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  Washington (UPI) Feb 2, 2018 The Pentagon called for the United States to develop two new types of weapons in an update of its nuclear policy Friday. The new policy - the first update of the Nuclear Posture Review since 2010 - pushes modernization of U.S. nuclear weapons, infrastructure and delivery systems. It overturns years of Obama-era policy that sought to reduce the size and power of the United States' nuclear arsenal. It calls for a "lower-yield" options for ballistic and cruise missiles launched at sea. ... read more |
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After Korean thaw, UN chief pushes 'serious' talksUnited Nations, United States (AFP) Feb 2, 2018 UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Friday that it was "absolutely essential" for key players to hold "serious" talks on North Korea's nuclear crisis to build on a thaw in relations between Pyongyang and Seoul. ... more 
Boycott, marches and ping pong: two Koreas on the sporting stageSeoul (AFP) Feb 2, 2018 North Korea's participation in the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics is a marked contrast to its increasingly isolated diplomatic position, with new UN Security Council resolutions imposed on it only in December over its banned nuclear and ballistic missile programmes. ... more 
Iran says US nuclear policy brings world 'closer to annihilation'Tehran (AFP) Feb 4, 2018 The United States' new nuclear policy brings humanity "closer to annihilation", Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said. ... more 
Trump hosts North Korean defectors in Oval OfficeWashington (AFP) Feb 2, 2018 US President Donald Trump welcomed six North Korean defectors to the Oval Office on Friday, a high profile and potentially provocative show of support. ... more |
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PLD Space wins ESA backing for a Small Satellite Orbital LauncherParis (ESA) Feb 02, 2018 PLD Space (PR): The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded the project "Study on Launch Service Making Use of a Microlauncher" to the Spanish company PLD Space. The microlauncher study, a par ... more  
Russia launches 11 space satellites 'without glitch'Moscow (AFP) Feb 1, 2018 Russia on Thursday successfully launched 11 satellites from its Vostochny cosmodrome, in the third rocket liftoff from the new spaceport, the space agency said. ... more 
Indra and Zero 2 Infinity are teaming up to forge a path to the starsMadrid, Spain (SPX) Feb 02, 2018 The leading consulting and technology company Indra has signed a collaboration agreement with Zero 2 Infinity, a startup specializing in space transportation systems, with a view to rendering more s ... more  
Russian pilot killed after plane downed over SyriaSaraqib, Syria (AFP) Feb 4, 2018 A Russian pilot was killed Saturday in fighting with Islamists after his warplane was downed over northwest Syria, Russia's defence ministry and a monitor said. ... more  
Book culture returns to Mosul; Iraq lists 60 most-wanted jihadists and BaathistsMosul, Iraq (AFP) Feb 3, 2018 Literary cafes, poetry readings and pavement bookstalls - Mosul's cultural scene is back in business, months after Iraqi forces ousted the Islamic State group from the city following three years of jihadist rule. ... more |
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Mauritania names commander for regional counter-terror forceNouakchott (AFP) Feb 1, 2018 Mauritania has named the commander who will take charge of operations in the western zone overseen by the regional G5 Sahel anti-jihadist force, as it wrapped up its second operation. ... more  |
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Netanyahu says will 'defend ourselves' after report of Sinai strikesJerusalem (AFP) Feb 4, 2018 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday Israel would "do whatever is necessary to defend ourselves" after a report its military has carried out dozens of air strikes against jihadists in Egypt's Sinai. ... more 
Syrians suffer breathing difficulties after regime strikesBeirut (AFP) Feb 4, 2018 Five people were treated for "suffocation" Sunday after Syrian regime air strikes on the northwestern town of Saraqeb, a monitor said, adding that 10 civilians were killed in southern Idlib province. ... more 
Colombia tensions rise with 3 rebels killed in military bombingBogota (AFP) Feb 1, 2018 Tensions between Colombia's government and a hold-out rebel group, the ELN, rose Thursday when officials said three of the guerrillas were killed in the bombing of a camp in the northwest of the country. ... more  
China in talks over military base in remote Afghanistan: officialsKabul (AFP) Feb 2, 2018 Worried about militants sneaking into a restive Chinese region from war-torn Afghanistan, Beijing is in talks with Kabul over the construction of a military base, Afghan officials say, as it seeks to shore up its fragile neighbour. ... more  
Navy awards $7.25M to convert nuclear submarine into training vesselWashington (UPI) Feb 1, 2018 Oceaneering International has been awarded a contract for the conversion of a U.S. Navy nuclear submarine into a moored training ship. ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jan 29, 2018 
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency has awarded Lockheed Martin a contract for 10 additional Lot 10 Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD, interceptors for the U.S. Army.
The deal, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $459.2 million under a modified fixed-price incentive-firm target contract for line item numbers.
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 Washington (UPI) Jan 31, 2018 
Lockheed Martin successfully conducted a controlled test flight of its short-range Miniature Hit-to-Kill, or MHTK, missile.
The test flight, conducted at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, demonstrated the reliability of the MHTK missile, which has received upgraded electronics and a next-generation airframe upgraded from the original design.
The improved MHTK provides incr ... more |
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 Washington (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.
The new award, announced Monday by the Department of Defense, is a modification to a previous contract, which is now valued at $120,753,92.
The modified contract is for 40 retrofit communications kits and simulator seats ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jan 25, 2018 
There is increasing interest in making broader use of the millimeter wave frequency band for communications on small mobile platforms where narrow antenna beams from small radiating apertures provide enhanced communication security. Today's millimeter wave systems, however, are not user friendly and are designed to be platform specific, lacking interoperability and are thus reserved for only the ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jan 26, 2018 
Jacobs Technology has been awarded a contract for engineering services in support of launch testing for the U.S. Navy and the British government.
The deal, announced Thursday by the U.S. Department of Defense, is valued at more than $17.5 million and modifies a previous award contract under the terms of a cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost contract.
Jacobs Technology is expected to provid ... more |
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 Madrid (AFP) Jan 24, 2018 
Spain is planning to boost defence spending by 73 percent to 18 billion euros ($22 billion) by 2024, an announcement that sparked outrage among opposition MPs who say social services will suffer.
Speaking at a parliamentary defence commission on Wednesday, Defence Minister Maria Dolores de Cospedal said the conservative government planned to increase the military budget to "around 1.53 perce ... more |
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 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.
In recent weeks, US officials have laid the groundwork for a strategic pivot that envisions a world of renewed great power competition with the likes of Russia and China.
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 Lemont IL (SPX) Feb 02, 2018 
Our bodies have a remarkable ability to heal from broken ankles or dislocated wrists. Now, a new study has shown that some nanoparticles can also "self-heal" after experiencing intense strain, once that strain is removed.
New research from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and Stanford University has found that palladium nanoparticles can repair atomic dislo ... more |
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 Mosul, Iraq (AFP) Feb 3, 2018  Literary cafes, poetry readings and pavement bookstalls - Mosul's cultural scene is back in business, months after Iraqi forces ousted the Islamic State group from the city following three years of jihadist rule.
At the "Book Forum" cafe, men and women, young and old, sit passionately debating literature, music, politics and history.
Drinking tea, coffee and juice, some smoke nargileh w ... more |
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 Washington (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.
Pyongyang has demonstrated its rockets are powerful enough to reach the United States, but General Paul Selva, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said it ha ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Feb 1, 2018  Chinese President Xi Jinping told British Prime Minister Theresa May on Thursday that their countries should take trade ties to "a new level" as London scouts the globe for fresh partnerships after its contentious EU exit.
Hounded by Brexit rows at home, May is seeking to deepen trade relations with the world's second largest economy as Britain prepares to leave the European Union next year. ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jan 31, 2018 
Scientists have identified a new group of cells associated with the fight-or-flight response of mice. Researchers detailed their discovery of the so-called anxiety cells this week in the journal Neuron.
"We call these anxiety cells because they only fire when the animals are in places that are innately frightening to them," Rene Hen, a professor of psychiatry at Columbia University Irvi ... more |
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 Jiuquan (XNA) Feb 06, 2018 
China's first shared education satellite, Young Pioneer 1, carried by the Long March-2D rocket, was launched into space from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center Friday afternoon.
The 3-kg CubeSat (100 * 100 * 340mm), Young Pioneer 1, enters an orbit of 502 km above the Earth. The rocket also carried Zhangheng 1, an electromagnetic satellite to study earthquake data, and five other miniaturized ... more |
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 Vatican City (AFP) Feb 2, 2018  Pope Francis is facing a complex row over the Vatican's warming ties with Communist China, which have sparked a new war of words with a Hong Kong cardinal and growing bitterness among some Chinese faithful.
Beijing and the Vatican severed diplomatic relations in 1951, and although ties have improved in recent years as China's Catholic population has grown, they remain at odds over which side ... more |
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 Nouakchott (AFP) Feb 1, 2018 
Mauritania has named the commander who will take charge of operations in the western zone overseen by the regional G5 Sahel anti-jihadist force, as it wrapped up its second operation.
Colonel Salem Vall Ould Isselmou will head operations in Mauritania and a section of Mali for the force of troops drawn from five countries in Africa's Sahel region, a military source told AFP on Thursday, conf ... 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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