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August 30, 2015

Boeing introduces portable laser weapon capable of destroying drones
Chicago (UPI) Aug 28, 2015
Boeing this week introduced its Compact Laser Weapons System, a portable device capable of using an invisible laser to take down targets several hundreds of meters away. The aerospace company designed the device to focus energy on a small enough spot to heat and destroy targets, including moving ones, like drones. "Think of it like a welding torch being put on target but from many hundreds of meters away," Boeing engineer Isaac Neil said in a Boeing video introducing the weapon. T ... read more

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Pentagon joins Silicon Valley in 'flexible' tech hub The Pentagon is building a tech hub in Silicon Valley to help create new gadgetry for the supersoldiers of the future as well as tech-savvy consumers. ... more		China's Xi, Obama aide hint at underlying tensions ahead of summit Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Barack Obama's key national security aide hinted at tensions that divide their countries on Friday ahead of a state visit to Washington by Xi. ... more		US and S. Korea troops stage massive live-dire drill South Korean and US troops staged their biggest-ever joint live-fire drill on Friday, including a simulated mechanised assault deep into North Korean territory, just days after the two Koreas ended a tense military standoff. ... more
				Kim Jong-Un credits nukes not talks for deal with S. Korea North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un said nuclear weapons - not negotiating skills - secured this week's "landmark" agreement with South Korea, as he dismissed a number of officials from a top military decision-making body. ... more		Iran's Rouhani urges patience over opposition leaders Iran's President Hassan Rouhani signalled Saturday there would be no quick resolution to the house arrest of the reformist political leaders who said an election was rigged in 2009. ... more

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Iran nuclear deal will 'fuel terrorism': Netanyahu The deal to curb Iran's nuclear programme will bolster Tehran's ability to fund global terrorism by providing the Islamic state with "billions of dollars" in sanctions relief, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared Saturday. ... more		Australian company contracted for UAS components An Australian company is to manufacture structure components for Northrop Grumman MQ-4C unmanned aerial systems for the U.S. Navy. ... 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		Jihadist hacker killed in US air strike was recruiter: Pentagon A jihadist hacker who was killed this week in a US air strike in Syria was actively recruiting Islamic State sympathizers to carry out lone wolf attacks in the west, the Pentagon said Friday. ... more
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Kurdish forces free seven villages in Iraq: officials Western-backed Kurdish fighters freed seven villages from the clasps of the Islamic State group in northern Iraq in recent days, the US-led coalition battling the jihadists said Friday. ... more		Yemen army recruits 4,800 southern fighters: officer The Yemeni army has recruited 4,800 southern fighters following a presidential decision to integrate loyalist militiamen who helped push Iran-backed rebels out of second city Aden, a military official said Friday. ... more		China jails 45 in Xinjiang for illegal border crossing: Xinhua China has jailed 45 people in its ethnically-divided Xinjiang region for "illegal border crossing", state media said Thursday, as a group representing the mainly Muslim Uighur minority condemned the sentences. ... more		Mounting toll of Turkey's 'martyrs' stirs controversy It has become a familiar scene in Turkey over the past month. Another soldier is laid to rest, parents grieving as the coffin is draped with the Turkish flag under the merciless glare of television cameras. ... more

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