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  Washington (AFP) Jan 31, 2018 A test of a US missile interceptor failed in Hawaii on Wednesday, a defense official said, marking the second such unsuccessful attempt in less than a year. The test using the Aegis Ashore system occurred at the Pacific Missile Range Facility on the island of Kauai, Missile Defense Agency spokesman Mark Wright said in a statement. Wright said the test was of an SM-3 Block IIA missile, made by arms giant Raytheon and designed to intercept intermediate-range ballistic missiles. A defense offi ... read more |
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Lockheed Martin Miniature Hit-to-Kill Missile Demonstrates Increased Agility and AffordabilityWhite Sands Missile Range NM (SPX) Feb 01, 2018 Lockheed Martin's Miniature Hit-to-Kill (MHTK) missile successfully conducted a controlled flight test to demonstrate the interceptor's increased agility, and to validate the performance of its airf ... more  
ACTUV "Sea Hunter" Prototype Transitions to Office of Naval Research for Further DevelopmentWashington DC (SPX) Feb 01, 2018 DARPA has successfully completed its Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel (ACTUV) program and has officially transferred the technology demonstration vessel, christened Sea ... more 
Raytheon awarded $2.3B to support Patriot missile systemWashington (UPI) Jan 31, 2018 Raytheon has been awarded a contract for engineering services to support the Phased Array Tracking Radar Intercept on Target, or PATRIOT, system of systems. ... more  
Russia casts doubt over evidence of Iran missiles to YemenUnited Nations, United States (AFP) Jan 31, 2018 Russia on Wednesday dismissed evidence presented by the United States and UN experts that Iran had supplied missiles to Yemen's Huthi rebels as inconclusive, signaling it would oppose a bid to slap sanctions on Tehran. ... more |
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U.S., U.K. to upgrade ballistic missile guidance systemWashington (UPI) Jan 31, 2018 Charles Stark Draper Laboratory was awarded a contract for submarine-launched Trident nuclear missile guidance systems. ... more  
China urges Trump to drop 'Cold War mentality'Beijing (AFP) Jan 31, 2018 Beijing criticised the "outdated Cold War mentality" of the United States Wednesday after President Donald Trump named China among threats to American values in his State of the Union address. ... more 
America's premier space wing completes SBIRS baseline constellationBuckley AFB CO (SPX) Jan 31, 2018 "Nobody does what we do; other organizations and nations perform missile warning to some degree, but only the 460th Operations Group does so on a global scale every second of every single day," said ... more  
Airbus selected by ESA for EGNOS V3 programParis, France (SPX) Jan 30, 2018 Airbus has been selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) as the prime contractor to develop EGNOS V3, the next generation of the European Satellite Based Augmentation System (SBAS) planned to pro ... more  
Decisive Analytics awarded $59M contract for missile defense cybersecurityWashington (UPI) Jan 29, 2018 The Missile Defense Agency has awarded a contract to Decisive Analytics Corporation for services in support of cybersecurity compliance and risk management support. ... more  
Wife of Taiwan activist jailed in China barred from visitingTaipei (AFP) Jan 30, 2018 The wife of a Taiwanese democracy activist who was jailed in China in a case which further strained relations was Tuesday barred from boarding a flight to visit him in prison. ... more  
German, Norwegian vessels join Truman strike group in NorfolkWashington (UPI) Jan 30, 2018 Naval vessels from Germany and Norway have arrived at the Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia to participate in coalition training exercises. ... more |
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 Jordan gets more US Black Hawks to bolster defences  
EFW tapped to provide Apache aviator helmetsWashington (UPI) Jan 24, 2018 EFW Inc. has been awarded a contract for Apache Aviator Integrated Helmets and associated spare parts for the U.S. Army. ... more 
Australia welcomes fighter jets home after completing mission in Middle EastWashington (UPI) Jan 24, 2018 Australia welcomed the return of a squadron of Royal Australian Air Force strike aircraft on Wednesday after completing their mission to assist allied partners against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria. ... more  
Trial delayed for Palestinian teen in viral 'slap video'Jerusalem (AFP) Jan 30, 2018 The start of a military trial for a Palestinian teenager charged after a viral video showed her hitting two Israeli soldiers has been delayed until February 6, her lawyer said Tuesday. ... more  |
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Vietnam marks 50 years since launch of Tet Offensive Ho Chi Minh City (AFP) Jan 31, 2018 Vietnam marked 50 years since the audacious Tet Offensive on Wednesday, in a bittersweet ceremony featuring patriotic dance performances recalling the attacks that changed the course of the Vietnam War. ... more
Philippine guerrilla chief held after peace talks scrappedManila (AFP) Feb 1, 2018 A senior Maoist guerrilla leader was arrested on the streets of Manila, Philippine security forces said Thursday, in the first swoop on the rebel leadership since President Rodrigo Duterte ended peace talks. ... more  
Turkey ramps up Syria incursion despite criticismAfrin, Syria (AFP) Jan 31, 2018 Clashes raged between Turkish-backed forces and Kurdish militia in Syria's Afrin region on Wednesday, as wounded civilians fled intense Turkish air strikes. ... more  
Iraq 'police club' banned after football brawlBaghdad (AFP) Jan 31, 2018 Iraq's Police football club, owned by the country's interior ministry, was banned Wednesday from playing in Baghdad's main stadium following a brawl between police and stadium guards. ... more 
Not there yet, but US officials warn N.Korea soon to perfect ICBMWashington (AFP) Jan 30, 2018 North Korea has taken fresh strides in its nuclear missile program but has not shown all the technologies needed to strike America, a US general said Tuesday, as another top official warned such a capability is just months away. ... more 
Trump zeroes in on North Korea, Iran threatsWashington (AFP) Jan 31, 2018 US President Donald Trump used his biggest stage Tuesday to warn of the nuclear threat from North Korea, as fears grow again in Washington that conflict may be looming. ... more 
Hawaii fires warning officer who sent missile alertWashington (AFP) Jan 30, 2018 The administrator of Hawaii's Emergency Management Agency has resigned and an officer with a track record of "poor performance" has been fired after triggering mass panic with a false alert of a ballistic missile headed for the Pacific islands, officials said Tuesday. ... more |
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 45th Space Wing Triad enables space-based orbital-defense capability 
Raytheon to support Stinger weapon for U.S. and foreign countriesWashington (UPI) Jan 26, 2018 Raytheon Missiles Systems has been awarded a foreign and domestic contract for services in support of the Stinger weapon system. ... more  
L-3 awarded $8.2M for retrofits to Predator simulatorsWashington (UPI) Jan 30, 2018 The U.S. Air Force has awarded L-3 Link Simulation & Training an $8.2 million contract for retrofits on the Predator Mission Aircrew Training System simulators. ... more 
Netanyahu says Iran wants Lebanon to be 'giant missile site'Jerusalem (AFP) Jan 29, 2018 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Iran of wanting "to turn Lebanon into one giant missile site" and warned of the consequences as he left Monday for talks in Moscow. ... more  
SpaceX CEO Sets Date for First Falcon Heavy Rocket LaunchWashington (Sputnik) Jan 28, 2018 The first flight of Falcon Heavy, the powerful rocket manufactured by the US Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) company, is planned for February 6, the company's founder and CEO Elon Musk said ... more |
 Beijing (AFP) Jan 28, 2018  Japan's foreign minister met China's top leadership Sunday for rare diplomatic talks that ended with mutual vows to improve their chilly ties but little in the way of concrete proposals.
The world's second and third largest economies have a fraught relationship, held back by longstanding disputes over maritime claims and Japan's wartime legacy.
Taro Kono's visit to China was the first by ... more |
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 Basel, Switzerland (SPX) Jan 29, 2018 
Physicists have developed a technique based on optical microscopy that can be used to create images of atoms on the nanoscale. In particular, the new method allows the imaging of quantum dots in a semiconductor chip. Together with colleagues from the University of Bochum, scientists from the University of Basel's Department of Physics and the Swiss Nanoscience Institute reported the findings in ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) Jan 31, 2018 
Iraq's Police football club, owned by the country's interior ministry, was banned Wednesday from playing in Baghdad's main stadium following a brawl between police and stadium guards.
The confrontation broke out as guards tried to keep out an Al-Shorta - which means "police" in Arabic - club official who had opened fire on a rival team's bus on January 21, without causing casualties.
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 Washington (AFP) Jan 23, 2018 
CIA Director Mike Pompeo said Tuesday that North Korea is intent on developing a reliable arsenal of nuclear weapons to threaten America, not just "a showpiece" to preserve Kim Jong-Un's regime.
"Kim Jong-Un will not rest with a single successful test," Pompeo said in a speech at the American Enterprise Institute.
"The logical next step would be to develop an arsenal of weapons that is n ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Jan 23, 2018 
President Donald Trump begins 2018 making good on his aggressive "America First" trade agenda, with China as a primary target.
As he prepares to mingle this week with global leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, a traditional cheerleader of free trade, Trump has again ruffled feathers from Beijing to Berlin after imposing steep tariffs on imported washing machines and so ... more |
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 Samarra, Iraq (AFP) Jan 26, 2018 
Threading beads onto a fishing line to make a sparkling ornament, Lamia Rahim is one of dozens of Iraqi women displaced by violence who have turned to handicrafts to support their families.
"It has been some time since we were displaced and my husband can't find work," the mother-of-four told AFP.
"It was down to me to take care of the family."
Rahim, 41, is part of a local initiativ ... more |
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 Rotterdam, Netherlands (AFP) Jan 30, 2018 
A Dutch court sentenced an Islamic jihadist to six years in jail in his absence Tuesday for joining the ranks of the al-Nusra Front to fight in Iraq and Syria.
The trial of eight others, none of whom were present in the Rotterdam court, was postponed however, as the judge ruled it was unclear whether the men, who include a rapper and a former postman, were still alive and able to defend them ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jan 29, 2018  Naval Sea Systems Command has awarded Lockheed Martin a contract for the Surface Navy Laser Weapon System.
The deal, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $150 million under the terms of a cost-plus-incentive-fee contract.
The contract taps Lockheed Martin's Aculight Corp. to develop, manufacture and deliver two test units in fiscal 2020 - one uni ... more |
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