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  Seoul (AFP) Nov 19, 2019 The United States must end its joint exercises with Seoul "once and for all" to facilitate dialogue with Pyongyang, North Korea said Tuesday, just days after the allies postponed planned drills. The US and South Korea said Sunday they would delay annual joint aerial exercises slated for this month in an act of "goodwill" after months of deadlocked nuclear talks. Pyongyang has long protested the joint drills, which it condemns as preparations for invasion, and Seoul and Washington last year cance ... read more |
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Syria downs Israeli missiles over Damascus: state mediaDamascus (AFP) Nov 20, 2019 Syrian anti-aircraft defences on Wednesday intercepted a "heavy attack" by Israeli warplanes over the capital Damascus, state media said. ... more 
Pentagon says Iran's missiles unrivaled in Middle EastWashington (AFP) Nov 19, 2019 Despite decades of sanctions, Iran has succeeded in developing its missile arsenal, which is larger than that of any other Middle Eastern country including Israel, a Pentagon study said Tuesday. ... more  
China confirms aircraft carrier sailed through Taiwan StraitBeijing (AFP) Nov 18, 2019 China confirmed on Monday that its first domestically built aircraft carrier had sailed through the Taiwan Strait for "routine" training and tests after Taipei accused Beijing of intimidation around upcoming elections. ... more  
India's Space Agency to launch three satellites to boost border securityNew Delhi (Sputnik) Nov 20, 2019 A third-generation Earth-imaging satellite Cartosat-3 and 13 commercial nanosatellites from the US will be launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, in Andhra Pradesh. The Indian Space Res ... more |
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Tesla Completes Acquisition of Maxwell TechnologiesPalo Alto CA (SPX) Nov 19, 2019 Tesla, Inc. has announced the successful completion of its previously announced offer to exchange all outstanding shares of common stock of Maxwell Technologies, Inc. ("Maxwell") for 0.0193 of a sha ... more  
U.S. Army chooses FLIR's Kobra heavy robot vehicleWashington (UPI) Nov 18, 2019 The U.S. Army announced it has chosen the Kobra robot made by FLIR Systems Inc. for the heavy version of its Common Robotic System. ... more  
Israel's Blue Flag exercises, a meeting of F-35 fighter planes, completedWashington (UPI) Nov 18, 2019 Israel's two-week Blue Flag exercise, involving five countries and fifth-generation fighter planes, ended successfully on Monday at the Ovda air base in southern Israel. ... more 
Roll-Royce nabs $1.2B contract for V-22 engine sustainmentWashington (UPI) Nov 15, 2019 The U.S. Navy has awarded Rolls-Royce with a $1.2 billion contract to provide sustainment support for the V-22 AE1107C aircraft engine. ... more  
'This is my sacrifice': Thousands maimed in Iraq protestsBaghdad (AFP) Nov 20, 2019 A fractured spine, paralysed leg, hole in the back: Hamza took to the streets of Iraq's capital to demand a better life but now he has even less than ever. ... more |
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 Roscosmos creates rocket-monitoring system using technology found in smart homes  
Sri Lanka's Rajapaksa likely to re-boot China tiesColombo (AFP) Nov 19, 2019 The unfinished, purple-headed Lotus Tower soars uselessly into the Colombo sky, mired in corruption allegations - a project typical of China's misadventures in Sri Lanka under a political dynasty that has just returned to power. ... more  |
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BAE nabs $104.7M for support on Navy, Coast Guard vesselsWashington (UPI) Nov 19, 2019 BAE Systems Technology has landed a $104.7 million contract with the U.S. Navy to provide engineering and technical services aboard Navy and Coast Guard vessels, the Pentagon announced Monday. ... more 
HMS Prince of Wales, Britain's newest aircraft carrier, arrives in port after trialsWashington (UPI) Nov 18, 2019 The HMS Prince of Wales, Britain's newest aircraft carrier, arrived at its home port of Portsmouth, England, for the first time. ... more 
U.S. begins production on combatant ship for Saudi ArabiaWashington (UPI) Nov 19, 2019 The U.S. Navy began production last month on a multi-mission surface combatant ship for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. ... more  
Nanoracks books CubeSat Rideshare and Habitat demo for single Falcon 9Washington DC (SPX) Nov 19, 2019 Nanoracks has booked a launch mission like no other, leveraging the recently announced SpaceX Rideshare program. Onboard a Falcon 9, targeting launch in late 2020, Nanoracks has booked deployment of ... more  
China plans to complete space station construction around 2022: expertGuangzhou, China (XNA) Nov 19, 2019 China plans to complete the construction of a space station and have it put into operation around 2022, said Zhou Jianping, the chief designer of China's manned space program, at a forum held in sou ... more |
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 Istanbul (AFP) Nov 16, 2019  Turkey will use the S-400 missile defence system it has bought from Russia despite the US threat of sanctions, a senior defence official said Saturday.
The purchase of the Russian system and its subsequent delivery of the system in July has been a major source of friction between two NATO allies Turkey and the United States.
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 Damascus (AFP) Nov 20, 2019  Syrian anti-aircraft defences on Wednesday intercepted a "heavy attack" by Israeli warplanes over the capital Damascus, state media said.
"At 1:20 am (2320 GMT) on Wednesday, Israeli warplanes... targeted the vicinity of the city of Damascus with a number of missiles," SANA news agency quoted a military source as saying.
"Our air defence confronted the heavy attack and intercepted the h ... more |
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 Arlington VA (SPX) Nov 20, 2019 
FLIR Systems, Inc. reports that the FLIR StormCaster family of Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) payloads for its SkyRanger R70 and R80D SkyRaider airframes. The new line launches with two multi-sensor products -StormCaster-T, which delivers continuous zoom and longwave infrared (LWIR) imaging; and StormCaster-L, which provides ultra-low-light imaging, tracking, and mapping.
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 Washington (UPI) Nov 18, 2019 
Lockheed Martin Co. was awarded a $3.3 billion contract for orbital operations, logistics and support of three U.S. Air Force satellite systems.
The Defense Department announced the 10-year contract on Friday. It calls for maintenance of the Advanced Extremely High Frequency program, used by the U.S. Air Force and allies British Armed Forces, Canadian Armed Forces and Royal Netherlands ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Nov 14, 2019 
With wooden catapults to launch petrol bombs and bows and arrows pilfered from sports departments, Hong Kong's democracy protesters are combining new tactics with medieval tech as they battle police.
Roads in the financial hub have been blockaded with bamboo lattices this week, while mini Stonehenge-like structures have been built from dug-up pavement as the southern Chinese city lurches dee ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Nov 18, 2019 
Despite U.S. sanctions, Russian arms sales are on pace to match 2018's export revenue of about $13.7 billion, the head of Russia's state-owned defense export company said Monday.
Sergei Chemezov, chief executive officer of Rostec, said at the Dubai Air Show that Russia has confirmed sales of $11 billion so far this year, and expects to end 2019 with between $13.5 billion and $13.7 billi ... more |
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 Brussels (AFP) Nov 19, 2019 
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday he will visit Paris next week to seek an explanation from Emmanuel Macron after the French president dismissed the alliance as "brain dead".
Stoltenberg mounted a vigorous defence of NATO ahead of a meeting of alliance foreign ministers, saying it was doing more than ever and warning against undermining it.
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 Singapore (SPX) Nov 06, 2019 
Researchers from SMART, MIT's research enterprise in Singapore, have made a groundbreaking discovery that allows scientists to 'look' at the surface density of dispersed nanoparticles. This revolutionary technique enables researchers to 'characterise' or understand the properties of nanoparticles without disturbing the nanoparticle, and also at a far lower cost and far quicker too.
The new ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) Nov 20, 2019 
A fractured spine, paralysed leg, hole in the back: Hamza took to the streets of Iraq's capital to demand a better life but now he has even less than ever.
"This is my sacrifice for Iraq," said the 16-year-old, his strained voice barely audible over the phone in Baghdad.
"If I could walk, I would be back in the protests now."
Hamza is one of at least 3,000 people who have been maime ... more |
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 London, UK (SPX) Nov 15, 2019 
North Korea withdrew from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons in 2003. It subsequently developed nuclear weapons, with five underground nuclear tests culminating in a suspected thermonuclear explosion (a hydrogen bomb) on 3 September 2017. Now a team of scientists, led by Dr K. M. Sreejith of the Space Applications Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), have used s ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Nov 19, 2019 
President Donald Trump on Tuesday warned that failure to get a trade deal with China will prompt more tariffs.
"If we don't make a deal with China, I'll just raise the tariffs even higher," he told reporters at the White House.
Trump's latest tough comment came as markets are watching intensely for signs of progress in the two economic superpowers' attempt to reach a so-called "phase one ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Nov 20, 2019 
Camp managers and other local officials overseeing Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh are now incorporating NASA satellite observations into their decision making in order to reduce the risk to refugees from landslides and other natural hazards. Information like daily rain totals can help inform how to lay out refugee camps and store supplies.
More than 740,000 Rohingya refugees have fle ... more |
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 Guangzhou, China (XNA) Nov 19, 2019 
China plans to complete the construction of a space station and have it put into operation around 2022, said Zhou Jianping, the chief designer of China's manned space program, at a forum held in south China's Guangdong Province.
The space station is designed to weigh 100 tonnes and accommodate three astronauts, which could be enlarged if needed, according to Zhou.
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 Beijing (AFP) Nov 19, 2019  China insisted Tuesday it alone held the authority to rule on constitutional matters in Hong Kong, as it condemned a decision by the city's high court to overturn a ban on face masks worn by pro-democracy protesters.
The statement could further fan the flames in Hong Kong after months of violent protests over concerns that Beijing is chipping away at the autonomy of the financial hub.
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 Paris (AFP) Nov 20, 2019 
The number of global deaths from terrorism fell 15.2 percent in 2018, even as the number of countries affected by extremist violence continued to grow, the 2019 Global Terrorism Index showed.
From a high of 33,555 deaths in 2014, when the Islamic State (IS) group lured tens of thousands of jihadists to the Middle East, the number of terrorism deaths has more than halved to 15,952 in 2018, th ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Nov 07, 2019 
Members of the U.S. Air Force used the Advanced Test High Energy Asset, referred to as ATHENA, to shoot down a variety of drones in a Lockheed Martin demonstration of the technology.
In the latest test of the ground-portable laser weapon system, Airmen engaged and shot down multiple fixed wing and rotary drones at a government test range in Fort Sill, Okla., Lockheed said on Thursday. / ... more |
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