April 06, 2009 Military Space News, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense SpaceWar Advertising Kit
Pyongyang Wants More Launches, As Seoul Reviews Missile Technology
Seoul (AFP) April 6, 2009
North Korea wants to launch more satellites following Sunday's "historic achievement," a pro-Pyongyang newspaper Monday quoted a senior official as saying. North Korea said it put an experimental communications satellite into orbit Sunday, while the United States and its allies called the launch a disguised ballistic missile test in defiance of a United Nations resolution. South Korea an ... read more

UN Unable To Respond To NKorea As Test Sets Back Disarmament
United Nations (AFP) April 6, 2009
After three hours of closed-door talks, the UN Security Council failed to reach agreement on how to respond to North Korea's long-range rocket launch seen by most Western nations as a clear violation of UN resolutions. "Members of the Security Council agreed to continue consultations on an appropriate action by the council in accordance with its responsibilities given the urgency of the matt ... more

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NKorea rocket launch rattles Japan
Tokyo (AFP) April 6, 2009
For officially pacifist Japan, North Korea's rocket launch over its territory served as a sobering reminder that it is well within firing range of the volatile communist regime. Less than three years after Pyongyang declared it had tested a nuclear bomb, it was able to fire an intercontinental ballistic missile high over Japan, largely keeping to the trajectory that it had announced before t ... more

China, NKorea trade booming despite rocket tensions
Dandong, China (AFP) April 6, 2009
Trucks loaded with food, electronic goods, clothes and household items line up every day at the custom house here, awaiting final approval to cross the Friendship Bridge into North Korea. Cross-border trade between China and North Korea is rising quickly in the frontier town of Dandong, despite the political and diplomatic problems that Pyongyang's erratic behaviour has created for Beijing, ... more

Canada says Afghan law on women won't be enforced
Ottawa (AFP) April 5, 2009
Canada said Sunday it had received assurances from the Afghan government that the country's new controversial law on women will not be enforced and eventually will be changed. Canadian Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon said he had discussed the issue earlier Sunday with his Afghan counterpart, Dadfar Spanta, who had assured him that the process of enforcing the law "has been halted." ... more

Launch boosts NKorea missile programme, security threat limited
Seoul (AFP) April 5, 2009
Sunday's rocket launch will give North Korea's missile programme a big boost if proven to have been successful but it does not immediately make the world a more dangerous place, analysts say. The nuclear-armed communist North said the launch successfully put into orbit a communications satellite which is now broadcasting songs in praise of its past and present revolutionary leaders. ... more

 

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    ENERGY NEWS
    'Hard to survive': Kyiv's elderly shiver after Russian attacks on power and heat
    Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Jan 28, 2026
    Shivering in her flat after Russian strikes knocked out the heating, 91-year-old Lidia Teleschuk said she couldn't remember a winter this harsh since World War II. ... more
    Zelensky seeks more air defence as Russia plunges Kyiv into cold
    Vilnius (AFP) Jan 25, 2026
    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky sought more air defence support from allies on Sunday as hundreds of buildings in Kyiv were without heating in freezing temperatures for a second day after Russian strikes. ... more
    US to repeal the basis for its climate rules: What to know
    Washington, United States (AFP) Jan 17, 2026
    President Donald Trump's administration is finalizing its repeal of a foundational scientific determination that underpins the US government's authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, with an announcement expected in the coming weeks. ... more

    TECH SPACE
    Launching the idea of data centers in space
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    Tech firms are floating the idea of building data centers in space and tapping into the sun's energy to meet out-of-this-world power demands in a fierce artificial intelligence race. ... more
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    Anthropic on Thursday released its latest high-performing artificial intelligence model, escalating its challenge to OpenAI in the intensifying AI race. ... more
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    Elon Musk has announced that his rocket company SpaceX will take over his artificial intelligence outfit xAI, as he seeks to raise billions of dollars for his science fiction-worthy outer space projects. ... more

    ROBO SPACE
    Reprogrammable metal bricks give robots muscle-like adaptability
    Los 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 media
    Washington, 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
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    Tokyo, 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

     
    US blasts North Korea rocket launch as 'provocative'
    Prague (AFP) April 5, 2009
    US President Barack Obama on Sunday blasted North Korea's rocket launch as "provocative" and pledged to take action at a UN Security Council meeting. Obama, in Prague on his first tour of Europe, said that North Korea had fired a Taepodong-2 missile in "clear violation" UN Security Council Resolution 1718, which prohibits any missile-related activities by Pyongyang. "With this provocativ ... more

    Iran's Mousavi vows to push nuclear drive
    Tehran (AFP) April 5, 2009
    Former Iranian prime minister Mir Hossein Mousavi, who is running for the presidency in the June election, said he will push ahead with the country's controversial nuclear drive if elected. Having nuclear technology for peaceful purposes without being a threat to the world is our strategic objective," Mousavi said in a speech to his election campaign managers on Tuesday, a copy of which was ... more

    Kehler: Spherical Battlespace Is New Theater Of Operations
    Colorado Springs CO (AFNS) Apr 04, 2009
    The world is no longer flat and information is no longer static. Neither can military operations confine focus to one area of a conflict while remaining oblivious to interconnections with the larger picture. It is time the view of the battlefield is turned upside-down. This is the message of the commander of Air Force Space Command. Speaking before a crowded conference hall here Marc ... more

    China's leverage on North Korea limited: analysts
    Beijing (AFP) April 5, 2009
    North Korea's rocket launch on Sunday shows China does not have as much influence on Kim Jong-Il's regime as some believe, despite being its biggest economic and political ally, analysts said. In the lead-up to the rocket launch, China came under pressure from many fronts to use its influence on its communist neighbour to not go ahead with it. North Korea had said it was launching a comm ... more

     

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