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  Washington (UPI) Oct 4, 2019 Russia is aiding China in building a missile defense system able to counter ballistic and cruise missiles, Russian President Vladimir Putin confirmed. He added that Russian involvement will give China a measure of protection which only the United States and Russia currently have. China now has only a small, Russian-made S-300 system regarded as a modest deterrent. "We are now helping our Chinese partners to create a missile-warning system, a missile-attack warning system," Putin said at ... read more |
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Netanyahu: Israel needs billions invested for defense against IranWashington (UPI) Oct 7, 2019 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for a significant increase in the country's defense budget, citing a growing threat from Iran. ... more 
Russia to deploy over 10 space monitoring centres by 2022Moscow (Sputnik) Oct 07, 2019 Russia will deploy more than 10 new laser-optical and radio-technical space monitoring stations on its territory by 2022, the Russian Defence Ministry said. "It is planned to deploy over 10 ne ... more  
Pentagon requests $10.6 billion in funding for Space Development AgencyWashington DC (Sputnik) Oct 07, 2019 Despite consistent bipartisan pushback and international criticism, the US Department of Defense's newest space agency may see drastic budget increases in the coming years as it looks to deploy some ... more 
China launches HD observation satelliteTaiyuan (XNA) Oct 07, 2019 China sent its observation satellite into space from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province at 2:51 a.m. Saturday (Beijing Time). The satellite, Gaofen-10, was la ... more |
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US Army's Atlantic Resolve troops start rotation in EuropeWashington (UPI) Oct 7, 2019 U.S. Army troops participating in Europe's Atlantic Resolve mission in Eastern Europe will rotate beginning Thursday, U.S. Army Europe announced. ... more  
'Very small number' of troops pulled from Syria-Turkey border: US officialWashington (AFP) Oct 7, 2019 The United States has pulled back a "very small number" of troops from areas of northern Syria along the Turkish border, a senior State Department official said Monday, after President Donald Trump seemed to indicate a wider retreat. ... more 
Turkey reinforces troops on Syria border after Erdogan threatAnkara (AFP) Oct 6, 2019 Turkey has boosted troop numbers on its border with northern Syria, local media reported on Sunday, after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened to launch a military operation in the area against a US-backed Syrian Kurdish militia. ... more  
'Silencing' of Iraq protests coverage feared after attacksBaghdad (AFP) Oct 7, 2019 A spree of attacks and threats against media outlets in Iraq has alarmed the United Nations, journalists and monitors, who demand the government prevent the "silencing" of journalists covering mass protests. ... more 
'Enemies seek to sow discord' between Iran and Iraq: KhameneiTehran (AFP) Oct 7, 2019 Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said "enemies" were trying to drive a wedge between Tehran and Baghdad in a tweet on Monday following deadly unrest in neighbouring Iraq. ... more |
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 US blacklists 28 Chinese entities over abuses in Xinjiang 
Nine jihadists killed in Russia strikes on Idlib: monitorBeirut (AFP) Oct 5, 2019 Nine jihadists were killed Saturday in Russian airstrikes on Syria's war-torn province of Idlib, a monitoring group said. ... more  |
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Iraq cleric Sadr demands government resign as deadly protests spikeBaghdad (AFP) Oct 4, 2019 Iraqi firebrand cleric Moqtada Sadr called on the government to resign as violence spiked Friday across the country and protesters clashed with police on the fourth day of deadly demonstrations against corruption and unemployment. ... more 
Innovative Iraqis dodge net blackout to illuminate protest violenceBaghdad (AFP) Oct 5, 2019 With secret satellites, pricey messages abroad and clandestine file transfers, young Iraqis are circumventing an internet blackout aimed at stifling several days of bloody protests in the capital and beyond. ... more 
US-N.Korea talks end in contrasting assessmentsStockholm (AFP) Oct 5, 2019 North Korea and the United States walked away on Saturday with opposing assessments of nuclear talks in Sweden, which Pyongyang said broke down but Washington called "good discussions." ... more  
French former govt officials on trial over alleged arms deals kickbacksParis (AFP) Oct 7, 2019 Three top former French government aides went on trial Monday charged with arranging a system of kickbacks on arms deals with Pakistan and Saudi Arabia in the 1990s. ... more  
OpFires program advances technology for upper stage with PDR completionWashington DC (SPX) Oct 07, 2019 DARPA's Operational Fires (OpFires) program has reached a major program milestone, completing booster preliminary design review of an innovative two-stage tactical missile system. OpFires aims to de ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 3, 2019 
Lockheed Martin has been awarded nearly $163.9 million for support of the space based infrared system.
The contract, awarded specifically to the company's Lockheed Martin Space division on Wednesday by the Department of Defense, covers SBIRS contractor logistics support.
The SBIRS provides early missile warning for the U.S. military through infrared surveillance. It evolved from ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Oct 07, 2019 
DARPA's Operational Fires (OpFires) program has reached a major program milestone, completing booster preliminary design review of an innovative two-stage tactical missile system. OpFires aims to develop and demonstrate a ground-launched hypersonic weapon system to engage critical, time-sensitive targets in contested environments.
"U.S. ground-based forces currently are limited in effectiv ... more |
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 National Harbor MD (SPX) Sep 30, 2019 
With small unmanned aircraft systems - frequently called drones, becoming more common every day, the Air Force Research Laboratory Directed Energy Directorate at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, has developed a counter-swarm high power weapon that should cause those with nefarious intentions of using drones against United States forces at U.S. military installations at home or overseas to th ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Sep 23, 2019 
DARPA has announced the 10 teams that have qualified for the Championship Event of the Spectrum Collaboration Challenge (SC2) - a three-year contest to unlock the potential of the radio frequency (RF) spectrum using artificial intelligence (AI). The teams will head to Mobile World Congress Los Angeles on October 23, 2019, where their radio designs will go head to head during a live competition. ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 2, 2019  Two companies share a $600 million contract to produce cases for the U.S. air Force's BLU-136/B next-generation area attack warhead, the Defense Department announced.
Faxon Machining Inc. of Cincinnati and Major Tool & Machine Inc. of Indianapolis received the seven-year, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract on Tuesday, which calls for manufacture of 15,000 warhead cases ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Oct 7, 2019 
Three top former French government aides went on trial Monday charged with arranging a system of kickbacks on arms deals with Pakistan and Saudi Arabia in the 1990s.
The trial is the first to arise out of a sprawling investigation into the so-called Karachi affair, named after the Pakistani city where a bus carrying French defence engineers was blown up in 2002, killing 15 people.
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 7, 2019  U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's weekend visit to Greece yielded a revised defense agreement and a warning to Turkey.
Greece has become a mainstay of stability in the Eastern Mediterranean region, and Pompeo announced his disapproval of Turkish drilling for hydrocarbons in the water, as well as its provocative actions in the economic zone of Cyprus, the Greek newspaper Kathimerini ... more |
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 Bath UK (SPX) Sep 23, 2019 
A new nanomaterial developed by scientists at the University of Bath could solve a conundrum faced by scientists probing some of the most promising types of future pharmaceuticals.
Scientists who study the nanoscale - with molecules and materials 10,000 smaller than a pinhead - need to be able to test the way that some molecules twist, known as their chirality, because mirror image molecul ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) Oct 7, 2019  A spree of attacks and threats against media outlets in Iraq has alarmed the United Nations, journalists and monitors, who demand the government prevent the "silencing" of journalists covering mass protests.
Raids over the weekend carried out by unidentified gunmen have added to concerns for freedom of expression that were first flagged when authorities implemented a near-total internet blac ... more |
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 Seoul (AFP) Oct 6, 2019  North Korea said Sunday it has "no intention" to continue nuclear talks unless the United States takes steps to end hostilities, a day after negotiations in Sweden broke down.
The discussions in Sweden followed months of stalemate following a February meeting between the North's leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump, and came after Pyongyang's defiant test of a sea-launched ballistic ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Oct 3, 2019 
The US trade conflict with China may not have spared the kitchen sink, or even kitchen cabinets, as Washington on Thursday announced another round of steep tariffs.
About $4.4 billion of wooden cabinets and vanities imported from China will face additional duties because they are being dumped on the American market at less than fair value, the Commerce Department said.
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 Rouen, France (AFP) Oct 3, 2019 
Farmers have been banned from selling produce, locals stock up on surgical masks from pharmacies and an acrid smell of pollution hangs in the air.
A week after one of France's worst industrial fires of recent times, the government insists that there is nothing to fear from the effects of the blaze at the Lubrizol factory outside the northern city of Rouen.
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 Jiuquan, China (XNA) Sep 02, 2019 
Two satellites for technological experiments were sent into space by a Kuaizhou-1A, or KZ-1A, carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Saturday.
The rocket blasted off at 7:41 a.m. and sent the two satellites into their planned orbit.
Kuaizhou-1A, meaning speedy vessel, is a low-cost solid-fuel carrier rocket with high reliability and a short prep ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Oct 7, 2019  Hong Kong democracy protesters arrested for defying a new face mask ban appeared in court on Monday following a violent weekend of unrest which saw bloody clashes with police and widespread vandalism that crippled the city's train network.
The international finance hub convulsed with three straight days of rallies and riots after the city's pro-Beijing leader invoked colonial-era emergency p ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Sept 30, 2019 
The US military command for Africa announced Monday it had killed seven suspected Islamic State jihadists in an air strike in southern Libya, the fourth such operation in two weeks.
"Our pursuit of ISIS-Libya and other terrorist networks degrades their ability to effectively conduct operations against the Libyan people," said Africa Command director of operations William Gayler, using an alt ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 12, 2019 
German defense contractors Rheinmetall and MBDA Deutschland will build a high-energy laser for installation aboard a German navy ship.
While performance specifications or timetables have not yet been developed by the government Federal Office for Bundeswehr Equipment, the announcement last week is the first time the German military has entered the arena of laser weapon development.
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