more  
Roscosmos says OneWeb non-functional without new satellites launchedMoscow (Sputnik) Mar 03, 2022 Without adding new communication satellites to the OneWeb constellation, the system will not work, Russia's state-owned space corporation Roscosmos said on Wednesday. "There are no other means ... more  
Twitter to label tweets linking to Russian state mediaSan Francisco (AFP) Feb 28, 2022 Twitter will put warnings on tweets sharing links to Russian state-affiliated media, the platform said Monday, as Kremlin-tied outlets are accused of spreading misinformation on Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. ... more |
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UN nuclear watchdog will 'never abandon' Iran probeVienna (AFP) March 2, 2022 The head of the UN nuclear watchdog said Wednesday that it would "never abandon" its attempts to get Iran to clarify the previous presence of nuclear material at several undeclared sites there. ... more  
Rocket Lab selects Virginia for Neutron launch pad and manufacturing complexLong Beach CA (SPX) Mar 01, 2022 Rocket Lab USA, Inc (Nasdaq: RKLB) has selected Wallops Island, Virginia, as the location for its first launch site and extensive manufacturing and operations facilities, for its 8-ton payload class ... more 
New rocket to be partially reusableBeijing, China (SPX) Mar 01, 2022 China's next-generation rocket designed to carry astronauts will be multifunctional and partly reusable, according to a senior rocket scientist. Wang Xiaojun, president of the China Academy of ... more  
How solar storms can destroy satellites with easeMorgantown WV (The Conversation) Mar 03, 2022 On Feb. 4, 2022, SpaceX launched 49 satellites as part of Elon Musk's Starlink internet project, most of which burned up in the atmosphere days later. The cause of this more than US$50 million failu ... more |
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Australian startups join forces to test AI computing in spaceAdelaide, Australia (SPX) Mar 02, 2022 Two emerging Australian space startups - AICRAFT and Antaris Space Space - have signed of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to test new Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML) models ... more  
Space exploration made lighter, more flexible with new product from NicomaticHorsham PA (SPX) Mar 02, 2022 Nicomatic, the Pennsylvania-based provider of creative interconnect solutions, announces the release of a new product line for use in spacecraft: Flat Flexible Cables for Space. The flat flexible ca ... more 
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to launch Inmarsat's newest satelliteLondon, UK (SPX) Mar 02, 2022 A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the second in the Inmarsat-6 series of satellites, I-6 F2, from Cape Canaveral, Florida in Q1 2023. Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries launched the first of the ... more  
China's new-generation rocket sends 22 satellites into space in record-setting missionWenchang (XNA) Mar 01, 2022 China launched a Long March-8 rocket to place 22 satellites in space on Sunday, setting a domestic record for the most spacecraft launched by a single rocket. The rocket blasted off at 11:06 a ... more  
Seven dead as Romania chopper crashes, fighter jet missingBucharest (AFP) March 3, 2022 Seven military personnel died after their helicopter crashed on Wednesday in eastern Romania near the Black Sea while searching for a missing fighter jet and its pilot, officials said. ... more |
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Lockheed Martin has selected Raytheon Technologies to provide a second mission payload for the Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared Geosynchronous Earth Orbit Block 0 missile warning satellite system - also known as NGG. Both Raytheon Technologies and Northrop Grumman are each already on contract to provide one mission payload for the three-satellite procurement.
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 Paris (AFP) Feb 18, 2022 
Britain and France have signed a deal to jointly develop new cruise and anti-ship missiles, their defence procurement agencies and manufacturer MDBA said Friday, after months of cross-Channel defence tensions over a submarine deal with Australia.
Paris and London "have confirmed the launch of the preparation works for the Future Cruise / Anti-Ship Weapon," European missile specialist MBDA sa ... more |
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 Kirtland AFB NM (SPX) Mar 01, 2022 
The Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded a contract for Mjolnir, a next-generation counter electronics weapon system, to defend against adversarial drone activity, to Leidos Inc.
Building upon the success of the Tactical High-Power Operational Responder (THOR) technology demonstrator, Leidos will build an advanced high power microwave (HPM) weapon system to bring the newest technology ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 01, 2022 
The Space Development Agency (SDA) has announced the awards of three prototype agreements worth approximately $1.8 billion to establish the foundation for Tranche 1 Transport Layer (T1TL), a mesh network of 126 optically-interconnected space vehicles (SV) that will provide a resilient, low-latency, high-volume data transport communication system, and be ready for launch starting in September 202 ... 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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 Stockholm (AFP) March 1, 2022  Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson said Tuesday her government wanted to boost the country's military capabilities following Russia's invasion of Ukraine as the "general threat level" had increased.
"Sweden's defensive capabilities need to be strengthened, the rearmament needs to be brought forward," Andersson said during a televised speech to the nation.
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 Washington (AFP) March 1, 2022 
A huge Russian military convoy stretching some 40 miles was spotted Monday by a US satellite imaging company just north of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, which has already repulsed several assaults.
Satellite photos provided by Maxar, a US company, showed that the convoy - which had been massing since Sunday - had mushroomed to more than 40 miles of military vehicles.
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 Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Mar 01, 2022 
Tightening a string, e.g. when tuning a guitar, makes it vibrate faster. But when strings are nano-sized, increased tension also reduces, or 'dilutes', the loss of the string's vibrational modes.
This effect, known as 'dissipation dilution', has been exploited to develop mechanical devices for quantum technologies, where engineered, tensioned nanostrings with a thickness of just a few tens ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) Feb 28, 2022 
Iraqi President Barham Saleh withdrew on Monday a presidential pardon granted to a former provincial governor's son convicted of drug trafficking, after criticism over the move.
Jawad Louay al-Yasseri, whose father was then governor of the central province of Najaf, was arrested in 2018 and sentenced to life in prison, which amounts to a 20-year term in Iraq.
On January 10, he and two fe ... more |
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 Vienna (AFP) March 1, 2022 
As the world faces up to the chaos unleashed by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, observers are assessing the inevitable impact of the conflict on the talks on Iran's nuclear programme in Vienna.
The latest round of negotiations to salvage the 2015 deal on Iran's nuclear deal started in late November and are widely expected to reach a crunch point in the coming days.
Officially, all states a ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) March 1, 2022 
Asian equities rose Tuesday as the volatility that has gripped markets since Russia invaded Ukraine eased slightly, while oil stabilised as the United States contemplates releasing some of its reserves to temper prices.
With no let-up in the assault on its neighbour, Russia has been pummelled by a series of widespread and debilitating sanctions that have sent the ruble crashing, hammered its ... more |
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 Yangon (AFP) March 1, 2022  At least 17 people are feared dead after a landslide trapped dozens of workers inside a Myanmar jade mine, sources and local media said Tuesday.
The incident came on Monday evening near Hpakant township in northern Kachin state - the same region where a massive landslide in 2020 entombed 300 workers in the country's worst ever mine disaster.
Pictures of the scene showed the aftermath of ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Mar 01, 2022 
China's deep space exploration laboratory has been officially inaugurated, according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA).
Co-established by the CNSA, Anhui Province and the University of Science and Technology of China, the laboratory is headquartered in Hefei.
It will carry out science and technology research focusing on major national projects in the field of deep spa ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) March 2, 2022 
A pro-democracy Hong Kong radio DJ was convicted of seditious speech on Wednesday under a British colonial-era law that authorities have embraced as China flattens dissent in the business hub.
Tam Tak-chi, 49, is among a growing number of activists charged with sedition, a previously little-used law that prosecutors have dusted off in the wake of massive and sometimes violent pro-democracy p ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Feb 3, 2022 
By early December US intelligence was certain: the man occupying the top floor of a nondescript house in Atme, northern Syria - who never left the premises, emerging only to bathe on the roof - was the head of the Islamic State group.
In the White House Situation Room, a table-top model of the house was set up, and President Joe Biden was briefed on his options to neutralize Abu Ibrahim al ... more |
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 Kirtland AFB NM (SPX) Feb 18, 2022 
The Air Force Research Laboratory's Directed Energy Directorate hosted a collaborative wargame with its sister AFRL unit, the Munitions Directorate, at Kirtland AFB, Jan. 24-28, 2022. The Directed Energy and Kinetic Energy Directed Energy Utility Concept Experiment, or DEKE DEUCE, explored synergies between directed energy and kinetic concepts in the future battlespace.
"DEKE DEUCE require ... more |
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