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October 13, 2015

Vanishing Acts: A Call for Disappearing Delivery Vehicles
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 12, 2015
It sounds like an engineering fantasy, or maybe an episode from Mission Impossible: A flock of small, single-use, unpowered delivery vehicles dropped from an aircraft, each of which literally vanishes after landing and delivering food or medical supplies to an isolated village during an epidemic or disaster. And it would be nothing more than a fantasy, were it not that the principle behind disappearing materials has already been proven. Building on recent innovations in its two-year-old Vanishing ... read more

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Two more Japanese detained for spying in China Two more Japanese nationals have been detained in China on suspicion of spying, bringing the number of Japanese held by Chinese authorities for espionage to four, news reports said Sunday. ... more		'Fiercest clashes' as Syria regime advances with Russian support Syrian troops aided by Russian air strikes fought their fiercest clashes with rebels in weeks on Monday, as Europe's top diplomats demanded that Moscow stop targeting non-jihadist rebels. ... more		ULA launches spysat for NRO A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying a payload for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and 13 CubeSats lifted off from Space Launch Complex-3 Oct. 8 at 5:49 a.m. PDT. Designat ... more
				Russian Defense Ministry Receives New Early Warning Network Satellites The Russian Defense Ministry has received two state of the art satellites as part of the country's new missile early warning network, Deputy Minister Yuri Borisov said Friday. The Russian Aero ... more		US Spends $1Bln Annually Protecting Vulnerable Space-Based Assets A report by GAO reveals that the US government is devoting $1 billion per year to protect increasingly susceptible space-based assets. The US government is devoting $1 billion per year to prot ... more

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Outgoing Army Secretary calls for larger U.S. land force Outgoing Army Secretary John McHugh warns that recent situations like the rise of the Islamic State and Russian aggression are reasons to expand the U.S. land force. ... more		Senior Chinese politician to head to Japan China's top foreign policymaker will visit Japan Tuesday for a high-level political dialogue, in the latest possible thaw between the Asian rivals despite territorial disputes and tensions. ... more		A Plan B for space? On the risks of concentrating national space power in private hands GMV to deliver new UK launch monitoring algorithms for NSpOC PLD Space lands 180m euro boost to advance global launch services		USS Porter arrives in Ukraine for NATO peace mission The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter arrived in Odesa, Ukraine in support of the NATO initiative to promote peace in the region. ... more
				Harris delivering tactical radios to multiple customers Harris Corp. reports that it is to supply wideband tactical radios and support services to unidentified customers in three world regions. ... more		Libya rival forces oppose UN-proposed peace deal Libya's rival parliament and government both showed opposition to a UN-proposed peace deal installing a unity government Monday, with one lawmaker saying it would deepen rifts in the country. ... more

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Opposition slams 'political coup' in Iraqi Kurdistan Several Iraqi Kurdish politicians were barred from reaching their offices on Monday, in what the opposition called a "political coup" by the autonomous region's president. ... more		Iraq investigating reports IS chief wounded in raid Iraq's security services were attempting Monday to confirm reports that Islamic State group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was wounded in an Iraqi strike on his convoy. ... more		Solar-driven ionosphere charges may nudge stressed faults toward rupture Stable black carbon in mangrove soils boosts coastal climate role Low crystallinity iron minerals show promise for chromium cleanup and carbon storage		Japan FM says nuclear deal will speed Iran cooperation Japan's foreign minister said on a visit to Tehran Monday he hoped Iran's nuclear deal with world powers would be swiftly implemented because his country wants to benefit from it. ... more
Russian Syria intervention a 'game-changer': EU's Mogherini EU foreign affairs head Federica Mogherini warned Monday that Russian intervention in Syria was a very high-risk "game-changer" as the international community seeks a political solution to the war. ... more		China pledges veteran pension funding after protests China has pledged to improve benefits for army veterans, following widespread protests by former soldiers over unpaid pensions and a pledge to slash troop numbers by a further 300,000. ... more		Nixon note says Vietnam bombings gained 'Zilch': Woodward book Former US president Richard Nixon lied in 1972 about the true impact of the aerial bombing of Vietnam to advance his re-election prospects, a new book by Bob Woodward says, citing a previously unpublished presidential note. ... more		Palestinian teen killed as unrest mounts after air strike A Palestinian teenager was shot dead in the West Bank and an Israeli air strike killed a pregnant woman and toddler in Gaza Sunday, as unrest threatened to spiral into a full-scale intifada. ... more

	France's Syria strikes 'may have killed French jihadists' French air strikes in Syria may have killed French jihadists, a source close to Prime Minister Manuel Valls said Monday, although the defence ministry said the information could not yet be confirmed. ... more		70 Sudanese have joined IS group in total: minister Sudan's Interior Minister Ismat Abdul Rahman said Monday that 70 young Sudanese have joined the Islamic State group since the jihadist organisation's emergence, travelling to Syria and Libya. ... more

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