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April 08, 2016

NATO deflects Trump criticism
Washington (AFP) April 7, 2016
NATO's secretary general, responding to Donald Trump's criticism of the alliance, recalled Wednesday how it stood behind America after the September 11, 2001 terror attacks. The first and only time NATO invoked "collective defense goals" was after the suicide plane bombings against New York and Washington, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said in a speech in Washington. "Europeans stepped up to help and support our ally, the United states," he added. NATO then quickly joined the United States in ... read more

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Maldives launches $800 mn airport expansion The Maldives government has kicked off a controversial $800-million expansion of the country's main airport by a Chinese company, a move likely to irritate giant neighbour India. ... more		Iran's Rouhani says radical talk won't deliver results Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said Thursday that radical talk from critics of the country's nuclear deal with world powers was dangerous and he urged more, not less, diplomacy and dialogue. ... more		BAE, Lockheed UK building F-35 facilities for RAF A BAE Systems and Lockheed Martin UK team are building facilities in Britain to handle the operations of F-35 Lightning II aircraft. ... more
				DARPA Director to Christen ACTUV Prototype Vessel DARPA today is holding a christening ceremony for the technology demonstration vessel it has developed and built through the Agency's Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel (A ... more		Reusing Falcon 9 boosters would slash costs by 30 percent If the SpaceX aerospace manufacturer manages to reuse its Falcon 9 rockets, it could decrease the cost of space launches by 30 percent, the President and Chief operating officer of SpaceX, Gwynne Sh ... more

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New system helps aircraft automatically avoid mid-air collisions A research effort associated with DARPA's Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System (ALIAS) program recently conducted the first successful flight tests of a shoebox-sized, plug-and-play system des ... more		Boeing takes steps to block sale of Sea Launch US aircraft manufacturer Boeing filed a motion with the US federal court seeking to block the sale of the multinational Sea Launch spacecraft service by a Russian rocket-space company, space and sat ... more		Lessons learned from Tiangong 1 Airbus team sign long-term agreement for hybrid electric propulsion systems SpaceX to launch first cargo since 2015 accident Dragon and Cygnus To Meet For First Time In Space Icy 'Spider' on Pluto Planet X takes shape XS-1 program to ease access to space enters Phase 2		Upgrade to offer power boost to world's brightest X-ray laser The X-ray laser at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory is getting a second laser beam, this one 10,000 times brighter than the first. At a million pulses per second, the new beam will also be able to fire 8,000 times faster. ... more
				Private equity firm acquires iRobot defense business The Defense and Security business of iRobot has been acquired by Arlington Capital Partners, a private equity firm. ... more		China launches SJ-10 retrievable space science probe China put into space a retrievable scientific research satellite in the early hours of Wednesday in a fresh bid to aid scientists back on Earth in studying microgravity and space life science. In a ... more

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Light helps develop programmable materials Light of a certain wavelength can be used to put so-called active materials into motion and control their movement. In the future, this discovery can become significant in widely different areas suc ... more		Tiny Djibouti thinks big with China-backed infrastructure splurge The tiny Horn of Africa nation of Djibouti, which votes Friday in presidential elections, is hitching its wagon to the star of neighbouring Ethiopia with a series of cross-border projects funded mainly by China, the new power-broker in the region. ... more		Supernovae showered Earth with radioactive debris Six to 10 million years ago: Ice-free summers at the North Pole 'Climate-smart soils' may help balance the carbon budget Neanderthal Y chromosome offers clues to what kept us separate species US experimental forests chosen for US-China climate initiative Microbes take center stage in workings of 'the river's liver' Can corals keep up with ocean acidification		HRW says US bombs used in deadly Yemen market strikes Human Rights Watch said Thursday that bombs supplied by the United States were used in Saudi-led air strikes on a market in Yemen that killed at least 97 civilians including children. ... more
US strike in Syria kills several Al-Qaeda militants The United States has carried out another raid against Al-Qaeda militants in Syria, on the heels of a strike that killed the spokesman of the group's Syrian branch, the Pentagon said Wednesday. ... more		Mosul easier prospect than Raqa for coalition forces: spokesman The US-led coalition fighting Islamic State (IS) group jihadists in Iraq and Syria is better prepared to retake the Iraqi city Mosul than Syria's Raqa, a US military spokesman said Thursday. ... more		Navy orders more missile canisters for MK 41 VLS system Additional canisters for the storage, transport and launch of missiles are to be produced by BAE Systems for the U.S. Navy. ... more		IS setbacks in Syria and Iraq The jihadist Islamic State group has faced major setbacks in Syria and Iraq over the past 15 months. ... more

	Australia approved for purchase of small diameter bombs The U.S. State Department has approved a possible sale of GBU-39 bombs to Australia through the Foreign Military Sales program. ... more		Boeing wins $275M Air Force contract for space superiority capabilities Boeing's Directed Energy and Strategic Systems business has won a $275 million U.S. Air Force award to advance ground-based space superiority capabilities. ... more

New plasma source favorable for hydrogen negative ion beam is developed

Scientists push valleytronics 1 step closer to reality

Ruthenium nanoframes open the doors to better catalysts

Researchers use single molecule of DNA to create world's smallest diode

Nanotubes line up to form films

Nanoparticles can grow in cubic shape

For rechargeable batteries that crush the competition, crush this material

China opens new lighthouse on contested South China Sea reef		Pyongyang likely to deploy multiple launch rocket systems in late 2016		China demonstrates strong commitment to nuclear security		Thales, Airbus DS tapped for French military maps		Atlas V OA-6 Anomaly Status
Record-breaking steel could be used for body armor, shields for satellites		South Korea launches guided-missile submarine		Japan PM defends US military alliance in rebuff to Trump		Sagem supplying Patroller drones to French Army		Qatari royal freed by Iraq kidnappers

Netanyahu looks to changing Africa for new Israeli allies

Obama: Destroying IS group my 'top priority'

Navy funds Boeing procurement of P-8A Poseidon components

Qaeda in Syria confirms death of spokesman

Pentagon chief outlines reforms reflecting new global threats

China restricts N. Korea exports: ministry

Washington insists Iran gets no access to US finance

Lockheed tests mini-missile interceptor

Russian Glonass Satellite Scheduled for Launch on May 21

Glonass navigation system's ground infrastructure successfully completed

US military cyber head questions Beijing's spying activities

U.S. Navy's new unmanned sub-hunter to hit the seas this month

Myanmar's Suu Kyi meets China counterpart in FM debut

New laser technique promises super-fast, secure quantum cryptography

Bulgaria approves $1.4 billion for new warships, fighters

Kuwait signs contract for 28 Eurofighters

F-35 drops first Joint Standoff Weapon

Raytheon, DRS developing 3rd-generation FLIR system for troops

U.S. to provide new tactical vehicles to Iraq, Colombia

Supernovae showered Earth with radioactive debris

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