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North Korea has placed a long-range missile on a launch pad, a US official said Wednesday, as Washington warned it would take the matter to the United Nations if Pyongyang goes ahead with the planned launch. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said a launch for any purpose would be a violation of a UN Security Council resolution. "We intend to raise this violation of the UN Security Co ... read more 
Washington (AFP) March 24, 2009US President Barack Obama on Tuesday renewed his vow to cut spending on costly weapons programs but acknowledged taking on influential defense contractors would be politically "tough." Obama said that there was wide agreement in both political parties that the way the government purchased weapons was plagued by waste, but that defense firms were influential in Congress and had ensured indust ... more
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Iran urges US to drop 'excessive demands' to reach deal
Press Release from Business Wire: Sun Nuclear Iran FM says 'good progress' in talks with US Press Release from Business Wire: Proxima Fusion USS Gerald Ford leaves Crete as Iran talks begin: AFP Iran says US talks to focus solely on nuclear programme Iran insists not seeking nuclear weapon ahead of US talks Snake-like robot unveiled for Fukushima debris removal Iran president says ahead of US talks not seeking nuclear weapon 'at all' North Korea's Kim shuns South but could 'get along' with US 
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Washington (AFP) March 26, 2009Washington is planning new drone attacks on militant targets in Pakistan as part of its overall review of military strategy there and in Afghanistan, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. Intelligence officials from the United States and Pakistan are composing a "fresh list of terrorist targets for Predator drone strikes along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border," the newspaper said citing ... more  
Washington (AFP) March 25, 2009China's pursuit of "disruptive" technologies for nuclear, space and cyber warfare is altering Asia's military balance, the Pentagon said in a report Wednesday. China has kept up major investments in its armed forces and made advances in hi-tech weaponry that outpaced other countries in the region, the Defense Department said in its annual report to Congress on Beijing's military. Chinese ... more  
Washington (AFP) March 25, 2009A US military F-22 aircraft, the world's most advanced fighter jet, crashed in the southern California desert Wednesday, an Air Force spokesman said. "An Air Force F-22 crashed at about 10:00am (1700 GMT) approximately 35 miles (56 kilometers) northeast of Edwards Air Force Base, California," US Air Force spokesman Richard Johnson said. The jet left from Edwards on a test mission, he sai ... more 
Arlington, Va. (UPI) Mar 24, 2009 The return of Russia as a world power comes after a brief, economically driven absence in the late 1990s. Russia has been through periods of inward retrenchment before. However, with control over massive oil and gas reserves, Russia has re-emerged as a powerhouse. Now that nation is causing friction around its borders on issues from energy supplies to missile defense. New member states of the ... more |
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Reprogrammable metal bricks give robots muscle-like adaptabilityLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 04, 2026 Mechanical engineers at Duke University have demonstrated a proof-of-concept material system that allows solid Lego-like building blocks to be programmed with different mechanical properties and the ... more 
OpenClaw's AI agent does everything, even social mediaWashington, United States (AFP) Feb 2, 2026 Meet OpenClaw: the AI assistant that promised to be your dream intern, terrified cybersecurity experts, and now thrives on chatbot-only social media - all in just a few weeks. ... more 
Human taught tactile control lets robots grasp diverse objectsTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 19, 2026 When humans pick up everyday items such as fragile eggs or slippery metal cups, they instinctively adjust their grip using tactile feedback to avoid breaking or dropping them. In contrast, enabling ... more
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Omaha NB (SPX) Mar 26, 2009Raytheon, Northrop Grumman and the NPOESS (National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System) Integrated Program Office recently deployed and successfully demonstrated the ground segment's interface data processing segment to the Air Force Weather Agency at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. The team conducted a demonstration for the agency using simulated data from the primary N ... more 
Jerusalem (AFP) March 25, 2009Iran will have the capacity to build a nuclear bomb within a year but is not rushing into production, the head of Israel's military intelligence claimed on Wednesday. "The Iranian strategy is not to get a nuclear bomb as soon as they can so as not to give the world a reason to act against them," the director of Military Intelligence Major-General Amos Yadlin said. MPs quoted Yadlin as te ... more 
Washington DC (UPI) Mar 25, 2009Plans for U.S. military forces in Iraq to decrease their troop numbers by 140,000 by the end of 2011 will require a "massive" effort, a government report said. The U.S. Government Accountability Office, in a report to Congress released Wednesday, called on the administration of President Barack Obama to develop an update to its Iraq ... more  
Avalon Airport, Australia (SPX) Mar 26, 2009Boeing Defence Australia has achieved a significant milestone toward delivery of the Modernised High Frequency Communications System (MHFCS) to the Australian Defence Force (ADF). The land-and-sea Generic Mobile Upgrade System, the first of two mobile high-frequency (HF) communications systems for MHFCS, has passed formal testing. The final phase of testing, conducted at Boeing Defence Aus ... more |
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