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June 06, 2015

N. Korea nuclear test unlikely until fall: US think-tank
Seoul (AFP) June 6, 2015
Recent satellite imagery suggests North Korea is unlikely to conduct a fresh nuclear test in coming months, according to a US think-tank. The Stalinist state recently turned up the volume on its hostile rhetoric and boasted of its nuclear and missile capability, claiming it had successfully tested a submarine-launched ballistic missile last month. But the US-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins University said satellite pictures indicate no signs of preparations for its fourth nuclear test being mad ... read more

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No trust in Iran nuclear talks: top negotiator A top Iranian official, in an unusual declaration Saturday, said there remains no trust between Tehran and world powers and either side could yet abandon a nuclear deal after signing. ... more		Obama struggles for deterrence amid wave of cyberattacks The audacious hack of data on four million US government employees exposed America's shaky cyber defenses and the Obama administration's ongoing struggle to develop an effective deterrence. ... more		US says data on four million government staff hacked The US government on Thursday admitted hackers accessed the personal data of at least four million current and former federal employees, in a vast cyber-attack suspected to have originated in China. ... more
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Russia can build Mistral-like nuclear ship equipped with air defense Russia is capable of building its own equivalent of Mistral-class helicopter carrier equipped with nuclear power engines as Moscow is aware of the design of the French-made ship, deputy chairman of ... more		US Air Force Develops Electromagnetic Pulse Weapon The US military has been developing next generation weapons for years, and in that effort, it's made some impressive advances. The latest: a targeted electromagnetic pulse weapon capable of knocking ... more		GE and Lockheed validate compact rotating detonation ramjet for hypersonic missiles JWST red dots reveal rapidly growing early black holes Spaceflight study links astronaut biology to reversible shifts in epigenetic age		SMC awards combined orbital ops logistics sustainment contract The Space and Missile Systems Center awarded the Combined Orbital Operations Logistics Sustainment (COOLS) contract to Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, Sunnyvale, Calif. The COOLS contract is ... more
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Army Network Modernization 2015 - Washington DC June 23-25

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Weapons survivability tests conducted on KC-46 The KC-46 aerial tanker being developed for the U.S. military by Boeing has undergone weapons survivability testing by the U.S. Navy. ... more		DOD awards grant for antifungal agent A U.S. Military Infectious Diseases Applied Research Award has been given to Viamet Pharmaceuticals for development of a topical antifungal agent. ... more		CAE's CH-47 simulators pass on-site acceptance testing A comprehensive suite of simulators and training devices from CAE for CH-147F Chinook helicopters are ready for use by the Canadian military. ... more		Northrop Grummans planned upgrade for B-2 passes CDR Plans for Northrop Grumman to upgrade weapons management software for B-2 bombers are moving forward following successful completion of a Critical Design Review. ... more

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