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Commentary: Saudi nuclear option?Washington (UPI) Dec 7, 2011 Afghanistan expects U.S. aid to flow without interruption for six more years following the final U.S. troop withdrawal at the end of 2014 - three years hence. Nothing is less certain. By itself, the U.S.-trained and -fielded Afghan army will require $5 billion-$7 billion a year in U.S. support to field an army of 350,000 in a country the size of France. Nothing is less certain. With major defense cuts in the works, the Pentagon will have insufficient funds to maintain current force leve ... read more |
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 Iranian general steps out of the shadows Maj. Gen. Qassem Suleimani, commander of the covert action wing of Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps, is stepping out of the shadows as a leading hard-liner, and as tension with the United States heats up, that's a really bad sign. ... more | .. |
  Chinese carrier sets off on sea trials China's only aircraft carrier has begun a second set of sea trials focusing on "relevant scientific research and experiments," China's Ministry of National Defense said. ... more | .. |
  NATO tells Russia missile response a waste of money NATO's chief urged Moscow on Wednesday to refrain from wasting money on countering an "artificial enemy" as alliance foreign ministers met to calm Russian fears over a European missile shield. ... more | .. |
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 'Extremists' within reach of Pakistan nukes: Gingrich Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich said Wednesday that Pakistan's nuclear arsenal was at risk of being seized by "extremists" who had probably infiltrated Islamabad's military. ... more | .. |
 Russia warns on missile shield as NATO meets Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday that NATO had refused to provide a written guarantee that its planned missile shield for Europe poses no threat to Moscow. ... more | .. |
  Doubts Iran can make use of wrecked drone: US The United States has doubts Iran will be able to make use of the highly sophisticated technology found in a stealth drone that crashed in Iran during a reconnaissance mission, a US official said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 US Republicans urge covert ops against Iran, Syria Republican US presidential candidates have redoubled their public calls for "covert" operations against Iran and Syria, including sabotage, assassination and aid to opposition forces. ... 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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  Cyberwarfare Market Worth $15.9 Billion Analysis indicates that the cyberwarfare market will reach a value of $15.9bn in 2012, as governments around the world continue to invest in a range of cyberwarfare systems and solutions designed to ... more | .. |
  US denies seeking to 'contain' China Moves by Washington to strengthen military ties in the Pacific are not aimed at containing China, a senior US defence official said Thursday, after holding talks with her Chinese counterpart. ... more | .. |
  Counter-IED Market in Decline The latest defence report, The Counter-IED Market 2011-2021: Systems and Technologies for Force Protection, finds a sector that is in decline from unusually high levels of spending in previous years ... more | .. |
 NATO seeks to mend fences with Russia on missile shield NATO and Russia began a fresh push on Thursday to resolve a deep rift over a European missile shield with the alliance chief insisting again that it was not pointed at Moscow. ... more |
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  RAAF Extends Northrop Grumman LITENING Advanced Targeting System Contract Northrop Grumman has been awarded a four-year extension by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) to the existing support contract for the LITENING AT system, used as the RAAF's Target Designation Sy ... more | .. |
 Lockheed Martin Delivers Modernized Laser Rangefinder for Apache Helicopter Lockheed Martin delivered the first Modernized Day Sensor Assembly (M-DSA) upgrade prototype units to the U.S. Army for use on the Apache attack helicopter. Five System Design and Development ... more | .. |
 Lockheed Martin Delivers Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance System to Air Force An airborne signals intelligence system configured specifically for the newest C-130J aircraft has been delivered to the U.S. Air Force by Lockheed Martin. The system, which is part of the Senior Sc ... more | .. |
  Iraq scandal probe clears South Africa's Motlanthe An investigation commissioned by the South African government into the UN oil-for-food programme in Iraq cleared Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe of corruption, a report released Wednesday said. ... 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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 Coastal radar offers unprecedented performance of littoral surveillance Cassidian, the defence and security division of EADS, introduces a new security radar into the market which opens up completely new opportunities for the wide-area protection of coastlines, maritime ... more | .. |
 Outside View: Pearl Harbor redux Seventy years ago today, the Japanese navy launched strikes against Pearl Harbor sinking much of "Battleship Row," awakening a sleeping giant and forcing the United States into World War II with catastrophic effects for the Axis powers. ... more | .. |
 Germany sold Israel sub after PA got funds: radio Germany agreed to sell Israel a new submarine only after the Jewish state released millions of dollars in customs duties to the Palestinian Authority, Israeli army radio reported Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Three police killed, one in powerline sabotage Three Iraqi policemen have been killed, including one in a sabotage attack on powerlines supplying electricity from Iran, officials said on Wednesday. ... more |
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  Russia and NATO trade barbs over missile shield Russia warned NATO on Wednesday it was being pushed into a new arms race by a missile shield whose deployment in Europe threatened to cast a shadow over crunch talks between the two former foes. ... more | .. |
 Greece examining 'free' US tank offer: army Cash-strapped Greece is considering a free offer of hundreds of redundant M1A1 Abrams tanks extended by the US government, the Greek army said on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Medvedev arrives in Prague for missile shield talks Russian President Dmitry Medvedev arrived in Prague for a two-day visit Wednesday amid mounting tensions between Moscow and NATO over the alliance's planned missile defence shield. ... more | .. |
 France warns of end of Rafale fighter jet production France warned Wednesday that defence giant Dassault would halt production of its Rafale multi-role fighter jet if it remains unable to sell any abroad. ... more |
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The Quantum Age will be Powered by Fusion
Physicists map axion production paths inside deuterium tritium fusion reactors
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Iraq says US hands over key air base The US army on Wednesday transferred to Iraqi forces a key military base in the western province of Anbar near the border with Jordan and Saudi Arabia, a government official said. ... more | .. |
  Israeli FM takes Putin to task over Mideast Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman told Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin Wednesday that his support for the Palestinian bid for UN membership did not help peace, Lieberman's office said. ... more | .. |
 US navy still eclipses China's expanded force China's navy has hundreds of vessels at its disposal, among them nuclear submarines and an aircraft carrier, but it still does not come close to the huge naval firepower wielded by the United States. ... more | .. |
 West pushing Russia into arms race: top general Russia's top general on Wednesday warned it was being pushed into a new arms race with the West due to the deployment of a US-backed missile defence shield for Europe. ... more |
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Philippines, rebels vow to push forward peace bid The Philippines and Muslim rebels agreed Wednesday to extend the mandate of a peace monitoring mission in the troubled south as they pledged to continue talks on ending a lengthy insurgency. ... more | .. |
 New Material's Capability to Increase Weapons' Explosive Force Demonstrated Military, government and industry officials watched the demonstration of a revolutionary material that increases the explosive force and lethality on enemy targets during a test at Naval Surface War ... more | .. |
 US Navy, Northrop Grumman Demonstrate First Manned-Unmanned Intel Sharing In a recent U.S. Navy and Northrop Grumman exercise, a Fire Scout unmanned helicopter successfully sent sensor data to the cockpit display of a MH-60 helicopter. The demonstration, which took ... more | .. |
Remains of 274 US troops dumped in landfill: report The US Air Force dumped the cremated, partial remains of at least 274 troops in a landfill before halting the secretive practice in 2008, the Washington Post reported Thursday. ... more |
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