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  Bratislava (AFP) March 17, 2022 Slovakia said Thursday it was willing to provide its Russian-made S-300 anti-aircraft missile system to Ukraine but only on the condition that it receive a substitute to avoid a NATO security gap. "We've been in discussion with the United States, with Ukraine and also with other allies on the possibility to deploy or to send altogether our S-300 systems to the Ukrainians," Slovak Defence Minister Jaroslav Nad told reporters. "We're willing to do so immediately when we have a proper replacement, ... read more |
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British-Iranians release helped by nuclear talks, Ukraine: analystsLondon (AFP) March 17, 2022 The deal to release British-Iranian detainees was given vital impetus by nuclear talks in Vienna and the West's evolving energy needs in the face of Russia's war in Ukraine, analysts said on Thursday. ... more  
War in Ukraine: Latest developmentsKyiv (AFP) March 18, 2022 Here are the latest developments in the war in Ukraine: ... more  
Northrop Grumman's Space Tracking and Surveillance System completes missionRedondo Beach CA (SPX) Mar 18, 2022 Built by Northrop Grumman in support of the Missile Defense Agency, two demonstration Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) satellites successfully completed their missions and have been ret ... more 
Britain to deploy missile defence system in PolandWarsaw (AFP) March 17, 2022 Britain will deploy its latest medium-range missile defence system in Poland, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace announced Thursday in Warsaw. ... more |
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Kosovo asks Biden to support NATO bidPristina (AFP) March 17, 2022 Fearing threats to sovereignty after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Serbia's breakaway region of Kosovo appealed to US President Joe Biden to support their NATO membership. ... more 
IBCS expands all-domain capabilitiesHuntsville AL (SPX) Mar 18, 2022 Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE: NOC) Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS) successfully completed two recent U.S. Army flight tests, further demonstrating the system's scalability and resili ... more 
Biden to press Xi to get in line over condemnation of RussiaWashington (AFP) March 18, 2022 US President Joe Biden will warn his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Friday that he will face "costs" if Beijing rescues fellow authoritarian ally Russia from intense Western sanctions aimed at punishing Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. ... more  
DARPA gives new life to old concrete structures through "vascularization"Washington DC (SPX) Mar 18, 2022 Concrete is a ubiquitous building material, and it is often cited as the most consumed commodity on Earth, second only to potable water. As this inherited concrete infrastructure continues to age, m ... more |
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USAF and Beta Technologies make history with first airman flight of an electric aircraftWright-Patterson AFB OH (SPX) Mar 17, 2022 United States Air Force pilots Hank "Hog" Griffiths and Maj. Jonathan Appleby flew BETA Technologies' electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, ALIA, as the first-ever Airmen to fly an ... more 
Spire Global signs deal with NorthStar Earth and Space for a dedicated constellationVienna VA (SPX) Mar 17, 2022 Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) has announced a new space-as-a-service agreement with NorthStar Earth and Space ("NorthStar"), a comprehensive Earth and Space Information Services Platform, to build ... more  
India maps out plan to increase satellite launchesNew Delhi (Sputnik) Mar 17, 2022 The Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (INSPACe) has started hiring people for top posts at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to take on new space missions and incr ... more  
US bars Chinese-owned telecom over 'security risks'Washington (AFP) March 17, 2022 US regulators on Wednesday stripped Chinese state-owned Pacific Networks of its telecommunications license, the latest blow in the simmering confrontation between Beijing and Washington. ... more |
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Yemen war turns nature reserve back into waste dumpAden (AFP) March 17, 2022 Yemen's Al-Heswa nature reserve was once hailed as a beacon of conservation efforts by the United Nations, but civil war has turned it into a rubbish-strewn wasteland reeking of sewage. ... more  
Experts in Mali to investigate Mauritanian civilian disappearancesNouakchott (AFP) March 17, 2022 A delegation of Mauritanian experts has arrived in Mali to help investigate the recent disappearance of a number of their compatriots from a border area between the two countries, the interior ministry said. ... more 
War in Ukraine: Latest developmentsKyiv (AFP) March 17, 2022 Here are the latest developments in the war in Ukraine: ... more  
US astronaut to ride Russian spacecraft home during tensionsBeijing (SPX) Mar 15, 2022 US astronaut Mark Vande Hei has made it through nearly a year in space, but faces what could be his trickiest assignment yet: riding a Russian capsule back to Earth in the midst of deepening tension ... more 
Security, command flaws allowed 2020 attack on base in Kenya: PentagonWashington (AFP) March 10, 2022 US officials said in a scathing critique Thursday that poor command, inadequate security and a "climate of complacency" prevented US forces from adequately repulsing a 2020 attack by militants in Kenya that killed three Americans. ... more |
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 Bratislava (AFP) March 17, 2022 
Slovakia said Thursday it was willing to provide its Russian-made S-300 anti-aircraft missile system to Ukraine but only on the condition that it receive a substitute to avoid a NATO security gap.
"We've been in discussion with the United States, with Ukraine and also with other allies on the possibility to deploy or to send altogether our S-300 systems to the Ukrainians," Slovak Defence Min ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) March 14, 2022 
The cruise missiles that devastated a western Ukrainian military base were launched from aircraft flying in Russian air space, a US defense official said Monday, indicating that a no-fly zone would not have prevented the attack.
A "couple dozen" cruise missiles were launched from bombers flying over Russia to the Yavoriv overnight Saturday, killing 35 people and wounding 134.
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 Humacao PR (SPX) Mar 15, 2022 
Red Cat Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: RCAT), a hardware-enabled software provider to the drone industry, announces that its subsidiary Teal Drones (Teal) has been selected by the Department of Defense's (DoD) Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and U.S. Army to compete in the Short Range Reconnaissance Tranche 2 (SRR T2) Program of Record.
Teal was selected to develop a next-generation small unmanned ... more |
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 Kjeller, Norway (SPX) Mar 15, 2022 
Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI), the prime institution responsible for defence-related research in Norway, has awarded a contract to Exolaunch, a global provider of launch, in-space logistics and deployment services for small satellites, to launch its ARCSAT satellite aboard SpaceX's Falcon 9.
The teams of Exolaunch and GomSpace, the ARCSAT's satellite manufacturer, have jus ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) March 16, 2022 
Images of Ukrainian troops carrying Javelin missile launchers on their shoulders have flashed around the world, making the anti-tank weapon - capable of piercing the most sophisticated armor, and particularly useful in guerrilla warfare - a symbol of Ukrainian resistance to Russia's invasion.
Western states, which want to support Ukraine militarily without entering into direct conflict wit ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) March 14, 2022 
Paris' defence ministry on Monday denied that France breached European sanctions by continuing to sell military equipment to Russia after its 2014 annexation of Crimea.
Investigative journalism outfit Disclose reported that around 152 million euros ($167 million) of gear had been approved for export since 2015, citing both "top secret" documents and public sources.
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 Pristina (AFP) March 17, 2022 
Fearing threats to sovereignty after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Serbia's breakaway region of Kosovo appealed to US President Joe Biden to support their NATO membership.
In a letter addressed to Biden seen by AFP Thursday, Kosovo's President Vjosa Osmani warned against Moscow's efforts to "destabilise" the Balkans.
"Kosovo's membership in NATO has become imperative", Osmani wrote. ... 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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 Moscow (AFP) March 15, 2022 
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday that Moscow had received guarantees from Washington on its ability to trade with Tehran as part of ongoing talks to salvage the Iran nuclear deal.
"We received written guarantees. They are included in the text of the agreement itself on the resumption of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on the Iranian nuclear programme," Lavrov said ... more |
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 Burnaby, Canada (SPX) Mar 15, 2022 
To justify invading Ukraine, Vladimir Putin has painted Russia as a hegemonic power re-asserting its rightful claim to imperial greatness. Yet even before the invasion, Russia's economic capabilities were hardly capable of sustaining an empire.
Now, with foreign sanctions presiding over a plummeting Russian ruble, Russia's economic standing has fallen further still. If measured at today's ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) March 16, 2022 
A hundred technicians are working under armed guard to maintain the defunct Chernobyl nuclear plant in northern Ukraine, held hostage for three weeks by Russian forces who seized the compound in the first hours of the invasion.
Tired and poorly fed, they were working the night shift when Russia captured the site of the 1986 core meltdown that sparked the worst nuclear reactor catastrophe in ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Mar 14, 2022 
China will carry on its moon research in the future with Chang'e-6, Chang'e-7 and Chang'e-8 missions by 2030, chief designer of the country's lunar exploration program Wu Weiren said.
The Chang'e-6 is scheduled to bring back to Earth lunar samples with a mass of up to 2 kilograms; the Chang'e-7 will be tasked with landing on the lunar south pole and detecting local natural resources; and t ... more |
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 Shanghai (AFP) March 18, 2022 
Li Meng is a devoted mother trying to support her two-year-old daughter, but in the eyes of Chinese society and the state, she is almost a second-class citizen.
Millions of single mothers like her have it rough in a country where out-of-wedlock births are frowned upon, and where only married women can claim maternity benefits.
Li, a Shanghai resident, got pregnant with her boyfriend, but ... more |
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 Brussels (AFP) March 15, 2022 
NATO is worried Russia is gearing up to carry out a chemical attack in Ukraine, secretary general Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday, ahead of a meeting of the alliance's defence ministers.
"We are concerned that Moscow could stage a false flag operation possibly including chemical weapons," the NATO chief told reporters, citing "absurd claims" from Russia that Ukraine possesses biological weapon ... 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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