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February 21, 2013

Outside View: The Pyongyang Persian Pickle
Washington (UPI) Feb 20, 2013
In English slang, "pickle" means a bad situation or a state of disorder. The provenance is Shakespeare's "The Tempest." And pickle well applies to the nuclear ambitions of North Korea, Iran and U.S. policy. Last week, Pyongyang announced it had exploded a nuclear device measuring about 10 kilotons, smaller than the bombs that fell on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II. How close North Korea is to "weaponizing" a bomb is unknowable as is whether this test remains a highly dangerous scien ... read more

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Brazil to open talks on buying Russian missiles Brazil agreed Wednesday to open talks with Russia on buying surface-to-air missile batteries. ... more		Photos show new activity at N.Korea nuclear site North Korea has resumed activity at a nuclear site following its internationally condemned bomb test, a US think tank said Wednesday, amid fears that the regime will carry out more explosions. ... more		Lebanon may be new front in Syria's war Lebanon seems to be moving closer to becoming a major new front in Syria's 2-year-old civil war after a series of deadly clashes in Syrian between rebel forces and Hezbollah, which backs the embattled Damascus regime. ... more
				Israel's Prisoner X isn't the first The Australian intelligence operative dubbed Prisoner X who reportedly committed suicide in a high-security Israeli prison wasn't the first person to disappear in the Jewish state's clandestine prisons. ... more		Taiwan plans troop withdrawal from islets near China Taiwan plans to withdraw troops from two islets near the Chinese mainland and will turn the former battleground into a tourist attraction as relations improve, officials said Wednesday. ... more

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North Korea: A nuclear 7-Eleven? Experts differ about the scale and immediacy of the military threat posed by North Korea's latest nuclear test, but there is little disagreement about the alarming proliferation risks it presents. ... more		Caribbean security firms see niche market Caribbean security industry operators are seeing business growth in response to both prosperity of an emerging wealthy class and a rise in crime risks to rich individuals and business organizations. ... more		AI systems proposed to boost launch cadence reliability and traffic management China debuts Long March 12A reusable rocket in Jiuquan test flight Curiosity Blog, Sols 4750-4762: See You on the Other Side of the Sun		Pakistan military to target Quetta militia Pakistani Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has ordered what is being called a targeted operation against militants in Quetta. ... more
				World powers to make 'significant' new Iran offer: diplomat World powers will make Iran an offer with "significant new elements" in a bid to resolve the dispute over its nuclear programme at talks next week in Kazakhstan, a western diplomat said Wednesday. ... more		Advanced Communications Waveforms Ported To Navy Digital Modular Radios General Dynamics C4 Systems received a $40 million contract modification in December 2012 from the U.S. Navy to port the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) waveform and the Integrated Waveform into ... more

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Researchers See Ionospheric Signature of North Korean Nuclear Test The explosion of an underground nuclear device by North Korea this week disturbed the Earth's ionosphere. The blast generated infrasonic waves that propagated all the way to the upper atmosphere cau ... more		First F-35 Production Model Takes Flight The first Lockheed Martin production model F-35C carrier variant, known as CF-6, flew its first sortie Thursday. Upon delivery later this year, the jet will be assigned to US Navy Fighter Atta ... more		OPERA satellite data sharpens US crop and water management Alen Space begins SATMAR satellite validation over Bay of Algeciras Deep Arctic gas hydrate mounds host ultra deep cold seep ecosystem		JASSM Completes Lot 6 Reliability Assessment Program Testing Lockheed Martin's Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) recently completed Reliability Assessment Program (RAP) Lot 6 testing with two final flights.The tests met success criteria and demons ... more
				Israel sends Turks EW systems despite rift Israel's Elta Systems has provided advanced electronic warfare units to Turkey to equip Boeing AWACs aircraft despite a 3-year rift between the onetime strategic allies, suggesting they may be moving toward a reconciliation. ... more		Finmeccanica's India troubles poorly timed Italian aviation manufacturer Finmeccanica's troubles in India over an alleged bribery scandal are poorly timed amid ambitious plans for expansion in Latin America. ... more

SM-3 takes out medium-range ballistic missile target

Aegis Intercepts Target Using Satellite Assist

Space-Based Sensors A Ballistic Missile's Worst Nightmare

Brazil to open talks on buying Russian missiles

JASSM Completes Lot 6 Reliability Assessment Program Testing

Javelin Demonstrates Extended Range Capability in Recent Tests

Raytheon Integrates Miniature Air Launched Decoy With UAV Platform

Boeing Phantom Eye Completes Taxi Tests, Readies for Return to Flight

US drones kill nine in Pakistan: officials

Advanced Communications Waveforms Ported To Navy Digital Modular Radios

Astrium tapped for communications network

XTAR To Expand Beyond NATO As African And Asian Hot Spots Flare

	Legionnaire killed as Mali says major operations ending Mali said Tuesday that major military operations against Islamist rebels were winding down, despite the killing of a French Legionnaire in the country's mountainous north. ... more		N. Korea envoy warns S. Korea of 'final destruction' South Korea faces "final destruction" if Seoul and its allies continue to push for tougher UN resolutions against North Korea's nuclear programme, Pyongyang warned Tuesday. ... more		Syria rebels target Assad as missile toll mounts Insurgents fired mortar rounds at one of President Bashar al-Assad's palaces in the Syrian capital on Tuesday, as the death toll mounted from a devastating missile strike on second city Aleppo. ... more		China's PLA controls hackers: US IT security firm China's army controls hundreds if not thousands of virulent and cutting-edge hackers, according to a report Tuesday by a US Internet security firm that traced a host of cyberattacks to an anonymous building in Shanghai. ... more

Redesigned carbon framework boosts battery safety and power

Molecular catalyst switches between hydrogen and oxygen production

Project Pele microreactor reaches key milestone with first TRISO fuel delivery

Outside View: North Korea's nuclear test		Russia: UAE seeking more weapons		Europe's armsmakers scramble for Libya		Iraq wants rehabilitated Iran 'terror group' out		China's PLA controls hackers: US IT security firm
Raytheon/Thales team wins contract for helicopter helmet mounted displays		SM-3 takes out medium-range ballistic missile target		Raytheon Integrates Miniature Air Launched Decoy With UAV Platform		Bolstering the Front Line of Biological Warfare Response		Filipino NPA rebels ready to free 2 POWs

Lifting the veil: Mideast's covert ops

China takes over Pakistan port from Singapore

UAE signs $1.42 bn defence deals

Iran urges full 'rights' recognition ahead of nuclear talks

EU tightens sanctions against N.Korea after nuclear test

Walker's World: A declining West?

China paper blames US for N. Korea nuclear crisis

Crisis-hit arms market shrinks, first time since 1994: SIPRI

Al-Qaeda offshoot claims Baghdad bombings

Sudan-Saudi navies in first exercises: media

NATO 'will comply with Afghan air strike ban'

France confident of selling Rafale jets to UAE

US unable to stop it if Iran wants the bomb: Khamenei

How do you solve a problem like North Korea?

French defence minister urges Syria power transfer

Pakistan port integral to China maritime expansion

Next Phase of Modernizing B-2 Defensive Systems Starts

Analysis: New Pakistani Tactical Nuclear Weapons - Implications And Ramifications

Colombian guerrillas release two police hostages

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