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  Washington (AFP) Sept 7, 2022 One of the classified documents seized by the FBI at former US president Donald Trump's Florida residence described the nuclear capabilities and military defenses of a foreign power, The Washington Post reported Tuesday. The newspaper, citing unnamed sources familiar with the case, said that some of the documents found in Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence were so highly classified that only the president and cabinet or near-cabinet level officials would be cleared to authorize other government officials ... read more |
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Russia buying huge amounts of N.Korean ammunition for Ukraine: USWashington (AFP) Sept 6, 2022 Russia is buying potentially millions of artillery shells and rockets from communist North Korea to replenish its stocks depleted by invading Ukraine, the White House said Tuesday. ... more  
Iran says insists on 'four topics' in nuclear talksTehran (AFP) Sept 6, 2022 Iran said on Tuesday that, in its protracted talks with major powers to restore its tattered 2015 nuclear deal, it is insisting on resolving "four topics". ... more 
US military announces plan to test ICBMWashington (AFP) Sept 6, 2022 The US military will test-launch an intercontinental ballistic missile on Wednesday, the Pentagon announced, in the second such practice operation of the country's nuclear defense in less than a month. ... more  
AFA Air, Space, Cyber Conference set for Sept 19-21Wright-Patterson AFB OH (SPX) Sep 06, 2022 The Air Force Research Laboratory will highlight some of its newest technologies during the Air Force Association's Air, Space and Cyber Conference Sept. 19-21, 2022, at the Gaylord National Hotel a ... more |
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Bolstering Asia ties, Putin watches military drills with ChinaUssuriysk, Russia (AFP) Sept 6, 2022 President Vladimir Putin attended large-scale military exercises on Tuesday involving China and several Russia-friendly countries, as Moscow seeks to strengthen partnerships in Asia in the face of Western sanctions. ... more  
Pro-Moscow official in Ukraine seriously injured in car blastMoscow (AFP) Sept 6, 2022 A pro-Kremlin official in the Russian-controlled port city of Berdyansk in southern Ukraine was in a serious condition Tuesday after being injured in a car blast, Moscow-installed authorities said. ... more  
Israel PM, standing next to F-35 jet, warns Iran of 'long arm'Jerusalem (AFP) Sept 6, 2022 Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid warned arch-foe Iran not to test his country's "long arm" in a video on Tuesday as he stood next to an F-35 stealth bomber. ... more 
A space race, a new Cold War or a bit of bothBeijing (XNA) Sep 06, 2022 NASA has delayed the launch of the Artemis I new moon program until at least Sept 19 after cancelling a planned launch on Saturday. The decision on Saturday was the second time in a week that the la ... more |
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Solar-powered high-altitude drone makes maiden flightBeijing (XNA) Sep 05, 2022 The country's leading aircraft maker, Aviation Industry Corp of China, carried out the maiden flight of what it calls China's first large, fully solar-powered drone on Saturday, the State-owned cong ... more  
NASA awards LISA mission laser instrument contractWashington DC (SPX) Sep 05, 2022 NASA has selected Ball Aerospace and Technology Corp. of Boulder, Colorado, to provide the Laser Prestabilizaton System (LPS) for the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) laser assembly. ... more  
China launches new test satellites via Kuaizhou 1A carrier rocketJiuquan (XNA) Sep 06, 2022 China sent two new test satellites into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China on Tuesday. The CentiSpace 1-S3/S4 test satellites were launched by a Kuaizhou 1A carr ... more  
mu Space reveals a 10-Year Plan to build a Space Supply Chain in Thailand and Southeast AsiaBangkok, Thailand (SPX) Sep 06, 2022 mu Space and Advance Technology Co., Ltd., a satellite manufacturer and satellite communication service provider, reveals plans to advance the business in the next 10 years. The company announced th ... more |
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Space Compass and Skyloom sign term sheet to bring optical data relay services to EO marketTokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 06, 2022 Skyloom and Space Compass (a newly formed joint venture between NTT and SKY Perfect JSAT) has announced that the companies signed a term sheet aimed to launch the first geostationary-based (GEO) dat ... more 
Israeli defence minister's cleaner sentenced for spying attemptJerusalem (AFP) Sept 6, 2022 A man employed as a cleaner in Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz's home was sentenced to three years' prison for attempting to spy for Iran-linked hackers, the justice ministry said Tuesday. ... more  
French lawmakers visit Taiwan after China's war drill threatsTaipei (AFP) Sept 7, 2022 A group of French lawmakers landed in Taipei on Wednesday, the first high-level European delegation since China conducted huge war drills to protest a visit to the island by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. ... more  
Iran navy says thwarted pirate attack on ship in Red SeaTehran (AFP) Sept 2, 2022 An Iranian naval flotilla foiled a pirate attack on an Iranian merchant vessel in the Red Sea, the navy said, following a similar incident last month. ... more  
Iran sentences to death two gay rights activistsParis (AFP) Sept 5, 2022 A court in Iran has sentenced to death two gay rights activists on charges of promoting homosexuality, campaigners said Monday, urging pressure from the international community to stop the implementation of the verdicts. ... more |
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 Huntsville AL (SPX) Aug 09, 2022 
Lockheed Martin recently validated prototype communications radio technology for the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) during a recent test milestone.
The NGI's mission is to protect the U.S. homeland from increasing and evolving intercontinental ballistic missile threats. Critically, the interceptor and its components must be able to receive and share data from the ground and throughout t ... more |
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 New Delhi (AFP) Aug 23, 2022 
The Indian air force on Tuesday sacked three officers for the accidental firing of a cruise missile into nuclear-armed rival Pakistan following a months-long investigation by New Delhi.
The unarmed BrahMos surface-to-surface supersonic missile was accidently launched from a secret military base in northern India in early March before the projectile landed roughly 125 kilometers inside Pakist ... more |
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 Taipei (AFP) Sept 6, 2022 
Taiwan said a Chinese military reconnaissance drone entered its air defence zone on Monday, the latest incursion as relations between the two neighbours remain tense.
The drone, identified by Taipei's defence ministry as a BZK-007 vehicle, crossed into the southwest corner of the island's air defence identification zone (ADIZ) along with eight Chinese warplanes.
Taiwan's ADIZ is much lar ... more |
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 Traverse City MI (SPX) Aug 28, 2022 
ATLAS Space Operations, a global leader in cloud-based space communications solutions, has announced $26 million in Series B Funding led by Mitsui and Co., Ltd. The investment round reaffirms confidence in ATLAS' Ground Software as a Service (G-SaaS) approach as a critical solution within the space economy.
The funding round is a part of strategic initiatives for both Mitsui and ATLAS. For ... more |
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 Canberra, Australia (SPX) Sep 01, 2022 
Northrop Grumman Australia (NYSE: NOC) successfully completed a demonstration of a sovereign, fifth-generation Joint Air Battle Management System (JABMS) proposed solution supporting the Australian Defence Force.
Performed to the AIR6500 Program Office in the Department of Defence, the demonstration showcased the JABMS product solution and the modular, open systems architecture leveraging ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Sept 6, 2022 
Russia is buying potentially millions of artillery shells and rockets from communist North Korea to replenish its stocks depleted by invading Ukraine, the White House said Tuesday.
"Our sense is you could include literally millions of rounds, rockets and artillery shells," National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters.
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 Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Sept 5, 2022 
Moscow-installed authorities in the occupied Ukrainian region of Kherson suggested that plans for a referendum on joining Russia had been delayed but insisted a vote would take place.
Kherson and the southern region of Zaporizhzhia have been largely under Russia's control since the first weeks of Moscow's invasion in February. They are now being forcefully integrated into Russia's economy. ... more |
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 Dresden, Germany (SPX) Sep 05, 2022 
What goes on inside planets like Neptune and Uranus? To find out, an international team headed by the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), the University of Rostock and France's Ecole Polytechnique conducted a novel experiment. They fired a laser at a thin film of simple PET plastic and investigated what happened using intensive laser flashes.
One result was that the researchers we ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) Sept 4, 2022 
Staff at Iraq's parliament returned to work Sunday for the first time since powerful Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr's supporters stormed the legislature in late July, an assembly official said.
The development came as speaker Mohammed al-Halbusi suggested an agenda for an upcoming national dialogue session following an 11-month political paralysis that sparked deadly clashes in Baghdad last wee ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Sept 6, 2022 
The US military will test-launch an intercontinental ballistic missile on Wednesday, the Pentagon announced, in the second such practice operation of the country's nuclear defense in less than a month.
"There will be an operational test launch of an Air Force Global Strike command unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile early tomorrow morning, September 7, from Vandenberg Sp ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Sept 7, 2022 
China's export growth slowed significantly in August, customs authorities said Wednesday, as economic uncertainty is exacerbated by strict Covid-19 lockdowns across the country.
The weakness in trade comes as global demand for Chinese products weakens with energy prices soaring and the United States facing the threat of recession.
At the same time the domestic property sector - which ac ... more |
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 Fazilpur, Pakistan (AFP) Sept 7, 2022  The stench of decay hangs over a makeshift camp in Pakistan's south, where hundreds of locals have sought shelter from the devastating monsoon floods that have put nearly a third of the country under water.
In Punjab province, dozens of tents are perched in the area around a small rural railway station - the only dry land on a horizon of water, reached only by a sliver of road.
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 Wenchang, China(XNA) Sep 05, 2022 
A Long March-5B Y4 rocket, tasked with sending China's space station lab module Mengtian into orbit, has been transported to the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in the southern province of Hainan, the China Manned Space Agency said Saturday.
The rocket will undergo final assembly and testing together with the Mengtian lab module, which arrived earlier.
Preparations for the launch mis ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 2, 2022 
Rows of fidgeting Hong Kong schoolchildren looked on as a short film explained what constitutes a national security crime, using former US President Donald Trump as an example - and a warning.
The TV was surrounded by dozens of stuffed panda toys, which the children were assured they could play with later if they listened attentively.
The screening was at Hong Kong's first patriotic edu ... more |
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 Geneva (AFP) Aug 9, 2022 
UN investigators said Tuesday there was mounting evidence of crimes being committed in Myanmar, including since a military coup last year.
The United Nations' Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (IIMM) said it had gathered lots of evidence of violations as well as elements indicating the most serious international crimes.
"The Mechanism has collected a significant amount of i ... more |
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 San Diego CA (SPX) Aug 19, 2022 
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) delivered to the U.S. Navy a 60+ kW-class high energy laser with integrated optical-dazzler and surveillance (HELIOS), the first tactical laser weapon system to be integrated into existing ships and provide directed energy capability to the fleet.
Integrated and scalable by design, the multi-mission HELIOS system will provide tactically relevant laser weapon sys ... more |
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