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  Washington (AFP) Oct 18, 2022 US F-16 warplanes intercepted two Russian bombers in international airspace near the state of Alaska, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said Tuesday. The Tu-95 bombers were intercepted the previous day after "entering and operating within the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone," NORAD said in a statement. The Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) is a perimeter in which air traffic is monitored beyond the border of national airspace to provide additional reaction time in ... read more |
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Rivada Space Networks signs MoU with SpeQtral to develop ultra-secure communicationsSeoul, South Korea (SPX) Oct 19, 2022 Rivada Space Networks GmbH, a global network company launching a constellation of 600 low-earth-orbit satellites (LEO) to enable secure, global connectivity for governments and enterprises, has anno ... more  
Orbex secures 40M pounds in Series C Funding roundForres UK (SPX) Oct 18, 2022 UK-based spaceflight company Orbex has secured 40.4 million pounds for its Series C funding round, led by a new investor, the Scottish National Investment Bank. The new round of funding will allow t ... more  
Ascent satellite marks end of mission objectivesKirtland AFB NM (SPX) Oct 19, 2022 The Air Force Research Laboratory's small satellite named Ascent has completed all of its mission objectives and is performing extended operations to characterize the survivability of the commercial ... more  
Northrop Grumman Australia integrates end-to-end control segment into Parallax LabsCanberra, Australia (SPX) Oct 19, 2022 Northrop Grumman Australia has recently integrated a Dynamic Satellite Simulator and Spacecraft Command and Control (C2) system into its state-of-the-art systems integration, advanced mission visual ... more |
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North Korea fires artillery into buffer area, Seoul cries foulSeoul (AFP) Oct 19, 2022 North Korea on Wednesday fired an artillery barrage into waters off its coast for the second day in a row, targeting a maritime "buffer zone" set up in 2018 to reduce tensions with the South. ... more  
Russia can rebuild military in 2-4 years: EstoniaWashington (AFP) Oct 19, 2022 Russia will likely need two to four years to rebuild its military to the strength before the Ukraine war, Estonia's defense minister said Tuesday, urging continued pressure to keep Moscow in check. ... more 
Russian army accepts situation 'tense' for its troops in UkraineMoscow (AFP) Oct 18, 2022 The Russian military said Tuesday that the situation for its troops on the ground in Ukraine was "tense" in the face of a Ukrainian counter-offensive, after several major setbacks in the east and south. ... more  
Poland to buy 288 multiple rocket launchers from South KoreaWarsaw (AFP) Oct 18, 2022 Poland is set to sign a framework agreement for the purchase of 288 K239 Chunmoo multiple rocket launchers from South Korea, the Polish defence ministry said on Tuesday. ... more |
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Deadly drone strikes hit Kyiv as Russian warplane crashesKyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Oct 18, 2022 Moscow on Monday stepped up attacks across Ukraine, cutting electricity and killing eight people, including in kamikaze drone strikes on the capital, as a Russian warplane crashed near the border. ... more 
Virgin Orbit and Luxembourg sign agreement to advance allied responsive space capabilities across EuropeLuxembourg (SPX) Oct 19, 2022 Virgin Orbit (Nasdaq: VORB) and the Luxembourg Minister of Defence has signed a Letter of Intent that will begin the process towards developing responsive space capabilities inclusive of mobile laun ... more  
China sees 'much faster timeline' on taking Taiwan, Blinken warnsSan Francisco (AFP) Oct 18, 2022 Beijing wants to seize Taiwan "on a much faster timeline" than previously considered, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday, warning that President Xi Jinping was leading China in a more aggressive direction. ... more  
UK says working to stop China recruitment of ex-airforce pilotsLondon (AFP) Oct 18, 2022 The UK government said on Tuesday it was taking "decisive steps" against a Chinese recruitment effort to bring in former and serving British airforce pilots to train its military personnel. ... more |
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Russian military jet crash leaves 13 dead as search endsMoscow (AFP) Oct 18, 2022 At least 13 people, including three children, were killed after a Russian military plane crashed into a residential area of Yeysk, a town in southwest Russia near the border with Ukraine, Moscow authorities said Tuesday as search operations ended. ... more 
Australia probes claims China recruited ex-air force pilotsSydney (AFP) Oct 19, 2022 Australia launched an investigation Wednesday into what the defence minister called disturbing reports that China has been hiring retired Western air force pilots to train its military. ... more 
Russia blames 'malfunction' for jet crashing into flatsMoscow (AFP) Oct 18, 2022 Russia said Tuesday that a technical malfunction had caused a military plane to crash a day earlier into a residential building near Ukraine, killing over a dozen people and spurring an outpouring among locals. ... more 
Bomb blasts outside Myanmar prison kill eight, wound 18Yangon (AFP) Oct 19, 2022 At least two bombs exploded outside a prison in Myanmar's commercial hub Yangon on Wednesday, killing eight people and wounding 18. ... more  
Hundreds linked to IS transfered from Syria to IraqBeirut (AFP) Oct 18, 2022 Syria's autonomous Kurdish region has transferred over 600 relatives of suspected jihadists detained at the notorious Al-Hol camp to Iraq, a war monitor and a Kurdish security source said Tuesday. ... more |
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 Brussels (AFP) Oct 13, 2022 
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday Spain was sending four medium-range air defence systems to Ukraine, as Western backers scramble to help Kyiv against Russia's missile barrages.
Ukraine's international supporters have held talks at the NATO headquarters in Brussels with the focus on air defences after Moscow unleashed a blitz across Ukraine following a blast at a bridge to the an ... more |
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 Warsaw (AFP) Oct 18, 2022 
Poland is set to sign a framework agreement for the purchase of 288 K239 Chunmoo multiple rocket launchers from South Korea, the Polish defence ministry said on Tuesday.
Under the deal set to be signed by Defence Minister Mariusz Blaszczak on Wednesday, 18 of the rocket launchers will be delivered in 2023 and mounted on Polish Jelcz vehicles.
The ministry said in a statement that the sys ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Oct 17, 2022 
The use by Russia of Iranian drones in its war against Ukraine makes clear the weaknesses of its domestic industry and Tehran's growing claim on the market for unmanned aircraft, experts say.
Washington believes Iran has delivered hundreds of drones, which Ukrainian officials say are now being used in strikes like those launched against cities and energy infrastructure on Monday.
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 Seoul, South Korea (SPX) Oct 19, 2022 
Rivada Space Networks GmbH, a global network company launching a constellation of 600 low-earth-orbit satellites (LEO) to enable secure, global connectivity for governments and enterprises, has announced it has signed a partnership agreement with SpeQtral, an emerging leader in quantum-secure communications systems.
Our world is increasingly data-driven, cloud-based and cybersecurity consc ... more |
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 Brussels (AFP) Oct 12, 2022 
The EU has reached agreement on the contours of a big military mission to train 15,000 Ukrainian armed forces personnel in several member countries, diplomats said Wednesday.
A political accord was struck at a meeting of member state ambassadors in Brussels that one ambassador said will be put to a meeting of EU foreign ministers next Monday in Luxembourg.
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 Paris (AFP) Oct 11, 2022 
Dozens of countries have supplied military support to Ukraine since Russia invaded it on February 24, either in the form of weapons, financial aid for arms purchases or military training.
The United States is by far the biggest supplier of weapons to Ukraine, followed by the United Kingdom, Poland and Germany.
The Germany-based Kiel Institute for the World Economy, which tracks military, ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Oct 17, 2022 
Chinese President Xi Jinping doubled down on his policies at the opening of the Communist Party Congress, pledging continuity on cornerstones of his decade in power as he seeks to secure a historic third term, analysts say.
Since coming to office, Xi has transformed China by personalising and centralising power, cracking down on corruption and dissent, pushing a more assertive foreign policy ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Oct 10, 2022 
Computer chips are packed with billions of microscopic transistors that enable powerful computation, but also generate a great deal of heat. A buildup of heat can slow a computer processor and make it less efficient and reliable. Engineers employ heat sinks to keep chips cool, sometimes along with fans or liquid cooling systems; however, these methods often require a lot of energy to operate. ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) Oct 18, 2022 
An Iraqi investigative judge has questioned five senior tax officials over $2.5 billion in public funds that have gone missing, and more arrest warrants have been issued, authorities said Tuesday.
An internal probe by the finance ministry in oil-rich Iraq has found that the money was withdrawn from the tax authority's account at state-owned Rafidain Bank, the state news agency INA reported S ... more |
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 Luxembourg (AFP) Oct 17, 2022 
EU foreign ministers on Monday met to adopt sanctions on Iran, with several condemning the regime's brutal crackdown on protesters - while stressing the need to revive a moribund nuclear deal with Tehran.
Diplomats told AFP that the sanctions list, agreed by EU ambassadors ahead of the ministers' meeting, contains 11 Iranian officials and four entities. They will be subject to EU visa bans ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Oct 17, 2022 
China said Monday it will delay the release of economic growth figures, as the country's leadership gathers for a major meeting set to hand President Xi Jinping a historic third term in office.
The announcement comes a day before analysts had expected Beijing to publish some of its weakest quarterly growth figures since 2020 with the economy hobbled by Covid-19 restrictions and a real estate ... more |
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 Las Tejerias, Venezuela (AFP) Oct 14, 2022 
"We love you princess," reads the inscription on the fresh grave of a three-year-old girl among dozens of people killed by a devastating landslide in a Venezuelan town last week.
Gravediggers have had their hands full at the cemetery of Las Tejerias, a town of some 50,000 people laid to waste by a torrent of mud, stones and trees that followed hours of heavy rains.
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 Beijing (XNA) Oct 11, 2022 
Propellant injection work on the Mengtian space lab, the second lab component of China's Tiangong space station, was conducted on Monday morning at the Wenchang Space Launch Center in Hainan province, according to the China Manned Space Agency.
The agency said in a news release that the lab module has undergone ground tests at the center and will undergo checks of its functions along with ... more |
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 London (AFP) Oct 18, 2022  The UK's foreign office on Tuesday summoned a top Chinese diplomat in London over footage of a Hong Kong pro-democracy protester being assaulted in the grounds of a Chinese consulate in Britain.
China's Charge d'Affaires Yang Xiaoguang was summoned after Beijing earlier Tuesday accused demonstrators of "illegally entering" the consulate in the northern British city of Manchester.
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 Beirut (AFP) Oct 18, 2022 
Syria's autonomous Kurdish region has transferred over 600 relatives of suspected jihadists detained at the notorious Al-Hol camp to Iraq, a war monitor and a Kurdish security source said Tuesday.
"The Iraqi government repatriated 161 families, including 659 people, from Al-Hol camp to Iraq," said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The Iraqi families left Al-Hol camp, which lies le ... more |
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 Bothell WA (SPX) Sep 16, 2022 
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) delivered to the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering OUSD (R&E) a new benchmark: a tactically-relevant electric 300 kW-class laser, the most powerful laser that Lockheed Martin has produced to date. This 300 kW-class laser is ready to integrate with the DOD demonstration efforts including the U.S. Army's Indirect Fires Protection Capa ... more |
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