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January 07, 2016

Taming North Korea: A losing struggle?
Seoul (AFP) Jan 7, 2016
North Korea's latest nuclear test poses a stark challenge to the international community which, analysts say, will struggle to come up with a concerted, effective response, despite the chorus of global outrage at Pyongyang's move. Condemnation of the North's claim on Wednesday to have tested its first hydrogen bomb has been swift and universal, but the real battle will be converting the indignation into concrete action that has the same across-the-board backing. While the UN Security Council has ... read more

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China helpless to curb N Korea nuke ambitions: experts China is unlikely to take strong action in response to North Korea's claimed test of a hydrogen bomb, according to experts who say Beijing prefers the devil it knows to the uncertainty that could follow a confrontation. ... more		US and Asia allies vow steep price for N. Korea nuclear test The United States and its two main military allies in Asia, South Korea and Japan, pledged a combined push Thursday to secure a comprehensive, hard-hitting international response to North Korea's latest nuclear test. ... more		Japan detects no radiation following N. Korea nuclear test Japan said Thursday it has detected no changes in radiation levels within its territory, following North Korea's claimed test of a hydrogen bomb the day before. ... more
				S. Korea to resume propaganda broadcasts into North South Korea said Thursday it would resume propaganda broadcasts into North Korea, a tactic that prompted Pyongyang to threaten military strikes when it was last employed during a cross-border crisis last year. ... more		S. Korea restricts entry to joint industrial zone in North South Korea said Thursday it was imposing partial restrictions on entry to a joint industrial complex in North Korea, a day after the hermit kingdom shocked the world with its fourth nuclear test. ... more

Iran accuses Saudi of air strike on Yemen embassy Saudi warplanes "deliberately" struck Iran's embassy in Yemen in an air raid that wounded staff, Tehran said Thursday, as tensions between the two regional powers mounted. ... more		Man shot dead near Paris police station had knife, apparent explosives vest: government A man shot dead by police as he tried to attack a police station Thursday on the first anniversary of the jihadist assault on Charlie Hebdo had a knife and what appeared to be an explosives vest, the government said. ... more		Elevation of Mojtaba Khamenei suggests ultraconservatives steering Iran 'Very isolating': Israel's anti-war minority bucks national mood China says opposes any targeting of new Iran leader		N.Korea's mini 'H-bomb': a bigger bang? Hydrogen bombs, which North Korea said Wednesday it tested for the first time, have a destructive power to dwarf even the nuclear weapons dropped on Japan in 1945. ... more
				Iran shows off underground ballistic missile bunker Iran broadcast footage on state-owned television showing a ballistic missile bunker in a move that may further strain tensions in the region and with the West. ... more		Kim Jong-Un cements position with H-bomb claim With a surprise nuclear test two days before his birthday, North Korea's young leader Kim Jong-Un has once again asserted his personal control over the hermit state he inherited from his late father four years ago. ... more

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North Korean bomb test a setback for arms control Even as world powers work to implement the Iran nuclear deal, North Korea's apparent detonation of a new bomb marks a stark setback for global anti-proliferation efforts. ... more		N. Korean nuclear test condemned as 'challenge to peace' North Korea's claim that it carried out a successful hydrogen bomb test Wednesday drew swift condemnation from friends and foes alike. ... 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		North Korea nuclear test catalyzes Obama critics US Republicans clamored to paint North Korea's surprise nuclear test as yet another failure of Barack Obama's foreign policy Wednesday, rounding on the outgoing president as he faced a stern new overseas challenge. ... more
UN sanctions threat over North Korea nuclear test The UN Security Council on Wednesday agreed to roll out new measures to punish North Korea after Pyongyang said it carried out a successful hydrogen bomb test - a claim rejected by Washington and experts. ... more		Russia's Strategic Missile Forces to Go All-Digital by 2020 The Russian Strategic Missile Forces will completely switch to digital data transmission technologies by 2020, spokesperson of the Defense Ministry Maj. Dmitry Andreev told journalists. The in ... more		China lands two more planes in disputed South China Sea: state media China landed two more planes on a contested reef in the South China Sea Wednesday, state media said, despite international condemnation of a landing at the same location days earlier. ... more		Navy tests cooperative soaring for UAV sailplanes The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory has completed a series of flight tests for unmanned aerial vehicles, demonstrating the concept of cooperative soaring using shared data. ... more

	SES Expands Government Services Portfolio In Canada SES S.A. reports that the Kativik Regional Government in Canada has awarded SES a contract for the delivery of new satellite services across the northern Quebec region. Beginning in the second ... more		Despite tensions, Russia's 'Syria Express' sails by Istanbul It's an occasional but regular sighting in Istanbul. Out of the mist on the Bosphorus that divides Europe and Asia looms the hulk of a Russian warship purposefully making its way to the Mediterranean. ... more

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Pakistan seeks closer military ties with Sri Lanka

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Fears of more strife as Iraq in middle of regional row

The Space Environment

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Northrop Grumman to perform C-130J aircraft improvements

Japan to deliver 12 amphibious aircraft to Indian Navy

US soldier killed in Afghan mission

Boeing selected for T-38C avionics support

Germany rethinking arms sales to Saudi Arabia

Work on U.S. BMD complex in Poland expected to start in summer

Lockheed Martin receives $528 million THAAD missile contract

Saudi-Iran crisis a rebuke for US policy

Germany warns Saudi Arabia it may review military exports

Raytheon wins $255 million contract for USS Lyndon B. Johnson

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