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  Riyadh (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. One Egyptian was killed and two of his countrymen were wounded by falling shrapnel in Riyadh, authorities said, with residents reporting loud explosions and bright flashes in the sky shortly before midnight. The Iran-aligned Huthi rebels fired three missiles at Riyadh and four others at th ... read more |
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74% of French people against weapons sales to Saudi: pollParis (AFP) March 26, 2018 Three out of four French people believe it is "unacceptable" to sell military weapons to Saudi Arabia, according to a poll published Monday. ... more  
Saudi-led coalition threatens retaliation against Iran over missilesRiyadh (AFP) March 26, 2018 A military coalition led by Saudi Arabia on Monday threatened retaliation against arch-foe Iran, accusing the Shiite power of being behind a barrage of Yemeni rebel missile attacks on the kingdom. ... more 
Speculation rife over surprise Kim Jong Un visit to BeijingBeijing (AFP) March 27, 2018 Beijing was under tight security Tuesday with speculation rife that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was making a surprise visit, after the reported arrival from Pyongyang of a special train met by an honour guard. ... more 
Chinese Korean war dead set to return homeSeoul (AFP) March 26, 2018 A Chinese officer saluted Monday as the remains of 20 former comrades were arrayed in a South Korean military facility ahead of their return home, decades after they died in the Korean War. ... more |
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Air Force taps Raytheon for AMRAAMs for foreign military salesWashington (UPI) Mar 26, 2018 Raytheon was awarded a contract from the U.S. Air Force for advanced medium range air to air missiles, also known as AMRAAMs. ... more  
3D printing rocket engines in SPAINBarcelona, Spain (SPX) Mar 23, 2018 FADA CATEC is supporting Zero 2 Infinity (Z2I) in the development of a new generation of rocket engines. This March, FADA CATEC has successfully 3D printed a combustion chamber for Zero 2 Infinity's ... more  
Japan's E-2D program to receive training, support from Northrop GrummanWashington (UPI) Mar 26, 2018 Northrop Grumman was awarded a contract from the U.S. Navy for the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye weapon. ... more  
Wife of jailed Taiwanese activist to visit him in China prisonBeijing (AFP) March 26, 2018 The wife of a Taiwanese democracy activist jailed in China travelled to the country on Monday after being granted permission to visit him in prison for the first time, in a case that has strained cross-strait relations. ... more 
United Technologies wins contract for F-35 enginesWashington (UPI) Mar 26, 2018 United Technologies was awarded a contract from the U.S. Navy for services in support of the F135 propulsion system on F-35 Lightning II fighter jets. ... more |
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 Tens of thousands rally in Sanaa to mark 3 years of war 
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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Chang'e-4 Lunar Probe will Reach the Far Side of the MoonBeijing, 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 Sp ... more  
Trump scraps blanket transgender military ban, major restrictions remainWashington (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. ... more 
Rheinmetall tapped for recon vehicles for AustraliaWashington (UPI) Mar 26, 2018 Rheinmetall, with the help of several Australian manufacturers, will deliver 211 reconnaissance vehicles to the Australian Defense Force, the company and the Australian Ministry of Defense announced on Wednesday. ... more  
US charges Iranians in massive hacking schemeWashington (AFP) March 23, 2018 The United States unveiled charges on Friday against nine Iranians for their alleged involvement in a massive state-sponsored hacking scheme which targeted hundreds of universities in the US and abroad and stole "valuable intellectual property and data." ... more 
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 |
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 Warsaw (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.
The 10-year offset programme, under which US investment in Poland will help compensate for the cost of the purchase, is the last stage before the sale of the Patriots.
The minister has said the contract should be signed thi ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 26, 2018 
Raytheon was awarded a contract from the U.S. Air Force for advanced medium range air to air missiles, also known as AMRAAMs.
The deal, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $523.1 million under the terms of a fixed-price incentive contract, which is a modification to a previous award.
The agreement enables Raytheon to to provide AMRAAMs, along wit ... 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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 Raleigh NC (SPX) Mar 27, 2018 
New research from North Carolina State University and the U.S. Army's Aviation Applied Technology Directorate shows that stainless steel composite metal foam (CMF) can block blast pressure and fragmentation at 5,000 feet per second from high explosive incendiary (HEI) rounds that detonate only 18 inches away.
"In short, we found that steel-CMF offers much more protection than all other exi ... 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.
Now, thanks to an approach developed by researchers from EPFL ... more |
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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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 Seoul (AFP) March 26, 2018 
A Chinese officer saluted Monday as the remains of 20 former comrades were arrayed in a South Korean military facility ahead of their return home, decades after they died in the Korean War.
The brown-stained bones - including some near-complete skulls - were laid out on tables at the temporary ossuary in Incheon before being placed in identical boxes pending their repatriation Wednesday. ... more |
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 New York (AFP) March 26, 2018  China and the United States have begun behind-the-scenes negotiations to improve American access to the Chinese domestic market, the Wall Street Journal said Sunday.
News of the talks follow days rife with tension, raising the specter of a trade war between the world's top economies.
The daily paper said the discussions - led by China's economic "czar" Liu He, US Treasury Secretary Stev ... more |
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 Basra, Iraq (AFP) March 26, 2018 
As a child, Adnan Khalaf used to marvel at the Iraqi city of Basra's "shanasheel", finely crafted bay windows complete with intricate wooden latticework and ornate stained glass.
Today, the Iraqi retiree can only watch as the hallmarks of his hometown - "the city of shanasheel" - crumble out of neglect.
Authorities in Basra, the capital of Iraq's richest oil province, are struggling to ... 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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 Hong Kong (AFP) March 26, 2018 
From murals made famous by Instagram to painting battles, Hong Kong's once largely underground street art scene has exploded in recent years, and is now blossoming across the city's walls and alleyways.
The commercial high end of the art world is at the fore in March, with gallerists, collectors and celebrities descending on Hong Kong for the annual Art Basel fair.
But English mural arti ... 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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