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  Riyadh (AFP) March 9, 2022 Air defence systems have been front and centre at Saudi Arabia's first defence show as drone and missile attacks increase in the energy-rich Gulf. Deadly strikes on Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates claimed by Yemeni rebels have been the talk of shows held in the two countries in recent weeks. Six hundred companies from about 40 countries showed off the latest military technology at the World Defense Show in the Saudi capital Riyadh this week. "There is very much high interest in th ... read more |
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US sends two Patriot missile batteries to Poland: PentagonWashington (AFP) March 9, 2022 The United States has sent two Patriot surface-to-air missile batteries to Poland to defend against any "potential threat" to US or NATO forces in the alliance's territory, a senior Pentagon official said Wednesday, as Russia's war in Ukraine grinds on. ... more  
UK readies more missiles for Ukraine to resist RussiansLondon (AFP) March 9, 2022 Britain said Wednesday it was preparing to send more portable missile systems to help Ukrainian forces destroy Russian tanks and aircraft, but denied it was escalating the conflict. ... more  
North Korea's Kim praises scientists after 'satellite' testSeoul (AFP) March 9, 2022 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected the space centre in Pyongyang and praised scientists who recently tested a "reconnaissance satellite", which analysts have warned was a thinly-disguised ballistic missile launch, state media reported Thursday. ... more  
S. Korea's new president to teach 'rude boy' Kim Jong Un some mannersSeoul (AFP) March 10, 2022 Threatening a pre-emptive strike, swiftly responding to missile tests, and telling "rude boy" leader Kim Jong Un to behave: South Korea's next president looks set to get tough on the nuclear-armed North, analysts say. ... more |
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Urban warfare 'nightmare' looms if Russia enters Ukraine citiesParis (AFP) March 9, 2022 The next step in Russia's invasion of Ukraine could lead to urban warfare, an immense challenge for even numerically superior armies with deadly consequences for civilians caught up in the fighting, experts say. ... more  
US warns Russia may use biological weapons in UkraineWashington (AFP) March 9, 2022 The United States on Wednesday rejected Russian claims that it supports a bioweapons program in Ukraine, saying the allegations were a sign that Moscow could soon use the weapons themselves. ... more 
Outcry at Russian air strike on Ukraine children's hospitalKyiv (AFP) March 10, 2022 An apparent Russian air strike destroyed a children's hospital in the besieged Ukrainian port of Mariupol on Wednesday, triggering renewed global outrage two weeks into Moscow's invasion of its ex-Soviet neighbour. ... more 
UK Conservative's son joins Ukraine war despite warningsLondon (AFP) March 9, 2022 A group of British ex-servicemen - including the son of a Conservative lawmaker - have arrived in Ukraine bent on fighting Russians, despite UK government warnings against joining the war. ... more |
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France says 'worried' about 'delays' to Iran nuclear dealParis (AFP) March 9, 2022 France warned Tuesday that further delays could stymie a revived nuclear agreement between world powers and Iran, with the West at loggerheads with Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, while Washington said it would cede nothing to Moscow. ... more  
China's space station to host 6 astronauts by end of 2022Beijing (XNA) Mar 08, 2022 China's space station is expected to host six astronauts from two spaceships by the end of 2022, according to the chief designer of the country's manned space program. The Shenzhou-13 crew has ... more  
Chinese-linked hackers target at least six US states: MandiantSan Francisco (AFP) March 9, 2022 At least six US states have been targeted by hackers linked to China who exploited vulnerabilities in web programs, cybersecurity company Mandiant said on Tuesday. ... more 
Lacking oversight, Telegram thrives in Ukraine disinformation battleWashington (AFP) March 9, 2022 Two days after Russia invaded Ukraine, an account on the Telegram messaging platform posing as President Volodymyr Zelensky urged his armed forces to surrender. ... more |
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US 'concerned' Russia wants to seize Ukraine bio-researchWashington (AFP) March 8, 2022 The United States said Tuesday it was working with Ukraine to prevent invading Russian forces from seizing biological research material amid concern governments or unscrupulous actors might try to use such items to create bioweapons. ... more  
China launches new land-observation satelliteJiuquan (XNA) Mar 01, 2022 China on Sunday morning launched a Long March-4C rocket to place a new land-observation satellite in space. The rocket blasted off at 7:44 a.m. (Beijing Time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch ... more 
Tiangong scheduled for completion this yearBeijing (XNA) Mar 07, 2022 China's Tiangong space station is scheduled to be completed before the end of this year and will become a massive spacecraft stack with a combined weight of nearly 100 metric tons, according to a pr ... more 
New Facebook tools target misinformation in users' groupsSan Francisco (AFP) March 9, 2022 Facebook on Wednesday began letting groups automatically reject posts identified as containing false information, taking aim at a part of the massive network that has drawn particular concern from misinformation watchdogs. ... more 
Chinese-linked hackers target at least six US states: MandiantSan Francisco (AFP) March 9, 2022 At least six US states have been targeted by hackers linked to China who exploited vulnerabilities in web programs, cybersecurity company Mandiant said in a report. ... more |
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 Riyadh (AFP) March 7, 2022 
Saudi Arabia announced a deal Monday with US firm Lockheed Martin to manufacture elements of the missile defences of the Gulf state, the target of frequent cross-border attacks by rebels in Yemen.
Its military industries authority, cited by state news agency SPA, approved two projects to produce launchers and other equipment used in the THAAD anti-missile defence system.
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 Bila Tserkva, Ukraine (AFP) March 8, 2022 
The tinny Ukrainian voice in the supermarket's loudspeaker urged exiting shoppers to rush home and switch off the gas.
"This is a warning: turn off your electricity and gas, get your first aid kit, documents, supply of food and water, and go to your nearest bomb shelter," the voice intoned over the wail of air raid sirens.
It was the second alarm to sound in under an hour over the snow- ... more |
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 Riyadh (AFP) March 9, 2022  Air defence systems have been front and centre at Saudi Arabia's first defence show as drone and missile attacks increase in the energy-rich Gulf.
Deadly strikes on Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates claimed by Yemeni rebels have been the talk of shows held in the two countries in recent weeks.
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 Washington 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.
OneWeb, a communications satellite company partly owned by the British government, intended to launch 36 satellites Friday on a Russian Soyuz rocket. But Roscosmos issued a statement Tuesday s ... 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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 Sydney (AFP) March 10, 2022 
Australia will boost its defence forces by some 30 percent by 2040, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Thursday, describing it as the country's largest military build-up in peacetime.
The force would grow by 18,500 personnel to 80,000 over the 18-year period, at a cost of some Aus$38 billion (US$27 billion), the prime minister said at an army barracks in Brisbane.
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 Stockholm (AFP) March 8, 2022 
Non NATO-members Sweden and Finland are counting on the European Union's mutual defence clause in the event of a military attack, Sweden's prime minister said Tuesday amid heightened tensions between Russia and the West.
Ahead of a summit of EU leaders in Versailles on Thursday and Friday, the two countries wrote a joint letter to "remind the other member states about the EU's declaration of ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 07, 2022 
Nanoparticles (which have sizes ranging between 3-500 nm), and sub-nanoclusters (which are around 1 nm in diameter) are utilized in many fields, including medicine, robotics, materials science, and engineering. Their small size and large surface-area-to-volume ratios give them unique properties, rendering them valuable in a variety of applications, ranging from pollution control to chemical synt ... more |
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 Mosul, Iraq (AFP) March 9, 2022 
Beneath what remains of the 12th-century Al-Hadba minaret, builders work on a project to revive Mosul's Old City, reduced to rubble during Iraq's battle to retake the city from jihadists.
Mosques, churches and century-old houses are being brought back to life in the northern metropolis, which the Islamic State group seized as its stronghold before being pushed out in mid-2017.
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 Geneva (AFP) March 9, 2022 
Russian President Vladimir Putin is using nuclear "blackmail" to keep the international community from interfering in his Ukraine invasion, the head of the Nobel prize-winning group ICAN said.
"This is one of the scariest moments really when it comes to nuclear weapons," Beatrice Fihn, who leads the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, told AFP in an interview Tuesday.
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 Hong Kong (AFP) March 10, 2022 
Asian equities rallied Thursday following a strong bounce on Wall Street and a breathtaking surge in Europe sparked by a plunge in oil prices and bargain-buying following a Ukraine-fuelled rout.
A glimmer of hope for peace talks provided some much-needed support to asset markets, which have been in the grip of extreme volatility in the two weeks since Russia invaded its neighbour, sparking a ... more |
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 Vienna (AFP) March 9, 2022 
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant is no longer transmitting data to the UN's atomic watchdog, the agency said Tuesday, as it voiced concern for staff working under Russian guard at the Ukrainian facility.
On February 24, Russia invaded Ukraine and seized the defunct plant, site of a 1986 disaster that killed hundreds and spread radioactive contamination west across Europe.
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 Xichang (XNA) Mar 08, 2022 
China has successfully sent seven satellites into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province Saturday.
Six satellites produced by Beijing-based GalaxySpace and a commercial remote sensing satellite were launched by a Long March-2C carrier rocket at 2:01 p.m. (Beijing Time) and have entered their planned orbit.
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 Washington (AFP) March 8, 2022 
The CIA's director said Tuesday he believes China leader Xi Jinping has been "unsettled" by Russia's difficulties in invading Ukraine, and by how the war has brought the United States and Europe closer.
"I think President Xi and the Chinese leadership are a little bit unsettled by what they're seeing in Ukraine," Central Intelligence Agency boss William Burns told US lawmakers during a heari ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) March 9, 2022 
The United States on Wednesday rejected Russian claims that it supports a bioweapons program in Ukraine, saying the allegations were a sign that Moscow could soon use the weapons themselves.
"The Kremlin is intentionally spreading outright lies that the United States and Ukraine are conducting chemical and biological weapons activities in Ukraine," State Department spokesman Ned Price said i ... 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.
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