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  Seoul (AFP) June 13, 2017 South Korea said Tuesday a drone believed sent from North Korea had been spying on a US missile defence system before it crashed. The remains of the small drone, which was equipped with a camera, were retrieved by the South's military last week from a hillside where it had crash-landed close to the heavily-fortified inter-Korean border. The military analysed the contents of the camera's 64-gigabyte memory chip and said it had been spying on the missile defence system known as the Terminal High A ... read more |
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Harris Corp. awarded Special Forces radio contractWashington (UPI) Jun 13, 2017 Harris Corp. RF Communications was awarded a $255 million maximum-ceiling contract for the Special Operations Forces Tactical Communications Next Generation Manpack, or STC NGMP, radio, the Department of Defense announced on Monday. ... more  
Ukraine touts defense industry to potential customersWashington (UPI) Jun 13, 2017 Ukraine has pitched the ambassadors of 16 countries on the capabilities of state companies to potentially construct military equipment for them. ... more  
Trump to host S.Korea's Moon for N.Korea talksWashington (AFP) June 13, 2017 President Donald Trump will host South Korea's new leader Moon Jae-In for talks on containing North Korea's nuclear program, officials said Tuesday, amid fresh Pentagon warnings that the Pyongyang regime is a "clear and present danger to all." ... more 
Jailed US student flown out of North Korea 'in coma'Washington (AFP) June 14, 2017 North Korea allowed an American student who fell into a coma while imprisoned in a labor camp to be flown home on Tuesday as Washington stepped up efforts to halt Pyongyang's nuclear program. ... more |
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China to open space station to scientists worldwideBeijing (XNA) Jun 12, 2017 China will open its space station to scientists worldwide after the station is completed around 2022, according to a Chinese space expert. Wei Chuanfeng, a researcher at the Institute of Manne ... more 
What China's space ambitions have to do with politicsMoscow (Sputnik) Jun 13, 2017 Experts told Sputnik they believe China's space ambitions are driven not only by the goal of space exploration itself but also by politics. Tommy Yang - China's commitment to its space exploration p ... more  
China delivers diplomatic punch to Taiwan by winning over PanamaBeijing (AFP) June 13, 2017 China delivered another diplomatic punch to Taiwan on Tuesday by establishing relations with Panama at the expense of Taipei, further isolating the island's Beijing-sceptic government. ... more  
KC-46A tanker receives electronic testingWashington (UPI) Jun 1, 2017 The KC-46A Pegasus aerial tanker aircraft is undergoing testing at Benfield Anechoic Facility, or BAF, to ensure that it meets Federal Aviation Administration regulations and certifications requirements, the U.S. Air Force announced this week. ... more 
Boeing receives contract for F-18, magnetic launch system supportWashington (UPI) Jun 6, 2017 Boeing has received an $11.6 million contract modification from the Department of Defense for production engineering support for the installation and integration of systems required for the F/A-18 E/F and EA-18G and Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System follow-on test and evaluation. ... more 
F-35 flights grounded at Arizona base because of health concernsWashington (UPI) Jun 8, 2017 The U.S. Air Force temporarily grounded all F-35 jets flying at an airbase in Arizona after pilots reported oxygen deprivation in five incidents. ... more |
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 Boeing to supply trainers to U.S. Navy for P-8A Poseidon 
Dozens of F-35 fighters grounded after oxygen problemWashington (AFP) June 12, 2017 The US Air Force has temporarily grounded dozens of F-35 stealth fighters while it investigates an oxygen supply issue aboard the expensive planes, officials said Monday. ... more 
Debris from Myanmar military plane found in seaYangon (AFP) June 7, 2017 Pieces of a Myanmar military plane which went missing with more than 100 soldiers and family members aboard were found in the Andaman Sea late Wednesday, a local official said. ... more  
IS chemical attacks down in Syria: reportLondon (AFP) June 13, 2017 The Islamic State group is launching fewer chemical weapons attacks in Syria as their Iraqi stronghold in Mosul, where the arms are made, comes under pressure, according to a report out Tuesday. ... more  
Trump lets Pentagon set Afghanistan troop levels: US officialWashington (AFP) June 14, 2017 President Donald Trump has granted the Pentagon authority to set troop levels in Afghanistan, a US official said Tuesday, a move that could lead to the deployment of thousands more soldiers. ... more |
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  Seoul (AFP) June 13, 2017 
South Korea said Tuesday a drone believed sent from North Korea had been spying on a US missile defence system before it crashed.
The remains of the small drone, which was equipped with a camera, were retrieved by the South's military last week from a hillside where it had crash-landed close to the heavily-fortified inter-Korean border.
The military analysed the contents of the camera's ... more Seoul (AFP) June 9, 2017Seoul trapped between a rock and a THAAD place; NK tests cruise missile Seoul (AFP) June 7, 2017S. Korea to freeze new THAAD deployment pending probe  Saint Petersburg (AFP) June 3, 2017Russia nears deal to sell air-defence system to Turkey |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 7, 2017 
MdCN naval cruise missiles have entered service on French Navy FREMM frigates, providing them with a deep strike capability.
The missiles from MBDA entered service without fanfare in February, noted Mer et Marine, and are carried by the frigates Aquitaine and Provence.
The FREMM frigate Languedoc, slated to be commissioned soon into service, will also be equipped with the missile ... more Washington (UPI) Jun 12, 2017BAE awarded contract for laser-guided rocket system  Washington DC (UPI) Jun 2, 2017Lockheed awarded contract for extended range air-to-surface missiles  Washington (UPI) May 31, 2017Raytheon contracted for testing of joint standoff weapon |
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 Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jun 08, 2017 
The intriguing X-37B robot spaceplane just can't stay grounded. Barely months after landing from a mission lasting more than two years, the next X-37B will blast off in August 2017. That's a quick turnaround, but it seems probable that the next spaceplane to fly won't be the same one that recently landed. The US Air Force, owners of the semi-secret spacecraft, has two vehicles, both with long mi ... more Washington (AFP) June 13, 2017Drones could save lives with rapid heart attack response Washington (AFP) June 8, 2017Pro-Syria regime drone shot down after it fires on coalition Washington (UPI) Jun 5, 2017DARPA, BAE partner on multirole unmanned aerial systems |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 13, 2017  Harris Corp. RF Communications was awarded a $255 million maximum-ceiling contract for the Special Operations Forces Tactical Communications Next Generation Manpack, or STC NGMP, radio, the Department of Defense announced on Monday.
The contract is in support of the Special Operations Commands Capital Equipment Replacement Program, which includes replacing legacy models of man portable ... more Munich, Germany (SPX) Jun 08, 2017Airbus provides German troops with support communications at 15 sites worldwide  Singapore (SPX) May 30, 2017Airbus further extends channel partner program for military satellite communications in Asia  Washington (UPI) May 17, 2017Radio communications have surprising influence on Earth's near-space environment |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 6, 2017 
BAE Systems is helping intelligence analysts identify intelligence threats through the use of motion sensors integrated into its Geospatial eXploitation Products line of software.
The capabilities added include complex multi-tracking analytics, movement interpretation, and activity from video, radar, and other types of motion sensors that enable the tracking of people and vehicles, BAE ... more Washington (UPI) May 30, 2017European country orders Elbit ground intel systems  Washington (UPI) May 23, 2017Boeing awarded $1B contract for Redesigned Kill Vehicle  Washington (UPI) May 25, 2017Orbital ATK supplying Army with .50-caliber ammunition |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 12, 2017 
Dassault Aviation and Indian partner Reliance Defense & Aerospace plan to break ground next month on a joint venture facility for Rafale jet fighter components.
The investment of Dassault-Reliance Aerospace Limited is part of Dassault's obligations on Make in India commitments under the Rafale fighter jet deal.
The overall deal, worth $8.8 billion, was reached last September for ... moreWashington (UPI) Jun 13, 2017Ukraine touts defense industry to potential customers  Washington (AFP) June 5, 2017US approves $1.4 bn slice of massive Saudi arms deal  New Delhi (AFP) May 24, 2017India approves new defence policy to boost local companies |
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 Washington (AFP) June 9, 2017  US President Donald Trump said Friday that the United States remained committed to NATO's mutual defense pledge, after he failed to endorse it in a speech in Brussels last month.
Amid worries by Washington's European partners that the US leader had not fully bought into the Atlantic alliance, Trump told reporters: "I'm committing the United States to Article Five. Certainly we are there to p ... more Washington (AFP) June 9, 2017Pentagon praises 'very helpful' Russia in southern Syria  Astana, Kazakhstan (AFP) June 9, 2017India, Pakistan join China and Russia-led security bloc  Prague (AFP) June 9, 2017Juncker says Europe can no longer 'outsource' protection |
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 Ulsan, South Korea (SPX) Jun 12, 2017 
A recent study, affiliated with UNIST has engineered a new type of carbon nanomaterials, capable of changing shapes and colors depending on the type of solvents used. Such materials have attracted much attention owing to their unique optical properties and structures.
In the study, the joint research team, led by Professor Byung Soo kim and Professor Oh Hoon Kwon has presented a unique des ... more New York NY (SPX) Jun 08, 2017Sensing the nanoscale with visible light, and the fundamentals of disordered waves  Saint Petersburg, Russia (SPX) Jun 05, 2017Nanosized silicon heater and thermometer combined to fight cancer  Munich, Germany (SPX) May 30, 2017Ultrafast nanophotonics: Turmoil in sluggish electrons' existence |
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 Mosul, Iraq (AFP) June 13, 2017 
The bullets of jihadists rain down outside the Mosul kindergarten, where dozens of terrified Iraqi civilians are sheltering from fighting in their northern city.
Confused, scared and exhausted, the civilians - mostly women, including one in a wheelchair - huddle in the pre-school after Iraqi forces brought them in for protection.
The sounds of sniper fire, air strikes, and shelling ech ... more Khazir, Iraq (AFP) June 11, 2017Tired, traumatised Mosul mothers unable to breastfeed  Khazir, Iraq (AFP) June 12, 2017Down to the river for youths from Iraq's embattled Mosul  Mosul, Iraq (AFP) June 9, 2017Iraq on cusp of Mosul victory three years after major defeat |
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 Seoul (AFP) June 8, 2017 
North Korea launched a volley of surface-to-ship cruise missiles off its east coast Thursday, Seoul's defence ministry said, the latest in an accelerating series of tests defying global pressure to rein in its weapons program.
The launches come less than a week after the United Nations expanded sanctions against Pyongyang in response to recent ballistic missile tests.
"North Korea fired ... more Washington (AFP) June 13, 2017Mattis warns N. Korea is 'most urgent' threat to peace Washington (AFP) June 13, 2017Trump to host S.Korea's Moon for N.Korea talks  Seoul (AFP) June 9, 2017N. Korea coal export sinks to zero after China import ban: UN data |
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 Beijing (AFP) June 14, 2017  The China-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank expects to more than double its lending power for regional projects over the next five years, a top executive said, denying it was an arm of the Communist Party.
The brainchild of Chinese President Xi Jinping, the multilateral financial institution was launched in January 2016 to counter Western dominance of the World Bank and the Interna ... more Frankfurt Am Main (AFP) June 13, 2017ECB swaps some dollar reserves for renminbi  Sydney (AFP) June 13, 2017Crown staff charged in China gambling crackdown  Beijing (AFP) June 14, 2017China factory output rises in May but officials guarded |
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 Baghdad (AFP) June 13, 2017 
A mass food poisoning at a camp for displaced Iraqi civilians outside Mosul has left hundreds of people requiring urgent treatment, the UN and Iraqi officials said Tuesday.
Health ministry spokesman Seif al-Badr had told AFP that there were 752 cases of food poisoning and two deaths, a woman and child, at the Hasansham camp.
And UN migration agency spokesman Joel Millman had confirmed th ... more Marawi, Philippines (AFP) June 9, 2017Philippine war refugees facing deadly health risks  Ruskie Piaski, Pologne (AFP) June 12, 2017Flower power: gardening as therapy in Poland  Khazir, Iraq (AFP) June 8, 2017Scorpions the new threat for displaced Mosul civilians |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jun 14, 2017 
Seeds from an over 5,000-year-old cypress in northwest China's Shaanxi Province have sprouted after being taken into space by Chinese astronauts last year.
Twenty-eight seeds had sprouted by the end of May, Zhao Xia, from the rare tree germ plasm resources group, said Monday.
The seedlings are now between three to five cm tall, according to Zhao.
The over 20-meter-tall cypress ... more Beijing (XNA) Jun 08, 2017Reusable craft are in CASIC's plans Moscow (Sputnik) Jun 13, 2017What China's space ambitions have to do with politics  Beijing (XNA) Jun 12, 2017Moon or Mars - humanity's next stop |
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 Taipei (AFP) June 12, 2017  Lawmakers in Taiwan launched a new group to help promote democracy in Hong Kong on Monday, a move likely to rile Beijing ahead of the 20th anniversary of the handover of the city from Britain back to China.
Taiwan and Hong Kong are thorns in Beijing's side - both saw huge anti-China protests in 2014, known respectively as the Sunflower Movement and Umbrella Movement.
Ties with self-ruli ... more Hong Kong (AFP) June 14, 2017Hong Kong tycoon and ex-deputy leader lose graft appeal  Shanghai (AFP) June 11, 2017China web users take aim at property clampdown  Hong Kong (AFP) June 9, 2017Hong Kong wealth gap hits 46-year high |
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 Beijing (AFP) June 12, 2017 
China supports the Philippine government's "anti-terrorism" operations against Islamist militants, the Chinese foreign ministry said Monday after US special forces provided support to Filipino troops.
The US embassy in Manila said Saturday that special forces were assisting the Philippine military with ongoing operations in the southern city of Marawi, which insurgents overran on May 23.
... moreLondon (AFP) June 13, 2017IS chemical attacks down in Syria: report Washington (AFP) June 11, 2017US forces conduct strike against Somalia's Al-Shabaab: Pentagon  Washington DC (SPX) Jun 14, 2017New fabric coating could thwart chemical weapons, save lives |
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 Washington (AFP) April 8, 2017  A sci-fi staple for decades, laser weapons are finally becoming reality in the US military, albeit with capabilities a little less dramatic than at the movies.
Lightsabers - the favored weapon of the Jedi in "Star Wars" films - will remain in the fictional realm for now, but after decades of development, laser weapons are now here and are being deployed on military vehicles and planes.
... more Washington (UPI) Apr 3, 2017Researchers create Star Wars 'superlaser' in the lab  Washington (UPI) Mar 23, 2017German scientists focus radiation of 10,000 suns with new light array  Washington (UPI) Mar 23, 2017Scientists find out where laser energy goes when a beam is fired into plasma |
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