New laser technique promises super-fast, secure quantum cryptography
Cambridge, UK (SPX) Apr 06, 2016 -
Researchers have developed a new method to overcome one of the main issues in implementing a quantum cryptography system, raising the prospect of a useable 'unbreakable' method for sending sensitive information hidden inside particles of light.
By 'seeding' one laser beam inside another, the researchers, from the University of Cambridge and Toshiba Research Europe, have demonstrated that i ...
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Myanmar's Suu Kyi meets China counterpart in FM debut
Yangon (AFP) April 5, 2016 -
Myanmar's foreign minister Aung San Suu Kyi met her Chinese counterpart Tuesday in the first diplomatic foray of her new pro-democracy government, underscoring the importance of relations with Beijing.
The nation sees its giant neighbour - and largest trading partner - as its biggest foreign policy preoccupation, with border wars and controversial China-backed mega-projects topping the ag ...
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U.S. Navy's new unmanned sub-hunter to hit the seas this month
Washington (UPI) Apr 5, 2016 -
The U.S. Navy's newest sub-hunting maritime drone successfully completed preliminary speed and maneuverability testing in preparation for its christening into the fleet this month.
A technology demonstration version of the Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel, or ACTUV, completed the open water drills near Portland, Ore., according to a Defense Department fact s ...
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US military cyber head questions Beijing's spying activities
Washington (AFP) April 5, 2016 -
Six months after Washington and Beijing agreed not to conduct cyber attacks on each other's private sector for commercial gain, a top US spy questioned Tuesday whether China has cut such activities.
In September 2015, President Barack Obama and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping announced an accord under which neither the United States nor the Chinese government would conduct cyber-enabled t ...
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Glonass navigation system's ground infrastructure successfully completed
Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 05, 2016 -
The testing of the ground control system of the Glonass satellite navigation system has been completed, Nikolay Testoyedov, the Head of the Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems Company told Izvestia newspaper.
The testing of the Glonass system started in 2011. In December 2015, the Russian Defense Ministry was put in charge of the systems' final tests.
"The tests ended successfu ...
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Russian Glonass Satellite Scheduled for Launch on May 21
Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 05, 2016 -
Russia's Glonass-M navigation satellite will be launched via Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket from the Plesetsk space center in northern Russia on May 21, according to the Russian Federal Space Agency's (Roscosmos) April-June schedule released on Friday.
"May 21: Soyuz 2.1b carrier rocket and Glonass-M satellite vehicle - Plesetsk Cosmodrome," the released schedule says.
Glonass, a global n ...
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Washington insists Iran gets no access to US finance
Washington (AFP) April 5, 2016 -
A senior official dismissed reports Tuesday that Washington plans to allow Iran access to the US financial system or to buy the latest Russian warplanes.
Responding to skeptical US lawmakers, Undersecretary of State Thomas Shannon insisted that the United States would maintain sanctions pressure on the Islamic republic.
But he confirmed that the State Department is attempting to "clarify ...
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