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September 20, 2016

N. Korea hails 'successful' test of new rocket engine
Seoul (AFP) Sept 20, 2016
North Korea has successfully tested a new, high-powered rocket engine, state media said Tuesday, a move Seoul said was designed to showcase its progress towards being able to target the US east coast. The ground test comes less than two weeks after Pyongyang detonated what it said was a miniaturised atomic bomb. Taken together, the two tests raise the prospect that the isolated state could be inching towards its ultimate goal of developing a nuclear-tipped missile that could hit Washington DC. ... read more

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Britain orders miniature anti-missile jammers Britain's Ministry of Defense has ordered miniature anti-missile jammers from Leonardo-Finmeccanica aircraft for its Typhoon fighter fleet. ... more		UN atomic agency chief to seek third term UN atomic watchdog head Yukiya Amano said Monday he will seek a third term in office beyond 2017, saying the agency needs "continuity" to face difficult times ahead. ... more		Lockheed gets $157 million U.S. Navy Aegis contract Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems has been awarded a $157 million U.S. Navy contract for the procurement of Aegis combat system follow-on support services. ... more
				Back to school in Turkey after post-coup teacher purge Turkish schools reopened Monday for the first time since July's attempted coup, following a summer which saw tens of thousands of teachers sacked or suspended over alleged links to the plotters or to Kurdish rebels. ... more		China lashes out at Japan's South China Sea plans China is "disappointed to the point of despair" with Japan's conduct in the South China Sea, it said Monday, after Tokyo announced it may set up training patrols with the US in the contested region. ... more

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Taiwan politicians break ranks to meet with Beijing A group of opposition officials from Taiwan have bypassed the government and travelled to China on a bridge-building trip as relations with Beijing turn frosty under new president Tsai Ing-wen. ... more		State Dept. approves possible radar sale to Egypt Egypt has received U.S. State Department approval for the acquisition of Sentinel AN/MPQ-64F1 radars through the U.S. Foreign Military Sales program. ... more		CACI Wins 231 Million Dollar Task Order for Tactical Satellite Communications to US Special Operations Command Starfighters Space and Blackstar Orbital Broaden F-104 SpaceDrone Integration Program PlanetiQ Wins 15 Million Dollar Air Force STRATFI Deal for Next-Gen Space Weather Data		Paramount unveils new infantry fighting vehicles A new family of infantry combat vehicles has been unveiled in South Africa by the Paramount Group. ... more
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Obama: Liberation of Iraq's Mosul could come quickly President Barack Obama said Monday that US-backed Iraqi troops could be in a position "fairly rapidly" to liberate the northern city of Mosul from the Islamic State group. ... more		Aid convoy attacked as Syria ceasefire collapses A convoy delivering aid to Syrians in Aleppo province was hit by a deadly air strike hours after the Syrian military declared an end to a week-long ceasefire, with an outraged UN warning it could amount to a war crime. ... more		US warns Syria aid convoy strike could end Russia deal A deadly air strike on a UN aid convoy by Syrian or Russian planes calls into question Moscow's will to try to salvage a ceasefire, the United States said Monday. ... more		Coalition hits Sanaa Old City after missile fired at Saudi Aircraft of the Saudi-led coalition hit the UNESCO-listed Old City of Yemen's rebel-held capital Sanaa on Tuesday after the rebels fired a missile at Saudi Arabia overnight. ... more

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China launches second space lab: Xinhua		Good Start for Tiangong 2		Briton accused of US govt hack can be extradited: court		Israel readies for 1,500 rockets a day in next war		Iraqi cleric's supporters demonstrate for reform

India naval chief blames France for submarine data leak

Israeli missiles down rockets fired from Syria: army

US confident in election cybersecurity; UK hacker to be extradited to US

Third of Saudi-led strikes on Yemen hit civilian sites: report

US special forces deploy to Syria to back Turkey

'Coalition raid' hits Syria army as truce wavers

Syria army bids to recover losses to IS after deadly US-led raid

First families return to homes in Iraq's Fallujah

DARPA announces Aerial Dragnet drone monitoring program

FARC victims' children say 'yes' to peace in Colombia

Pakistan may be building new nuclear site: analysts

Hollande says France 'cannot be alone' on EU defence

Boeing challenges Denmark's choice of fighter jets

Sweden re-militarises Baltic island of Gotland; NATO, Russia hold 'risk reduction' talks

German, French FMs push peace bid in war-torn Ukraine

US 'surprised' at Chinese influence-buying in Australia

China to be first trillion-dollar air market: Boeing

Design of new LPD ship class accelerated

Russian military hardware put to the test in 'battles' in the Moscow region

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