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  Washington (AFP) March 24, 2018 Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, a battle-seasoned Marine with the diplomatic skills needed to join forces with a mercurial president, won an important victory Friday with his sought-for military budget. The centerpiece of the budget signed by President Donald Trump is a $61-billion increase in defense spending, boosting funding for the government's biggest department to $700 billion. That is more than half of the government's projected total spending for the current fiscal year. Since taking o ... read more |
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Poland signs offset deal for US Patriot missilesWarsaw (AFP) March 23, 2018 Poland has signed an offset deal with the United States ahead of final agreement to buy a Patriot anti-missile system, Defence Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said Friday. ... more  
Pentagon looks to counter ever-stealthier warfareWashington (AFP) March 24, 2018 The US military has for years enjoyed a broad technological edge over its adversaries, dominating foes with superior communications and cyber capabilities. ... more 
Saudi forces intercept seven Yemen rebel missiles, including over RiyadhRiyadh (AFP) March 26, 2018 Saudi forces intercepted seven Yemeni rebel missiles on Sunday, including over the capital Riyadh, in a deadly escalation on the eve of the third anniversary of the Saudi-led coalition's intervention in Yemen. ... more  
US hostility means Iran must boost China, Russia ties: officialTehran (AFP) March 24, 2018 Growing hostility from US President Donald Trump means Iran must strengthen its ties with Russia and China, a top official said on Saturday. ... more |
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Tumblr says Russians used its platform for disinformation in 2016Washington (AFP) March 23, 2018 Tumblr announced Friday the blogging platform was used by a shadowy Russian internet group to spread disinformation during the 2016 election campaign as it published the 84 account handles linked to the effort. ... more 
New US law changes rules for cross-border data requestsWashington (AFP) March 23, 2018 A measure signed into law Friday by President Donald Trump changes the rules for cross-border law enforcement requests to internet firms and could render moot a long-running court battle between the US government and Microsoft. ... more  
Lockheed to support MK 48 heavyweight torpedo effortsWashington (UPI) Mar 23, 2018 Lockheed Martin was awarded a contract from the U.S. Navy for services in support of the MK 48 heavyweight torpedo efforts. ... more  
Airbus Helicopters tapped for additional UH-72A helicoptersWashington (UPI) Mar 23, 2018 Airbus Helicopters was awarded a contract from the U.S. Army for additional UH-72A Lakota Utility helicopters. ... more 
Navy awards $102.8M for additional V-22 Osprey supportWashington (UPI) Mar 23, 2018 Bell Boeing JPO was awarded a contract from the U.S. Navy for services in support of the V-22 Osprey aircraft. ... more |
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 Russian air strikes kill 37 in Ghouta; Denies using incendiary weapons  
PKK says to quit northwest Iraq after Turkish warningSulaimaniyah, Iraq (AFP) March 23, 2018 The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) said on Friday it would pull out its fighters from northwestern Iraq after Ankara warned it could launch an attack on their strongholds. ... more  |
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Mother Courage: Iraqi widow saved recruits from slaughterWashington (AFP) March 24, 2018 Aliyah Khalaf Saleh had already lost a husband, a son and a nephew to the terror that engulfed northern Iraq in 2014. ... more  
Hero French policeman dies after jihadist shooting spreeTr�bes, France (AFP) March 24, 2018 A French policeman who offered himself as a hostage to help end what President Emmanuel Macron branded an "Islamist terrorist attack" died of his wounds Saturday, becoming the fourth victim of the shooting spree and supermarket siege. ... more 
Pakistanis distressed as Uighur wives vanish in China dragnetIslamabad (AFP) March 25, 2018 Every autumn on the mountainous Karakoram Highway, part of the ancient Silk Road, groups of Pakistani merchants living in China's far west would wave goodbye to their Chinese wives and cross the border to spend winter in their home country. ... more 
45th Launch Group streamlines processes, optimizes mission assurance during organizational changeCape Canaveral AFS FL (SPX) Mar 22, 2018 The 5th Space Launch Squadron recently merged mission assurance operations with the 45th Launch Support Squadron (LCSS) to bring technical experts together under one organization and allow for the r ... more  
'Wagner Group': the mercenaries serving Putin in SyriaMoscow (AFP) March 22, 2018 The deaths of several members of the so-called "Wagner Group" in Syria last month shone a light on Russian President Vladimir Putin's mysterious private army Moscow is using there. ... more |
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 Washington DC (Sputnik) Mar 26, 2018 
The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) kicked off by the Reagan administration on March 23, 1983 still prompts a heated debate, Sputnik military observer Vadim Saranov writes, revealing how Washington's Star Wars facilitated the development of Soviet weapon systems.
Exactly 35 years ago, then US President Ronald Reagan officially announced the launch of the Strategic Defense Initiative (SD ... more |
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 Orlando FL (SPX) Mar 20, 2018 
Lockheed Martin has tested a production-configuration Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) from a U.S. Air Force B-1B bomber. During the test, a B-1B from the 337th Test Squadron at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, launched a LRASM over the Sea Range at Point Mugu, Calif., successfully impacting the maritime target and meeting test objectives.
"LRASM has now proven itself in six consecutive fl ... more |
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 Plano TX (SPX) Mar 21, 2018 
The Antenna Systems Division (ASD) of Communications and Power Industries reports it has received multiple contract awards from Cubic Mission Solutions, a business division of Cubic Corporation.
Cubic Mission Solutions provide networked Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) capabilities for defense, intelligence, security and com ... more |
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 McLean VA (SPX) Mar 14, 2018 
Our first Intelsat EpicNG satellite has been in space a little over two years now, and we have launched four more since then. With five of these high-throughput satellites (HTS) in orbit and being used by our customers, we have gained quite a bit of both test data and real-world experience demonstrating the capabilities and versatility of the EpicNG technology.
We recently published a whit ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) March 24, 2018 
US President Donald Trump late Friday rolled back his blanket ban on transgender people serving in the military - but they will still face major restrictions in the American armed forces.
Trump signed a memorandum in August that effectively barred transgender people from the military but the ban faced multiple legal challenges.
The White House has now come back with a modified version o ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) March 24, 2018 
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, a battle-seasoned Marine with the diplomatic skills needed to join forces with a mercurial president, won an important victory Friday with his sought-for military budget.
The centerpiece of the budget signed by President Donald Trump is a $61-billion increase in defense spending, boosting funding for the government's biggest department to $700 billion.
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 Washington (AFP) March 22, 2018 
President Donald Trump's increasingly tough measures on trade, including Thursday's latest crackdown on China, demonstrate the rising influence of Peter Navarro, a Harvard-trained economist who has long railed against the threat from Beijing.
Trump announced tariffs on as much as $60 billion in Chinese imports to retaliate against the alleged theft of American intellectual property.
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 Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Mar 21, 2018 
2D materials, which consist of a few layers of atoms, may well be the future of nanotechnology. They offer potential new applications and could be used in small, higher-performance and more energy-efficient devices. 2D materials were first discovered almost 15 years ago, but only a few dozen of them have been synthesized so far.
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 Washington (AFP) March 24, 2018 
Aliyah Khalaf Saleh had already lost a husband, a son and a nephew to the terror that engulfed northern Iraq in 2014.
But when a group of military cadets fled to her community near Tikrit to escape killers from the Islamic State group, she risked all to save them.
In June 2014, the jihadists slaughtered hundreds of mainly Shiite Muslim recruits from the nearby Speicher military base.
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 Jerusalem (AFP) March 21, 2018  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that Israel will prevent enemies from obtaining nuclear weapons after its military admitted it carried out a 2007 air raid against a suspected Syrian nuclear reactor.
"The Israeli government, the (Israeli military), and the Mossad (intelligence agency) have prevented Syria from developing nuclear capability, and they deserve every credit for t ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) March 23, 2018  The United States launched Friday a challenge at the World Trade Organization against China over intellectual property breaches, a statement said.
"The United States is taking action at the World Trade Organization (WTO) to address China's unfair technology practices that run counter to WTO rules," the statement from the US Trade Representative's office said.
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 New York (AFP) March 21, 2018 
Comic book superheroes are coming to the rescue of hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico.
There's Batman, and Wonder Woman, of course, and also a Puerto Rican-inspired female hero named La Borinquena. Their mission is to help reconstruct the US island territory wrecked by Hurricane Maria six months ago.
The 200-page book - entitled "Ricanstruction: Reminiscing & Rebuilding Puerto Rico" - will ... more |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Mar 22, 2018 
The mission of Chang'e-4 lunar probe will proceed in two phases this year, and Chang'e-4 lunar probe will reach the far side of the Moon for the first time, said an official from China Academy of Space Technology (CAST).
"We plan to launch Chang'e-4 lunar probe in the second half of 2018. This will be the first time for a lunar probe to land on the far side of the Moon. Chang'e-4 lunar pro ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) March 21, 2018 
China Wednesday announced a series of changes aimed at strengthening its global influence, including the creation of a centralised news service to better communicate the ruling Communist Party's message at home and abroad.
The changes are part of a larger overhaul of government functions that will also see an increased role for the United Front Work Department, a shadowy organisation that ha ... more |
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 Tr�bes, France (AFP) March 24, 2018  A French policeman who offered himself as a hostage to help end what President Emmanuel Macron branded an "Islamist terrorist attack" died of his wounds Saturday, becoming the fourth victim of the shooting spree and supermarket siege.
Lieutenant-Colonel Arnaud Beltrame, 45, was among a group of officers who rushed to the scene in the town of Trebes in southwest France on Friday after the att ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) March 19, 2018 
The US Air Force will this summer begin testing a laser that will be mounted on an F-15 warplane, an official said Monday.
The Pentagon last year awarded a $26 million contract to Lockheed Martin for a laser program called SHiELD (Self-protect High Energy Laser Demonstrator.)
The idea is to put a laser system on aircraft with an output of about 50 kilowatts to test their ability to zap ... more |
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