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North Korea's military vowed Monday to keep atomic weapons until the United States removes its nuclear threat, reiterating a tough stance amid stalled disarmament talks. "North Korea will never 'dismantle its nuclear weapons' unless nukes in South Korea are dismantled to remove the nuclear threat from the US," a spokesman for the North's General Chiefs of Staff was quoted as sayin ... read more 
Beijing (AFP) Feb 2, 2009China will accelerate the build-up of its nuclear and conventional arsenal to form a credible deterrent, the general in charge of the country's strategic missile force said. "We will accelerate the building of our nuclear and conventional combat strength," said Jing Zhiyuan, the commander of the Second Artillery Corp, in an article he co-wrote for the authoritative journal Qiushi published ... more
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Washington (UPI) Feb 2, 2009 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad demanded last week that U.S. President Barack Obama officially apologize for past crimes committed against Iran. Iran's position on, and interference in, what many in the Arab world regard as Arab affairs has many Middle Eastern diplomats worried that Iran could further complicate an already quite complex issue. Since the start of the Iranian Revolu ... more  
Seattle WA (SPX) Feb 03, 2009Boeing has conducted a functional check flights of two 737-700 airborne early warning and control (AEW and C) aircraft modified in Australia for Project Wedgetail. During each of the 2.5-hour flights on Jan. 21 and 28 from Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) base Amberley, pilot Doug Benjamin and first officer Ed Wilson performed a series of functional tests that verified the airworthiness o ... more  
Toulon, France (SPX) Feb 03, 2009The Royal Malaysian Navy took formal delivery of Scorpene submarine KD Tunku Abdul Rahman at today's official handover in Toulon. The guests of honour included RMN Chief of Staff Admiral Dato'Sri Aziz Hj Jaafar. KD Tunku Abdul Rahman is the first of two Scorpene submarines ordered by Malaysia in June 2002 and developed jointly by DCNS and Spanish naval shipbuilder Navantia. In addition to ... more 
Irvine, CA (SPX) Feb 03, 2009EADS North America Test and Services has been awarded a five-year contract to produce the new Shaft Engine Test Instrumentation (SETI) system for the test of U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps helicopter engines. The firm-fixed-price contract with a total value of approximately $30 million is for 21 systems: 19 production units and two pilot units. There is an option for three additional prod ... more |
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Left, right and faithful unite to demand human control over AIWashington, United States (AFP) Mar 4, 2026 A coalition spanning US conservative figure Steve Bannon, progressives, labor unions and faith groups announced Wednesday a joint declaration of principles on artificial intelligence, framing the effort as a pushback against what they called Silicon Valley's reckless deployment of AI. ... more 
Europe should focus on industrial AI, SAP saysWalldorf, Germany (AFP) Mar 4, 2026 Europe should focus on competing in industrial AI, a top executive at German software giant SAP said, as the continent plays catch-up in the race for the cutting-edge technology against the United States and China. ... more 
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Sydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 03, 2009Sydney Harbour will be scene of simulated attack from boats, divers and underwater vehicles in this week's Kondari Trial, the Minister for Defence Science and Personnel, the Hon. Warren Snowdon MP, announced Monday. The Kondari Trial is a test run of new technologies designed to protect Australia's ports, naval bases and ships from terrorist attack. Organised by the Defence Science ... more 
Seoul (AFP) Feb 2, 2009North Korea and its five negotiating partners will meet as scheduled this month to discuss regional security even though their broader nuclear disarmament talks are stalled, South Korea said Monday. A foreign ministry statement said the working group meeting would be held in Moscow on February 19-20. The talks group the two Koreas, the United States, Russia, China and Japan. The last ful ... more 
China Lake CA (SPX) Feb 03, 2009The U.S. Navy tested a new Raytheon Company shaped-charge warhead being considered for the Joint Standoff Weapon C-1. The new warhead delivers the same effect as the warhead currently planned for the JSOW C-1 at a reduced cost to the warfighter. "Cost reduction is critical to JSOW's success," said Cmdr. Andrew Kessler, deputy program manager for JSOW in the U.S. Navy's Precision Strike Wea ... more 
London (AFP) Feb 2, 2009The US firm which claims to have discovered one of the greatest British warships ever lost at sea said Monday it was seeking "immediate" permission to begin recovering artefacts from the wreck. Florida-based Odyssey Marine Exploration said it discovered the final resting place of the HMS Victory last year in the English Channel and notified the British Ministry of Defence as soon as the team ... more |
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