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  Washington DC (AFNS) Dec 19, 2022 In July, the DOD set up the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office to, among other things, identify 'unidentified anomalous phenomena' which might pose a threat to national security and the operations of both the military and other federal agencies. "Unidentified anomalous phenomena," is anything in space, in the air, on land, in the sea or under the sea that can't be identified, and which might pose a threat to U.S. military installations or operations. "We have an important and yet challengi ... read more |
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North Korea conducts 'final-stage test' for spy satellite: state mediaSeoul (AFP) Dec 19, 2022 North Korea carried out an "important final-stage test" for the development of a spy satellite, which it will complete by April next year, state media said on Monday. ... more  
Iran plans satellite launches in coming months: ministerTehran (AFP) Dec 18, 2022 Iran prepares to launch "at least two satellites" into space by late March, Telecommunications Minister Issa Zarepour said Sunday, just over a month after successfully testing a launcher. ... more 
North Korea fires two ballistic missiles: Seoul's militarySeoul (AFP) Dec 18, 2022 North Korea fired two medium-range ballistic missiles Sunday, Seoul's military said, days after Pyongyang announced a successful test of a solid-fuel motor for a new weapons system. ... more  
Northrop Grumman RQ-4 RangeHawk supports NASA's Artemis missionEdwards AFB CA (SPX) Dec 18, 2022 Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE: NOC) RQ-4 RangeHawk supported the first flight of NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket during the recent Artemis I mission. RangeHawk is part of SkyRange, th ... more |
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Australia's top diplomat makes first China trip in yearsSydney (AFP) Dec 19, 2022 Australia's top diplomat will visit China on Tuesday, the first such trip by an Australian foreign minister in four years and a sign of further thawing ties. ... more  
Russian defence minister inspects troops involved in Ukraine offensiveMoscow (AFP) Dec 18, 2022 Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu inspected troops involved in what Moscow calls its special military operation in Ukraine, his ministry said Sunday. ... more  
France confirms contract to develop next-generation fighter jetParis (AFP) Dec 16, 2022 The French army on Friday officially awarded the contract to develop a new European combat jet, a key project in the push to integrate the continent's military capabilities and reduce its reliance on American equipment. ... more  
US space entities examine future space technologyKirtland AFB NM (SPX) Dec 18, 2022 Seventy professionals from the space ecosystem gathered for the Space Futures Workshop, Nov. 29-30, to examine future technologies and forge a path towards ensuring the U.S. maintains its advantage ... more |
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DOD Official: Norms Must be Established in SpaceWashington DC (SPX) Dec 18, 2022 Last week, the United Nations approved a resolution calling on nations not to conduct destructive, direct-ascent antisatellite missile tests. The United States agreed to the resolution, while China ... more 
Iran says enriched uranium capacity hits recordTehran (AFP) Dec 17, 2022 Iran said Saturday its uranium enrichment capacity has increased to record levels, a day before UN nuclear monitors are set to visit the country. ... more  
Russia announces joint naval drills with ChinaMoscow (AFP) Dec 19, 2022 Moscow announced Monday that several of its warships were participating in naval exercises starting this week with Beijing's navy, as Russia and China deepen ties amid pressure from the West. ... more 
Putin 'planning for a long war' in Ukraine: NATO chiefBrussels (AFP) Dec 16, 2022 Russia is readying for a protracted war in Ukraine and Kyiv's NATO backers must keep sending weapons until President Vladimir Putin realises he "cannot win on the battlefield", alliance chief Jens Stoltenberg told AFP on Friday. ... more |
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Prague to buy another 10 Caesar howitzers from FrancePrague (AFP) Dec 16, 2022 The Czech defence ministry said Friday it had signed a deal with France to buy another 10 Caesar howitzer cannons on top of 52 it had agreed to buy earlier. ... more 
Japan approves major defence overhaul, warning of China threatsTokyo (AFP) Dec 16, 2022 Japan approved a major defence policy overhaul on Friday, including a significant spending hike, as it warned China poses the "greatest strategic challenge ever" to its security. ... more  
Islamic State group gunmen kill nine Iraqi police officersKirkuk, Iraq (AFP) Dec 18, 2022 Islamic State group jihadists said Sunday they had carried out an attack in northern Iraq killing nine police officers, setting off a roadside bomb before machine-gunning survivors. ... more 
NATO general says able to ensure security in KosovoBrussels (AFP) Dec 16, 2022 The commander of the NATO-led peacekeeping force in Kosovo insisted Friday he has the troops and capability to ensure security, after Serbia called for the return of its military there. ... more  
'Butcher of Gujarat', 'epicentre of terrorism': India, Pakistan trade barbsUnited Nations, United States (AFP) Dec 16, 2022 Pakistan's foreign minister called India's prime minister the "Butcher of Gujarat" after his counterpart accused his country of being the "epicentre of terrorism" as the nuclear-armed neighbours engaged in a war of words Thursday at the United Nations. ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Dec 14, 2022 
The Pentagon is finalizing plans to send Patriot missile batteries that can shoot down incoming missiles to Ukraine, US media reported Tuesday.
As Russia has ramped up missile strikes on key Ukrainian infrastructure, the administration of President Joe Biden could announce the deployment as early as this week, US officials told The New York Times and CNN.
Ukraine's air defenses have pl ... more |
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 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 14, 2022 
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has completed the fourth successful flight test of its AGM-88G Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile Extended Range (AARGM-ER). The U.S. Navy launched the missile from an F/A-18 Super Hornet aircraft on November 30 at the Point Mugu Sea Range off the coast of southern California, successfully engaging an operationally-representative, moving maritime targ ... more |
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 Edwards AFB CA (SPX) Dec 18, 2022 
Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE: NOC) RQ-4 RangeHawk supported the first flight of NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket during the recent Artemis I mission. RangeHawk is part of SkyRange, the Department of Defense Test Resource Management Center's uncrewed high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE), responsive mobile flight test initiative.
"Supporting the Artemis I uncrewed flight test ... more |
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 Reston VA (SPX) Dec 14, 2022 
SES Government Solutions (SES GS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of SES, will begin operating under the new name SES Space and Defense effective immediately. The name change comes after combining SES Government Solutions with the recently acquired DRS Global Enterprise Solutions (DRS GES). The SES Space and Defense brand reflects the organization's new positioning and expanded offering serving the n ... more |
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 Prague (AFP) Dec 16, 2022 
The Czech defence ministry said Friday it had signed a deal with France to buy another 10 Caesar howitzer cannons on top of 52 it had agreed to buy earlier.
The Czech Republic, a NATO member since 1999, will buy the 10 howitzers made by France's Nexter Systems for 1.77 billion korunas ($77.5 million).
The value of the entire supply of 62 howitzers is 10.3 billion korunas ($451 million), ... more |
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 Tokyo (AFP) Dec 14, 2022  Japan is expected to announce its biggest defence overhaul in decades this week, hiking spending, reshaping its military command and acquiring new missiles to tackle the threat from China.
The policies, to be outlined in three defence and security documents as soon as Friday, will reshape the defence landscape in a country whose post-war constitution does not even officially recognise the mi ... more |
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 Stockholm (AFP) Dec 19, 2022 
Sweden's Supreme Court on Monday blocked the extradition of an exiled Turkish journalist, a key demand by Ankara to ratify Stockholm's NATO membership.
There were "several hindrances" to sending back former editor-in-chief of the Zaman daily, Bulent Kenes, who Turkey accuses of being involved in a 2016 attempt to topple President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the court said.
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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) Dec 18, 2022 
Islamic State group jihadists said Sunday they had carried out an attack in northern Iraq killing nine police officers, setting off a roadside bomb before machine-gunning survivors.
The attack in the Kirkuk area - which police said left nine federal officers dead - is one of the deadliest in Iraq in recent months.
IS fighters attacked "a police patrol... detonated an explosive device t ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Dec 18, 2022 
Officials from the United States and the Republic of Korea (ROK) met in Seoul on December 15 and 16 for the third U.S.-Republic of Korea Civil Space Dialogue. Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Jennifer R. Littlejohn led an interagency U.S. delegation.
The ROK delegation was jointly led by Kwon Hyun-joon, Dire ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Dec 19, 2022 
Asian markets fell on Monday as traders weighed the prospect of a global recession caused by central bank moves to fight inflation.
Equities took a turn south last week after monetary policymakers around the world signalled that while price rises appeared to be stabilising, more work would be needed to get them under control.
All three main indexes on Wall Street ended sharply lower Frid ... more |
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 Montreal (AFP) Dec 18, 2022 
As the world's environment ministers try to thrash out a new deal for nature, youth activists gathered at a UN summit in Montreal are making it clear that actions taken today will affect generations to come.
Here is what some had to say.
- Prisca Daka -
Prisca Daka, a 31-year-old from Zimbabwe now based in the US, is regional coordinator for Global Youth Biodiversity Network (GYBN) A ... more |
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 Bloomington IN (SPX) Dec 12, 2022 
The International Space Station is no longer the only place where humans can live in orbit.
On Nov. 29, 2022, the Shenzhou 15 mission launched from China's Gobi Desert carrying three taikonauts - the Chinese word for astronauts. Six hours later, they reached their destination, China's recently completed space station, called Tiangong, which means "heavenly palace" in Mandarin. The three ta ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Dec 18, 2022 
Hong Kong author Xi Xi, whose whimsical tales became a defining portrait of a city transitioning away from British rule, died on Sunday, according to a publisher she co-founded. She was 85.
One of the most beloved names in Sinophone literature, she published more than 30 books of fiction, poetry, non-fiction and screenplays in a career spanning six decades.
She was often credited with pu ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Dec 7, 2022 
Five years ago, on December 9, 2017, Iraq claimed victory over the once powerful Islamic State group, which had proclaimed a "caliphate" and seized a large chunk of the country.
A little more than a year later, the jihadist group would also be defeated in Syria, where three of its leaders were killed, and reduced to a network of sleeper cells.
Here is a timeline of the rise and fall of I ... more |
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 Bethesda MD (SPX) Dec 06, 2022 
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, Ltd., of Israel, have signed a teaming agreement that includes jointly developing, testing and manufacturing High Energy Laser Weapon Systems (HELWS) in the U.S. and Israel. The future joint-development will be based on the assets that have been developed independently by RAFAEL and the Ministry of Defense's Directorate of Defense ... more |
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