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  Washington (AFP) July 11, 2017 The US military has conducted a successful test of a missile intercept system, officials said Tuesday, as tensions soar following North Korea's test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile that could potentially reach Alaska. The test of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system saw a ballistic missile target air-launched from an Air Force C-17 over the Pacific Ocean north of Hawaii. "A THAAD weapon system located at (Pacific Spaceport Complex Alaska) in Kodiak, Alaska, det ... read more |
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Lockheed Martin receives contract for Australian AEGIS systemsWashington (UPI) Jul 11, 2017 Lockheed Martin Systems and Training will provide lifetime software maintenance for the AEGIS systems in the Royal Austrailian Navy's Hobart-class destroyers, the Department of Defense announced on Tuesday. ... more 
US set to approve $4bn Patriot missile sale to RomaniaWashington (AFP) July 11, 2017 The US State Department said Tuesday it is ready to approve the sale of Patriot air defense systems to Romania, a $3.9 billion deal likely to infuriate Russia. ... more 
San Diego 'likely' in range of N.Korea ICBM in 2 years: US monitorSeoul (AFP) July 11, 2017 North Korea's intercontinental ballistic missile is "likely" to be able to deliver a 500 kilogram warhead to San Diego within two years, a US monitoring group said Tuesday, after its launch sparked global alarm last week. ... more  
Northrop Grumman receives Australian satellite ground station contractWashington (UPI) Jul 11, 2017 Northrop Grumman has received a $170 million contract from the Australian Defense Force for a ground station for it's military satellite communications program, the company announced on Monday. ... more |
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US deploys Patriots in Lithuania for NATO war gamesVilnius (AFP) July 11, 2017 The United States deployed a battery of Patriot ground-to-air missiles in Lithuania on Tuesday as part of multinational NATO exercises in the the Baltic country, its defence ministry announced. ... more  
Why you might trust a quantum computer with secretsSingapore (SPX) Jul 13, 2017 Here's the scenario: you have sensitive data and a problem that only a quantum computer can solve. You have no quantum devices yourself. You could buy time on a quantum computer, but you don't want ... more  
China ships troops to its first overseas base in AfricaBeijing (AFP) July 12, 2017 China has deployed troops to its first overseas naval base in Djibouti, a major step forward for the country's expansion of its military presence abroad. ... more 
Donald Trump, an unpredictable American in ParisParis (AFP) July 11, 2017 Six weeks after welcoming Russia's Vladimir Putin to France at the Palace of Versailles, new French President Emmanuel Macron will use history and his country's grandeur to try to charm Donald Trump on Thursday. ... more 
U.S. Navy ships to participate in Black Sea exercisesWashington (UPI) Jul 10, 2017 Two guided-missile ships have arrived at the Ukrainian port city of Odessa July 10 to participate in the Sea Breeze 2017 maritime exercises, the U.S. Navy announced on Monday. ... more  
Explotrain develops drone-simulated IED training systemWashington (UPI) Jul 11, 2017 A functional drone, together with a simulated IED device, has been developed by Explotrain LLC, a Florida-based small business for the training of troops. ... more |
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Aerojet Rocketdyne tests Advanced Electric Propulsion SystemSacramento CA (SPX) Jul 10, 2017 Aerojet Rocketdyne has successfully conducted a series of hot-fire tests on a Power Processing Unit (PPU) for an Advanced Electric Propulsion System (AEPS) designed to advance the nation's commercia ... more  
US troops inside Raqa, IS Syria stronghold: officialWashington (AFP) July 12, 2017 United States military advisers are operating inside the city of Raqa, the Islamic State group's last major bastion in Syria, a US official said Wednesday. ... more  
US eyes continued presence in Iraq after IS: generalWashington (AFP) July 11, 2017 The United States and several coalition countries want to maintain a military footprint in Iraq after the eventual defeat of the Islamic State group, a top US general said Tuesday. ... more 
Mosul's once-thriving Old City now a grey wastelandMosul, Iraq (AFP) July 11, 2017 Once the beating heart of Iraq's second-largest metropolis, the Old City of Mosul is now a broken wreck, its winding streets piled high with rubble and hardly a building spared from destruction. ... more |
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  Vilnius (AFP) July 11, 2017 
The United States deployed a battery of Patriot ground-to-air missiles in Lithuania on Tuesday as part of multinational NATO exercises in the the Baltic country, its defence ministry announced.
The deployment "reflects the firm engagement of the United States to ensure Lithuania's security and its readiness to send strategic capability to the region," a ministry statement said.
The missi ... moreSeoul (AFP) July 11, 2017San Diego 'likely' in range of N.Korea ICBM in 2 years: US monitor  Washington (AFP) July 11, 2017US conducts successful missile intercept test amid NKorea tensions Washington (UPI) Jul 11, 2017Lockheed Martin receives contract for Australian AEGIS systems |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 5, 2017  MBDA has completed its first test of the Anglo-French Sea Venom/ANL at a firing range in France, the weapons manufacturer has announced.
The missile, which will replace the British-developed Sea Skua and the French-developed AS15TT missiles on helicopters, was tested late last month using a Dauphin test bed helicopter from DGA, the French defense procurement agency.
Britain will ... more (UPI) Jul 7, 2017Poland in talks with Lockheed for inidigenous HIMARS rocket system Washington (AFP) July 7, 2017US to test anti-missile system amid N Korea tensions  Washington (UPI) Jul 6, 2017Lockheed Martin receives $73.8 million long-range precision fires contract |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 11, 2017 
A functional drone, together with a simulated IED device, has been developed by Explotrain LLC, a Florida-based small business for the training of troops.
ExploDrone features a reusable drone carrying lightweight pneumatic-based Explosive Blast Simulators used in the Kamikaze-like crash of the drone into a target area.
The system also uses smaller drones that carry simulations of ... more Washington (UPI) Jun 30, 2017New Reaper drone variant performs first combat mission  Washington DC (SPX) Jun 29, 2017Smart Quadcopters Find their Way without Human Help or GPS  Washington DC (UPI) Jun 24, 2017Rafael unveils Drone Dome anti-drone system |
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 McLean, VA (SPX) Jul 07, 2017 
No military operation is as remote as a single destroyer operating on the open ocean, hundreds if not thousands of miles from the nearest port. Forty years ago, a U.S. Navy ship crossing the Pacific communicated by teletype machine using radio signals. Now satellite connections have forever changed life aboard that ship.
Today, ship captains participate in video conferences with commanders ... moreWashington (UPI) Jul 11, 2017Northrop Grumman receives Australian satellite ground station contract  Washington (UPI) Jul 5, 2017DISA extends Comtech satellite services to Marines  Washington (UPI) Jun 13, 2017Harris Corp. awarded Special Forces radio contract |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 3, 2017 
Belgium's Council of Ministers have approved a request by Minister of Defense Steven Vandeput to acquire 199 Light Troop Transport Vehicles.
The purchase, approved on Friday, was part of an urgent renewal of vehicles operated by the country's Special Operations Forces and obtained in the early 1990s.
The Ministry of Defense said special operation forces act with speed, autonomy a ... more Washington (UPI) Jul 10, 2017OSI acquires Morpho explosive trace detection business  Washington (AFP) July 10, 2017Mosul victory marks win for Pentagon training plan  Washington (UPI) Jul 10, 2017Bahrain signs contract with Lockheed for sniper targeting pods |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 30, 2017 
Britain's Kelvin Hughes, a maker of radar sensors, security and navigation products, is being acquired by Hensoldt, an Airbus spinoff company.
ECI Partners, parent company of Kelvin Hughes, said completion of the transaction remains subject to regulatory clearances.
"Following the buyout from Smiths Group, ECI has been a consistent and supportive partner as we have consolidated o ... more Washington (UPI) Jun 29, 2017Defense spending by European NATO countries to rise in 2017  Washington (UPI) Jun 27, 2017House Appropriations defense subcommittee bill could mean more ships, planes  Riyadh (AFP) June 19, 2017Weapons found after shots fired in oil field: Saudi |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 10, 2017 
Two guided-missile ships have arrived at the Ukrainian port city of Odessa July 10 to participate in the Sea Breeze 2017 maritime exercises, the U.S. Navy announced on Monday.
The Ticonderoga-class cruiser USS Hue City and the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Carney will play active roles in the exercises, which involve air, naval and land forces from 17 nations.
Sea Breeze 2017 ... more Kiev (AFP) July 10, 2017NATO vows support for Ukraine against Russia's 'aggressive actions'  Beijing (AFP) July 7, 2017US warplanes fly over disputed South China Sea Beijing (AFP) July 12, 2017China ships troops to its first overseas base in Africa |
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 Pasadena CA (SPX) Jul 03, 2017 
Engineers at Caltech have for the first time developed a light detector that combines two disparate technologies - nanophotonics, which manipulates light at the nanoscale, and thermoelectrics, which translates temperature differences directly into electron voltage - to distinguish different wavelengths (colors) of light, including both visible and infrared wavelengths, at high resolution.
... more Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Jun 16, 2017Chemists perform surgery on nanoparticles  Lund, Sweden (SPX) Jun 20, 2017Silver atom nanoclusters could become efficient biosensors  Chicago IL (SPX) Jun 16, 2017Superconducting nanowire memory cell, miniaturized technology |
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 Washington (AFP) July 11, 2017 
The United States and several coalition countries want to maintain a military footprint in Iraq after the eventual defeat of the Islamic State group, a top US general said Tuesday.
Lieutenant General Stephen Townsend said the Iraqi government had expressed an interest in having US and coalition troops stay in the country.
"Our government is equally interested in that, as are several coa ... moreMosul, Iraq (AFP) July 11, 2017Mosul's once-thriving Old City now a grey wasteland  Mosul, Iraq (AFP) July 11, 2017Iraqi PM hails victory over 'brutality and terrorism' in Mosul  Mosul, Iraq (AFP) July 10, 2017Iraqi forces push to clear last pockets of IS in Mosul |
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 Jerusalem (AFP) July 10, 2017 
Israeli nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu received Monday a suspended two-month prison sentence and community work after a Jerusalem court decided against imprisoning him for a misdemeanour from over four years ago.
The 62-year-old former nuclear technician was jailed in 1986 for disclosing the inner workings of Israel's Dimona nuclear plant to Britain's Sunday Times newspaper.
He s ... more United Nations, United States (AFP) July 7, 2017122 countries adopt global treaty banning nuclear weapons  Seoul (AFP) July 8, 2017US bombers drill near Korea DMZ in show of force  Washington (AFP) July 9, 2017US vows to press China to enforce NKorea sanctions |
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 Hamburg (AFP) July 8, 2017 
World leaders made concessions on trade and climate language to Donald Trump Saturday at the end of the most fractious and riot-hit G20 summit ever, in exchange for preserving a fragile unity of the club of major industrialised and emerging economies.
In a departure from final summit declarations that tend to outline consensus on issues that range from fighting terrorism to financial governa ... more Hong Kong (AFP) July 10, 2017China's COSCO in multi-billion buyout of Hong Kong rival  Shanghai (AFP) July 10, 2017China's Wanda agrees to mammoth asset sale to slash debt  Berlin (AFP) July 12, 2017Germany toughens rules on foreign buyouts in strategic sectors |
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 Beirut (AFP) July 8, 2017 
Syria's Raqa once thrived on the banks of the gushing Euphrates River, but dire shortages in the Islamic State group stronghold are forcing desperate civilians to risk their lives for water.
The northern city has been without steady running water for several weeks after damage to pipelines by heavy bombardment, including suspected strikes by the US-led coalition.
Civilians dehydrated by ... more Tallinn (AFP) July 6, 2017EU ministers pledge steps to tackle migrant flood  Washington (AFP) July 5, 2017Holiday weekend leaves more than 100 gunfire victims in Chicago  Tokyo (AFP) June 30, 2017Ex-bosses stand trial over 2011 Fukushima crisis in Japan |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jul 10, 2017 
China has a clear plan to provide sea launches for commercial payloads to be carried by Long March rockets, according to an aerospace official.
Tang Yagang, vice head of the aerospace division of the No.1 institute of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASTC), said that the technology is not difficult and a sea launch platform can be built based on modifying 10,000-ton ... more Beijing (Sputnik) Jul 07, 2017Chinese Rocket Fizzles Out, Puts Other Launches on Hold  Beijing (XNA) Jul 07, 2017Chinese satellite Zhongxing-9A enters preset orbit  Beijing (Sputnik) Jul 07, 2017Chinese Space Program: From Setback, to Manned Flights, to the Moon |
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 Beijing (AFP) July 10, 2017  China's cancer-stricken Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo is in a critical condition, his hospital said Monday, raising fears about his life after Western doctors said there was time to take him abroad.
The First Hospital of China Medical University in the northeastern city of Shenyang said Liu's tumour has grown, his liver is bleeding and he has kidney problems.
The hospital said in a statement ... more Beijing (AFP) July 7, 2017Chinese court jails author of Tiananmen report: lawyer  Sertar, China (AFP) July 6, 2017With demolitions, China squeezes Buddhist academy  Beijing (AFP) July 8, 2017Chinese Nobel laureate too sick to travel abroad: hospital |
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 Washington (AFP) July 12, 2017 
United States military advisers are operating inside the city of Raqa, the Islamic State group's last major bastion in Syria, a US official said Wednesday.
The troops, many of them special operations forces, are working in an "advise, assist and accompany" role to support local fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces as they battle IS, said Colonel Ryan Dillon, a military spokesman.
T ... more Beirut (AFP) July 11, 2017Baghdadi 'The Ghost': world jihad's low-profile boss Baghdad (AFP) July 9, 2017Baghdadi 'The Ghost': world jihad's low-profile boss Beirut (AFP) July 11, 2017IS chief reported dead after jihadists lose Mosul |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 26, 2017 
A high-energy laser system has been fired for the first time from a helicopter at a variety of targets from differing altitudes, air speeds and flight regimes.
Raytheon announced Monday it conducted the flight test at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico with the U.S. Army Apache Program Management Office in collaboration with the U.S. Special Operations Command.
All primary a ... more Washington (UPI) Jun 14, 2017Missile Defense Agency seeks laser-armed drone  Washington (AFP) April 8, 2017Laser weapons edge toward use in US military  Washington (UPI) Apr 3, 2017Researchers create Star Wars 'superlaser' in the lab |
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