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  Washington DC (SPX) Nov 24, 2022 The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) and the United States Missile Defense Agency (MDA) announce the successful completion of a two-week missile defense event incorporating two live fire exercises. The event, designated Japan Flight Test Mission-07 (JFTM-07) was held in cooperation with the U.S. Navy. The first live fire event demonstrated a successful engagement of a Standard Missile 3 (SM-3) Block IIA fired from the JS Maya (DDG 179) against a medium range ballistic missile T4-E t ... read more |
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Northrop Grumman's IBCS uses new Weapons Data Link to Engage Patriot Missile during dlight testHuntsville AL (SPX) Nov 24, 2022 During two separate tests at White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), New Mexico, Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE: NOC) Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS) proved ... more  
Turkey more determined 'than ever' to secure Syrian borderIstanbul (AFP) Nov 23, 2022 Turkey said Wednesday it was more determined than ever to secure its Syrian border from attacks by Kurdish forces, threatening a ground operation "at the most convenient time". ... more  
Russia, declared 'terror' state by EU lawmakers, batters Ukraine gridKyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Nov 23, 2022 Russian strikes across Ukraine on Wednesday battered the country's already failing electricity grid, leaving several dead, disconnecting three nuclear power stations from the grid and spurring "massive" blackouts in neighbouring Moldova. ... more  
US chip ban on China a dangerous game for allBeijing (XNA) Nov 23, 2022 The United States has once again resorted to politicizing and weaponizing technology to suppress its imagined enemy. Washington has doubled down on its hi-tech rivalry with Beijing by imposing a swe ... more |
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Millennium Space Systems completes Missile Track Custody, Mission Payload Critical Design ReviewLos Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 24, 2022 Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing Company, completed a Critical Design Review for the U.S. Space Force's Space Systems Command's Missile Track Custody, or MTC, program mission payload. "This ... more  
Gravitics raises $20M in bid to build next-generation space station modulesSeattle WA (SPX) Nov 22, 2022 Gravitics, Inc., an aerospace component manufacturing firm, announced raising $20 million to build large, next-generation space station modules. The seed round was led by Type One Ventures, and incl ... more  
Cranking the Power on Radar CapabilitiesWashington DC (SPX) Nov 24, 2022 Military and civilian uses for radar range broadly, and the possibilities for radar applications expand almost every day. Whether they are being used to navigate, control air traffic, track weather ... more  
EU chief Michel to head to China for Xi meetingBrussels (AFP) Nov 24, 2022 EU chief Charles Michel announced on Thursday he would meet President Xi Jinping in China next week as Europe seeks to confront Beijing over human rights and Taiwan, while maintaining trade ties. ... more |
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Pakistan names former spymaster as new army chiefIslamabad (AFP) Nov 24, 2022 Pakistan's government nominated on Thursday a former spymaster to be the next military chief, a position long considered the real power in the nuclear-armed Islamic nation of 220 million people. ... more 
Iraq to redeploy federal forces along border with Iran and TurkeyBaghdad (AFP) Nov 23, 2022 Baghdad said Wednesday it planned to redeploy federal guards along its border with Iran and Turkey, after repeated bombardments from both neighbouring countries against opposition groups in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region. ... more 
Iran warns of more action over 'threats' from Kurds in IraqTehran (AFP) Nov 23, 2022 Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian warned Wednesday that Tehran would continue to act against "threats" from abroad, following a series of Iranian cross-border strikes on Kurdish opposition groups based in Iraq. ... more  
Iran says counting on EU to break nuclear talks deadlockTehran (AFP) Nov 23, 2022 Iran voiced hope Wednesday that European Union negotiators are trying to break the deadlock in talks to revive its frayed nuclear deal with major powers. ... more |
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US announces $400 mn in security assistance for UkraineAboard A Us Military Aircraft (AFP) Nov 23, 2022 The United States announced Wednesday a new $400 million aid package to Ukraine that includes generators to help it deal with power outages caused by Russian attacks on energy infrastructure. ... more 
Russia hit by artillery ammo shortages: US defense chiefAboard A Us Military Aircraft (AFP) Nov 23, 2022 Russian forces are suffering from "significant" shortages of artillery ammunition that are undermining their operations in Ukraine, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Wednesday. ... more 
Dutch court rules 2007 Afghan air strike 'unlawful'The Hague (AFP) Nov 23, 2022 A deadly Dutch air strike on a civilian compound in Afghanistan in 2007 was unlawful, a court in the Netherlands ruled Wednesday, ordering the country to compensate the victims' families. ... more  
Violent protests at largest iPhone factory in ChinaBeijing (AFP) Nov 23, 2022 Violent protests have broken out around Foxconn's vast iPhone factory in central China, as workers clashed with security personnel over pay and living conditions at the plant. ... more 
Kurds: stateless people under attack from all sidesParis (AFP) Nov 23, 2022 The Kurds are a non-Arab ethnic group of between 25 and 35 million people whose dreams of an independent homeland were brutally quashed throughout the 20th century. ... more |
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 Huntsville AL (SPX) Nov 24, 2022  During two separate tests at White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), New Mexico, Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE: NOC) Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS) proved again the system's modular, open architecture integrates with any networked sensor and effector from past, present or future.
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 Tehran (AFP) Nov 10, 2022 
Iran has developed a hypersonic missile capable of penetrating all defence systems, General Amirali Hajizadeh, the commander of its Revolutionary Guards aerospace unit, claimed on Thursday.
Hypersonic missiles, like traditional ballistic missiles which can deliver nuclear weapons, can fly more than five times the speed of sound.
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 Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 22, 2022 
Taiwan's domestically produced drone technology, developed by the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST), which develops military technology, was displayed to the public shortly after the conclusion of China's annual air show at Zhuhai, as debates intensify over the likelihood of a Chinese invasion of its tiny island nation sibling, exacerbated by the conflict in Ukrain ... more |
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 Duluth GA (SPX) Nov 21, 2022 
DataPath, Inc., a leading provider of advanced and secure communications solutions and technical support services, has announced the delivery of its transformative more mobile Deployable Ku Band Earth Terminal (DKET) satellite communications terminal to the U.S. Space Force. The technological enhancement, along with the greatly improved transportability of this third generation DKET, has made th ... more |
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 Brussels (AFP) Nov 15, 2022 
The EU on Tuesday gave the green light for Britain to join a project to speed the movement of troops around Europe, as the West frets about the threat from Russia.
"Russia's war against Ukraine has further demonstrated that being able to move troops and military equipment swiftly across Europe and beyond is essential for our security," EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said.
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 Washington (AFP) Nov 10, 2022 
The United States will provide air defense systems and surface-to-air missiles to Ukraine as part of a new $400 million security assistance package, the Pentagon announced on Thursday.
With "Russia's unrelenting and brutal air attacks on Ukrainian civilian and critical infrastructure, additional air defense capabilities are critical," Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh told journa ... more |
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 Manila (AFP) Nov 22, 2022 
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos said Tuesday the country will ask Beijing to explain its "more benign" account of an incident involving Chinese coastguard taking rocket debris from Filipino soldiers in disputed waters.
A senior Filipino navy official on Monday accused the Chinese coastguard of "forcefully" seizing parts of a rocket fairing that landed in the waters of the Spratly Isla ... 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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 Kirkuk, Iraq (AFP) Nov 19, 2022 
A machine gun attack on a remote northern Iraqi military post killed four soldiers on Saturday, a military source said, the latest unrest in the troubled region.
The source said the pre-dawn assault targeted the desert post near Kirkuk, where remnants of the Islamic State group are active, as well as Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) rebels waging an insurgency against Turkey.
Both Baghdad' ... more |
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 Seoul (AFP) Nov 19, 2022  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw a test of Pyongyang's newest intercontinental ballistic missile with his daughter in tow for the first time, state media reported Saturday.
Declaring he would meet perceived US nuclear threats with nukes of his own, Kim supervised the launch on Friday of the black-and-white missile, which the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said was the Hwas ... more |
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 Brussels (AFP) Nov 24, 2022 
EU chief Charles Michel announced on Thursday he would meet President Xi Jinping in China next week as Europe seeks to confront Beijing over human rights and Taiwan, while maintaining trade ties.
"We will discuss global challenges as well as subjects of common interest," Michel tweeted.
His spokesman added: "Against the backdrop of a tense geopolitical and economic environment, the visit ... more |
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 Cianjur, Indonesia (AFP) Nov 24, 2022  A six-year-old boy has been pulled from the rubble of a deadly Indonesia earthquake after spending two days trapped under debris without food or water, in a "miracle" rescue.
The dramatic rescue captured on camera Wednesday evening revived hopes that survivors could still be pulled alive from the wreckage days after the strong tremor that hit the West Java town of Cianjur on Monday, killing ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Nov 23, 2022 
China will conduct its Shenzhou XV manned spaceflight in coming weeks, sending three astronauts into orbit for a six-month stay inside the country's Tiangong space station.
The Long March 2F carrier rocket, which will haul the Shenzhou XV into space, was moved to a service tower at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China's Gobi Desert on Monday. It will undergo final chec ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Nov 23, 2022 
Violent protests have broken out around Foxconn's vast iPhone factory in central China, as workers clashed with security personnel over pay and living conditions at the plant.
In videos shared with AFP or circulated on social media, hundreds of workers can be seen marching on a road and confronted by riot police as well as people wearing hazmat suits.
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 Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Nov 23, 2022 
Russian strikes across Ukraine on Wednesday battered the country's already failing electricity grid, leaving several dead, disconnecting three nuclear power stations from the grid and spurring "massive" blackouts in neighbouring Moldova.
The Ukrainian energy system has been left in tatters and millions have been subjected to long periods without electricity after weeks of Russian bombardment ... 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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