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  Washington (AFP) Oct 23, 2018 A new US "Space Force" will soon take shape but will at least initially be a step below the proposed sixth branch of the military envisioned by President Donald Trump, his vice president said Tuesday. The White House does not foresee the creation of an independent space force before 2020, said US Vice President Mike Pence, who heads the National Space Council, a government body that was revived last year after a decades-long hiatus. Pence said the president will soon ask Congress to gather milit ... read more |
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Space industry entropyBethesda, MD (SPX) Oct 23, 2018 "Entropy" is defined as a thermodynamic quantity representing the unavailability of a system's thermal energy for conversion into mechanical work. Many use this term to describe the degree of disord ... more  
China slams Trump nuclear treaty 'blackmail'Beijing (AFP) Oct 23, 2018 China warned on Tuesday it would "never accept any form of blackmail" after US President Donald Trump said his decision to withdraw from a nuclear pact with Russia was also linked to Beijing's arsenal. ... more 
US security chief says 'productive' talks in Moscow despite treaty pull outMoscow (AFP) Oct 23, 2018 US National Security Advisor John Bolton on Tuesday praised "productive" talks with President Vladimir Putin and other Russian officials despite an earlier announcement by Washington that it would pull out of a Cold War-era nuclear weapons treaty. ... more 
Security scare briefly locks down US nuclear weapons facilityChicago (AFP) Oct 23, 2018 Employees at the United States' primary nuclear weapons facility were briefly told to "shelter in place" Tuesday, when a suspicious vehicle in a parking lot triggered an emergency response. ... more |
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Probe commission rules out sabotage as possible cause of Soyuz failureMoscow (Sputnik) Oct 22, 2018 The state commission investigating the Soyuz-FG booster failure has ruled out sabotage during the assembly of the rocket as a possible cause, a space industry source told Sputnik. "The Commiss ... more  
Endless trucks to dirty laundry: NATO exercises big in every wayOslo (AFP) Oct 23, 2018 NATO's biggest military exercises since the end of the Cold War, dubbed Trident Juncture 18, take place in Norway from October 25 to November 7 in what will be a massive display of strength. ... more  
China voices 'concern' as US warships sail through Taiwan StraitBeijing (AFP) Oct 23, 2018 China said Tuesday it has expressed concern to the United States over what it considered an affront to its sovereignty after two US warships sailed through the Taiwan Strait. ... more  
Colonna's Shipyard tapped for services on Spearhead overhaulWashington (UPI) Oct 23, 2018 Colonna's Shipyard Inc. has received an $8 million contract from the U.S. Navy to furnish general services for the USNS Spearhead, including physical security at a private contractor's facility, during it's regular overhaul and dry docking. ... more 
France launches plan for new aircraft carrierLe Bourget, France (AFP) Oct 23, 2018 France's government launched plans on Tuesday for a new aircraft carrier, saying it will make a decision on how to build the multi-billion-euro warship in 2020. ... more |
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Six killed by car bomb near Iraq's MosulAl Qayyarah, Iraq (AFP) Oct 23, 2018 A car bomb attack Tuesday killed six people and wounded 26 more at a market in a town near the Islamic State group's former Iraqi capital of Mosul, medics said. ... more  |
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Koreas, UN Command agree to demilitarise part of borderSeoul (AFP) Oct 22, 2018 The two Koreas and the US-led United Nations Command agreed Monday to demilitarise a section of the heavily fortified border dividing the peninsula by this week, as a diplomatic thaw gathers pace. ... more
US security chief, Russians in tough talks over nuclear treatyMoscow (AFP) Oct 22, 2018 Donald Trump's national security advisor John Bolton insisted at meetings with top Russian officials Monday that Moscow has been violating a Cold War-era nuclear treaty the US president wants to abandon. ... more 
US nuclear treaty ultimatum about China as much as RussiaWashington (AFP) Oct 22, 2018 By announcing its intent to withdraw from a decades-old nuclear weapons treaty, the United States is targeting Russia, which it says violated the bilateral deal - but also China, which is developing arms that are banned under it. ... more  
EU urges US, Russia talks to "preserve" nuclear treatyBrussels (AFP) Oct 22, 2018 The European Commission on Monday urged the United States and Russia to pursue talks to preserve a nuclear weapons treaty after President Donald Trump said Washington was withdrawing from the deal. ... more 
China, ASEAN start inaugural joint maritime drillsBeijing (AFP) Oct 22, 2018 China and Southeast Asian states kicked off their first joint maritime exercises on Monday in an effort to ease regional tensions linked to rival claims in the South China Sea. ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Oct 12, 2018 
Lockheed Martin has delivered the 300th interceptor for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system, the only system in the world designed to intercept threats both inside and outside the atmosphere. The production maturity milestone comes as demand for the company's hit-to-kill missile defense system and interceptors continues to grow.
"The Missile Defense Agency, industry and ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 23, 2018  A new Rolling Airframe Missile, or RAM, launcher from Raytheon Company has arrived in Mexico today, marking the first RAM delivery to a Latin American country.
The lightweight, surface-to-air missile will play an important role in Mexico sureing up the defense of Patrulla Oceanica de Largo Alcance, its long-range off-shore patrol vessel program, according to Raytheon.
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 Washington DC (Sputnik) Oct 22, 2018 
The US Air Force's unmanned X-37B space plane has passed its 400-day mark, inching its way toward setting a new flight duration record for the Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) mission.
The spacecraft, the fifth of its kind, was initially rocketed into orbit on September 7, 2017, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, according to Space.com. All previous OTV missions established new flight records, wit ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 19, 2018 
Navistar Defense has been awarded a $19.7 million modification to an existing contract with the U.S. Army to provide technical support for in-production and out-of-production of the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected, or MRAP, MaxxPro family of vehicles.
The contract, announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, runs through March 2020, with locations and funding to be determined with ... more |
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 Oslo (AFP) Oct 23, 2018 
NATO's biggest military exercises since the end of the Cold War, dubbed Trident Juncture 18, take place in Norway from October 25 to November 7 in what will be a massive display of strength.
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Around 50,000 troops from 31 countries - NATO's 29 member states plus Sweden and Finland - will take part in the manoeuvres organised in central Norway for the land exercises, in ... more |
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 Berlin (AFP) Oct 22, 2018 
European nations should take a joint stance on whether to halt arms exports to Saudi Arabia over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier said Monday.
He reiterated Chancellor Angela Merkel's statement from Sunday, saying Berlin "at this stage will not approve further arms exports because we want to know what happened", adding that "all explanations s ... more |
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 Oslo (AFP) Oct 23, 2018 
Some 50,000 troops will kick off NATO's biggest military exercises since the Cold War on Thursday in Norway, a massive show of force that has already rankled neighbouring Russia.
Trident Juncture 18, which runs until November 7, is aimed at training the Alliance to mobilise quickly to defend an ally under attack.
The head of NATO's Allied Joint Force Command, US Navy Admiral James Foggo, ... more |
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 Newark DE (SPX) Oct 09, 2018 
From photonics to pharmaceuticals, materials made with polymer nanoparticles hold promise for products of the future. However, there are still gaps in understanding the properties of these tiny plastic-like particles.
Now, Hojin Kim, a graduate student in chemical and biomolecular engineering at the University of Delaware, together with a team of collaborating scientists at the Max Planck ... more |
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 Al Qayyarah, Iraq (AFP) Oct 23, 2018 
A car bomb attack Tuesday killed six people and wounded 26 more at a market in a town near the Islamic State group's former Iraqi capital of Mosul, medics said.
Images of the scene posted on social media showed a devastated market in the town of Al Qayyarah, 60 kilometres (40 miles) south of Mosul, with wounded being evacuated as bystanders watched on.
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 Washington (AFP) Oct 23, 2018 
President Donald Trump said Monday the United States is ready to build up its nuclear arsenal after announcing it is abandoning a Cold War-era nuclear treaty, as Russia warned the withdrawal could cripple global security.
Trump sparked concern globally at the weekend by saying he wanted to jettison the three-decade-old Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) signed former US president ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Oct 17, 2018 
Beijing is not a currency manipulator but China's exchange rate practices and the yuan's recent decline are of "particular concern," US Treasury Steven Mnuchin said Wednesday.
In putting Beijing and five other US trading partners on notice, the Treasury again refrained from escalating a fight over China's currency as US President Donald Trump had once pledged to do on the campaign trail.
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 Valletta (AFP) Oct 17, 2018 
Migrants rescued at sea by a merchant vessel are being taken to Malta after two days in limbo following Italy's refusal to accept them, the Maltese armed forces said Wednesday.
The Just Fitz III plucked 44 migrants from a rickety wooden boat late Monday after they ran into difficulty during the perilous crossing from North Africa.
The Marshall Islands-flagged vessel, which had been heade ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Oct 24, 2018 
When German scientists were conducting micro-gravity experiments on China's recoverable satellite in the 1980s, Chinese space engineer Tang Bochang was busy solving technical problems, while carefully keeping Chinese secrets.
Tang joined the China Academy of Space Technology in 1970, the same year China launched its first satellite. He has participated in the development of returnable sate ... more |
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 Jerusalem (AFP) Oct 22, 2018 
Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan on Monday became the most senior Beijing official to visit Israel in 18 years, as the two countries look to bolster their growing business ties.
Wang headed to the Western Wall in Jerusalem, one of the most sacred sites in Judaism, after touching down at the start of his four-day trip, Israel's foreign ministry said.
The visit to the Jewish state is the ... more |
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 London (AFP) Oct 19, 2018 
Radical cleric Anjem Choudary, a long-time thorn in the side of British authorities, was released from prison on Friday having served half his sentence for encouraging support for the Islamic State group.
The 51-year-old was jailed for five-and-a-half years in 2016, and will serve the rest of his sentence under strict supervision orders having been released from Belmarsh top-security prison ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 4, 2018 
Lockheed Martin, General Atomics and Boeing have received contract modifications for drone-mounted Low Power Laser Demonstrator system missile defense testing.
Lockheed Martin's contract has increased to a total value of $37.7 million, while General Atomics and Boeing's have been increased to $34 million and $29.4 million respectively, the Department of Defense announced on Friday.
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