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  Washington (AFP) July 15, 2022 US-made precision rockets have given Ukraine forces a major battlefield boost since they were introduced in June, tilting the balance against the Russians and possibly forcing Moscow to pause its offensive, experts said. Since mid-June, using the Himars missile systems, Ukraine has destroyed more than 20 major Russian ammunition depots and command posts that were previously too far behind the front lines to be reached by traditional artillery. Videos posted on social media have shown spectacular ... read more |
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Iran unveils naval drone division as Biden tours MideastTehran (AFP) July 15, 2022 Iran's navy on Friday unveiled its first division of ships and submarines capable of carrying armed drones, as US President Joe Biden tours the Middle East. ... more  
Putin dismisses Russian space chief Rogozin: decreeMoscow (AFP) Jul 15, 2022 Russian President Vladimir Putin has relieved the head of the country's space agency, Dmitry Rogozin, of his duties, according to a decree released by the Kremlin on Friday. The decree ordered ... more 
Space Superiority: Space Warfare Planners' Dream OR a Disney Fantasy World?Washington DC (SPX) Jul 08, 2022 There has been a lot of talk lately about the Space Force's role in military space and what constitutes "Space Superiority", "Space Supremacy", or "Space Control". Actually, these concepts have been ... more
Russia has been to Iran twice in last month to assess drones: USWashington (AFP) July 16, 2022 Russian officials have recently visited Iran twice to assess combat drones, US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said Saturday, as Moscow looks to bolster its arsenal for the war in Ukraine. ... more |
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14 dead in military helicopter crash in MexicoMexico City (AFP) July 16, 2022 Fourteen people were killed when a military helicopter crashed on Friday in northwestern Mexico, the navy said. ... more  
US official dismisses Russia claim of military target in VinnytsiaWashington (AFP) July 15, 2022 A US official on Friday dismissed Russia's claim that it targeted a meeting of the Ukrainian air force in Vinnytsia in an attack that Kyiv says killed 23 people including children. ... more  
Supporters of Iraq's Sadr in prayer rally amid political deadlockBaghdad (AFP) July 15, 2022 Thousands of supporters of Iraqi Shiite leader Moqtada Sadr gathered Friday for a Baghdad prayer service, in an attempt to influence stalled talks on forming a new government. ... more 
Colombian forces kill FARC dissident leaderBogota (AFP) July 15, 2022 Colombian forces have killed top FARC dissident leader Nestor Vera in a raid the government said Friday had dealt the "final blow" to the movement. ... more |
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Ukraine accuses Russia of shelling from captured nuclear plantKyiv, Ukraine (AFP) July 16, 2022 Ukraine's atomic energy agency accused Russia of using Europe's largest nuclear power plant to store weapons and shell the surrounding regions of Nikopol and Dnipro that were hit Saturday. ... more 
Israel strikes Gaza Strip after rocket fire: armyGaza City, Palestinian Territories (AFP) July 16, 2022 Israeli warplanes raided the Gaza Strip before dawn on Saturday in what it said was a retaliatory strike for rocket fire from the Palestinian territory controlled by the Islamist movement Hamas. ... more 
Rocket Lab supports significant milestone for DARPA and SDA for Mandrake-2 MissionLong Beach CA (SPX) Jul 15, 2022 Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has supported a significant milestone for Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the Space Development Agency's (SDA) Mandrake-2 mission. In ... more 
Rocket Lab launches first of 2 Responsive Space Missions for NROLong Beach CA (SPX) Jul 15, 2022 Rocket Lab USA, Inc (Nasdaq: RKLB) has launched the first of two responsive space missions for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). Following lift-off of NROL-162 ("Wise One Looks Ahead") from ... more |
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SKYNET 6A satellite passes Critical Design ReviewStevenage UK (SPX) Jul 15, 2022 Airbus has achieved a key milestone with the successful completion of the Critical Design Review (CDR) of the UK Ministry of Defence's (MOD) next secure military communications satellite, SKYNET 6A. ... more  
Space Systems Command awards $147.7 million GPS support contract to Lockheed Martin Space Systems CompanyLos Angeles AFB CA (SPX) Jul 15, 2022 Space Systems Command awarded Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company the contract to deliver operations and sustainment support services for the Global Positioning System IIR/IIR-M/III/IIIF. The supp ... more 
New satellite series adds capabilities to China's data relay capacityBeijing (XNA) Jul 15, 2022 China launched a Tianlian II series satellite early on Wednesday morning to form a global-covering network of the country's second-generation relay satellites. A Long March 3B carrier rocket b ... more 
Multi-domain operations: Helping militaries make better decisions fasterLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 15, 2022 For years, Paul Meyer's job in the U.S. Air Force was to suppress enemy air defenses. To do that, he had to know where they were and what they were doing. And to do that, he and the pilot of his F-4 ... more  
SIRI-2 to qualify technologies for radiation detection in spaceWashington DC (SPX) Jul 14, 2022 US Naval Research Laboratory scientists launched the second Strontium Iodide Radiation Instrument (SIRI-2) instrument in December 2021 onboard Space Test Program (STP) Sat-6. SIRI-2, a gamma-ray spe ... more |
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 Ottawa (AFP) June 20, 2022  Canada's defense minister announced upgrades to Arctic air and missile defenses with the United States on Monday, citing growing threats from Russia and new technologies such as hypersonic missiles.
At a news conference at Canada's largest air base in Trenton, Ontario, Minister Anita Anand outlined Can$4.9 billion (US$3.8 billion) in military spending over the next six years.
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 Seoul (AFP) July 10, 2022 
North Korea fired what appeared to be multiple rocket launchers Sunday, Seoul said, the latest in a series of provocations by the nuclear-armed nation to heighten tensions in the region.
The South Korean military detected "flight trajectories" that were suspected to be shots from North Korean artillery, Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff said.
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 Washington (AFP) July 16, 2022 
Russian officials have recently visited Iran twice to assess combat drones, US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said Saturday, as Moscow looks to bolster its arsenal for the war in Ukraine.
Iran's military hosted two showcases for Russian delegations at the Kashan airfield, on June 8 and again on July 5, Sullivan said in a statement.
Satellite imagery released by the White House s ... more |
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 Stevenage UK (SPX) Jul 15, 2022 
Airbus has achieved a key milestone with the successful completion of the Critical Design Review (CDR) of the UK Ministry of Defence's (MOD) next secure military communications satellite, SKYNET 6A.
Richard Franklin, Managing Director of Airbus Defence and Space UK said: "Achieving this crucial milestone is tangible proof that in partnership with Defence Digital in the Ministry of Defence ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jul 15, 2022 
Seeking to revolutionize how the Department of Defense (DoD) objectively measures individual warfighter readiness, DARPA's newest biotechnology funding opportunity aims to develop a hand-held prediction tool for warfighter physiological states based on molecular biomarkers. The device developed under the Smart Non-invasive Assays of Physiology (SNAP) program would be readily configurable to dive ... more |
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 Prague (AFP) July 11, 2022 
The EU is creating a hub in Moldova to battle organised crime, particularly arms smuggling from war-roiled neighbouring Ukraine, an official said Monday.
EU home affairs commissioner Ylva Johansson announced the EU Support Hub for Internal Security and Border Management at a meeting of EU interior ministers which was expanded to include counterparts from non-EU countries Ukraine and Moldova. ... more |
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 Jakarta (AFP) July 11, 2022 
Southeast Asian nations should avoid becoming "chess pieces", China's foreign minister said Monday, as he revealed proposing a set of "rules" to promote positive interactions between Beijing and Washington at a recent meeting.
Wang Yi held five hours of talks on Saturday with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken - their first since October - on the Indonesian island of Bali, after the pai ... more |
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 Tokushima, Japan (SPX) Jul 17, 2022 
Raman spectroscopy, an optical microscopy technique, is a non-destructive chemical analysis technique that provides rich molecular fingerprint information about chemical structure, phase, crystallinity, and molecular interactions. The technique relies on the interaction of light with chemical bonds within a material.
However, since light is a wave, optical microscopes are unable to resolve ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) July 15, 2022 
Hundreds of thousands of Muslim worshippers loyal to Iraqi Shiite leader Moqtada Sadr attended a Friday prayer service in Baghdad, in a display of political might to revive stalled talks on government formation.
The huge turnout came despite scorching heat and the Shiite cleric not being there in person - an indication of his status as a political heavyweight, as well as a key religious aut ... more |
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 Jerusalem (AFP) July 10, 2022  Expanding joint action to counter Iran will top the agenda during US President Joe Biden's upcoming visit to Israel, Prime Minister Yair Lapid said Sunday, demanding sanctions against Tehran.
The premier urged a "decisive" response to Tehran's nuclear ambitions, ahead of Biden's arrival in Jerusalem on Wednesday.
The visit "will focus first and foremost on the issue of Iran," said Lapid, ... more |
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 Zurich (AFP) July 15, 2022 
Swiss luxury giant Richemont, which counts Cartier and Piaget among its brands, said Friday sales rose 20 percent in its first fiscal quarter despite a drop in demand in Asia-Pacific.
Global sales in the period April to June topped 5.2 billion euros (dollars), the group said in a statement, even as China rolled out fresh lockdowns in a bid to contain Covid cases.
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 Beirut (AFP) July 14, 2022 
Fires burning for days at Beirut's port, severely damaged in 2020 by an enormous explosion, have reignited trauma among Lebanese gearing up to mark the deadly blast's anniversary.
On August 4, Lebanon will mark two years since the explosion that killed more than 200 people. It was caused by a stockpile of haphazardly stored ammonium nitrate fertiliser catching fire.
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 Beijing (XNA) Jul 13, 2022 
China launched a Tianlian II-series satellite early on Wednesday morning to form a global network of the country's second-generation relay satellites.
A Long March 3B carrier rocket blasted off at 12:29 am from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwestern China's Sichuan province and then placed the Tianlian II-03 satellite into a geostationary orbit, according to China Aerospace Sc ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) July 14, 2022 
US lawmakers have introduced legislation that would call Tibet's legal status unresolved, distancing Washington from past statements that recognized the territory as part of China.
Amid mounting alarm in the United States over the treatment of minorities in the People's Republic of China, the proposed act would state that "the conflict between Tibet and the PRC is unresolved" and that "the l ... more |
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 Madrid (AFP) July 14, 2022 
Spanish lawmakers on Thursday gave the first stamp of approval to a bill which seeks to rehabilitate the memory of leftwing victims of Spain's 1936-39 civil war and Francisco Franco's dictatorship.
The proposed law threatens to fuel tensions in a nation where public opinion is still divided over the legacy of the dictatorship that ended with Franco's death in 1975.
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 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 12, 2022 
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) recently completed the preliminary design review for a high-energy laser prototype that will feature an architecture scalable to more than a megawatt for the U.S. Department of Defense. The review establishes the company's technical approach for precise, low-cost, speed-of-light technology for military operations.
"This is an important step in the a ... more |
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