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A Raytheon Company Standard Missile-2 Block IV missile intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile target at the U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division. The SM-2 Block IV engagement demonstrated a near-term, sea-based capability for destroying short-range ballistic missiles in their terminal or final phase of flight. During the same test, a Raytheon SM-2 Block IIIA missile interc ... read more 
London (AFP) April 1, 2009US President Barack Obama and Russia's Dmitry Medvedev launched a milestone quest Wednesday to slash their nuclear arsenals, hoping to reverse the worst slump in the former foes' ties since the Cold War. In their first face-to-face talks, Obama and Medvedev also upped pressure on Iran over its nuclear programme and agreed the US leader would go to Moscow in July for a high-stakes summit as h ... more
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Arlington, Va. (UPI) Mar 31, 2009 The best place to be for evading surface-to-air missiles and moving through enemy fighters is at high altitude and high speed. Just how high and how fast depends on the threats. Against today's fighters, air speeds of Mach 0.8 - eight-tenths of the speed of sound - or greater and altitudes above 35,000 feet are usually sufficient. The problem emerges about five to seven years ... more  
Tal Afar, Iraq (AFP) April 1, 2009In a remote but strategic corner of northern Iraq, US and local security forces are racing against time to win over the war's disenfranchised and prevent the return of an extremist insurgency. Relaunching basic services for the 2.8 million people in the agricultural province of Nineveh, criss-crossed with key oil pipelines to Syria and Turkey, is seen as key to crushing the rebellion sparked ... more  
Peshawar, Pakistan (AFP) April 1, 2009A suspected US drone fired two missiles into an alleged Taliban and Al-Qaeda training centre in northwest Pakistan Wednesday, killing up to 12 militants, security officials said. The reported strike was the first from a drone since US President Barack Obama last week unveiled a sweeping new strategy designed to defeat Islamist militants holed up in Pakistan and neighbouring Afghanistan. ... more 
Baquba, Iraq (UPI) Mar 31, 2009 A previously less visible terror group has replaced al-Qaida in spearheading attacks on U.S. troops in Iraq. Armor-piercing hand grenades have appeared in the Diyala provincial capital of Baquba, disrupting the relative calm that has held in the key Iraqi city for months. he RKG-3 - a Russian acronym for handheld shaped charge grenade - weighs just a bit more than 2 pounds and ... 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 
Questions over AI capability as tech guides Iran strikesParis, France (AFP) Mar 7, 2026 The latest bout of fighting between the United States, Israel and Iran has seen AI deployed as never before to sift intelligence and select targets, although the technology's use in war remains hotly debated. ... more
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Washington (AFP) April 1, 2009North Korea's expected rocket launch is set to confront US President Barack Obama with his first major foreign crisis and it is one that comes with few easy options, analysts say. Experts say Obama will feel politically obliged to act tough, although he ultimately has little choice but to push for a resumption of talks to end the communist state's nuclear program. North Korea says it wil ... more  
Washington (UPI) Mar 31, 2009 Why has Israel's very-short-range Iron Dome anti-ballistic missile interceptor system failed so badly? And why didn't the Israelis simply buy the already combat-approved, highly reliable U.S.-built Raytheon Vulcan Phalanx machine gun instead? First, it should be noted that the huge cost overruns and delays on Iron Dome are hardly unique. This kind of thing happens to far larger and more ... more 
Washington (AFP) April 1, 2009Islamist insurgents pose a growing threat not only to Afghanistan but to Pakistan's "very existence," the commander of US forces in the region, General David Petraeus, said on Wednesday. "The Pakistani military has stepped up operations" against the militants but more action was needed, Petraeus told the Senate Armed Services Committee. Taliban and Al-Qaeda-linked groups based near the ... more  
Beijing (AFP) March 31, 2009China Tuesday dismissed allegations that it was engaged in computer espionage worldwide as "lies" fabricated by people aiming to tarnish the rise of the Asian giant. "Some people outside of China are bent on fabricating lies of so-called Chinese computer spies," foreign ministry spokesman Qin Gang told journalists. "Their attempt to tarnish China with lies is doomed to failure." Qin ... more |
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