May 29, 2009 Military Space News, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense SpaceWar Advertising Kit
SKorea, US troops raise alert after NKorean threat
Seoul (AFP) May 28, 2009
South Korea and the United States put their troops on higher alert in the Korean peninsula Thursday after the North said it was ending a truce in force for half a century and warned of a possible attack. Seoul's defence ministry said air and ground forces were keeping a closer watch on the tense land and sea border with the communist North after Pyongyang said it was abandoning the armistice ... read more

Sulphur In Just One Hair Could Blow A Terrorist's Alibi
Madrid, Spain (SPX) May 29, 2009
A group of researchers from the LGC Chemical Metrology Laboratory in the United Kingdom and the University of Oviedo, Spain, have come up with a method to detect how the proportions of isotopes in a chemical element (atoms with an equal number of protons and electrons but different numbers of neutrons) vary throughout the length of a single hair. The mid-term objective is to be able to use ... more

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Outside View: Soft power limits -- Part 6
Arlington, Va. (UPI) May 28, 2009
Policymakers and pundits in the nations of the European Union have watched their language very carefully in their discussions of the Russian invasion of the former Soviet republic of Georgia last year. They say that the situation in Georgia is regrettable, but somehow unavoidable. Nobody in Europe really said to Russia: "Get out of Georgia, or else." The painful truth was that there was no ... more

Obama meets Abbas, ups pressure on Israel
Washington (AFP) May 28, 2009
US President Barack Obama Thursday renewed pressure on Israel but rejected a timetable for his peace drive, noting domestic pressures heaped on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. As Obama met Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas for the first time as president, he called for a halt to settlement building on the occupied West Bank, as his administration sparred with Israel over the ... more

NKorea blast likely less powerful than hoped: expert
Seoul (AFP) May 28, 2009
The atomic bomb which North Korea tested Monday was probably less powerful than hoped because it was detonated incorrectly, according to one expert citing seismic data. The explosive, while larger than the first test in October 2006, was still far short of the expected yield of a crude Hiroshima-type bomb, according to Jeffrey Park, director of the Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies. ... more

Initial MP-RTIP Radar Performance Verification Flights Completed
El Segundo CA (SPX) May 29, 2009
Northrop Grumman has completed initial testing of the Multi-Platform Radar Technology Insertion Program (MP-RTIP) sensor. All dedicated mode flights have been completed in the Radar System Level Performance Verification (RSLPV) program, verifying system performance of the Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and Ground Moving Target Indicator (GMTI) modes. This new sensor is slated for the RQ-4 ... more

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  • Ground Soldier Ensemble Tactical Awareness Demonstrated


  • Defense Focus: Future wars -- Part 2


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    ENERGY NEWS
    France updates net-zero plan, with fossil fuel phaseout; Fight over fossil fuels nixes key text of UN environment report
    Paris, France (AFP) Dec 12, 2025
    France released on Friday a revamped roadmap to become carbon neutral by 2050, with an ambitious plan to phase out oil and gas. ... more
    Policies to expand US grid weigh cost reliability and emissions
    Boston MA (SPX) Dec 05, 2025
    Growing energy demand means the U.S. will almost certainly have to expand its electricity grid in coming years. What's the best way to do this? A new study by MIT researchers examines legislation in ... more
    EU agrees to weaken and delay green business rules
    Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Dec 9, 2025
    European governments and lawmakers agreed to weaken and delay new environmental and human rights rules Tuesday, clearing a key hurdle in a push to unpick EU regulations seen as too burdensome for businesses. ... more

    TECH SPACE
    X-MAT introduces X-FOAM: A game-changing ceramic foam for extreme environments
    Orlando, FL (SPX) Dec 01, 2025
    X-MAT has announced the release of X-FOAM, a 1,300°C ceramic foam engineered for use in harsh environments demanding high thermal insulation and structural performance. ... more
    Bible 1.0: How Ancient Canon Became Our First Large Language Models
    Sydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 14, 2025
    Modern large language models are treated as something radically new: vast statistical machines trained on almost everything humans have written, and able to regenerate knowledge on demand. Yet in structural terms, humanity has worked with something similar for millennia. ... more
    Digital twin successfully launched and deployed into space
    Davis CA (SPX) Dec 08, 2025
    A dynamic digital twin designed by UC Davis researchers was launched into Earth's orbit last week aboard a SpaceX rocket. The innovation, which will model the current condition and predict the futur ... more

    ROBO SPACE
    AI advances robot navigation on the International Space Station
    Stanford CA (SPX) Dec 09, 2025
    Imagine a robot about the size of a toaster floating through the tight corridors of the International Space Station, quietly moving supplies or checking for leaks - all without an astronaut at the c ... more
    Indian dance mudras yield advanced synergies for robotic hand control
    Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 12, 2025
    Researchers at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County extracted building blocks from precise hand gestures in Bharatanatyam, a classical Indian dance form. Their analysis revealed a richer set ... more
    MIT engineers design an aerial microrobot that can fly as fast as a bumblebee
    Boston MA (SPX) Dec 05, 2025
    In the future, tiny flying robots could be deployed to aid in the search for survivors trapped beneath the rubble after a devastating earthquake. Like real insects, these robots could flit through t ... more

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    India Rejects Russian Aerial Tankers Over Poor Maintenance
    New Delhi, India (RIA Novosti) May 29, 2009
    India has dropped Russia from a $1-bln tender to supply six aerial tankers for the Indian Air Force due to poor after-sales maintenance services, the Hindustan Times cited the air force chief as saying. The Indian Air Force has been operating a fleet of Russian Il-78 aerial tankers for six years and announced a global tender for an additional six aircraft three years ago. The Russian Il-78 ... more

    China finding it harder to support NKorea: analysts
    Beijing (AFP) May 28, 2009
    China has long been the main ally of North Korea, but as it assumes a greater role in international affairs, Beijing will find it more difficult to defend the isolated regime, analysts say. North Korea's nuclear test this week and its threat to attack US and South Korean ships has infuriated the international community, which leaves China with less room to stand by Pyongyang's side, they say ... more

    Surge in boardings of NKorean ships unlikely: analysts
    Washington (AFP) May 27, 2009
    The United States is unlikely to begin boarding North Korean ships in search of weapons of mass destruction, despite the Stalinist state's latest nuclear and missile tests, analysts said. But the tests are giving renewed importance to a six-year-old US-led effort that has enlisted 95 countries in an often secretive effort to prevent the spread of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons. ... more

    KMSAM Program Achieves Significant Milestone
    Lancaster PA (SPX) May 29, 2009
    Micro Systems has achieved a significant milestone on the Korea Medium Range Surface to Air Missile (KMSAM) program. Working as a key team member with Composite Engineering, the company has integrated its MONTAGE ground control station with the CEi developed BQM-167i high performance aerial target. In early May, 2009, the Korean missile successfully engaged the target system and the target ... more

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  • Obama pressures Israel on settlements


  • Raytheon Continues Producing Radar Warning Receivers


  • USAF Officials Fund New Generation Of Energy Efficient UAVs


  • US rejects newspaper report on Iraq prison photos
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    Military Space News, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense
    SDA expands Tracking Layer satellite awards and related missile defense contracts
    Rheinmetall ICEYE Space Solutions to provide SAR reconnaissance data to German military
    RTX radar selected to support autonomous X 62A fighter testing
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  • Outside View: Pentagon reforms -- Part 3
  • Relatives call for help in finding China's Tiananmen dead
  • Publisher defends Zhao memoir after Beijing attack
  • Blogging guru chips away at Great Firewall of China
  • Manila defies court, allows oil depots to stay
  • NKorea warns of attack, says truce no longer valid
  • US set for START talks with Russia next week: spokesperson
  • The Future Of War In The 21st Century: Part One

  • Russian Arms Exports Grow By 800 Million Dollars In 2009
  • No sign NKorea resuming nuclear fuel work: US official
  • Iraq car bomb blast kills five, including US soldier
  • NKorea hails nuclear test as UN weighs response
  • SFW Munitions From New Assembly Line Successfully Tested
  • US cites NKorea 'bluster' but vows to defend allies
  • Surge in boardings of NKorean ships seen unlikely: analysts
  • Reforming The Pentagon Part 2

  • Outside View: Top national security threat
  • NKorea fires five missiles since nuke test: ministry
  • Kazakhstan accuses ex-nuclear chief of illegal uranium sales
  • Israel rescue services to stage 'doomsday' drill
  • Gates heads to Asia amid crisis with North Korea
  • Attacks, strikes kill 34 in Afghanistan
  • Analysis: Fuelling the Afghan 'surge'
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