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  Brisbane, Australia (The Conversation) Apr 02, 2022 Drones have played a starring role in Ukraine's defence against the ongoing Russian attack. Before the invasion experts believed Russia's own fleets of "killer robots" were likely to be a far more potent weapon, but to date they have hardly been seen. What's going on? Ukraine's drone program grew from a crowd-funded group of hobbyists, who appear to know and like their technology - even if it isn't the cutting edge. Russia, on the other hand, seems to have swarms of next-generation autonomous weap ... read more |
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'Punishment from above': Hobby pilots build Ukraine's drone fleetLviv, Ukraine (AFP) April 1, 2022 At a secret location in the Ukraine city of Lviv, the windows taped up to ward off unwanted attention, underground hobbyists improvise deadly drones bound for the front line of the war against Russia. ... more  
Air strikes hit Ukraine's strategic port OdessaOdessa, Ukraine (AFP) April 3, 2022 Air strikes rocked Ukraine's strategic Black Sea port of Odessa early Sunday, AFP reporters said, but there were no casualties, according to the army. ... more  
US defense contractors see longer term benefits from war in UkraineNew York (AFP) April 3, 2022 US arms manufacturers are not cashing in directly from the thousands of missiles, drones and other weapons being sent to Ukraine, but they do stand to profit big-time over the long run by supplying countries eager to boost their defenses against Russia. ... more  
Mali orders French army programming off private TV channels; Claims 203 killed in operationBamako (AFP) April 1, 2022 Mali's army-dominated government has ordered private television channels to stop airing content promoting the French military in the Sahel state, calling such ads "particularly inappropriate". ... more |
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Russian soldiers likely exposed to Chernobyl radiation: UkraineKyiv, Ukraine (AFP) April 1, 2022 Russian soldiers were likely exposed to radiation while they were occupying the area around the Chernobyl nuclear power station over the past four weeks, Ukrainian officials said on Friday. ... more  
New US sanctions after N.Korea missile testsWashington (AFP) April 1, 2022 The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on a North Korean research organization and four subsidiaries for their role in developing intercontinental ballistic missiles, after recent tests by the nuclear-armed state. ... more  
ESA-developed P120C solid rocket motor enters productionParis (ESA) Apr 01, 2022 ESA's Ariane 6 and Vega-C will soon join the family of launch vehicles operating from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana to guarantee more opportunities for Europe to reach space. The P120C motor, ... more  
Slingshot Aerospace wins US Space Force contractAustin TX (SPX) Apr 01, 2022 Slingshot Aerospace, Inc., a company building world-class space simulation and analytics products to accelerate space sustainability, has been awarded a $25.2 million, 39-month contract from the U.S ... more |
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UK Space Command marks one-year anniversaryLondon, UK (SPX) Apr 01, 2022 Over the past year, UK Space Command - the Ministry of Defence's lead for space operations, space workforce, and space capability - has taken command of RAF Fylingdales in North Yorkshire and the UK ... more  
SES partners with NorthStar to tackle space sustainability challengesLuxembourg (SPX) Apr 01, 2022 A partnership to enhance Space Situational Awareness (SSA) and ensure a sustainable use of space has been formed between SES, the world's leading satellite-based content connectivity solutions provi ... more  
Kyiv silent on airstrike in Russia, some residents flee MariupolKyiv, Ukraine (AFP) April 1, 2022 Kyiv refused Friday to deny it had carried out an airstrike on Russian soil, as a convoy of buses navigated a tortuous civilian evacuation passage out of the devastated Ukrainian city of Mariupol. ... more 
Survivors of Mariupol theatre strike recall 'horror' of strikeLviv, Ukraine (AFP) April 1, 2022 Two women that survived the Russian airstrike on a theatre sheltering civilians in Ukraine's besieged city of Mariupol earlier this month told AFP about the "horror" they endured. ... more |
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War disfigures the cities of southern UkraineOdessa, Ukraine (AFP) April 1, 2022 It is here on the charming Deribasovska pedestrian street that Viktor Oliynik has planted his easel to capture in pastel colours the wartime transformation of Odessa, whose architectural gems are now partially hidden behind sandbags. ... more 
Russian 18-yr-olds face draft as army fights in UkraineMoscow (AFP) April 1, 2022 As Russia launched its spring draft on Friday, targeting 18-year-old teenagers, some said they were ready to fight in Ukraine if needed, while others planned to evade call-up. ... more  
Shanghai prunes memes from lockdown veg shortageShanghai (AFP) April 1, 2022 Bok choy emojis, clips of Gucci gift bags stuffed with celery and video of drones delivering broccoli - vegetable memes are the new currency in Shanghai's sardonic social media scene, with the city locked down and pining for greens. ... more  
Australian TV anchor has closed China trial on state secrets chargesBeijing (AFP) March 31, 2022 The sentencing of Australian journalist Cheng Lei by a Chinese court over accusations of supplying state secrets overseas was deferred on Thursday, with Canberra decrying the trial of a woman detained for 18 months so far as "closed and opaque". ... more  
Solving the challenges of robotic pizza-makingBoston MA (SPX) Apr 01, 2022 Imagine a pizza maker working with a ball of dough. She might use a spatula to lift the dough onto a cutting board then use a rolling pin to flatten it into a circle. Easy, right? Not if this pizza ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 30, 2022 
The Missile Defense Agency, in partnership with the U.S. Army Program Executive Office Missiles and Space, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, and Ballistic Missile Defense System Operational Test Agency, successfully conducted a flight test of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) Weapon System. The test, designated Flight Test THAAD Weapon System (FTT)-21, was conducted at t ... more |
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 Odessa, Ukraine (AFP) April 3, 2022 
Air strikes rocked Ukraine's strategic Black Sea port of Odessa early Sunday, AFP reporters said, but there were no casualties, according to the army.
The Russian defence ministry confirmed the strike.
"This morning, high-precision sea and air-based missiles destroyed an oil refinery and three storage facilities for fuel and lubricants near the city of Odessa, from which fuel was suppli ... more |
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 Brisbane, Australia (The Conversation) Apr 02, 2022 
Drones have played a starring role in Ukraine's defence against the ongoing Russian attack. Before the invasion experts believed Russia's own fleets of "killer robots" were likely to be a far more potent weapon, but to date they have hardly been seen.
What's going on? Ukraine's drone program grew from a crowd-funded group of hobbyists, who appear to know and like their technology - even if ... more |
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 Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Apr 01, 2022 
HENSOLDT Cyber will supply its high security IT operating system TRENTOS to Beyond Gravity's for its latest satellite computer . The company's say this will ensure a high level of IT security for satellites is at the heart of today's efforts to make satellites more robust and reliable.
"As satellites have become increasingly critical to the infrastructure of modern society, there is an inc ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) March 30, 2022 
US President Joe Biden and President Volodymyr Zelensky discussed "additional capabilities" to help the Ukrainian military, during a telephone call on Wednesday, the White House said in a statement.
Biden also told Zelensky that the United States would provide the Ukrainian government with $500 million in direct aid, as Kyiv battles against invading Russian forces.
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 New York (AFP) April 3, 2022  US arms manufacturers are not cashing in directly from the thousands of missiles, drones and other weapons being sent to Ukraine, but they do stand to profit big-time over the long run by supplying countries eager to boost their defenses against Russia.
Like other Western countries, the United States has turned to its own stocks to furnish Ukraine with shoulder-fired Stinger and Javelin miss ... more |
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 Copenhagen (AFP) March 31, 2022 
Denmark will send 800 troops to Latvia in May in response to a request from NATO, the Danish prime minister said Thursday.
Copenhagen had placed the battalion on alert after Russia's invasion of Ukraine and amid rising tensions between the West and Moscow.
Denmark has already sent land and air reinforcements to the Baltic states and Poland.
On Tuesday, the Danish government said it w ... 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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 Stockholm (AFP) March 29, 2022 
Shareholders in Swedish telecom giant Ericsson on Tuesday sanctioned the company's board and chief executive over its handling of a corruption scandal involving possible payments to the Islamic State group in Iraq.
Shareholders representing more than the required 10 percent voted against discharging the board and CEO Borje Ekholm from liabilities, a normally routine decision, at the company' ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) April 1, 2022 
The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on a North Korean research organization and four subsidiaries for their role in developing intercontinental ballistic missiles, after recent tests by the nuclear-armed state.
North Korea said a launch on March 24 was a successful test of a Hwasong-17 missile - a long-range ICBM that analysts say may be capable of carrying multiple warheads - wh ... more |
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 New Delhi (AFP) April 2, 2022 
India and Nepal restored passenger rail services between them on Saturday, as Kathmandu is increasingly wooed by China.
Nepal has traditionally done a balancing act between New Delhi and Beijing, but analysts believe Indian influence over Kathmandu has been dwindling as China pours heavy investment into the landlocked Himalayan country.
But Nepalese prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba made ... more |
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 Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) April 1, 2022 
Russian soldiers were likely exposed to radiation while they were occupying the area around the Chernobyl nuclear power station over the past four weeks, Ukrainian officials said on Friday.
Vehicles used by Russian forces would have raised radioactive dust clouds and soldiers also dug trenches in the most contaminated part of the site, Ukraine's nuclear agency Energoatom said.
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 Beijing (XNA) Apr 01, 2022 
China's Tianzhou 2 cargo spaceship fell back to Earth on Thursday afternoon with most of its body burnt up during the reentry process, according to the China Manned Space Agency.
The agency said in a statement the robotic craft started to enter the atmosphere around 6:40 pm under the ground control and the extreme heat caused by air friction dismantled and destroyed most of the ship. A few ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) April 1, 2022 
Hong Kong on Friday rejected "unfounded and ridiculous allegations" after the UK government said China's national security law had "devastated" civil society, stifled political opposition and criminalised dissent.
The city's government hit out at the wide-ranging claims of internal repression made by the UK in its latest six-monthly report on its former colony, released late Thursday.
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 Baghdad (AFP) March 27, 2022 
Iraq is building a concrete wall along part of its border with Syria to stop Islamic State group jihadists from infiltrating, an Iraqi military source said Sunday.
In the "first stage" of construction, a wall around "a dozen kilometres (seven miles) long and 3.5 metres (11 feet) high was built in Nineveh province", in the Sinjar area of northwest Iraq, a senior officer told AFP, requesting a ... 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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