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  Washington (AFP) Jan 17, 2018 The US military wants to overhaul its atomic arsenal and develop a new type of low-yield weapon that experts worry could lead to greater proliferation and heighten the risk of nuclear war. The proposed changes to the nuclear weapons program, outlined in a draft version of the Pentagon's Nuclear Posture Review, mark a significant break from the vision for America's nuclear future under Barack Obama, who during a famous speech in Prague in 2009 called for the elimination of nuclear weapons. Arguin ... read more |
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Nearly seven decades of tensions between the two KoreasSeoul (AFP) Jan 18, 2018 North and South Korea have agreed to march together under a single flag at the Winter Olympics opening ceremony, in the latest sign that the crisis on the peninsula may be easing. ... more 
UN chief defends Iran deal after Trump demands changesUnited Nations, United States (AFP) Jan 17, 2018 UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday warned that any bid to address concerns about Iran should not jeopardize the hard-won nuclear deal after US President Donald Trump demanded changes to the accord. ... more  
Alabama's PeopleTec awarded $33M for missile defenseWashington (UPI) Jan 17, 2018 Engineering and cybersecurity firm PeopleTec Inc. has been awarded a $33 million contract by the U.S. Missile Defense Agency for engineering and support of the agency's international programs. ... more 
Trump says Russia undermining N.Korea sanctionsWashington (AFP) Jan 17, 2018 US President Donald Trump on Wednesday accused Russia of undermining international sanctions against North Korea and weakening efforts to curb Kim Jong-Un's nuclear weapons program. ... more |
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Greek, Turkish patrol ships collide near disputed isletsAthens (AFP) Jan 17, 2018 A Greek gunboat on Wednesday collided with a Turkish patrol boat near a disputed islet group in the Aegean, the Greek navy said. ... more  
UNIST provides new insights into underwater adhesivesUlsan, South Korea (SPX) Jan 17, 2018 A Korean research team, affiliated with UNIST has presented a new type of underwater adhesives that are tougher than the natural biological glues that mussels normally use to adhere to rocks, ships, ... more  
US electronics innovation leaps forward via joint university microelectronics programWashington DC (SPX) Jan 18, 2018 DARPA is all about developing advanced technologies that could underpin decisive national security capabilities in the years to come. A typical sequence that leads to new technology starts with fund ... more  
Israel says India to restart talks on missile salesJerusalem (AFP) Jan 17, 2018 India is to restart talks with Israel over a cancelled deal to buy anti-tank missiles, the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday. ... more  
IS poses threat to Iraq one month after 'liberation'Mosul, Iraq (AFP) Jan 18, 2018 Barely a month after Baghdad declared victory over the Islamic State group, the jihadists could still recapture areas of Iraq, especially near the border with Syria, experts and officials say. ... more  
Facebook, Twitter, YouTube pressed over terror contentWashington (AFP) Jan 17, 2018 Terrorists and hate groups continue to get their propaganda onto social media platforms despite efforts by Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube to shut them down, a US Senate panel heard Wednesday. ... more  
Rolls-Royce deepens restructuring, may sell marine unitLondon (AFP) Jan 17, 2018 Rolls-Royce, the British maker of engines, announced further restructuring Wednesday that could result in the sale of its commercial marine business. ... more |
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GomSpace signs deal for low-inclination launch on Virgin's LauncherOneCopenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Jan 17, 2018 GomSpace has purchased a launch for several nanosatellites onboard a LauncherOne rocket from the California based company Virgin Orbit. The flight, which is bound for a low-inclination orbit, is sch ... more  
Space Traffic ManagementBethesda, MD (SPX) Jan 17, 2018 Those familiar with air traffic management architectures understand the constraints of aircraft flying in the atmosphere, vehicle dynamics and command and control techniques. Unfortunately, space tr ... more  
Former CIA agent's arrest follows US spying debacle in ChinaWashington (AFP) Jan 18, 2018 The third arrest in one year of a US official suspected of helping Chinese spies has bared the tense battle between the two superpowers' intelligence agencies. ... more |
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General Dynamics awarded $33M contract for USS Nimitz upgradeWashington (UPI) Jan 17, 2018 The U.S. Navy has announced a $33 million modification contract with General Dynamics's shipbuilding division for improvements to the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz. ... more 
British submarine HMS Audacious completes first diveWashington (UPI) Jan 17, 2018 The HMS Audacious, Britain's latest nuclear-powered submarine, has successfully completed its first dive, reports shipbuilder BAE Systems. ... more 
US Navy commanders face negligent homicide charges over collisionsWashington (AFP) Jan 17, 2018 The commanders of two US Navy ships involved in collisions that left 17 sailors dead face charges including negligent homicide and dereliction of duty, the Navy said on Tuesday. ... more  
Warnings of fallout after US freezes funding for Palestinian refugeesRamallah, Palestinian Territories (AFP) Jan 17, 2018 The UN agency for Palestinian refugees warned Wednesday it faced its worst funding crisis ever after the White House froze tens of millions of dollars in contributions, a move Palestinian leaders decried as cruel and blatantly biased. ... more 
China's aircraft carrier sails by Taiwan as tensions growTaipei (AFP) Jan 17, 2018 China's sole operational aircraft carrier passed through the Taiwan Strait Wednesday, the island's defence ministry said, as Beijing steps up pressure on its democratic rival. ... more 
Grazing dangerously: The Romanian sheep nibbling away at US securityStoenesti, Romania (AFP) Jan 16, 2018 One of the most important strategic sites in Europe for the US military has come under threat from a rather unexpected enemy: a flock of sheep. ... more 
Saudi Arabia intercepts new Yemen rebel missile attackRiyadh (AFP) Jan 17, 2018 Saudi Arabia said Wednesday it had intercepted a fresh missile attack by Yemeni rebels on the south of the kingdom and renewed its accusations that arch-foe Iran had armed them. ... more |
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'Serious' US training for eventual N.Korea conflict: congressmanWashington (AFP) Jan 16, 2018 The US military is conducting "very serious" training for a possible conflict with North Korea, a top Republican lawmaker said Tuesday, though he said he hoped such preparations would never be put to use. ... more 
US and allies commit to ending North Korea sanctions bustingVancouver (AFP) Jan 17, 2018 The United States and its allies on Tuesday vowed tougher measures to halt North Korean sanctions busting, including naval security operations to prevent maritime smuggling. ... more 
China says North Korea talks in Vancouver 'not legal'Beijing (AFP) Jan 16, 2018 China on Tuesday dismissed an international meeting on the North Korean nuclear crisis hosted by Canada and the United States as illegitimate, as major players like Beijing were not present. ... more |
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European Union leaders love-bombed Britain on Tuesday, holding the door open for it to change its mind about ending its four-decade membership of the bloc next year.
The comments by EU President Donald Tusk, European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker and others weighed into a debate in Britain about holding a second Brexit referendum.
Leading Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage surprisingly push ... more |
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 Houston TX (SPX) Jan 15, 2018  The terms "handmade" and "high tech" are not commonly found in the same sentence, but they both apply to a Rice University method to quickly produce fibers from carbon nanotubes. The method developed by the Rice lab of chemist Matteo Pasquali allows researchers to make short lengths of strong, conductive fibers from small samples of bulk nanotubes in about an hour.
The work complements Pas ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) Jan 15, 2018 
Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi called Monday for the elimination of jihadist "sleeper cells" after a twin suicide bombing killed 31 people in Baghdad in the second such attack in three days.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but most such attacks in Iraq are the work of the Islamic State jihadist group.
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 Beijing (AFP) Jan 16, 2018  China on Tuesday dismissed an international meeting on the North Korean nuclear crisis hosted by Canada and the United States as illegitimate, as major players like Beijing were not present.
The absence of Russia and China from the two days of talks in Vancouver, which began on Monday, shows the holes in Washington's bid to form a unified global front against North Korea's nuclear threat. ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Jan 08, 2018 
China is poised to begin a comprehensive lunar exploration program which is expected to kick off with the launch of the Long March 5 rocket in June. Professor Heino Falcke, an astrophysicist at Radboud University in the Netherlands, explained during an interview with Radio Sputnik why this mission is so important.
Radio Sputnik: Please tell us about your radio telescope, which you are plan ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Jan 13, 2018  Authorities in northern China have demolished a Christian megachurch in a move denounced by a religious rights group as "Taliban-style persecution".
China's officially atheist Communist authorities are wary of any organised movements outside their control, including religious ones.
The huge evangelical Jindengtai ("Golden Lampstand") Church, painted grey and surmounted by turrets and a l ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Jan 17, 2018 
Terrorists and hate groups continue to get their propaganda onto social media platforms despite efforts by Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube to shut them down, a US Senate panel heard Wednesday.
Islamic State, Al Qaeda, and others have stepped up their use of bots and other methods to fight the artificial intelligence and algorithms the social media giants deploy to screen them out.
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 Bothell WA (SPX) Nov 07, 2017 
The US Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) has awarded Lockheed Martin $26.3 million for the design, development and production of a high power fiber laser. AFRL plans to test the laser on a tactical fighter jet by 2021.
The contract is part of AFRL's Self-protect High Energy Laser Demonstrator (SHiELD) program, and is a major step forward in the maturation of protective airborne laser systems. ... more |
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