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  Seoul (AFP) Jan 5, 2022 North Korea fired what appeared to be a ballistic missile into the sea on Wednesday, South Korea and Japan said, in the first such launch by Pyongyang this year. In the decade since Kim Jong Un took power, North Korea has made rapid progress in its military technology at the cost of international sanctions. The nuclear-armed nation's first apparent weapons launch of 2022 follows a year of major arms tests despite the severe economic hardship during the coronavirus pandemic. The South Korean ... read more |
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NATO foreign ministers to hold emergency talks on UkraineBrussels (AFP) Jan 4, 2022 NATO foreign ministers will hold an emergency videoconference on Friday to discuss Russia's military build-up around Ukraine, after a raft of demands from Moscow, the alliance said. ... more  
IBCS connects the Joint Force, enabling effects across all domainsHuntsville AL (SPX) Jan 05, 2022 Northrop Grumman was awarded a five-year contract valued at more than $1 billion from the U.S. Army for low-rate initial production and full-rate production of the Integrated Battle Command System ( ... more  
US Govt orders Polyakov to sell entire Firefly Aerospace stakeMoscow (Sputnik) Jan 01, 2022 The businessman revitalised the space company using his own funds back in 2017, when it was on the brink of bankruptcy. Since then, the firm secured its first contracts with the US government and he ... more  
Hong Kong activist Chow jailed for second Tiananmen 'incitement'Hong Kong (AFP) Jan 4, 2022 Jailed democracy activist Chow Hang-tung accused Hong Kong's courts on Tuesday of criminalising speech and helping authorities erase the Tiananmen crackdown as she was convicted a second time for inciting people to commemorate the deadly event. ... more |
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US-led coalition foils rocket attacks in SyriaWashington (AFP) Jan 4, 2022 The US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State in Syria said Tuesday they had foiled an attack in the Deir-Ezzour region in the northeast of the country, a day after the second anniversary of the killing of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani. ... more  
Iraq's pro-Iran Hashed take centre stage in soft power playBasra, Iraq (AFP) Jan 5, 2022 Hardened fighters of Iraq's Shiite former paramilitary Hashed al-Shaabi organisation are seeking a new avenue to exert their influence - the theatre. ... more  
US Defense Secretary Austin contracts Covid-19Washington (AFP) Jan 3, 2022 US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin reported Sunday that he has contracted Covid-19, as the highly infectious Omicron variant sweeps across the United States. ... more 
Satellogic to build high-throughput manufacturing plant in NetherlandsCharlotte NC (SPX) Dec 30, 2021 Satellogic, a leader in sub-meter resolution satellite imagery collection, announced that it will be constructing a high-throughput satellite manufacturing facility in the Netherlands. This 57 ... more  
Bezos' Blue Origin teams up with U.S. military 'rocket cargo' programWashington DC (UPI) Jan 01, 2022 Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin has teamed up with the U.S. military to explore the possibility of using rockets to transport cargo and people, U.S. Transportation Command announced Monday. The Amazon ... more |
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Scientists invent lead-free composite shielding material for neutron and gamma-rayHefei, China (SPX) Jan 01, 2022 Dr. HUO Zhipeng and his student ZHAO Sheng from the Hefei Institutes of physical science (HFIPS) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences recently developed a lead-free neutron and gamma ray composite shi ... more  
China heads launch list of space rocketsBeijing (XNA) Jan 01, 2022 China launched a Long March 3B carrier rocket at Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province early on Thursday, marking the completion of the country's annual launch schedule. The rock ... more 
Astra Space faces critics, skeptics as it plans Florida launchWashington DC (UPI) Jan 01, 2022 Astra Space, one of few new rocket companies to reach orbit, is facing stiff criticism from skeptics about its business model as it plans its first launch from Florida.. The California-based c ... more  
Two killed in Israeli military helicopter crash: armyJerusalem (AFP) Jan 4, 2022 Two Israeli military helicopter pilots were killed and another crew member injured in a crash over the Mediterranean, the army said Tuesday, promising an investigation into the incident. ... more 
China will continue to 'modernise' nuclear arsenal: foreign ministryBeijing (AFP) Jan 4, 2022 China Tuesday said it will continue to "modernise" its nuclear arsenal and called on the United States and Russia to reduce their stockpiles a day after global powers pledged to prevent such weapons spreading. ... more |
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 Melbourne FL (SPX) Dec 27, 2021 
L3Harris Technologies has completed the final major design milestone on the U.S. Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor (HBTSS) program Phase IIb On-orbit Prototype Demonstration and has already begun building the demonstration satellite.
Completing the CDR is the final design milestone ensuring performance, cost and schedule requirements can be met b ... more |
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 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 27, 2021 
Northrop Grumman Corporation has completed the second flight test of its new anti-access/area denial (A2/AD) missile, demonstrating capabilities that will meet key objectives for the upcoming Stand-in Attack Weapon (SiAW) program. The test was completed utilizing a company-owned CRJ-700 aircraft as the testbed for the air to surface mission computer and sensors.
Northrop Grumman invested t ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) Jan 4, 2022 
Two armed drones targeting an air base in western Iraq were shot down on Tuesday, an official of the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group said.
"Two fixed-wing drones rigged with explosives were engaged and destroyed by defensive capabilities at the Iraqi Al-Asad Air Base early this morning," the official said.
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 Madrid, Spain (SPX) Dec 21, 2021 
The SPAINSAT NG programme has successfully passed another important milestone, the critical design review (CDR) of the payload and the complete satellite, including the CDR elements of the Pacis 3 partnership project with the European Space Agency (ESA). The review was declared successful after verifying the good progress of the tests performed on the development models of the X-band payload. ... more |
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 Edwards AFB CA (SPX) Dec 17, 2021 
The Air Force Research Laboratory's complementary position, navigation, and timing (PNT) AgilePod prototype achieved three important objectives in flight tests conducted here November 1-10.
The test team - representing a broad base of Air Force, Navy, and vendor organizations - successfully executed eight sorties aboard a T-38C aircraft, which included the first test of the PNT AgilePod on ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Dec 28, 2021 
The United States renewed calls Tuesday for an arms embargo on Myanmar's junta after a Christmas Eve massacre in which Save the Children said two of the group's staff were killed.
"The targeting of innocent people and humanitarian actors is unacceptable, and the military's widespread atrocities against the people of Burma underscore the urgency of holding its members accountable," US Secreta ... more |
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 Brussels (AFP) Jan 4, 2022 
NATO foreign ministers will hold an emergency videoconference on Friday to discuss Russia's military build-up around Ukraine, after a raft of demands from Moscow, the alliance said.
Tensions have soared in recent months as the West has warned that the Kremlin could be planning a full-scale invasion of its neighbour after massing some 100,000 troops at the frontier.
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 Groningen, Netherlands (SPX) Oct 27, 2021 
It is an intuitive rule of thumb: if you reduce the density of a material, its stiffness will also be reduced. But scientists from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the US noticed that materials that are based on sandwich nanotubes retained their stiffness at lower densities.
Modelling by materials scientists from the University of Groningen (The Netherlands) revealed how this ... more |
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 Hilla, Iraq (AFP) Jan 3, 2022 
"False intelligence" and a family dispute were the causes behind an Iraqi security operation last week that killed 20 people from the same family, the judiciary said Monday.
The intelligence was provided by an informant who had "family disputes" with one of the victims, the Iraqi Supreme Judicial Council said in a statement reported by the state-owned Iraq News Agency.
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Jan 04, 2022 
Iran launched a rocket carrying three satellites into space on Thursday. The US and France condemned the launch, and Washington called it a "proliferation concern". Tehran has resisted all foreign efforts to put limits on its missile, rocket and space research efforts.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh slapped down US and European criticism of Tehran's space launch, sayi ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Jan 3, 2022 
The new year got off to a mixed start on Monday in holiday-thinned Asian trade, following a healthy run-up at the end of last week, with some cheer provided by data suggesting regional economies improved last month.
However, investors remain shackled by concerns about a range of issues including the fast-spreading Omicron variant, inflation, the removal of central bank stimulus and geopoliti ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Jan 4, 2022 
A landslide at a construction site in southwest China's Guizhou province has killed at least 14 people, state media reported Tuesday.
Workers were reinforcing a hillside when the landslide happened on Monday evening, the official Xinhua news agency said.
Rescuers have found 14 bodies, as well as three injured people, with the cause of the accident "still under investigation", Xinhua repo ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jan 03, 2022 
From hosting a children's art gallery in space to answering questions about manned spaceflight, the three astronauts onboard China's Tiangong space station celebrated the New Year by cultivating science and inspiration in the country's youth.
On Saturday afternoon, astronauts Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu hosted a live video call and interacted with college students at venues in ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Jan 5, 2022 
Beijing's air pollution is far below acceptable World Health Organization levels with the Chinese capital a month away from hosting the Winter Olympics - but environmental data shows its skies have improved dramatically in recent years.
The city declared a "war on pollution" after winning the Olympics bid in 2015, shutting down dozens of coal plants and relocating heavy industries in order ... more |
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 Yangon (AFP) Dec 28, 2021  Save the Children confirmed on Tuesday that two of its staff were killed in a Christmas Eve massacre of more than 30 people in Myanmar blamed on junta troops, leading the United States to press for an arms embargo.
Anti-junta fighters said they found over 30 burnt bodies, including women and children, on a highway in eastern Kayah state where pro-democracy rebels have been fighting the milit ... more |
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 Kirtland AFB NM (SPX) Nov 04, 2021 
The Air Force Research Laboratory's Directed Energy Directorate is partnering with The University of New Mexico (UNM) to establish a center for directed energy studies, a congressionally-funded endeavor.
The Directed Energy Center will be based at UNM and jointly managed by UNM's School of Engineering and UNM's Center for High Technology Materials (CHTM). AFRL is recognized as the nation's ... more |
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