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  Washington (AFP) April 22, 2018 French President Emmanuel Macron, who is heading to Washington to urge his US counterpart to stay in the Iran nuclear deal, said in an interview broadcast Sunday that there is no "Plan B" if the accord is scrapped. "I don't have any Plan B for nuclear - against Iran," Macron told Fox News Sunday, in an English-language interview broadcast on the eve of his three-day state visit. "So that's a question we will discuss, but that's why I just want to say, on nuclear - let's present this framework ... read more |
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Trump: US has conceded 'nothing' to N.KoreaWashington (AFP) April 22, 2018 President Donald Trump asserted Sunday that North Korea has agreed to "denuclearization" and a halt to testing while the United States had so far conceded "nothing" in return. ... more  
China Plans Base in South China Sea to Launch Deep-Diving DronesBeijing (Sputnik) Apr 23, 2018 Just after the likely next head of US Pacific Command told Congress China's undersea warfare capability is one of the most pressing threats to the US, a new report says Beijing is establishing anoth ... more  
Chinese, Indian leaders to meet this weekBeijing (AFP) April 22, 2018 Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet in central China this week, Beijing announced Sunday, as the Asian powers work to improve strained ties. ... more  
Chinese willing to support Beidou navigation systemBeijing (XNA) Apr 17, 2018 Chinese are now eagerly looking to its own navigation app that's expected to debut next month and greatly improve the navigation accuracy to within a meter. Many netizens expressed the hope of ... more |
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China flies bombers around Taiwan, holds live-fire drillsBeijing (AFP) April 19, 2018 Chinese bombers and spy planes have flown around Taiwan, the air force said Thursday as Taipei accused Beijing of trying to stoke regional tensions with its military drills. ... more  
Arianespace to launch BSAT-4b; marking the 10th satellite launch for B-SATEvry, France (SPX) Apr 20, 2018 Arianespace reports that it will launch BSAT-4b, under the term of a turnkey contract between B-SAT and Maxar's SSL. BSAT-4b will be launched by an Ariane 5 in 2020 from the Guiana Space Cente ... more  
New research seeks to optimize space travel efficiencyChicago IL (SPX) Apr 19, 2018 Sending a human into space and doing it efficiently presents a galaxy of challenges. Koki Ho, University of Illinois assistant professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering, and his graduate ... more 
New DARPA Challenge Seeks Flexible and Responsive Launch SolutionsWashington DC (SPX) Apr 19, 2018 DARPA announced the DARPA Launch Challenge, designed to promote rapid access to space within days, not years. Our nation's space architecture is currently built around a limited number of exquisite ... more  
CubeSat to Test Instrument for Crystal Clear Data CollectionGreenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 19, 2018 When the validation mission for a satellite the size of a cereal box launches in May, it will test a small component in space that could have big benefits for future NASA satellite missions. R ... more |
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Indian Space Agency claims to have saved $120 mln on second Lunar missionNew Delhi (Sputnik) Apr 20, 2018 The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has claimed that it has saved $120 million in public money in the upcoming moon mission "Chandrayaan-2," which is expected to be launched in October-Nov ... more  |
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Applying Computer-Human Collaboration to Accelerate Detection of Zero-Day VulnerabilitiesWashington DC (SPX) Apr 19, 2018 Today, Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS), Government off-the-shelf (GOTS), and Free and open-source (FOSS) software support nearly all aspects of DoD, military, and commercial operations. Securing thi ... more 
Arianespace and Spaceflight sign contract to launch small satellites on Vega SSMS POC flightParis, France (SPX) Apr 19, 2018 Arianespace has been selected by leading rideshare and mission management provider Spaceflight to launch small satellites on the Vega launch vehicle, as part of the Small Spacecraft Mission Service ... more  
Iraq says it killed 36 'IS terrorists' in Syria raidBaghdad (AFP) April 22, 2018 Iraq said Sunday its forces had killed "36 terrorists" belonging to the Islamic State jihadist group, including senior members, in air raids this past week in Syria. ... more 
Can Macron's White House visit save the Iran deal?Washington (AFP) April 22, 2018 French President Emmanuel Macron seems, as much as any world leader, to have developed some kind of rapport with his American counterpart Donald Trump. ... more 
Empty promises? N.Korea watchers greet Kim move with skepticismWashington (AFP) April 21, 2018 Pyongyang's announcement it will halt nuclear tests and intercontinental ballistic missile launches has left experts puzzling over Kim Jong Un's true intentions - and the extent to which US President Donald Trump deserves credit. ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 20, 2018 
Raytheon has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Navy for services in support of the Air and Missile Defense Radar Program.
The deal, announced by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $136.5 million under the terms of a fixed-price-incentive, firm target contract, which is a modification of a previous contract.
The contract from Naval Sea Systems Command enables Rayt ... more |
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 Colorado Springs CO (Sputnik) Apr 18, 2018 
The States United has observed Russia and China operating hypersonic missiles, US Strategic Command (STRATCOM) commander Gen. John Hyten told reporters.
"We observed Russia and China operating hypersonic missiles," Hyten said on Tuesday. "We have observed both Russia and China testing hypersonic capabilities."
Earlier, Gen. John Hyten in his testimony before the US Senate Armed Servi ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) April 20, 2018 
The United States dropped some restrictions Thursday on sales of its advanced drones in order to reinforce the armies of its allies and compete with China on the world arms market.
President Donald Trump's White House announced an update to its policy on arms transfers to promote US exports and jobs, and specifically to loosen the rules on selling unmanned warplanes.
Trump's chief trade ... more |
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 Baikonur, Kazakhstan (Sputnik) Apr 19, 2018  A Russian carrier rocket with a military satellite blasted off early on Thursday from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Russian Defense Ministry confirmed.
"The Proton-M heavy-lift rocket with a payload commissioned by the Defense Ministry was successfully launched from Baikonur," a spokesperson for the ministry told reporters.
The launch took place at 1:12 a.m. Moscow time ... more |
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 Urbana IL (SPX) Apr 16, 2018 
The U.S. Army Research Laboratory's Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Propulsion made an historic first with its experiment in a gas turbine combustor using X-rays. The data will help advance gas turbine engine designs for higher power density and efficiency, scientists said.
"This is the strongest X-ray source in the world," said Dr. Tonghun Lee, an associate professor in the Departmen ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) April 5, 2018 
The United States on Thursday approved a contract to sell Saudi Arabia 180 self-propelled artillery systems for $1.31 billion, in the latest stage of perhaps the world's biggest arms deal.
When US President Donald Trump visited Riyadh last year he boasted that the desert kingdom would spend $110 billion on US equipment and the howitzer contract is one more step towards that goal.
Saudi A ... more |
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 Brussels (AFP) April 19, 2018 
With its futuristic curved roof, gleaming walls of glass and steel and host of eco-friendly features, NATO's new billion-euro Brussels headquarters is a world away from the drab, low-slung warren of offices reeking of Cold War intrigue that it replaces.
The alliance is almost halfway through its move into the new building, with Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg expected to shift to his new ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 19, 2018 
A current area of intense interest in nanotechnology is van der Waals heterostructures, which are assemblies of atomically thin two-dimensional (2D) crystalline materials that display attractive conduction properties for use in advanced electronic devices.
A representative 2D semiconductor is graphene, which consists of a honeycomb lattice of carbon atoms that is just one atom thick. The d ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) April 22, 2018 
Iraq said Sunday its forces had killed "36 terrorists" belonging to the Islamic State jihadist group, including senior members, in air raids this past week in Syria.
A video of Thursday's operation showed two F-16 fighter jets destroying a house in eastern Syria.
"The Iraqi air raids, carried out by several F-16s in Syria on April 19, targeted IS terrorists who represented a danger to Ir ... more |
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 Geneva (AFP) April 19, 2018  A recent shift in nuclear weapons policies in the United States and Russia, involving upgrades, modernisation and growing arsenals is as dangerous as North Korea's nuclear threat, campaigners warned Thursday.
Beatrice Fihn, who heads the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), hailed an upcoming summit between the United States and North Korean in what Washington hopes will ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) April 21, 2018 
World Bank shareholders approved a "historic" increase in the bank's lending capacity Saturday after the United States backed a reform package that curbs loans and charges more for higher income countries like China.
World Bank President Jim Yong Kim said neither China nor any middle income countries was happy about the prospect of paying more for loans, but they agreed because of the overal ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) April 21, 2018 
Seventeen people were killed Saturday after two dragon boats capsized in southern China, state-run Xinhua news agency said.
Rowers on board the two long, narrow kayak-like boats were practising for a race in Taohua River in the city of Guilin when the accident occurred Saturday afternoon, tipping some 60 people into the water.
Around 40 people were pulled out of the water alive with resc ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Apr 17, 2018  China plans to launch its heavy-lift carrier rocket, the Long March-5 Y3, in late 2018, after finding the cause of the failure of the Long March-5 Y2, according to the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense.
The Long March-5 Y2 rocket was launched from Wenchang Space Launch Center in the southern province of Hainan on July ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) April 20, 2018 
A Chinese doctor held without charge for three months for calling a popular brand of traditional medicine "poison" has been released on bail following a public outcry, reports said.
Tan Qindong was detained by police after the maker of the popular "Hongmao Medicinal Liquor" said he had made "malicious claims" online that "tarnished its name".
The doctor was released on bail on Tuesday ev ... more |
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 Tehran (AFP) April 19, 2018 
Iran, Iraq, Syria and Russia held a meeting in Baghdad on Thursday of military and security officials to coordinate "anti-terrorism" efforts, the Iranian defence ministry said.
"Cooperation in intelligence between the four countries for common aims and anti-terrorism missions has been successful in restoring stability and security, and it should form the basis for future cooperation," Defenc ... 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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