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  Washington (UPI) Oct 23, 2017 U.S. Forces in Korea have officially completed the setup of a THAAD missile battery in South Korea to a South Korean Army air defense brigade. The transfer of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense site in Seongju was made last week, the Yonhap News Agency reported on Sunday. THAAD is an anti-missile system designed to destroy incoming ballistic missiles in their reentry stage. The THAAD interceptor does so through kinetic energy. The THAAD battery, with missile launchers, comman ... read more |
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Raytheon's SM-3 intercepts medium-range target during NATO exerciseWashington (UPI) Oct 23, 2017 During a NATO-led international ballistic missile defense exercise last week a Raytheon-built Standard Missile-3 intercepted a medium-range missile target off the coast of Scotland, the defense contracting company announced. ... more  
Iraq PM challenges Tillerson on Iran remarksBaghdad (AFP) Oct 23, 2017 Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi met top US diplomat Rex Tillerson in Baghdad on Monday, challenging the secretary of state over his comments on Iranian militias in Iraq. ... more 
Abe aims at N. Korea after storming to 'super-majority' vote winTokyo (AFP) Oct 23, 2017 Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged Monday to work with the US, China and Russia to contain North Korea's nuclear threat with "strong, resolute diplomacy", as he "humbly" accepted his landslide victory in a snap election. ... more  
Boeing invests in autonomous flight technology companyWashington (UPI) Oct 20, 2017 Boeing has invested in Near Earth Autonomy, a company developing a portfolio of technologies for reliable automatic flight. ... more |
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Italy to receive additional AGM-88E guided missilesWashington (UPI) Oct 18, 2017 The U.S. Navy announced an award modification worth more than $18.2 million to convert high-speed, anti-radiation missiles into advanced medium-range air-to-ground guided missiles with counter-enemy shutdown capability for the Italian government. ... more 
GA-ASI in cooperative agreements with South Korean entitiesWashington (UPI) Oct 19, 2017 General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc has signed agreements for collaboration with South Korean entities for remotely piloted vehicles. ... more  
Space will see Communist loyalty: Chinese astronautBeijing (XNA) Oct 23, 2017 Jing Haipeng, the first Chinese astronaut to go into space three times, has voiced his desire to go into space again as a further demonstration of his loyalty to the Communist Party of China (CPC). ... more  
It's a success! Blue Origin conducts first hot-fire test of BE-4 engineWashington DC (Sputnik) Oct 23, 2017 Billionaire Jeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin has fired up the most powerful new US rocket engine in decades, BE-4. The engine can be used in multiple rockets, including United Launch Alliance's ... more  
Self-taught, 'superhuman' AI now even smarter: makersParis (AFP) Oct 18, 2017 The computer that stunned humanity by beating the best mortal players at a strategy board game requiring "intuition" has become even smarter, its makers said Wednesday. ... more  
Marines test system to 3D-print spare parts in the fieldWashington (UPI) Oct 16, 2017 A U.S. Marine Corps infantry battalion has become the first unit in the Corps to possess a 3D printer, using it to printing various pieces of equipment. ... more |
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UN urges Sri Lanka to start investigating war crimesColombo (AFP) Oct 23, 2017 A United Nations expert warned Monday that Sri Lanka must speed up its own long-stalled investigation into war crimes by troops or risk action by the international community. ... more 
Deadliest ever bombing highlights Somalia's weaknessNairobi (AFP) Oct 22, 2017 Last weekend's truck bombing in Mogadishu killed at least 358 people, making it the deadliest in Somalia's history, an attack that analysts say underscores the fragility of the internationally-backed government. ... more  
Iraq's Barzani isolated by his drive for Kurdish independenceBaghdad (AFP) Oct 23, 2017 Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani, the driving force behind last month's independence vote, finds himself isolated at home and abroad weeks after he scored a major victory with a resounding "yes" at the polls. ... more 
A catalogue of IS massacresBeirut (AFP) Oct 23, 2017 The execution-style killing of at least 116 civilians by the Islamic State group in central Syria, according to a monitor Monday, is the latest in a list of such massacres. ... more |
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  Washington (UPI) Oct 20, 2017 
Lockheed Martin will develop lower-tier air and missile defense sensor prototypes under a Department of Defense contract.
The award is from the Department's Ordnance Technology Consortium, an initiative to facilitate collaboration between the government, industry and academia for technology development. Lockheed Martin did not disclose the contract's value in a release Thursday.
... more Syracuse NY (SPX) Oct 23, 2017Lockheed Martin missile defense sensor technology receives prototyping contract  Washington (UPI) Oct 23, 2017South Korea takes control of THAAD missile defense system Washington (UPI) Oct 23, 2017Raytheon's SM-3 intercepts medium-range target during NATO exercise |
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 Tokyo (AFP) Oct 19, 2017 
"Cover your head". That's the advice offered in a manga comic published by local authorities in Japan describing what to do in the event of a North Korean missile strike.
Officials on the northern island of Hokkaido, which has already had two missiles from North Korea fired over it, published the manga survival guide titled "In case a missile flies over" earlier this month.
The four-page ... moreWashington (UPI) Oct 18, 2017Italy to receive additional AGM-88E guided missiles  Washington (UPI) Oct 11, 2017State Department approves sale of AMRAAM missiles to Netherlands  Washington (UPI) Oct 11, 2017Lockheed Martin test of ATACMS missile system successful |
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 20, 2017 
Boeing has invested in Near Earth Autonomy, a company developing a portfolio of technologies for reliable automatic flight.
The U.S. airline manufacturing giant and the Pittsburgh-based company also teamed to look into business opportunities in emerging markets, Boeing said in a news release Thursday.
"This partnership will accelerate technology solutions that we feel will be key ... moreWashington (UPI) Oct 19, 2017GA-ASI in cooperative agreements with South Korean entities  Jacksonville FL (SPX) Oct 19, 2017Drone Aviation awarded contract for Enhanced WASP Tactical Aerostat from US Defense Dept  Peshawar, Pakistan (AFP) Oct 17, 2017Death toll from US drone strike in Pakistan rises to 26: officials |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Oct 23, 2017 
An interdisciplinary team of scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) has uncovered a direct link between sample quality and the degree of valley polarization in monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs). In contrast with graphene, many monolayer TMDs are semiconductors and show promise for future applications in electronic and optoelectronic technologies.
In this sen ... more Washington (UPI) Jul 21, 201782nd Airborne tests in-flight communication system for paratroopers  Washington (UPI) Oct 16, 2017Harris supplying tactical radios to Navy, Marines  Luxembourg (SPX) Oct 10, 2017SES GS to Provide More MEO-enabled SATCOM Solutions for U.S. Government |
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 20, 2017 
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., receives over $13 million in a new modification production contract for further development of the M7 Spider Increment 1 anti-personnel munition system.
In a new award low-rate initial production contract announced Thursday by Pentagon officials, Northrop Grumman is slated to produce the M7 Spider Increment 1, a hand-emplaced, remote controlled, Man-in-th ... more Washington (UPI) Oct 20, 2017Textron awarded $332.9M contract for mobile strike force vehicles  Washington (UPI) Oct 20, 2017Kentucky business awarded Army deal for medium tactical vehicle transmissions  Washington (UPI) Oct 20, 2017Army spotlights newest M1A2 Abrams variant |
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 13, 2017 
In a rare occurrence amid the polarized Congressional body, a bill aimed at strengthening protection for government whistleblowers passed with overwhelming bipartisan support Thursday as retaliation cases continue to be problematic across the federal government.
Senate bill 585, the Dr. Chris Kirkpatrick Whistleblower Protection Act of 2017, which was introduced by Sen. Ron Johnson, R-W ... more London (AFP) Oct 10, 2017UK defence giant BAE Systems to axe almost 2,000 jobs  Washington (UPI) Oct 3, 2017Leonardo opens new site in Australia  Washington (UPI) Oct 4, 2017Australia to upgrade submarines, frigates |
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 Washington (AFP) Oct 19, 2017 
The United States vowed Wednesday to work with India in preference to China over the next century to promote a "free and open" Asia-Pacific region led by prosperous democracies.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson delivered his unexpectedly sharp message to Beijing on the same day President Xi Jinping opened the Communist Party congress.
His upbeat speech was designed to set the stage for a ... more New Delhi (AFP) Oct 20, 2017India welcomes Tillerson call for deeper ties to counter China  Washington (UPI) Oct 18, 2017Nominee for CIA inspector general grilled over retaliation claims  Beijing (AFP) Oct 18, 2017Xi declares 'new era' for China as party congress opens |
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 Houston TX (SPX) Oct 18, 2017 
To make continuous, strong and conductive carbon nanotube fibers, it's best to start with long nanotubes, according to scientists at Rice University.
The Rice lab of chemist and chemical engineer Matteo Pasquali, which demonstrated its pioneering method to spin carbon nanotube into fibers in 2013, has advanced the art of making nanotube-based materials with two new papers in the American C ... more Atlanta GA (SPX) Oct 09, 2017Paper-based supercapacitor uses metal nanoparticles to boost energy density  Houston TX (SPX) Oct 05, 2017Nanoscale islands dot light-driven catalyst  Washington DC (SPX) Oct 05, 2017Tungsten offers nano-interconnects a path of least resistance |
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 Baghdad (AFP) Oct 22, 2017  When Haider al-Abadi was tasked with forming a new Iraqi government in August 2014, just weeks after a lightning offensive by the Islamic State group, many believed he would fail.
Three years later, the stocky prime minister with a close-cut white beard has transformed what many in Iraq considered "mission impossible" into a success story.
He has rebuilt the crumbling armed forces, chase ... more Baghdad (AFP) Oct 15, 2017Nearly 700,000 Iraqis from war-torn Mosul still displaced: NGO  Hawija, Iraq (AFP) Oct 7, 2017Cinders and desolation in Iraq's Hawija after IS  Moscow (AFP) Oct 10, 2017Moscow says US 'pretending' to fight IS in Iraq |
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 Seoul (AFP) Oct 19, 2017  The constant missile and nuclear threats from South Korea's belligerent northern neighbour have racked regional tensions sky-high, but they are a boon for the country's burgeoning defence industry.
South Korea has been one of the world's largest importers of military equipment and technology for decades - mostly from the US - but in recent years its domestic sector has grown rapidly.
A ... moreTokyo (AFP) Oct 23, 2017Abe aims at N. Korea after storming to 'super-majority' vote win Baghdad (AFP) Oct 23, 2017Iraq PM challenges Tillerson on Iran remarks  Washington (AFP) Oct 19, 2017CIA chief: North Korea close to nuke that could hit US |
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 Beijing (AFP) Oct 19, 2017  China's economy slowed marginally in the third quarter but is well on course to beat the government's annual target, cementing President Xi Jinping's standing as he prepares to be handed a second term in power at a Communist Party conclave.
The world's number two economy expanded 6.8 percent in July-September, but while the figures released on Thursday were slightly down from the 6.9 percent ... more Paris (AFP) Oct 18, 2017Cognac craze in US, China prompts Hennessy expansion  Hong Kong (AFP) Oct 22, 2017Cashing out: The end of Hong Kong's historic trading floor  Laguna Beach, United States (AFP) Oct 17, 2017Hiring not part of Alibaba pledge to create US jobs |
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 San Juan (AFP) Oct 20, 2017 
As Puerto Rico grapples with the destruction wrought by Hurricane Maria, it boasts a pint-sized, in-your-face advocate in San Juan's mayor - a woman feisty enough to lock horns with President Donald Trump.
Meet Carmen Yulin Cruz, 54, who took on Trump angrily, emotionally and very publicly about what she called the slow pace of aid - or utter lack of it - arriving to the island of 3.4 mil ... more Zurich (AFP) Oct 20, 2017Insured losses from hurricanes, Mexico quakes $95 bln: Swiss Re estimate  Zurich (AFP) Oct 19, 2017Zurich Insurance sees $700 mln in hurricane claims in Q3  Mexico City (AFP) Oct 19, 2017Mexicans pick up the pieces one month after quake |
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 Beijing (XNA) Oct 23, 2017 
Jing Haipeng, the first Chinese astronaut to go into space three times, has voiced his desire to go into space again as a further demonstration of his loyalty to the Communist Party of China (CPC).
"I'm eager to go to space again, be a pioneer in the battle one more time," said the 51-year-old major general and delegate to the ongoing 19th National Congress of the CPC.
"Let the vastn ... more Beijing (XNA) Oct 02, 2017China launches three satellites  Beijing (XNA) Oct 02, 2017Mars probe to carry 13 types of payload on 2020 mission  Adelaide, Australia (XNA) Oct 03, 2017UN official commends China's role in space cooperation |
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 Shanghai (AFP) Oct 20, 2017  The Shanghai site of the first Chinese Communist congress 96 years ago might be expected to draw admiring crowds as the party gathers in Beijing for its 19th such meeting.
But despite a nationwide propaganda blitz for China's most important political gathering, only a few scattered elderly comprise the noon rush at what is now a small museum, and visitor Cai Tian thinks he knows why.
"Th ... more Beijing (AFP) Oct 20, 2017Echoes of Mao: China Communist Party fawns over 'Xi thought'  Beijing (AFP) Oct 22, 2017Xi's eyes and ears in Beijing: Red-armband army of 'volunteers' Beijing (AFP) Oct 23, 2017In Communist China, it's a man's world at the top |
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 Road To El Wahat El Bahariya , Egypt (AFP) Oct 21, 2017 
Sixteen Egyptian policemen were killed in a shootout with militants on the road between Cairo and the Bahariya oasis in the Western Desert, the interior ministry said Saturday, in a rare flare-up outside the Sinai Peninsula.
Funerals were held in several provinces for those killed, whose coffins were wrapped in Egyptian flags.
The official toll from the interior ministry was lower than a ... more Beirut (AFP) Oct 23, 2017'Israeli strikes' kill 10 IS-linked Syria fighters: monitor  Clark, Philippines (AFP) Oct 23, 2017Five-month battle with IS ends in Philippine city: defence chiefs  Washington (UPI) Oct 20, 2017Locals may have helped Islamic State ambush Green Berets in Niger |
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 Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Oct 09, 2017 
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency awarded Lockheed Martin a nine-month, $9.4 million contract to develop a Low Power Laser Demonstrator (LPLD) missile interceptor concept, the agency announced Oct. 5.
"Our Low Power Laser Demonstrator concept puts advanced beam control systems and a fiber laser on a high-performance, high-altitude platform to maximize risk reduction value over the demonstrat ... more White Sands Missile Range NM (SPX) Sep 21, 2017Upgraded Lockheed Martin Laser Outguns Threat in Half the Time Washington (UPI) Sep 20, 2017ATHENA laser testbed system successfully shoots down drones  Washington (UPI) Aug 24, 2017DOD to invest $17M on laser weapons research in New Mexico |
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