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Missing SAMs in Libya alarms the WestCairo (UPI) Jun 23, 2011 The United States and its allies are concerned that al-Qaida and other terrorist groups may have got their hands on scores, if not hundreds, of shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles plundered from Libyan military bases after the civil war erupted there in March. So far, only four missiles have been recovered, mainly by two European mine-clearing outfits - the Mines Advisory Group of Britain and the Swiss Foundation for Mine Actions - hired by the U.S. State Department to scour Libya for the m ... read more |
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  Baghdad market bomb blitz kills 21 Explosives packed into three shopping carts ripped through a crowded market in the Iraqi capital on Thursday, killing at least 21 people and wounding 107, an interior ministry official said. ... more | .. |
  Russian fighter jet crashes on test flight, killing two A fighter jet crashed in southern Russia on Thursday during a test flight, killing the two pilots and prompting the defence ministry to suspend the plane from use during an investigation. ... more | .. |
 UN vote might not be on Palestinian statehood: Ashton EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said she was not certain the UN will vote on backing a Palestinian state in September, in an interview with Haaretz newspaper published on Thursday. ... more | .. |
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  Lockheed ponders F-35 sale to India Lockheed indicated it could still be in the running for an $11 billion fighter jet sale to India despite the government rejecting its F-16 aircraft. ... more | .. |
  Yanukovych says 'no' to missile defense Ukraine President Viktor Yanukovych says his country isn't going to take part in a new European missile defense system backed by NATO nor join the bloc itself. ... more | .. |
  Afghan-US tensions imperil transition to exit As the United States starts exiting the Afghan war, analysts warn that dysfunction in Kabul and its naked hostility towards the White House jeopardise the US goal of handing over security in 2014. ... more | .. |
 Raytheon to Upgrade Patriot for Saudi Arabia Raytheon has received a $1.7 billion Direct Commercial Sales contract to upgrade Saudi Arabia's Patriot Air and Missile Defense System to the latest Configuration-3. The award includes ground-system ... more |
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SPHEREx completes first full sky infrared map of the cosmos
CoDICE instrument returns first-light particle data for IMAP mission
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 Goodrich TERPROM Terrain Referenced Navigation to Equip Airbus A400M Goodrich has been selected by Cassidian (an EADS company) to provide the TERPROM terrain referenced navigation (TRN) system for the Airbus Military A400M versatile airlifter. The system will be prov ... more | .. |
 Boeing Begins Final Assembly of India's First P-8I Aircraft Boeing began final assembly of the Indian navy's first P-8I long-range maritime reconnaissance aircraft this month at the company's Renton factory. The P-8I, based on the Boeing Next-Generation 737 ... more | .. |
 Raytheon Re-Introduces 250-Pound Paveway Precision-Guided Munition Raytheon is re-introducing its 250-pound Paveway laser-guided precision munition to the warfighter inventory. Raytheon's combat-proven Paveway is a kit that transforms "dumb" bombs into precision gu ... more | .. |
 Raytheon UK to Supply Mode S MSSR Systems to Romania Raytheon has been selected to supply Mode S Monopulse Secondary Surveillance Radar (MSSR) systems to the Romanian Air Traffic Services Administration, ROMATSA. Under the contract, signed in Buchares ... more |
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 Obama awaits political verdict on Afghan speech President Obama's big Afghan war speech pleased almost no one in Washington but its impact will only be clear when his prime audience - American voters - get to weigh in in 2012. ... more | .. |
 Waning public support weighed on Afghan move: Gates Flagging American public support for the war was a key factor in deciding to bring all 33,000 US surge troops home from Afghanistan by the end of next summer, Defense Secretary Robert Gates told AFP Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Top US military officer says Afghan drawdown risky The top US military officer said Thursday that he endorsed President Barack Obama's Afghan withdrawal plan despite initial worries about the risks of "sacrificing fighting power in the middle of a war." ... more | .. |
 US withdrawal risks NATO 'stampede' out of Afghanistan The decision by US President Barack Obama to bring home 33,000 troops from Afghanistan by next year risks a rush to pull out among NATO allies after a grinding decade-old war, analysts say. ... more |
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Philosopher argues AI consciousness may remain unknowable
Climate driven model explores Neanderthal and modern human overlap in Iberia
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  Ahmadinejad insists Iran not seeking nuclear bomb Hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad insisted Thursday that Iran is not seeking to build an atom bomb but defiantly added that should it decide to do so "no one can do a damn thing." ... more | .. |
 Obama's drawdown launches Afghan endgame President Barack Obama's decision to bring 33,000 US surge troops home from Afghanistan by next summer was welcomed by allies on Thursday but dismissed by Taliban insurgents who vowed to fight on. ... more | .. |
 For US troops, Afghan pullout is passing news For US troops in one of Afghanistan's riskiest areas, news of the start of their nation's withdrawal was nothing more than a passing distraction from the dangers of war. ... more | .. |
 Karzai hails US pullout but Taliban to fight on Afghanistan's Taliban Thursday dismissed news of US troop withdrawals as mere symbolism, vowing to fight on, but President Hamid Karzai said the move hastened his nation's ability to fend for itself. ... more |
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 Raytheon Completes Perfect QELTA Tests for USAF Raytheon tested its Quiet Eyes Laser Turret Assembly for the U.S. Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. During hundreds of test runs, QELTA consistently detected and defeated all threats. ... more | .. |
 GW, Carrier Air Wing 5 Squadron Complete Super Hornet Fighting Force The "Dambusters" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 195 returned to the flight deck aboard USS George Washington (CVN 73) June 17, after completing the transition from the F/A-18C Hornet to the new an ... more | .. |
 Israelis brace for missiles, plan getaways Israel's Home Command has been conducting a nationwide civil defense exercise involving all its air-defense systems to prepare for a potentially devastating missile onslaught. ... more | .. |
  Spain aims at military-civilian satellites Spain is on track to become the first European country to have a dual Earth observation system, radar and optical, for both civilian and military use. ... more |
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Physicists map axion production paths inside deuterium tritium fusion reactors
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 Outside View: Leadership and courage Two completely unrelated data points ironically apply to repairing U.S.-Pakistani relations: George Bernard Shaw quipped that America and Britain were two nations divided by a common language. Seventy years ago - June 22, 1941 - Nazi shock troops stormed into Soviet Russia in a surprise attack that ultimately helped lead to the defeat of Hitler's Germany in World War II. ... more | .. |
 EU to sanction Iranians over Syria crackdown: diplomats The European Union moved Wednesday to impose sanctions on three Iranians accused of providing military equipment to support Syria's brutal crackdown on protests, diplomats told AFP. ... more | .. |
 Obama to claim success for Afghan surge President Barack Obama will argue Wednesday his Afghan war surge strategy has forged substantial progress and a "position of strength" which allows thousands of US troops to come home, officials said. ... more | .. |
 Iraq says it wants its missing billions from US Iraq's parliament speaker, who is on a visit to Washington, will query American officials about $17 billion in missing oil money, a lawmaker in Baghdad said on Wednesday. ... more |
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 Italy backs pause in Libya conflict to allow aid Italy said it would support an immediate suspension of hostilities in Libya Wednesday to allow aid into vulnerable areas including Tripoli in the latest sign of dissent within NATO over the conflict. ... more | .. |
  British police charge 19-year-old in hacking probe British police on Wednesday charged 19-year-old Ryan Cleary with cybercrime offences, Scotland Yard said, following his arrest in connection with an international hacking group. ... more | .. |
 Senate confirms Panetta to head Pentagon The US Senate unanimously confirmed Leon Panetta's nomination to be defense secretary on Tuesday, hailing his successes as CIA chief just as major challenges await him in Afghanistan and Libya. ... more | .. |
 British military warns riled Cameron over Afghan drawdown Senior British army figures on Wednesday warned David Cameron not to "fall into the trap" of a hasty Afghan troop drawdown, a day after the premier scolded the military for claiming it was overstretched. ... more |
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